Director
Karyn Kusama
58 years · Brooklyn, New York, USA · 16 films
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.
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Filmography 14
Boorman and the Devil
2026 · Self
On TCM
Chain Reactions
2025 · Self
Lynch/Oz
2023 · Host (Chapter 4: 'Multitudes') (voice)
Sex on Screen
2023 · Self
Body Parts
2022 · Self
On Plex
Destroyer
2018 · Director
On Plex
Half the Picture
2018 · Self
78/52
2017 · Self
On AMC+
XX
2017 · Writer, Director
On Philo
The Invitation
2016 · Director
On ARROW
Speechless
2015 · Director
Jennifer's Body
2009 · Director
On Hulu
Æon Flux
2005 · Director
On Kanopy
Girlfight
2000 · Director, Writer