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Cary Joji Fukunaga

Film Director / Screenwriter / Cinematographer / Television Director / Television Producer | * 07/10/1977 (46) | Oakland, California (United States of America (USA))
Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing critically acclaimed films such as the thriller Sin Nombre (2009), the period drama Jane Eyre (2011), the war drama Beasts of No Nation (2015) and the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die (2021). He also co-wrote the Stephen King adaptation It (2017). He was the first director of East Asian descent to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, as the director and executive producer of the first season of the HBO series True Detective (2014). He also directed and executive produced the Netflix limited series ()
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Cary Joji Fukunagais 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 screenwriterNaomi Foneras a mentor. He has received several grants, including a USARockefeller FoundationFellowship, theJohn H. JohnsonFilm Award /Princess Grace FoundationFellowship, and aKatrin CartlidgeFoundationbursary.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Action

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Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his c ...

Beasts of No Nation

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2015 | 3.8/5 | 2h 17min
Drama, War
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Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Say ...

Sin Nombre

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2009 | 3.8/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
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Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnap ...

No Time to Die

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2021 | 3.7/5 | 2h 43min
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law. ...

True Detective

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2014- | 4.2/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Cary Joji Fukunaga

Primetime Emmy Awards Katrin Cartlidge Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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Movies with Cary Joji Fukunaga as Actor(4)

as himself2022 The Sound of 007
as himself2021 Designing Bond
as Self (archive footage)2021 Being James Bond
as Dean2017 Lovesong

TV Shows/Series with Cary Joji Fukunaga as Actor(1)

as himself2011 On Story

Movies with Cary Joji Fukunaga as Crew(24)

Directing/Director2023 Tokyo Ghost
Production/Producer2023 Tokyo Ghost
Production/Producer2021 Joe Bell
Directing/Director2021 No Time to Die
Writing/Screenplay2021 No Time to Die
Writing/Story2021 No Time to Die
Production/Executive Producer2017 Thumper
Writing/Screenplay2017 It
Production/Executive Producer2017 Little Boxes
Camera/Director of Photography2015 Beasts of No Nation
Directing/Director2015 Beasts of No Nation
Production/Producer2015 Beasts of No Nation
Writing/Screenplay2015 Beasts of No Nation
Directing/Director2012 Sleepwalking in the Rift
Production/Producer2012 Sleepwalking in the Rift
Directing/Director2011 Jane Eyre
Directing/Director2009 Sin Nombre
Writing/Screenplay2009 Sin Nombre
Directing/Director2009 Chinatown Film Project
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Sikumi (On the Ice)
Camera/Director of Photography2005 Two Men
Directing/Director2004 Victoria para Chino
Production/Executive Producer2004 Victoria para Chino
Writing/Writer2004 Victoria para Chino

TV Shows/Series with Cary Joji Fukunaga as Crew(11)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Omnivore
Creator/Creator2024 Omnivore
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Alienist
Writing/Teleplay2018 The Alienist
Creator/Creator2018 The Alienist
Production/Executive Producer2018 Maniac
Directing/Director2018 Maniac
Writing/Writer2018 Maniac
Creator/Creator2018 Maniac
Production/Executive Producer2014 True Detective
Directing/Director2014 True Detective

Additional Information

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Full Name: Cary Fukunaga
Born: Sunday, 07/10 1977 (July) in Oakland, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 46 years + 285 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New York University Tisch School of the Arts, University of California, Santa Cruz, Analy High School, Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
Member of: Writers Guild of America, East
Other names for Cary Joji Fukunaga (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Cary Joji Fukanaga"
"Cary Jôji Fukunaga"
"Cary Fukunaga"
Cary Joji Fukunaga frequently works together with these people:
Nic Pizzolatto (6x, Crew)
Daniel Craig (5x, Actor)
Michael G. Wilson (5x, Actor)
Rami Malek (4x, Actor)
Naomie Harris (4x, Actress)
Bradley Rust Gray (4x, Crew)
Barbara Broccoli (4x, Crew)
So Yong Kim (4x, Crew)
Ralph Fiennes (3x, Actor)
Neal Purvis (3x, Crew)
Gabriel Nuncio (3x, Crew)
Ian Stynes (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:27107, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 04/18/2024