Person Details
Birthday: 1977-07-10 05:58:27
Aliases: Cary Joji Fukanaga , Cary Jôji Fukunaga , Cary Fukunaga
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Oakland, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 30
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
True Detective
(2014) DirectorThe Alienist
(2018) CreatorManiac
(2018) CreatorNo Time to Die
(2021) StoryIt
(2017) ScreenplaySin Nombre
(2009) ScreenplayJane Eyre
(2011) DirectorBeasts of No Nation
(2015) ScreenplayActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2022 | Self | |
2021 | Self | |
Self | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
2017 | Dean | |
2013 | Self - Executive Producer/ Director | |
2011 | Self | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2021 | Story | |
Screenplay | ||
2018 | Writer | |
Teleplay | ||
2017 | Screenplay | |
2015 | Screenplay | |
2009 | Screenplay | |
2004 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2021 | Director | |
2018 | Director | |
2015 | Director | |
2014 | Director | |
2012 | Director | |
2011 | Director | |
2009 | Director | |
Director | ||
2004 | Director | |
Director | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2020 | Producer | |
2018 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2017 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2015 | Producer | |
2014 | Executive Producer | |
2012 | Producer | |
2004 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2018 | Creator | |
Creator | ||
Creator | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2015 | Director of Photography | |
2008 | Director of Photography | |
2005 | Director of Photography | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |