Cary Joji Fukunaga

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-07-10 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Cary Joji Fukunaga

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 Fo...

Acting

2022

2021

2017

Lovesong

as Dean

2021

Production

2009

Sin Nombre

as Director

2009

Sin Nombre

as Screenplay

2011

Jane Eyre

as Director

2005

Two Men

as Director of Photography

2004

2008

Sikumi (On the Ice)

as Director of Photography

2015

2015

Beasts of No Nation

as Screenplay

2021

2015

2015

Beasts of No Nation

as Director of Photography

2017

Little Boxes

as Executive Producer

2017

Thumper

as Executive Producer

-

77 Blackout

as Director

-

77 Blackout

as Other

2021

No Time to Die

as Director

2020

Joe Bell

as Producer

2004

2004

Victoria para Chino

as Executive Producer

2017

It

as Screenplay

2021

No Time to Die

as Screenplay

2009

-

Blood on Snow

as Director

-

Blood on Snow

as Producer

2025

Ricky

as Producer

2025

In Between Storms

as Executive Producer

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