Actor

Karyn Kusama

Contemporaryb. 1968DocumentaryHorror

Master of Dread

Also directed 11 films ↗Also wrote 2 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2025Chain ReactionsSelf6.1 2025Boorman and the DevilSelf 2023Sex on ScreenSelf4.2 2023Lynch/OzHost (Chapter 4: 'Multitudes') (voice)6.9 2022Body PartsSelf6.5 2018Half the PictureSelf6.6

About

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.

As Director

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2005Æon Flux 2000Girlfight 2009Jennifer's Body 2016The Invitation 2017XX 2015Speechless

As Screenwriter

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2000Girlfight 2017XX

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