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Karyn Kusama

Director, Producer, Writer, ActorBorn March 21, 1968 (57 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Destroyer
  • XX

Known For

  • Jennifer's Body
  • Yellowjackets
  • Aeon Flux
  • The Invitation
  • Destroyer
  • Girlfight
  • The Man in the High Castle
  • The Outsider (2020)
  • Billions
  • The Terror
  • The Consultant (2023)
  • XX
  • Halt and Catch Fire
  • The L Word
  • Dead Ringers (2023)
  • Masters of Sex
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society
  • Chicago Fire
  • Casual
  • In Treatment

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2023
    2023
    2021
    Yellowjackets (TV Series)
    2021
    2020
    2018
    2018
    The Terror (TV Series)
    2017
    2016
    Billions (TV Series)
    2015
    Casual (TV Series)
    2015
    2015
    2014
    2013
    Masters of Sex (TV Series)
    2012
    Chicago Fire (TV Series)
    2009
    2008
    In Treatment (TV Series)
    2005
    2004
    The L Word (TV Series)
    2000

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