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Portrait of Cary Joji Fukunaga

Directing

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Career

Active from 2004 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cary Joji Fukunaga Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Showbiz
    0.1, average 1.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Trauma 2
  • Complex Character Study 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • Existential Dread 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Death of Two Sons
Death of Two Sons

Director of Photography

77 Blackout
77 Blackout

Director, Other

Blood on Snow
Blood on Snow

Director, Producer

2020s

4 titles · average score 66
Ricky
Ricky (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

Producer

In Between Storms
In Between Storms (2025)

Executive Producer

No Time to Die
No Time to Die (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Story

Joe Bell
Joe Bell (2020)
GoodWatch score 55

Producer

2010s

7 titles · average score 71
It
It (2017)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay

Thumper
Thumper (2017)
GoodWatch score 70

Executive Producer

Little Boxes
Little Boxes (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

Executive Producer

Lovesong
Lovesong (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dean

Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Screenplay

Sleepwalking in the Rift
Sleepwalking in the Rift (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Producer

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (2011)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

2000s

6 titles · average score 68
Sin Nombre
Sin Nombre (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay, Director

Chinatown Film Project
Chinatown Film Project (2009)

Director

Sikumi (On the Ice)
Sikumi (On the Ice) (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Two Men
Two Men (2005)

Director of Photography

Victoria para Chino
Victoria para Chino (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

Mating Call
Mating Call (2004)

Director of Photography