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Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, Oh, that's me.

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Cary Fukunaga
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 10
Cinematographer
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Television Director
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Oakland
California
Cary Joji Fukunaga
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I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it.
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