Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk

🎞 Director

Born

27 November 1957 (68)

Place of Birth

Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada

Also known as

Kifutikajuk Taqaq Nujatut Attafutaluk Quatuk

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.

Filmography (31)

They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

2025

 Wrong Husband

Wrong Husband

2025

🎬 Director
Red Fever

Red Fever

2024

 The Shaman's Apprentice

The Shaman's Apprentice

2021

⭐ 7.0
🎬 Director
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

2019

⭐ 7.3
🎬 Director
Silakut

Silakut

2019

🎬 Director
Searchers

Searchers

2016

⭐ 6.8
🎬 Director

Inuit Cree Reconciliation

2011

🎬 Director
The National Parks Project

The National Parks Project

2011

⭐ 4.0
🎬 Director
Sirmilik

Sirmilik

2011

🎬 Director
Reel Injun

Reel Injun

2010

⭐ 7.0
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

2010

⭐ 6.0
🎬 Director
Exile

Exile

2009

🎬 Director
What Belongs to Inuit

What Belongs to Inuit

2009

🎬 Director
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

2006

⭐ 4.8
🎬 Director

Kunuk Family Reunion

2004

 Shaman Stories

Shaman Stories

2003

🎬 Director
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002

⭐ 6.9
🎬 Director

My First Polar Bear

2000

🎬 Director
Nipi (Voice)

Nipi (Voice)

1999

🎬 Director

Bowhead!

1998

🎬 Director
Fish Traps

Fish Traps

1993

🎬 Director

Messages from the Past

1991

🎬 Director
Going Inland

Going Inland

1991

🎬 Director
Gathering Place

Gathering Place

1988

🎬 Director

From Inuk Point of View

1985

🎬 Director

Qimuksik (Dog Team)

🎬 Director

Avaja

🎬 Director

Qarmaq (Stone House)

🎬 Director

Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

🎬 Director

Angiraq

🎬 Director