Chris Eyre
1995 Fellow
Hermosa, SD
Smoke Signals (1998)
Victor and Thomas, two young Native Americans, set off on a road trip to claim the ashes of Victor’s 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.