Cary Joji Fukunaga

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Director
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From 'Sin Nombre' to 'True Detective,' and the upcoming James Bond film 'No Time to Die,' we track the cinematic trademarks of director Cary Joji Fukunaga through breathtaking locales, kinetic tracking shots and mind-bending dream sequences.

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Cary Joji Fukunaga is a Japanese-American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer from Oakland, California who is known for directing the James Bond film No Time to Die, Kofi, Beasts of No Nation, Jane Eyre and Sin nombre. He co-write the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King book It. He directed several episodes of the television show True Detective.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 26 wins & 33 nominations total

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Adriano Goldman and Cary Joji Fukunaga in Jane Eyre (2011)

Edgar Flores, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)

Cary Joji Fukunaga and Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)

Emma Stone and Cary Joji Fukunaga in Maniac (2018)

Justin Theroux, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Sonoya Mizuno in Maniac (2018)

Justin Theroux and Cary Joji Fukunaga in Maniac (2018)

Judi Dench, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Ella Harris

Idris Elba, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Abraham Attah

Known for

Beasts of No Nation

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Producer(produced by, p.g.a.)

2015

Sin Nombre

7.5

Director(as Cary Jôji Fukunaga)

2009

No Time to Die

7.3

Director(directed by)

2021

True Detective

8.9

TV Series

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Producer

Joe Bell
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2020
The Alienist
- executive producer (as Cary Fukunaga)
- TV Series
- 2018–2020
True Detective
- executive producer
- TV Series
- 2014–2019
Carnivore
- executive producer
- Short
- 2018
Maniac
- executive producer
- TV Mini Series
- 2018
Thumper
- executive producer
- 2017
Little Boxes
- executive producer
- 2016
Beasts of No Nation
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2015
On the Ice
- executive producer (as Cary Fukunaga)
- 2011
Victoria para chino
- executive producer (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Short
- 2004
Kofi
- executive producer (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Short
- 2003

Director

No Time to Die
- Director (directed by)
- 2021
No Time to Die: Bridge Attack
- Director
- Video
- 2020
Land Rover Defender 'No Time to Die' Television Commercial
- Director (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Video
- 2020
Maniac
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 2018
Beasts of No Nation
- Director
- 2015
True Detective
- Director
- TV Series
- 2014
Sleepwalking in the Rift
- Director (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Short
- 2012
Jane Eyre
- Director
- 2011
Chinatown Film Project
- Director (as Cary Fukunaga)
- 2009
Sin Nombre
- Director (as Cary Jôji Fukunaga)
- 2009
Victoria para chino
- Director (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Short
- 2004
Kofi
- Director (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Short
- 2003

Writer

No Time to Die
- screenplay by
- story by
- 2021
Maniac
- developed by
- written by (creator)
- TV Mini Series
- 2018
The Alienist
- teleplay by
- TV Series
- 2018
It
- screenplay by (as Cary Fukunaga)
- 2017
Beasts of No Nation
- written for the screen by
- 2015
Chinatown Film Project
- writer (as Cary Fukunaga)
- 2009
Sin Nombre
- written by
- 2009
Victoria para chino
- Writer (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Short
- 2004
Kofi
- writer (as Cary Fukunaga)
- Short
- 2003

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Official sites
- Facebook
- Instagram
Alternative names
- Cary Jôji Fukunaga
Height
- 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
Born
- July 10, 1977
- Oakland, California, USA
Parents
Relatives
- Jeremy Fukunaga(Sibling)
Publicity listings
- 4 Articles

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Cary's father is from a Japanese family, and was born in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II. Cary's maternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, and Cary's maternal grandmother's ancestry is English and German.

Quotes
When I see an image in my head that compels me, where there's this mystery about what's going to happen next or could happen next, I'll be intrigued. There are so many scripts that you read, and you know exactly what's going to happen, and there aren't too many where you can't tell within the first 20 pages where it's going.

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- Cary Fukunaga

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