Zacharias Kunuk

Directing • 1957-11-27 • 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

6.7

Edge of the Knife

2018

7.8

Before Tomorrow

2008

6.8

Searchers

2016

5.3

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

2006

7.5

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

2019

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Filmography

2026
Fierce PrayersTV
Director • 8 episodes
2025
Wrong HusbandFilm
Director
2025
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult InuitFilm
Director
2021
The Shaman's ApprenticeFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2019
One Day in the Life of Noah PiugattukFilm
Director
★ 7.5
2019
SilakutFilm
Director
2016
SearchersFilm
Director
★ 6.8
2011
The National Parks ProjectFilm
Director
★ 4.0
2011
SirmilikFilm
Director
2011
Inuit Cree ReconciliationFilm
Director
2010
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate ChangeFilm
Director
★ 6.0
2009
What Belongs to InuitFilm
Director
2009
ExileFilm
Director
2006
The Journals of Knud RasmussenFilm
Director
★ 5.3
2004
Kunuk Family ReunionFilm
Director
2003
Shaman StoriesFilm
Director
2002
Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerFilm
Director
★ 6.8
2000
My First Polar BearFilm
Director
1999
Nipi (Voice)Film
Director
1998
Bowhead!Film
Director
1993
Fish TrapsFilm
Director
1991
Messages from the PastFilm
Director
1991
Going InlandFilm
Director
1988
Gathering PlaceFilm
Director
1985
From Inuk Point of ViewFilm
Director