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Cary Fukunaga

Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American filmmaker and commercial director represented in the US by Anonymous Content.

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Production company & representation
Anonymous Content
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
IndieWire Honors Auteur Award
IndieWire · 2018 · award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (True Detective Season 1)
Television Academy / Primetime Emmy Awards · 2014 · award
Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Directing Award (Sin Nombre)
Sundance Film Festival · 2009 · award
Selected clients
BudweiserLand RoverLevi'sPlayStationSamsung

Bio & background

Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American filmmaker and commercial director represented in the US by Anonymous Content. A UC Santa Cruz history graduate and NYU Tisch MFA alumnus, he won a Student Academy Award for the short Victoria para Chino and the Sundance Dramatic Directing Award for feature debut Sin Nombre (2009). He directed Jane Eyre (2011); wrote, produced and shot Beasts of No Nation (2015); and directed and co-wrote EON’s No Time to Die (2021), the first American-helmed official James Bond film. In television he directed all eight episodes of HBO’s True Detective Season 1, winning the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, plus all ten episodes of Netflix’s Maniac (2018) and multiple episodes of Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air (2024). He co-wrote It (2017). Commercial work includes Levi’s “America,” Budweiser “Gather Together,” PlayStation “The World Is In Play,” a 2020 Land Rover Defender spot tied to No Time to Die, and Samsung’s 2016 “A Perfect Day.” He works through Parliament of Owls; signature elements include kinetic tracking shots, immersive locales and performance-driven drama across cinema, series and brand films.

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Awards
  • IndieWire Honors Auteur Award
    IndieWire · 2018
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (True Detective Season 1)
    Television Academy / Primetime Emmy Awards · 2014
  • Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Directing Award (Sin Nombre)
    Sundance Film Festival · 2009
Edinburgh International Film Festival New Director's Award (Sin Nombre)
Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2009
  • Student Academy Award (Victoria para Chino)
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences · 2005
  • BAFTA TV Award for Best International Programme (True Detective)
    BAFTA
  • Independent Spirit Award nominations (Best Director/Cinematography/Feature — Beasts of No Nation; Best Director — Sin Nombre)
    Film Independent Spirit Awards
  • Capri Hollywood Best Director (Beasts of No Nation)
    Capri Hollywood International Film Festival
  • Press
    • Wikipedia biography covering features, True Detective Emmy, Maniac, Bond, Masters of the Air
      Wikipedia
    • IMDb credits including Land Rover Defender ‘No Time to Die’ Television Commercial (2020)
      IMDb · 2020
    • Anonymous Content US roster profile (Levi’s, Budweiser, PlayStation commercials; film/TV titles)
      Anonymous Content