Zacharias Kunuk

Directing · b. 1957 · 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.

Known for

6.8

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002 · Director

5.3

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

2006 · Director

6.8

Searchers

2016 · Director

4.0

The National Parks Project

2011 · Director

7.3

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

2019 · Director

7.0

The Shaman's Apprentice

2021 · Director

6.0

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

2010 · Director

Gathering Place

1988 · Director

Going Inland

1991 · Director

Fish Traps

1993 · Director

Wrong Husband

2025 · Director

Shaman Stories

2003 · Director

Directed24

Wrong Husband

2025 · Director

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

2025 · Director

7.0

The Shaman's Apprentice

2021 · Director

7.3

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

2019 · Director

Silakut

2019 · Director

6.8

Searchers

2016 · Director

Sirmilik

2011 · Director

Inuit Cree Reconciliation

2011 · Director

4.0

The National Parks Project

2011 · Director

6.0

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

2010 · Director

What Belongs to Inuit

2009 · Director

Exile

2009 · Director

5.3

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

2006 · Director

Kunuk Family Reunion

2004 · Director

Shaman Stories

2003 · Director

6.8

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002 · Director

My First Polar Bear

2000 · Director

Nipi (Voice)

1999 · Director

Acting

Kunuk Family Reunion

2004

In development

Avaja

Director

Angiraq

Director

Qimuksik (Dog Team)

Director

Qarmaq (Stone House)

Director

Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

Director