Zacharias Kunuk
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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Movies (34)
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
2025 · himself, Director

Wrong Husband
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer

Red Fever
2024 · Self

The Shaman's Apprentice
2021 · Director, Writer, Producer

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
2019 · Producer, Director, Writer

Silakut
2019 · Director

Edge of the Knife
2018 · Executive Producer

Searchers
2016 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor

Uvanga
2013 · Executive Producer
Inuit Cree Reconciliation
2011 · Director

The National Parks Project
2011 · Director

Sirmilik
2011 · Director

Reel Injun
2010 · Self

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
2010 · Director

What Belongs to Inuit
2009 · Director

Exile
2009 · Director

Before Tomorrow
2008 · Executive Producer

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
2006 · Director, Producer, Production Design, Art Direction
Kunuk Family Reunion
2004 · Director

Shaman Stories
2003 · Director

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
My First Polar Bear
2000 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor

Nipi (Voice)
1999 · Director
Bowhead!
1998 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Cinematography

Fish Traps
1993 · Editor, Writer, Director
Messages from the Past
1991 · Director

Going Inland
1991 · Director, Writer, Producer

Gathering Place
1988 · Director, Producer
From Inuk Point of View
1985 · Director
Qimuksik (Dog Team)
· Director
Avaja
· Director
Qarmaq (Stone House)
· Director
Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
· Director
Angiraq
· Director

