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Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) [1] is an American filmmaker. She made her feature directorial debut with the sports drama film Girlfight (2000), [2] [3] for which she won Best Director and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature .
Karyn Kusama is an American filmmaker who has directed and produced movies and TV shows such as The Invitation, Destroyer, Girlfight and Yellowjackets. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is married to Phil Hay, a screenwriter and her frequent collaborator.
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- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Jan 2, 2019 · The acclaimed director Karyn Kusama discusses her new film, working with Nicole Kidman, and emerging from “movie jail.”
Aug 15, 2023 · Karyn Kusama is one of many executive producers on Showtime’s blockbuster dual-timeline drama about the survivors of a plane crash, but she also has a very...
- Seija Rankin
Apr 8, 2016 · The Invitation: Directed by Karyn Kusama. With Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Aiden Lovekamp. When a man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, the unsettling past reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
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Dec 20, 2018 · The Filmmaker Karyn Kusama Explores the Many Dimensions of Women’s Rage. From ‘Girlfight’ to ‘Destroyer,’ her movies are distinguished by her willingness not to revel in brutality but to look it...
Jan 17, 2019 · The director of Destroyer, a critically acclaimed thriller starring Nicole Kidman, talks about her career, her challenges and her vision. She discusses the circular structure of the film, the role of anger in the story and the culture, and the need for female voices in Hollywood.
