32 Facts About Cary Fukunaga

Cary Fukunaga first gained recognition for writing and directing the 2009 film Sin nombre and the 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre.

Cary Fukunaga was the first director of partial 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.

Cary Fukunaga wrote, directed and filmed the 2015 war drama Beasts of No Nation and co-wrote the 2017 Stephen King adaptation It.

Cary Fukunaga's father, Anthony Shuzo Fukunaga, was a third-generation Japanese American, born in an internment camp during World War II.

Cary Fukunaga graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1999 and attended the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, where he studied geopolitics and international law.

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Cary Fukunaga had originally wanted to be a pro snowboarder, but switched to filmmaking in his mid-twenties.

Cary Fukunaga got his start as a camera intern and later applied to film school.

Cary Fukunaga enrolled in New York University Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program.

Cary Fukunaga wrote and directed the short film Victoria para Chino while at NYU, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and received a Student Academy Award in 2005.

Cary Fukunaga wrote and directed the short films Kofi and Sleepwalking in the Rift .

Cary Fukunaga wrote and directed a segment in the omnibus film Chinatown Film Project .

Cary Fukunaga made his feature film debut with Sin Nombre, which he wrote and directed.

In 2010, Cary Fukunaga directed a new film adaptation of Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell and Judi Dench.

Cary Fukunaga directed, wrote and filmed Beasts of No Nation, based on the novel of the same name by Uzodinma Iweala, in which Idris Elba stars as Commandant, a lead character.

Cary Fukunaga is the first American filmmaker to direct an official Bond film for EON Productions.

Cary Fukunaga was originally considered to direct Spectre before Sam Mendes returned.

Cary Fukunaga directed all eight episodes of the first season of the 2014 HBO TV series True Detective, which was written and created by novelist and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto.

Cary Fukunaga was originally slated to direct the 2018 TNT TV series The Alienist.

Cary Fukunaga served as executive producer for the follow-up series to The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, based on the novel of the same name.

Cary Fukunaga directed all ten episodes of the dark comedy series Maniac for Netflix.

Cary Fukunaga wrote the screenplay to his feature film, Sin Nombre, as well as his segment for the omnibus film, Chinatown Film Project .

Cary Fukunaga was the executive producer for his short films Kofi and Victoria para chino .

Cary Fukunaga was an executive producer on Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's feature film thriller, On the Ice, which won "Best Debut Film" and the Crystal Bear at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival, among other awards.

Cary Fukunaga served as an executive producer for the HBO series he directed, True Detective.

Cary Fukunaga was set to direct the first film and was expected to co-write the second.

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Cary Fukunaga served as a cinematographer on a number of short film projects, including Handmade, Sikumi, Team Queen, the feature documentary Death of Two Sons, the short films Clear Water, White, Kinnaq Nigaqtuqtuaq, Two Men and Mating Call .

Cary Fukunaga served as a camera operator on the short Glory at Sea, as a gaffer on the short film Just Make Believe, as an additional cinematographer on the TV documentary Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts, assistant camera on the short film Dock, additional photography for the documentary Lockdown, USA, additional camera for Autumn's Eyes, a grip on the feature film Mango Kiss, and as an additional film loader on the feature film Black Cadillac .

In February 2017, it was reported Cary Fukunaga was in talks to direct Shockwave, a drama about the lead-up to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

In September 2018, Cary Fukunaga confirmed the reports, saying that he is already working with HBO on the film.

Cary Fukunaga has lived in France, Japan, Mexico City and London, and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

In October 2021, Raeden Greer accused Cary Fukunaga of pressuring her into doing a topless scene for True Detective, which was not included in her contract.

Actress and skateboarder Rachelle Vinberg posted videos to Instagram accusing Cary Fukunaga of grooming her and many other young actresses, citing in particular her experience filming his "A Perfect Day" Samsung commercial in 2016, and said that she had been in therapy for a year and diagnosed with PTSD as a result of his behavior.