Natar Ungalaaq
Born in Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada — Jan 01 1959
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Biography
Natar Ungalaaq is a talented filmmaker, actor and sculptor from Igloolik, NU. Ungalaaq began his artistic practice carving when he was a child using his grandparent’s tools, eventually selling his works to buy camera gear along with Zacharias Kunuk to start an Igloolik based production company known as Isuma Productions. Ungalaaq has acted and appeared in many films and television shows most notably starring as the lead Atanarjuat in Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. He made his directorial debut in 2016 wi…
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Natar Ungalaaq's Credits
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The North Water
Elder Inuk
Slash/Back
Fisherman
The Grizzlies
Pete
The Legend of Sarila
Ukpik (voice)
Iqaluit
Noah
Glory & Honor
Ootah
Maïna
Tadlo
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self (archive footage)
Kabloonak
Mukpullu
Trial at Fortitude Bay
Tommy
That Which Once Was
Siku
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat
The Necessities of Life
Tiivii
Ski-Doo
Casey
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Nuqallaq
Fish Traps
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