Karyn Kusama

Directing

Born 1968-03-21 Brooklyn, New York, USA 34 credits Open Palm Award 1 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Award

Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature 1 nominated

2001 Best First Feature Nominated Girlfight

Open Palm Award 1 won

2000 Open Palm Award Won Girlfight

Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award 1 won

2000 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award Won Girlfight

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Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller film Destroyer (2018). Among her accolades, Kusama has received awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.

Karyn Kusama

Awards

Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature 1 nominated

Open Palm Award 1 won

Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award 1 won

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