Biography
Born in Kapuivikn Nunavut, Canada, in 1957. In 2001, he won the Camera d'Or at Cannes for his first feature Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. President and co-founder of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first Inuit-owned independent production company. His feature The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, co-directed with Norman Cohn, opened the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. He says that his professional education in filmmaking started and ended with an instruction given to him that he might recharge his camera battery.
Berlinale
Director
Movies | |
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2019 |
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk |
2016 |
Searchers |
2006 |
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen |
2001 |
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner |
1991 |
Going Inland |
1988 |
Qaggiq: Gathering Place |
Documentaries | |
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2018 |
Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us |
2013 |
Inuit Cree Reconciliation |
2011 |
The National Parks Project |
2010 |
Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change |
2009 |
Exile |
2004 |
Kunuk Family Reunion (TV movie) |
1991 |
Messages from the Past |
1985 |
From Inuk Point of View |
Short | |
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2021 |
The Shaman's Apprentice |
2011 |
Sirmilik |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2019 |
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk |
2016 |
Searchers |
2001 |
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner |
1991 |
Going Inland |
Short | |
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2021 |
The Shaman's Apprentice |
Producer
Movies | |
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2019 |
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk |
1991 |
Going Inland |
1988 |
Qaggiq: Gathering Place |
Documentaries | |
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2009 |
Exile |
2004 |
Kunuk Family Reunion (TV movie) |
1991 |
Messages from the Past |
1985 |
From Inuk Point of View |
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2005 |
On Screen! (series) |
2004 |
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (TV movie) |
Cinematographer
Documentaries | |
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1991 |
Messages from the Past |
1985 |
From Inuk Point of View |