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Chris Eyre (born 1968), an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, is an American film director and producer who as of 2012 is chairman of the film department at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
Chris Eyre is a Cheyenne-Arapaho filmmaker who has directed and produced movies and TV shows such as Smoke Signals, Dark Winds and Skins. He was born in Portland, Oregon, USA and has won 22 awards and received 13 nominations for his work.
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- Portland, Oregon, USA
Aug 3, 2023 · Chris Eyre is a director and producer of the Navajo noir series "Dark Winds" based on Tony Hillerman novels. He talks about his career, the challenges and opportunities of Native representation in TV and film, and his experience working with Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin.
Learn about Chris Eyre, the nation's most celebrated American Indian film director, who was born in Oregon and made Smoke Signals, the first nationally distributed feature film with Native actors. Find out his background, influences, and other works in this Oregon Encyclopedia article.
Jun 9, 2022 · Chris Eyre is a member of the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and a widely acclaimed Native American filmmaker. He talks about his new TV series Dark Winds, based on Tony Hillerman novels, and his love for the western film genre and Native stories.
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In this exclusive conversation with Chris Eyre and AFI Conservatory Fellows in November 2020, the acclaimed filmmaker leads a discussion about Native American identity in the movies.
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Chris Eyre was born in 1969 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for Smoke Signals (1998), Dark Winds (2022) and Skins (2002).