Atuat Akkitirq is a Canadian filmmaker, actress and costume designer.
A partner in the filmmaking collective Arnait Video Productions, she
was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Costume Design at the
22nd Genie Awards in 2002 for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, and won the
award at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010 for Before Tomorrow (Le Jour
avant le lendemain).She also had supporting roles as an actress in
both Atanarjuat and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, and was a
co-director with Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu, Susan
Avingaq and Carol Kunuk of Arnait's 2001 documentary film Anaana. She
has also taught management studies at Nunavut Arctic College.
A partner in the filmmaking collective Arnait Video Productions, she
was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Costume Design at the
22nd Genie Awards in 2002 for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, and won the
award at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010 for Before Tomorrow (Le Jour
avant le lendemain).She also had supporting roles as an actress in
both Atanarjuat and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, and was a
co-director with Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu, Susan
Avingaq and Carol Kunuk of Arnait's 2001 documentary film Anaana. She
has also taught management studies at Nunavut Arctic College.
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