CARY FUKUNAGA IN NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2015. BLAZER: MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION. JACKET: PRADA. GLASSES: FUKUNAGA’S OWN.

GROOMING: VALERY GHERMAN FOR DIORSKIN NUDE. PRODUCTION: BO ZHANG/MANAGEMENT ARTISTS. DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: NATALIA READ-HARBER. PHOTO ASSISTANTS: KYRRE SKJELBY KRISTOFFERSEN AND SHIJING WANG. STYLING ASSISTANT: KRISTINA KOELLE. SPECIAL THANKS: TEN TON STUDIO. 

FUKUNAGA BEHIND THE SCENES OF BEASTS OF NO NATION, 2015. PHOTO: COURTESY NETFLIX. 

FUKUNAGA BEHIND THE SCENES OF TRUE DETECTIVE, 2014. PHOTO: LACEY TERRELL, COURTESY HBO.

STILL FROM SIN NOMBRE, 2009. PHOTO: FOCUS FEATURES/PHOTOFEST. © FOCUS FEATURES.

STILL FROM TRUE DETECTIVE, 2014. PHOTO: HBO/PHOTOFEST. © HBO. 

STILL FROM BEASTS OF NO NATION, 2015. PHOTO: COURTESY NETFLIX.