Cary Joji Fukunaga

Director and writer. Born 10 July 1977 in Oakland, California, USA.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 5 titles

Emmy1 won

Born

10 July 1977, Oakland, California, USA

Active

2011–present

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

72Fi1m

72Critics

We rate Cary’s work 1 point above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 794

Under 600

Of 5 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 3 films, 2 series
Screen time: 7 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $818m across 3 films with figures
Primetime Emmy Awards: 1 Emmy1 won
Active: 2011–present

Genres

Drama4
Action1
Adventure1
Mystery1
Romance1
Thriller1

Best and worst on Fi1m

80BestTrue Detective2014

66WorstMasters of the Air2024

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

62000s

102010s

62020s

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards1 won

Won2014Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series · True Detective

Other awards1 won

Won2007Katrin Cartlidge Award: Katrin Cartlidge Award

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.

Cary Joji Fukunaga