Natar Ungalaaq
Informations personnelles
Genre
Homme
Date de naissance
1 janvier 1959 (67 ans)
Lieu de naissance
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Biographie
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 with the film Searchers (2016). He is also a talented carver. Ungalaaq’s carvings are often made from stone and depict traditional Inuit imagery and practices. Ungalaaq has been known to also incorporate animal hair into some of his carvings, such as Sedna with Hairbrush (1985). Ungalaaq represents the goddess Sedna in white soapstone reclining on a rock with her fish like tail wrapping around the bottom of the stone. Sedna’s hair is made from fur and sticks out around her head, creating halo of red. In her right hand she holds a bone hairbrush. Ungalaaq’s sculptures are boldly carved with minimal amounts of negative space and with figures always seemingly caught mid-action. Ungalaaq has received many awards for his acting including ‘Best Actor’ from the American Indian Movie Awards in 2002, ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role’ from the Genie Awards in 2009 and his film The Necessities of Life, or Inuujjutiksaq, was shortlisted for the 2009 Oscars under the Best Foreign Language Film category. Ungalaaq has acted, produced, directed and run cameras in countless Isuma film work. Before playing the lead role in the genre-creating, Cannes Camera D’or award-winning Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), Natar played major roles in other Canadian and American films, including Kabloonak (1994), Glory & Honor (1998), Frostfire (1994), Trial at Fortitude Bay (1994), Sleep Murder (2004), The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006), The Necessities of Life (2008) and Maïna (2013). He has attended multiple film festivals as an actor and director including the Cannes Film Festival. Ungalaaq’s carvings have been exhibited across Canada and are housed in major institutions including the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON. He has been written about in multiple publications including many times in Inuit Art Quarterly and has his piece Sedna with Hairbrush on the cover of the Fall 1993 issue. Most recently, Isuma TV has been chosen as an artist collective to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale Art Festival in 2018.
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...
Natar Ungalaaq
Biographie
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 with the film Searchers (2016). He is also a talented carver. Ungalaaq’s carvings are often made from stone and depict traditional Inuit imagery and practices. Ungalaaq has been known to also incorporate animal hair into some of his carvings, such as Sedna with Hairbrush (1985). Ungalaaq represents the goddess Sedna in white soapstone reclining on a rock with her fish like tail wrapping around the bottom of the stone. Sedna’s hair is made from fur and sticks out around her head, creating halo of red. In her right hand she holds a bone hairbrush. Ungalaaq’s sculptures are boldly carved with minimal amounts of negative space and with figures always seemingly caught mid-action. Ungalaaq has received many awards for his acting including ‘Best Actor’ from the American Indian Movie Awards in 2002, ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role’ from the Genie Awards in 2009 and his film The Necessities of Life, or Inuujjutiksaq, was shortlisted for the 2009 Oscars under the Best Foreign Language Film category. Ungalaaq has acted, produced, directed and run cameras in countless Isuma film work. Before playing the lead role in the genre-creating, Cannes Camera D’or award-winning Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), Natar played major roles in other Canadian and American films, including Kabloonak (1994), Glory & Honor (1998), Frostfire (1994), Trial at Fortitude Bay (1994), Sleep Murder (2004), The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006), The Necessities of Life (2008) and Maïna (2013). He has attended multiple film festivals as an actor and director including the Cannes Film Festival. Ungalaaq’s carvings have been exhibited across Canada and are housed in major institutions including the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON. He has been written about in multiple publications including many times in Inuit Art Quarterly and has his piece Sedna with Hairbrush on the cover of the Fall 1993 issue. Most recently, Isuma TV has been chosen as an artist collective to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale Art Festival in 2018.
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...
Séries
1 série
Films
15 films
Lorsque Maika et ses amis hétéroclites découvrent une invasion extraterrestre dans leur petit hameau arctique, c’est à eux de sauver la mise. Utilisant leurs armes de fortune et leur connaissance des films d’horreur, les extraterrestres réalisent qu’on ne plaisante pas avec les filles de Pang.
Retrouvez Natar Ungalaaq dans le rôle de Casey.
Le professeur Russ Sheppard arrive dans une communauté canadienne arctique ravagée par l'alcoolisme, les viols et le plus grand taux de suicide d'Amérique du Nord.
