Director
Karyn Kusama
Born 1968 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Directed
Chicago Fire
Director · 2012
The Man in the High Castle
Director · 2015
The Outsider
Director · 2020
Billions
Director · 2016
The L Word
Director · 2004
Yellowjackets
Director · 2021
The Invitation
Director · 2016
The Terror
Director · 2018
Halt and Catch Fire
Director · 2014
Jennifer's Body
Director · 2009
Æon Flux
Director · 2005
Masters of Sex
Director · 2013
In Treatment
Director · 2008
Destroyer
Director · 2018
The Consultant
Director · 2023
Girlfight
Director · 2000
XX
Director · 2017
Casual
Director · 2015
