Karyn Kusama

Quick Facts

Full Name	Karyn Kusama
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Mar 21, 1968(1968-03-21)
Age	56
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Pisces

Karyn Kusama Biography

Karyn Kusama is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on March 21, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born on 21 March 1968) is an American director of television and film. Her debut in the feature film world in 2000 with the film Girlfight that she wrote and directed. For it, she received the Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. She then directed the 2005 sci-fi action movie AEon Flux, based on Peter Chung’s animated TV series named AEon Flux, and the 2009 cult horror film Jennifer’s Body. She recently worked as director of television. In 2017, she directed a segment of the film XX which was an all- female horror anthology. Her most recent film is the 2018 crime-thriller Destroyer which features Nicole Kidman. The three films she has directed were composed by her spouse Phil Hay and his writing partner Matt Manfredi.

At the age of 31 Kusama was directing and writing her first feature, Girlfight. It took a long time to secure financing for the film. This was because of her insistance that the lead character be the only Latina instead of making the film an opportunity for a famous white actress. When financing failed just before filming began, Girlfight was partially financed by filmmaker John Sayles, for whom she was an assistant in the beginning and was also an instructor. The film premiered in 2000. It won the Director’s Prize and shared the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, as in addition to it won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, which was an independent one, with a the budget of US$1 million was well-received by critics. It earned just US$1,667,000. This was deemed to be a small profit and has since been an icon that demonstrates the “Sundance Effect”.

Kusama married screenwriter Phil Hay in October 2006. They have a son. Although they had known each other since meeting at Sundance when Girlfight premiered in 2000, it wasn’t until they worked together on Æon Flux that they began dating.

In 2009, Kusama directed the horror film Jennifer’s Body, which was written by Diablo Cody and starred actress Megan Fox in the lead role. The film grossed approximately US$31,000,000 on a budget of around US$16,000,000. Despite its box office success, the film received mixed reviews from critics upon its release but has since become a cult classic. In regards to the reappraisals of the film, Kusama credited its “distinctly female perspective,” stating she had intended to make a movie where young women could see themselves represented. Kusama has since described working on both Æon Flux and Jennifer’s Body as “learning experiences,” wherein she learned how to navigate the Hollywood studio system.

The Director’s Prize for the 2000 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.Prix of the Jeunesse in Cannes Film Festival in 2000. 2000 Cannes Film Festival

Karyn Kusama Net Worth

Karyn Kusama is one of the richest Film Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Karyn Kusama 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kusama is a native of St. Louis, Missouri she was she was the child of Haruo Kusama who was who was a Japanese child psychiatrist, and Susan McGuire, an Midwestern educational psychiatrist. Her graduation was at Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis, and in 1990, she received an BFA for Film & TV from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

After having graduated from NYU and winning the Mobil Prize for a student film titled Sleeping Beauties, Kusama worked as an editor for documentary films, and in the production on independent films as well as music video, and as an nanny, as well as painting houses. Through her nanny position, she was introduced to the filmmaker John Sayles and worked as his assistant for three years as filming Lone Star, as well as the creation of film projects like Men with Guns and Limbo. As she worked for Sayles She continued to create screenplays. The year 1992 was when Kusama began boxing in Gleason’s Gym, Brooklyn where she trained alongside Hector Roca. She began to collect ideas for Girlfight and didn’t begin writing the script until two years after.

In 2005, Kusama directed her second film, Æon Flux, a Paramount Pictures studio production that starred Charlize Theron and had a budget of US$62,000,000. The film had been ushered through production by Paramount studio chief Sherry Lansing but during production Lansing left, which resulted in the film being recut and reworked, with significant changes from Kusama’s original vision. Following this experience, Kusama said she would never again work on a film in which she doesn’t have control of the final cut. Its worldwide gross was estimated at around US$52,000,000.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Karyn Kusama Dating?

According to our records, Karyn Kusama married to Phil Hay. As of December 1, 2023, Karyn Kusama’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2017, Kusama directed a segment of an all female directed anthology horror film called XX.

Facts & Trivia

Karyn Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Karyn Kusama celebrates birthday on March 21 of every year.

Is Karyn Kusama Japanese?

Kusama was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Haruo Kusama, a Japanese child psychiatrist and Susan McGuire, a Midwestern educational psychiatrist.

Who directed the invitation?

Karyn Kusama

Where was Jennifer's Body filmed?

Production on Jennifer’s Body began on March 17th, 2008. The movie was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The high school sequences were filmed at Langley Secondary School in Langley while some scenes were also filmed at University Hill Secondary School in Vancouver.

How much did it cost to make Jennifer's Body?

16 million USD

Is The Invitation based on a true story?

The suspenseful film is based in such a mundane experience — a dinner party with old friends — that asking if The Invitation is based on a true story isn’t completely out of the question. Luckily, The Invitation is a complete work of fiction.