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Changing the perception of Native Americans through film and cinema. Chad Burris is an attorney, entrepreneur, film producer and proud member of the Chickasaw Nation. He grew up in Weatherford, Oklahoma, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma.
Chad Burris. Executive Director. Chad is an attorney, entrepreneur, film producer, and proud member of the Chickasaw Nation. He grew up in Weatherford, Oklahoma, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Tulsa College of Law with an emphasis in Indian Law.
Burris has served as a producer on several films for Oklahoma-based filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, and as executive producer on Michael Winterbottom’s Oklahoma-shot film, The Killer Inside Me. Camera In The Sun spoke with Burris about those projects, as well as the uncertain status of Oklahoma’s state-funded film incentives.
Chad Burris produced the award-winning films Four Sheets to the Wind and Barking Water by Sterlin Harjo, both which premiered at Sundance in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Burris also executive...
Chad Burris is an attorney, entrepreneur, film producer and proud member of the Chickasaw Nation.
May 10, 2023 · Burris comes to the role following a more than 20-year career in the film industry. As a producer, he has backed award-winning films, including Sterlin Harjo’s (“Reservation Dogs”) feature...
Chickasaw Chad Burris is an attorney and film producer and says he is honored to have premiered all of his films at the Sundance Film Festival. He explains that mainstream cinema has perpetuated a stereotypical image of Native Americans-that all Indians look and act the same way.
