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Cary Joji Fukunaga

Directing · Born 1977-07-10 · Oakland, California, USA

Biography

Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker. A director of TV and film, he first came to wide prominence by directing the first season of the HBO series True Detective (2014). 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 won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series as the director and executive producer of True Detective. He also directed and executive produced the Netflix limited series Maniac (2018) and executive produced and directed several episodes of the Apple TV+ miniseries Masters of the Air (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cary Joji Fukunaga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025In Between StormsExecutive Producer
2025RickyProducer
2024OmnivoreOther
2024Masters of the AirDirector
2022The Sound of 007Self
2021Designing BondSelf
2021No Time to DieStory
2021Passion ProjectSelf
2020Joe BellProducer
2018ManiacExecutive Producer
2018The AlienistExecutive Producer
2017ItScreenplay
2017ThumperExecutive Producer
2017Little BoxesExecutive Producer
2017LovesongDean
2015Beasts of No NationScreenplay
2014True DetectiveExecutive Producer
2012Sleepwalking in the RiftDirector
2011On StorySelf
2011Jane EyreDirector
2009Chinatown Film ProjectDirector
2009Sin NombreDirector
2008Sikumi (On the Ice)Director of Photography
2005Two MenDirector of Photography
2004Victoria para ChinoDirector
2004Mating CallDirector of Photography
—77 BlackoutOther
—Blood on SnowDirector

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