Karyn Kusama Biography

Summary

"Karyn Kusama" (born March 21, 1968) is a US film director and screenwriter. She has a Japanese father and American mother.

Career

A graduate of New York University's film school, her début production "Girlfight" won both the Director's Award and the Grand Jury Prize (tied with Kenneth Lonergan's "You Can Count on Me") at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. She has finished a live-action film version of "Æon Flux", starring Charlize Theron. Her newest film is "Jennifer's Body" which is written by Diablo Cody.

Filmography

Director

"Jennifer's Body" (2009)

"The L Word" ('Little Boy Blue', 2007)

"Æon Flux" (2005)

"Girlfight" (2000)

Writer

"Girlfight" (2000)

Miscellaneous crew

Lone Star (1996) (office manager: New York)

Documentation

Creating a World: Aeon Flux (2006)

The Locations of 'Aeon Flux' (2006)

External links

(Karyn Kusama) on the Internet Movie Database

Credit

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