Zacharias Kunuk
| Zacharias Kunuk | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kifutikajuk Taqaq Nujatut Attafutaluk Quatuk November 27, 1957 Kapuivik, Canada |
| Residence | Igloolik, Nunavut Canada |
| Education | Federal Day School |
| Occupation | Producer, director |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Employer | Isuma Productions, Igloolik |
| Known for | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, the first indigenous film with all indigenous cast and entirely in Inuktitut |
| Partner(s) | Lydia Anguratsiq |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Enuki, Vivian |
| Website | Isuma Productions |
Zacharias Kunuk OC (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. He is the president and co-founder with Paul Qulitalik, Paul Apak Angilirq, and the only non-Inuit, ex-New Yorker team member, Norman Cohn, of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first independent Inuit production company.
Zacharias Kunuk was born in Kapuivik on Baffin Island in Canada. In 1966 he attended school in Igloolik. There he carved and sold soapstone sculptures to afford movie admissions. As his skill improved, he was able to buy cameras and photographed Inuit hunting scenes. When he heard about video cameras in 1981, he purchased a camera and the basic equipment to be able to teach himself how to create his own movies.
His second film, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, is a co-production with Denmark in which he is a co-writer and co-director with Norman Cohn. It premiered on September 7, 2006, as the opening film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2002, Kunuk was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
He is the son of Enoki Kunuk, a hunter who was lost for 27 days during June 2007 in the Arctic tundra.
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