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Natar Ungalaaq (born 1959) is a Canadian Inuit actor, filmmaker and sculptor whose work is in many major collections of Inuit art. Before playing the lead roles in Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) and The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) (2008), Ungalaaq played major roles in other Canadian and American films, including Kabloonak (1995), Glory & Honor (1998) and Frostfire (1994). He is also a producer and director of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation.

Natar Ungalaaq
Born	1959 Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Years active	1991–present

Ungalaaq was the carving buddy of director Zacharias Kunuk. With funds raised by selling their handmade work, they bought their first camera gear in 1981, and started a production company in an Inuit community that didn't even have a TV.

Natar is also a renowned carver. He began when he was 9 or 10 years old, using his grandfather's tools. His carving in white soapstone, "Sedna with a Hairbrush 1985", is featured in the National Gallery of Canada's collection.[1]

In 2016, he made his debut as a director, codirecting the film Searchers with Kunuk.[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1994	Frost Fire (TV)	Inuit
	Trial at Fortitude Bay	Tommy
1995	Kabloonak	Mukpullu
1998	Glory & Honor (TV)	Ootah
2001	Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner	Atanarjuat
2004	Sleep Murder (TV)	Jimmy Tarniq
2006	The Journals of Knud Rasmussen	Nuqallaq
2008	The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)	Tiivii
2013	Maïna	Tadio
2016	Iqaluit	Noah
2018	The Grizzlies	Pete

Awards

Ungalaaq was awarded the Best Actor award at the American Indian Movie Awards[3] in 2002 for Atanarjuat.[4] He won the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 29th Genie Awards for his role in Ce qu'il faut pour vivre.[4][5] He also won the Jutra Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Best Actor award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for the same performance.[4] In September 2009, Ungalaaq was presented with an award of distinction by the Nunavut Film Development Corporation.[6] This award recognized Natar's body of work and his contribution to Nunavut's film community.[7] In 2016, Ungalaaq won Best Indigenous Language Production (2016) for "Maliglutit (Searchers)" at the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.[8]

References

External links

• Natar Ungalaaq at IMDb
• Natar Ungalaaq on The Inuit Art Quarterly Profiles
• Natar Ungalaaq on Qaggiavuut

На других языках

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- [en] Natar Ungalaaq

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[fr] Natar Ungalaaq

Natar Ungalaaq (né en 1959 à Igloulik, aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest, actuellement Nunavut) est un comédien, réalisateur et sculpteur inuk.

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[ru] Унгалаак, Натар

Натар Унгалаак (англ. Natar Ungalaaq) — канадский актёр, режиссёр и скульптор, представитель коренного населения самой крупной канадской территории Нунавут. Известен своими ролями в фильмах «Быстрый бегун» 2001 года и «То, что необходимо для жизни  (фр.) (рус.» 2008 года. Является продюсером телевизионной вещательной компании «Inuit Broadcasting Corporation  (англ.) (рус.», нацеленной на инуитское население Нунавута.

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