Karyn Kusama
Directing
1968-03-21 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersBoorman and the Devil
2026 · Movie
The Terror: Devil in Silver
2026 · Series
Chain Reactions
2025 · Movie
Lynch/Oz
2023 · Movie
Dead Ringers
2023 · Series
Sex on Screen
2023 · Movie
The Consultant
2023 · Series
Body Parts
2022 · Movie
Yellowjackets
2021 · Series
The Outsider
2020 · Series
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
2019 · Movie
Destroyer
2018 · Movie
Half the Picture
2018 · Movie
78/52
2017 · Movie
XX
2017 · Movie
The Invitation
2016 · Movie
Billions
2016 · Series
Speechless
2015 · Movie
Casual
2015 · Series
The Man in the High Castle
2015 · Series
Halt and Catch Fire
2014 · Series
Masters of Sex
2013 · Series
Chicago Fire
2012 · Series
Jennifer's Body
2009 · Movie
In Treatment
2008 · Series
Æon Flux
2005 · Movie
The L Word
2004 · Series
Girlfight
2000 · Movie
Sleeping Beauties
1991 · Movie
Life Is Strange
Series
Jennifer's Body 2
Movie
Stan
Movie
Breed
Movie
Bad Behavior
Movie