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Actor

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Male

Birthday

10 July

Location

California, United States

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Cary Joji Fukunaga

Biography

Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing critically acclaimed films such as the thriller Sin Nombre (2009), the period drama Jane Eyre (2011), the war drama Beasts of No Nation (2015), and the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die (2021). 

 

He also co-wrote the Stephen King adaptation of It (2017). He was the first director of East Asian descent to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, as the director and executive producer of the first season of the HBO series True Detective (2014). 

 

He also directed and executive produced the Netflix limited series Maniac (2018) and produced and directed several episodes of the Apple TV+ miniseries Masters of the Air (2024).

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