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
Average
8

True Detective

(2014) Director
The Alienist
Average
8

The Alienist

(2018) Creator
Maniac
Average
7

Maniac

(2018) Creator
No Time to Die
Average
7

No Time to Die

(2021) Story
It
Average
7

It

(2017) Screenplay
Sin Nombre
Average
8

Sin Nombre

(2009) Screenplay
Jane Eyre
Average
7

Jane Eyre

(2011) Director
Beasts of No Nation
Average
8

Beasts of No Nation

(2015) Screenplay

Acting

Writing

Directing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
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
2018 Creator
Creator
Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Director of Photography
2008 Director of Photography
2005 Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

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