Zacharias Kunuk

Director

Birthday November 27, 1957

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace California

Age 66 years old

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About

Canadian Inuk producer and director of the film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner and co-founder of Igloolik Isuma Productions.

Before Fame

He carved and sold soapstone sculptures to be able to afford to go to movies as a child.

Trivia

His 2001 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner was the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in the Inuktitut language.

Family Life

His father was Enoki Kunuk, a hunter who was once lost for 27 days in the Arctic tundra.

Associated With

He developed a love of movies while watching John Wayne films as a kid.