Cary Joji Fukunaga (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Cary Joji Fukunaga

Looking for reviews of films directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga? Cinafilm has a total of 1,569 reviews across 4 movies directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 76%.

Beasts of No Nation is Cary Joji Fukunaga's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 529 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Cary Joji Fukunaga is No Time to Die, with a score of 74% based on 254 reviews.

Director 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.

Cary Joji Fukunaga has directed films starring Hayden Phillips, Ana de Armas, Christoph Waltz and Idris Elba.