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Karyn Kusama

1968 - Today

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Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her feature directorial debut with the sports drama film Girlfight (2000), 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. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on the animated series of the same name created by Peter Chung, and the horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively in television, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the horror anthology film XX (2017), and the crime drama film Destroyer (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Karyn Kusama is the 2,002nd most popular film director (down from 1,879th in 2024), the 16,540th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,461st in 2019) and the 591st most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karyn Kusama ranks 2,002 out of 2,041. Before her are Melina Matsoukas, Gia Coppola, Gracia Querejeta, Klaus Härö, John Ridley, and André Øvredal. After her are Sai Paranjpye, Laurence Rees, Jalmari Helander, S. S. Rajamouli, John Carney, and Rajkumar Hirani.

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Among people born in 1968, Karyn Kusama ranks 860. Before her are Charles Graner, Franck Dumas, Michihiro Tsuruta, Chen Jing, Jimmy Shea, and Alex Ferns. After her are Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, Oksana Grishina, Uwe Tellkamp, Elisa Uga, Sevdalin Marinov, and Jimmy Jean-Louis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karyn Kusama ranks 16,547 out of 20,380. Before her are Jimmy Shea (1968), Monica Keena (1979), Tim Montgomery (1975), Gerald Henderson Jr. (1987), Diana Taurasi (1982), and Jennifer Ketcham (1983). After her are Nicole Maines (1997), Elizabeth Hand (1957), Jill Talley (1962), Sheila Echols (1964), Laura Ingraham (1963), and Jonathan Bennett (1981).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Karyn Kusama ranks 591. Before her are Mike Mitchell (1970), Miranda July (1974), Mark Neveldine (1973), Melina Matsoukas (1981), Gia Coppola (1987), and John Ridley (1964). After her are Zak Penn (1968), Chris Roberts (1968), Michael Dougherty (1974), Darren Lynn Bousman (1979), Jeff Tremaine (1966), and Scott Waugh (1970).

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