
Zacharias Kunuk
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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
Credits

Wrong Husband (2025)
Director

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)
Director

The National Parks Project (2011)
Director

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
Director
Qimuksik (Dog Team) (—)
Director
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit (2025)
Director
Angiraq (—)
Director

Searchers (2016)
Director

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)
Director

What Belongs to Inuit (2009)
Director

The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
Director
Qarmaq (Stone House) (—)
Director

Exile (2009)
Director
Avaja (—)
Director
My First Polar Bear (2000)
Director
Inuit Cree Reconciliation (2011)
Director

Going Inland (1991)
Director

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (2010)
Director
Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks) (—)
Director
Bowhead! (1998)
Director

Gathering Place (1988)
Director

Fish Traps (1993)
Director
Messages from the Past (1991)
Director

Nipi (Voice) (1999)
Director

Shaman Stories (2003)
Director

Sirmilik (2011)
Director
From Inuk Point of View (1985)
Director
Kunuk Family Reunion (2004)
Director

Silakut (2019)
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