Cary Joji Fukunaga
Birth Name:
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Birth Place:
Oakland, California, United States
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer, Camera department, Actor, Cinematographer
Fast Facts
- Earned a Student Academy Award at NYU
- Named a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2008
- Received the 2007 Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Bursary
- Graduated from New York University with a master's degree in film
- Graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Started out filming a commercial for Levi's Go Forth campaign
- Best known for his work on the series "True Detective․"
Awards
- 2004Audience Award - Best Narrative Student Short:Winner
- 2004Jury Prize - Best Student Short:Winner
- 2005Jury Award - Best Student Film:Winner
- 2005BAFTA/LA Award for Excellence - Honorable MentionWinner
- 2005Jury Prize - Best Student Film:Winner
- 2005Best Short FilmWinner
- 2005Audience Award - Best Short:Winner
- 2005Best ShortWinner
- 2005Best College ShortWinner
- 2005Silver Medal - Narrative:Winner
- 2005Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable MentionWinner
- 2006Ashland Independent Film Award - Best Student Film:Winner
- 2009EDA Award - Best Non-English Language Film:Nominated
- 2009AFCA Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2009CFCA Award - Most Promising Filmmaker:Nominated
- 2009Grand Special PrizeNominated
- 2009Jury Special PrizeWinner
- 2009New Director's AwardWinner
- 2009FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
- 2009Best Directorial DebutWinner
- 2009Bronze HorseNominated
- 2009Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic:Nominated
- 2009Directing Award - Dramatic:Winner
- 2009Golden Eye Award - Best International Feature Film:Nominated
- 2010Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010Premio ACE - Cinema - Best First Work:Winner
- 2011Film and Literature AwardNominated
- 2012Goya - Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea):Nominated
- 2014INOCA TV - Best Directing for a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2014OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series:Winner
- 2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Drama Series:Nominated
- 2015Best Film - Official Competition:Nominated
- 2015Capri Director AwardWinner
- 2015DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series:Nominated
- 2015Ghana Movie Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2015Ghana Movie Award - Best Adapted or Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2015Ghana Movie Award - Best Cinematography:Winner
- 2015Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2015PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:Nominated
- 2015SLFCA Award - Best Cinematography:Nominated
- 2015Golden LionNominated
- 2015Green Drop AwardNominated
- 2015CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni AwardWinner
- 2016Spotlight AwardNominated
- 2016Black Reel - Outstanding Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2016Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year:Winner
- 2016Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016Independent Spirit Award - Best Cinematography:Nominated
- 2016Independent Spirit Award - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2017Bram Stoker Award - Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017Fright Meter Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017SLFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited Series:Nominated
- 2019Black Reel - Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series:Nominated
- 2019DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series:Nominated
- 2019PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television:Nominated
- 2019WGA Award (TV) - Long Form Adapted:Nominated
- 2022BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding British Film of the Year:Nominated
- 2022Honorable Mention - Best Director:Winner
- 2024Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series:Nominated
- 2025Gotham TV Award - Breakthrough Nonfiction Series:Nominated