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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 .
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Karyn Kusama is a director and producer of films and TV shows, such as The Invitation, Girlfight and Yellowjackets. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and married to Phil Hay, a writer and producer.
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Apr 9, 2016 · And that emotional terror is brought to vivid, bloody life by director Karyn Kusama, who broke through with 2000’s Girlfight, then struggled to find and produce more work within a Hollywood...
Nov 17, 2021 · The director of Yellowjackets, a Showtime survival drama about a group of girls, talks about her filmography, from Æon Flux to Destroyer, and how she views the themes of cannibalism and female hunger. She also shares her views on Jennifer's Body, the horror satire she directed and co-wrote, and its resurgence in popularity.
- 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 Emmy...
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...
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 singular connection to the series:...
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