Cary Joji Fukunaga

AKA: Cary Joji Fukanaga, Cary Jôji Fukunaga , Cary Fukunaga
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1977-07-10

Oakland, California, USA

Biography

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.

Crew Roles

Sin Nombre
Director
Sin Nombre
Screenplay
Jane Eyre
Director
Two Men
Director of Photography
Sleepwalking in the Rift
Director
Sleepwalking in the Rift
Producer
Victoria para Chino
Director
Sikumi (On the Ice)
Director of Photography
Beasts of No Nation
Director
Beasts of No Nation
Screenplay
No Time to Die
Story
Beasts of No Nation
Director of Photography
Beasts of No Nation
Producer
Little Boxes
Executive Producer
Thumper
Executive Producer
77 Blackout
Director
77 Blackout
Other
No Time to Die
Director
Joe Bell
Producer
Victoria para Chino
Writer
Victoria para Chino
Executive Producer
It
Screenplay
No Time to Die
Screenplay
Chinatown Film Project
Director
Blood on Snow
Director
Blood on Snow
Producer
Ricky
Producer
In Between Storms
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Teleplay
Executive Producer
Director
Writer
Director
Director
Other
Creator
Creator
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {5}

Self

2022-10-04 7.1

The Sound of 007

Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s final outing in No Time to Die. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music, TV Movie

Self

2021-12-20 5.5

Designing Bond

Production designer Mark Tildesley and costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb, along with cast and other filmmakers, discuss the inspiration, challenges and trials of conceiving and making the remarka ...
Genre :Documentary

Dean

2017-02-17 5.697

Lovesong

Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstance ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Self

2021-08-31 0

Passion Project

Explores the ten-year journey of adapting Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation" into the 2015 film. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2011-04-16 4

On Story

An inside look at the creative process behind some of our most popular and beloved movies and television shows. All episodes feature recorded conversations between acclaimed and award-winning screenwr ...
Genre :Talk