[1] Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, he is a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
[3] Funk directed several short films, including the Canada's Top Ten-listed Yellowhead (2013) and Bison (2014), before directing his first feature film, Hello Destroyer, which premiered in 2016.
[5] At the Leo Awards in 2017, Funk won both Best Director and Best Screenplay for the film.
[7] Funk has also directed music videos for Brasstronaut, Wake Owl, The Zolas, Braids, Preoccupations and A Tribe Called Red.
In 2017, he won a MuchMusic Video Award as Best Director for A Tribe Called Red's "Stadium Pow Wow",[8] and in 2019 he won the Prism Prize for The Belle Game's "Low".