Directing

Karyn Kusama

born 1968 · Directing

63.2avg grm
15titles
#411best rank
2honors
Hbest title · #411 on siteHalt and Catch Fire2014 · as Director · series67.0

Honors

2
2000Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award
2000Open Palm Award

Bio

Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller film Destroyer (2018). Among her accolades, Kusama has received awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.

Biography

Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller film Destroyer (2018). Among her accolades, Kusama has received awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

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2020s5 titlesBBoorman and the Devil2025 · as Self59.0DDead Ringers2023 · as Director · series61.5MThe Mysterious Benedict Society2021 · as Director · series63.1YYellowjackets2021 · as Director · series60.5OThe Outsider2020 · as Director · series65.8
2010s8 titlesTThe Terror2018 · as Director · series62.6778/522017 · as Self - Director, 'The Invitation' - 'Jennifer's Body'56.4BBillions2016 · as Director · series65.3MThe Man in the High Castle2015 · as Director · series64.5CCasual2015 · as Director · series63.3HHalt and Catch Fire2014 · as Director · series67.0MMasters of Sex2013 · as Director · series65.3CChicago Fire2012 · as Director · series67.0
2000s2 titlesIIn Treatment2008 · as Director · series63.8LThe L Word2004 · as Director · series63.0

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Karyn Kusama

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born1968
known forDirecting
titles on site15
best title rank#411 · Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
avg GRM63.2
honors2 · Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award, 2000
Honors
  • 2000Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award
  • 2000Open Palm Award
Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller film Destroyer (2018). Among her accolades, Kusama has received awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.

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