Zacharias Kunuk
Known for: Directing
Born: November 27, 1957
Place of birth: Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
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.
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Filmography
34 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
2025
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Wrong Husband
2025
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Red Fever
2024
7.0
The Shaman's Apprentice
2021
7.5
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
2019
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Silakut
2019
6.7
Edge of the Knife
2018
6.8
Searchers
2016
10.0
Uvanga
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Inuit Cree Reconciliation
2011
4.0
The National Parks Project
2011
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Sirmilik
2011
7.0
Reel Injun
2010
6.0
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
2010
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What Belongs to Inuit
2009
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Exile
2009
7.8
Before Tomorrow
2008
5.3
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
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Kunuk Family Reunion
2004
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Shaman Stories
2003
6.8
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
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My First Polar Bear
2000
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Nipi (Voice)
1999NR
Bowhead!
1998
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Fish Traps
1993NR
Messages from the Past
1991
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Going Inland
1991
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Gathering Place
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From Inuk Point of View
1985NR
Qimuksik (Dog Team)
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Avaja
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Qarmaq (Stone House)
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Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
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Angiraq
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