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Biography
Karyn Kiyoko Kusama is an American filmmaker. She made her feature directorial debut with the sports drama film Girlfight (2000), 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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Awards & recognition
- Open Palm Award · 2000
- Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award · 2000
- Independent Spirit Award — Best First Feature · 2001 · nominated
- Open Palm Award · 2000 · nominated
Filmography25 titles

Chicago Fire
2012Director
2012Director

Halt and Catch Fire
2014Director
2014Director

Billions
2016Director
2016Director

The L Word
2004Director
2004Director

In Treatment
2008Director
2008Director

The Man in the High Castle
2015Director
2015Director

Yellowjackets
2021Director, Executive Producer
2021Director, Executive Producer

The Outsider
2020Director
2020Director

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist
2019Executive Producer
2019Executive Producer

The Terror
2018Director
2018Director

78/52
2017as Self
2017as Self

Masters of Sex
2013Director
2013Director

The Consultant
2023Director
2023Director

Lynch/Oz
2022as Host (Chapter 4: 'Multitudes') (voice)
2022as Host (Chapter 4: 'Multitudes') (voice)

Half the Picture
2018as Self
2018as Self

Casual
2015Director
2015Director

Body Parts
2022as Self
2022as Self

Girlfight
2000Director, Writer
2000Director, Writer

The Invitation
2015Director
2015Director

Dead Ringers
2023Director
2023Director

Chain Reactions
2024as Self
2024as Self

Jennifer's Body
2009Director
2009Director

Destroyer
2018Director
2018Director

Æon Flux
2005Director
2005Director

XX
2017Director, Writer
2017Director, Writer