Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk
ᓴᖅᑲᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ
Born
Kifutikajuk Taqaq Nujatut Attafutaluk Quatuk

(1957-11-27) November 27, 1957 (age 66)
Kapuivik, Nunavut (formerly part of Northwest Territories), Canada
EducationFederal Day School
Occupation(s)Producer, director
Years active1995–present
Employer(s)Isuma Productions, Igloolik
Known forAtanarjuat: The Fast Runner, the first indigenous film with all indigenous cast and entirely in Inuktitut
PartnerLydia Anguratsiq
Children5
Parent(s)Enuki, Vivian
WebsiteIsuma Productions

Zacharias Kunuk OC ONu (Inuktitut: ᓴᖅᑲᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ, born November 27, 1957) is a Canadian Inuk producer and director most notable for his film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in Inuktitut.[1] He is the president and co-founder with Paul Qulitalik, Paul Apak Angilirq, and Norman Cohn (an ex-New Yorker and the only non-Inuit team member), of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first independent Inuit production company.[2] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), the first feature film that was entirely in Inuktitut was named as the greatest Canadian film of all time by the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival poll.

  1. ^ Interview by Michelle Svenson, Film and Video Specialist, NMAI (April 1, 2002). "Zacharias Kunuk Interview – Native Networks". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2009-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Angilirq, Paul Apak (2002). Atanarjuat the fast runner. Toronto: Coach House Books and Isuma Publishing. pp. 13–15, 197–227. ISBN 1-55245-113-5.