Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American film director, writer, and cinematographer. He is best known for writing and directing the 2009 film Sin Nombre (for which he won the Directing Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival), directing the 2011 film Jane Eyre, and for directing and executive producing the 2014 HBO series True Detective (for which he won the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series).