Karyn Kiyoko Kusama was born on March 21,1968 and is an American filmmaker.
24 Facts About Karyn Kusama
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Karyn Kusama made her feature directorial debut with the sports drama film Girlfight, for which she won Best Director and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
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Karyn Kusama currently serves as a director and executive producer on the Showtime survival horror thriller series Yellowjackets, for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Karyn Kusama will serve as co-executive producer and direct the first 2 episodes of the third season of The Terror.
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Karyn Kusama was born in St Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Haruo Karyn Kusama, a Japanese American child psychiatrist who immigrated from Japan and attended the medical school of Washington University.
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Karyn Kusama grew up highly invested in the film industry and watching movies, and used it as an outlet to help her feel seen.
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Karyn Kusama graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St Louis.
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In 1992, Karyn Kusama started boxing at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, training with Hector Roca.
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Karyn Kusama began collecting ideas for Girlfight, but didn't start writing it until two years later.
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At age 31, Karyn Kusama wrote and directed her debut feature, Girlfight.
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In 2009, Karyn Kusama directed the horror film Jennifer's Body, which was written by Diablo Cody and starred Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried in the lead roles.
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In regards to the reappraisals of the film, Karyn Kusama credited its "distinctly female perspective," stating she had intended to make a film where young women could see themselves represented.
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Karyn Kusama was slated to direct an adaptation of Breed, an adult horror novel by Scott Spencer under the pen name Chase Novak.
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In 2015, Karyn Kusama directed The Invitation, a horror film written by Hay and Manfredi, and starring Logan Marshall-Green.
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In 2017, Karyn Kusama wrote and directed a segment, titled "Her Only Living Son", in the all-female directed anthology horror film XX.
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In 2018, Karyn Kusama directed the crime drama film Destroyer, which starred Nicole Kidman and Tatiana Maslany.
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Karyn Kusama's films have been noted for their strong feminist themes, and with the exception of The Invitation, all have featured female protagonists.
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Karyn Kusama has described herself as a "feminist unapologetically" and has criticized the barriers that women face in the film industry.
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Karyn Kusama's works are represented in an externalizing direction where her character's emotions are channeled into physical actions.
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Karyn Kusama's films have often drawn upon and been influenced by her own experiences and connections.
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Karyn Kusama used all of these feelings to create tension and anxiety from the audience.
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Karyn Kusama refuses to set aside roles for men, hence the feminism within her films.
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Karyn Kusama has named Jonathan Glazer and Jacques Audiard as two current filmmakers who have influenced her.
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Karyn Kusama said Chantal Akerman's arthouse film Jeanne Dielman is one of her favorite female-directed films.