Portrait of Zacharias Kunuk

Directing

Zacharias Kunuk

Career

Active from 1985 to 2025, busiest in 2011 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
GoodWatch score83/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slow-Cinematic Realism 2
  • Inuit Cultural Documentary-Drama 2
  • Anthropological Insight 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

5 titles
Angiraq
Angiraq

Director

Avaja
Avaja

Director

Qarmaq (Stone House)
Qarmaq (Stone House)

Director

Qimuksik (Dog Team)
Qimuksik (Dog Team)

Director

Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

Director

2020s

3 titles
Wrong Husband
Wrong Husband (2025)

Executive Producer, Director

They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit (2025)

Director

The Shaman's Apprentice
The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)

Writer, Director

2010s

9 titles · average score 73
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)

Producer, Director

Silakut
Silakut (2019)

Director

Edge of the Knife
Edge of the Knife (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

Executive Producer

Searchers
Searchers (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Producer

Uvanga
Uvanga (2013)

Executive Producer

The National Parks Project
The National Parks Project (2011)

Director

Inuit Cree Reconciliation
Inuit Cree Reconciliation (2011)

Director

Sirmilik
Sirmilik (2011)

Director

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (2010)

Director

2000s

8 titles · average score 72
Exile
Exile (2009)

Director

What Belongs to Inuit
What Belongs to Inuit (2009)

Director

Before Tomorrow
Before Tomorrow (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Production Design

Kunuk Family Reunion
Kunuk Family Reunion (2004)

Director

Shaman Stories
Shaman Stories (2003)

Director

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)
GoodWatch score 83

Writer, Editor

My First Polar Bear
My First Polar Bear (2000)

Cinematography, Editor

1990s

5 titles
Nipi (Voice)
Nipi (Voice) (1999)

Director

Bowhead!
Bowhead! (1998)

Cinematography, Director

Fish Traps
Fish Traps (1993)

Writer, Editor

Going Inland
Going Inland (1991)

Producer, Writer

Messages from the Past
Messages from the Past (1991)

Director

1980s

2 titles
Gathering Place
Gathering Place (1988)

Producer, Director

From Inuk Point of View
From Inuk Point of View (1985)

Director