Carmen, la femme d'un travailleur du nord, se rend pour la première fois à Iqaluit au chevet de Gilles, son mari gravement blessé. En cherchant à savoir ce qui s'est passé, elle se rapproche de Noah, un ami Inuk de Gilles, et comprend que son drame est lié au sien. Ils partent alors ensemble sur la baie de Frobisher: Carmen pour obtenir des réponses, Noah pour empêcher son fils de commettre l'irréparable.
Avant l'arrivée des Blancs en Amérique, les Innus vivent au sud et les Inuits vivent au nord. Un jour, alors que les querelles internes ont divisé son clan, Maïna, une Innue, se lance à la poursuite d'Inuits qui ont kidnappé Nipki, un jeune garçon du village. Capturée à son tour, elle est emmenée dans le territoire des Inuits, un monde de neige et de froid. Au cours du voyage, elle tombe amoureuse de son ravisseur, Natak. Alors que les saisons passent, Maïna tente de s'intégrer, mais comme elle connaît mal les coutumes locales, des frictions avec son compagnon et les autres villageois se développent.
La légende de Sarila raconte l’histoire d’un voyage initiatique où trois jeunes Inuits partent à la recherche d’une terre promise dans le but de sauver leur clan de la famine. C’est aussi l’histoire d’une lutte à finir entre deux chamans, le jeune Markussi et le vieux Croolik qui sent son pouvoir menacé.
Retrouvez Natar Ungalaaq dans le rôle de Siku.
En 1952, Tivii, chasseur inuit atteint de tuberculose, quitte la Terre de Baffin et sa famille pour aller se faire soigner dans un sanatorium de Québec. Sans repères, ne comprenant pas le français, l'autochtone fugue mais est bientôt retrouvé dans une cabane, épuisé. De retour à l'hôpital, il refuse de s'alimenter et exprime son désir de mourir, ce que son médecin ne peut accepter. Sommée de trouver un moyen de le faire manger, l'infirmière Carole décide de transférer au sanatorium Kaki, un orphelin inuit qui, ayant été élevé par des Blancs, peut servir d'interprète à Tivii. Au contact du jeune garçon, le chasseur reprend goût à la vie et guérit peu à peu. Il en vient alors à caresser le projet d'adopter Kaki, afin de lui redonner un foyer ancré dans sa culture d'origine.
Janvier 1922. Poussé par les forces vives d'un nouveau siècle qui font pression sur tout, l'explorateur et scientifique danois Knud Rasmussen visite le campement isolé du grand chaman d'Iglulik, Aua. Pour Rasmussen et son protégé, le jeune anthropologue Therkel Mathiassen, l'arrivée au campement familial d'Aua ressemble à l'arrivée au paradis. Mais les Danois ne se rendent pas compte alors que cette forteresse temporaire de beauté et de tranquillité se trouve cernée déjà par le rouleau compresseur du XXe siècle et que les Inuits se retrouvent à une frontière, un tournant de leur histoire.
Retrouvez Natar Ungalaaq dans son propre rôle.
Le mal, qui a pris la forme d'un chaman inconnu, divise une petite communauté d'Inuits nomades et en bouleverse l'équilibre et l'âme.Vingt ans plus tard, deux frères s'imposent pour défier le mal : Amaqjuaq, l'homme fort, et Atanarjuat, l'homme rapide. Ce dernier gagne la main de la ravissante Atuat au détriment d'Oki, le fils prétentieux du chef du campement, qui jure de se venger.Celui-ci tend une embuscade aux deux frères dans leur sommeil et tue Amaqjuaq, tandis qu'Atanarjuat s'échappe miraculeusement en courant nu vers l'horizon qui surplombe la glace de mer printanière. Mais échappera-t-il à ce tourbillon de vengeance ?
Retrouvez Natar Ungalaaq dans le rôle de Ootah.
L'histoire de la rencontre de Nanook l'Eskimo et de Robert Flaherty, qui va vivre avec sa famille pendant un an en 1920, faire connaitre au monde son mode de vie pendant que cette civilisation commence a disparaitre.
Retrouvez Natar Ungalaaq dans le rôle de Tommy.
Retrouvez Natar Ungalaaq dans le rôle de Production Assistant.