Chris Eyre
December 4, 1968 · 57 years old
An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, Chris Eyre gained national attention in 1998 with the movie Smoke Signals. People Magazine called him "the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time."
Known For
6 titles
Dark Winds
Follows Leaphorn and Chee, two Navajo police officers in the 1970s Southwest that are forced to challenge their own spiritual beliefs when they search for clues in a double murder case.
Smoke Signals
Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.
Reel Injun
The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.
Hide Away
A successful businessman attempting to resurrect his life buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat.
The Doe Boy
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
The Seventh Fire
When Rob Brown, a Native American gang leader on a remote Minnesota reservation, is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved Ojibwe community. As Rob reckons...