Zacharias Kunuk
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
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Director
Reel Injun
Self
Edge of the Knife
Executive Producer
Before Tomorrow
Executive Producer
Searchers
Director
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Director
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Art Direction
Uvanga
Executive Producer
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Filmography
Acting (4)
Crew (59)
Movies (59)
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
2025Director
Wrong Husband
2025Director
Wrong Husband
2025Executive Producer
Wrong Husband
2025Screenplay
The Shaman's Apprentice
2021Director
The Shaman's Apprentice
2021Producer
The Shaman's Apprentice
2021Writer
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
2019Director
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
2019Producer
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
2019Writer
Silakut
2019Director
Edge of the Knife
2018Executive Producer
Searchers
2016Director
Searchers
2016Editor
Searchers
2016Producer
Searchers
2016Writer
Uvanga
2013Executive Producer
The National Parks Project
2011Director
Inuit Cree Reconciliation
2011Director
Sirmilik
2011Director
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
2010Director
What Belongs to Inuit
2009Director
Exile
2009Director
Before Tomorrow
2008Executive Producer
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
2006Art Direction
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
2006Director
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
2006Producer
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
2006Production Design
Kunuk Family Reunion
2004Director
Shaman Stories
2003Director
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002Director
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002Editor
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002Producer
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002Writer
My First Polar Bear
2000Cinematography
My First Polar Bear
2000Director
My First Polar Bear
2000Editor
My First Polar Bear
2000Producer
My First Polar Bear
2000Screenplay
Nipi (Voice)
1999Director
Bowhead!
1998Cinematography
Bowhead!
1998Director
Bowhead!
1998Producer
Bowhead!
1998Screenplay
Fish Traps
1993Director
Fish Traps
1993Editor
Fish Traps
1993Writer
Going Inland
1991Director
Going Inland
1991Producer
Going Inland
1991Writer
Messages from the Past
1991Director
Gathering Place
1988Director
Gathering Place
1988Producer
From Inuk Point of View
1985Director
Qarmaq (Stone House)
Director
Qimuksik (Dog Team)
Director
Angiraq
Director
Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
Director
Avaja
Director
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