Karin Kusama

Karin Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American film director. She made her feature film directorial and writing debut with the acclaimed sports drama Girlfight (2000), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the sci-fi action film Æon Flux (2005), based on the animated series of the same name by Peter Chang, and the cult horror-comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After extensive work as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller Destroyer (2018).