Chris Eyre, Mk1 VW Jetta at Goodwood, 16 Feb 2002
Chris Eyre Mk1 VW Jetta driveby, Goodwood 16 Feb 2002
Chris Eyre
Chris Eyre
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- Biography: Chris Eyre (b. 1968 in Portland, Oregon), an enrolled Cheyenne/Arapaho, is a film director and producer. His films focus on all aspects of contemporary Native American life, while dispelling the usual stereotypes. Eyre's debut film, Smoke Signals (1998), won the coveted Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers Trophy and the Audience Award.
Filmography
- We Shall Remain (2009)
- The American Experience We Shall Remain: Part I - After the Mayflower (2009)
- Kashf: The Lifting of the Veil (2008)
- California Indian (2008)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Smut (2008)
- Imprint (2007)
- A Thousand Roads (2005)
- A Thief of Time (2004)
- Edge of America (2003)
- Skinwalkers (2002)
- Skins (2002)
- The Doe Boy (2001)
News
Indian film festival debuts
azcentral.com –
2008-06-23
SANTA FE, N.M. - In some American Indian tribes, when important matters are being discussed a "talking stick" is handed around. Whoever holds it is the only one who may speak, while the others listen. Hence the name of the ... Full Article
NHK finalists named
variety.com –
2005-12-13
Sundance Institute on Tuesday unveiled a dozen finalists who will vie for its Sundance/NHK Intl. Filmmakers Awards at the upcoming Sundance fest in Park City, Utah. ... Full Article
Skins Director: Chris Eyre Genre: Drama Publisher: First Look Pictures Releasing Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Cast: Eric Schweig and Graham Greene
culturecartel.com –
2002-11-10
Suffering from a crisis of faith A Review by John Beachem 10/11/2002 Rudy Yellow Lodge (Eric Schweig) is a good cop on one of the poorest Indian reservations in the United States. ... Full Article
Skins Director: Chris Eyre Genre: Drama Publisher: First Look Pictures Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Cast: Eric Schweig, Graham Greene
culturecartel.com –
2002-10-13
Wounded Knee III A Review by John Nesbit 10/13/2002 In 1998 Smoke Signals burst upon the scene to much critical acclaim as an excellent portrayal of contemporary Indians that accurately illustrated their humanity and sense of humor. ... Full Article
Film
villagevoice.com –
1998-10-06
Now entering its fourth decade, Third World Newsreel has gone from a giddily utopian agitprop image bank documenting the antiwar and Civil Rights struggles of the '60s to the celluloid-and-tape ground zero of late-20th-century identity politics. ... Full Article
The large-framed and ponytailed filmmaker Chris Eyre is a member of the Cheyenne/Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma. After receiving his M.A. from N.Y.U., he was inspired by the book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. ... Full Article