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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 a director and producer of TV shows and movies, such as The Invitation, Destroyer, and Yellowjackets. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and married to Phil Hay, a writer and producer.
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Nov 17, 2021 · The director of Showtime's survival drama and the horror satire talks about her career, influences, and how she embraces the female perspective. She also reveals her love for '90s music and cannibalism.
- Alison Herman
Jul 27, 2022 · Karyn Kusama Says Yellowjackets Is a War Story About Women. “I often romanticize this idea that we are just left to fend for ourselves as women,” says the director, who earned her first...
Learn about the life and career of Karyn Kusama, a director and producer of films such as The Invitation, Destroyer and Girlfight. Find out her birth date, family, spouse, trivia and quotes.
- March 21, 1968
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 2, 2019 · The acclaimed director Karyn Kusama discusses her new film, working with Nicole Kidman, and emerging from “movie jail.”
