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Smoke Signals (1998) ![]() Victor and Thomas, two young Native Americans, set off on a road trip to claim the ashes of Victors estranged father. Awards: Best Picture and Director Award,American Indian Film Festival, (San Francisco/Filmmakers Trophy & Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival/Artistic Contribution Award, Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan) Festivals: Deauville Film Festival of American Film (France)/Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan)/American Indian Film Festival (San Francisco, CA)/Sundance (Utah)/New Directors New Films Festival (NY)/
Taos Talking Picture Festival (New Mexico) Screenings: Metropolitan Museum (NY)/theatrical release Distribution Info: Miramax Films
7920 Sunset Blvd., Suite 230 Los Angeles, CA 90046-3353 (213) 969-2000 Web Sites: Selected Works Film A Thousand Roads (2005)
Skins (2002) Smoke Signals (1998) Bringing It All Back Home (1996) Someone Kept Saying Powwow (1995) Tenacity (1994) Accomplishments Father
Board Member, Native American Producers Alliance Producer, Doe Boy, 2000 Audience Award and Filmmakers Trophy, Sundance Film Festival, 1998 U.S. Award Winner of the Cinema 100/Sundance International Award, 1996 Sundance Institute Film Fellowship, 1995 Education 1995 MFA, Film, New York University
1991 BFA, University of Arizona, Tucson Web Site News April, May, June 2008 Chris Eyre
produced Imprint,
a feature narrative that weaves Native mythologies into a supernatural
thriller. Imprint was shown at the Hoboken
International Film Festival and the Talking Stick
Film Festival, both in June. October, November, December 2007 Chris Eyre was one of 50 artists awarded a $50,000
grant by United
States Artists, for his work with media arts. July, August, September 2007 Chris Eyre’s A Thousand Roads
was screened daily at the National
Museum of the American Indian throughout July. A
geographically diverse portrait of Native people, the film threads
together four stories of people in Alaska, Peru, New Mexico and
Manhattan, exploring what it means to belong to a specific community. |
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