Biography
Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American film director, writer, and cinematographer. He is known for writing and directing the 2009 film "Sin Nombre", the 2011 film "Jane Eyre", and for directing and executive producing the first season of the HBO series "True Detective", for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. He has received acclaim for the 2015 war drama "Beasts of No Nation", in which Fukunaga was writer, director, producer, and cinematographer.
Fukunaga lives in New York City. Fukunaga has lived in France, Japan, and Mexico City. He is fluent in French and Spanish. He counts screenwriter Naomi Foner as a mentor. He has received several grants, including a USA Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, the John H. Johnson Film Award / Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship, and a Katrin Cartlidge Foundation bursary.
Filmography
all 27
Movies 21
Director 10
TV Shows 6
Producer 6
self 5
Writer 1
Omnivore (2024)
Masters of the Air (2024)
No Time to Die (2021)
Being James Bond (2021)
Joe Bell (2020)
Maniac (2018)
The Alienist (2018)
It (2017)
Thumper (2017)
Little Boxes (2017)
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
True Detective (2014)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Sin Nombre (2009)
Sikumi (On the Ice) (2008)
Two Men (2005)
Victoria para Chino (2004)
77 Blackout
Team Queen
Tokyo Ghost
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1977-07-10 (47 years old)
Birth NameCary Joji Fukunaga
Birth PlaceOakland, California, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCary Joji Fukanaga, Cary Jôji Fukunaga , Cary Fukunaga
AwardsKatrin Cartlidge Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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