About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1977-07-10
Place of birth:
Oakland, California, USA
Website:
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Cary Joji Fukunaga

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2022 The Sound of 007 Actor Self 59
Average
2021 Designing Bond Actor Self N/A
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2021 Passion Project Actor Self N/A
N/A
2021 Being James Bond Actor Self (archive footage) 61
Fair
2017 Lovesong Actor Dean 58
Average
2014 Making True Detective Actor Himself 59
Average

Directing
2021 No Time to Die Directing Director 72
Good
2015 Beasts of No Nation Directing Director 72
Good
2012 Sleepwalking in the Rift Directing Director 59
Average
2011 Jane Eyre Directing Director 68
Fair
2009 Chinatown Film Project Directing Director N/A
N/A
2009 Sin Nombre Directing Director 68
Fair
2004 Victoria para Chino Directing Director 59
Average
Blood on Snow Directing Director N/A
N/A
Tokyo Ghost Directing Director N/A
N/A
77 Blackout Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2024 Omnivore Writing Other 70
Good
2021 No Time to Die Writing Screenplay 72
Good
2021 No Time to Die Writing Story 72
Good
2017 It Writing Screenplay 71
Good
2015 Beasts of No Nation Writing Screenplay 72
Good
2009 Sin Nombre Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
2004 Victoria para Chino Writing Writer 59
Average
77 Blackout Writing Other N/A
N/A

Production
2020 Joe Bell Production Producer 60
Fair
2018 Maniac Production Executive Producer 73
Good
2018 The Alienist Production Executive Producer 75
Good
2017 Thumper Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2017 Little Boxes Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2015 Beasts of No Nation Production Producer 72
Good
2014 True Detective Production Executive Producer 82
Very good
2012 Sleepwalking in the Rift Production Producer 59
Average
2004 Victoria para Chino Production Executive Producer 59
Average
Tokyo Ghost Production Producer N/A
N/A
Blood on Snow Production Producer N/A
N/A

Camera
2015 Beasts of No Nation Camera Director of Photography 72
Good
2008 Sikumi (On the Ice) Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2005 Two Men Camera Director of Photography N/A
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