Zacharias Kunuk
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 27, 1957 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Biography
Zacharias Kunuk is a Canadian Inuk film writer, director and producer, best known for writing and directing the feature film _Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner_, the first indigenous film with all indigenous cast and entirely in Inuktitut.
Known For
| 2025 | They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuithimself | |
| 2024 | Red FeverSelf | |
| 2010 | Reel InjunSelf | |
| 2004 | Kunuk Family Reunion |
| 2025 | Wrong HusbandExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | The Shaman's ApprenticeProducer | |
| 2019 | One Day in the Life of Noah PiugattukProducer | |
| 2018 | Edge of the KnifeExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | SearchersProducer | |
| 2013 | UvangaExecutive Producer | |
| 2008 | Before TomorrowExecutive Producer | |
| 2006 | The Journals of Knud RasmussenProducer | |
| 2002 | Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerProducer | |
| 2000 | My First Polar BearProducer | |
| 1998 | Bowhead!Producer | |
| 1991 | Going InlandProducer | |
| 1988 | Gathering PlaceProducer |
| 2025 | Wrong HusbandDirector | |
| 2025 | They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult InuitDirector | |
| 2021 | The Shaman's ApprenticeDirector | |
| 2019 | SilakutDirector | |
| 2019 | One Day in the Life of Noah PiugattukDirector | |
| 2016 | SearchersDirector | |
| 2011 | The National Parks ProjectDirector | |
| 2011 | SirmilikDirector | |
| 2011 | Inuit Cree ReconciliationDirector | |
| 2010 | Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate ChangeDirector | |
| 2009 | ExileDirector | |
| 2009 | What Belongs to InuitDirector | |
| 2006 | The Journals of Knud RasmussenDirector | |
| 2004 | Kunuk Family ReunionDirector | |
| 2003 | Shaman StoriesDirector | |
| 2002 | Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerDirector | |
| 2000 | My First Polar BearDirector | |
| 1999 | Nipi (Voice)Director | |
| 1998 | Bowhead!Director | |
| 1993 | Fish TrapsDirector | |
| 1991 | Messages from the PastDirector | |
| 1991 | Going InlandDirector | |
| 1988 | Gathering PlaceDirector | |
| 1985 | From Inuk Point of ViewDirector | |
| - | Qimuksik (Dog Team)Director | |
| - | AvajaDirector | |
| - | Qarmaq (Stone House)Director | |
| - | Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)Director | |
| - | AngiraqDirector |
| 2025 | Wrong HusbandScreenplay | |
| 2021 | The Shaman's ApprenticeWriter | |
| 2019 | One Day in the Life of Noah PiugattukWriter | |
| 2016 | SearchersWriter | |
| 2002 | Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerWriter | |
| 2000 | My First Polar BearScreenplay | |
| 1998 | Bowhead!Screenplay | |
| 1993 | Fish TrapsWriter | |
| 1991 | Going InlandWriter |
| 2000 | My First Polar BearCinematography | |
| 1998 | Bowhead!Cinematography |