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.In 1998, Chris Eyre worked on two film projects. His first
release was Things We Do (1998). His debut film, Smoke Signals (1998),
won the Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers Trophy and the Audience
Award. It also won "Best Film" honors at the 1998 American Indian Film
Festival.Eyre's second film, Skins, is the story of two brothers on
the Pine Ridge Reservation, a tribal cop and a Vietnam vet battling
alcohol and emotional problems. He said at a screening: "The only
thing you get in making period pieces about Indians is guilt. I'm
interested in doing what non-Indian filmmakers can't do, which is
portray contemporary Indians."
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.In 1998, Chris Eyre worked on two film projects. His first
release was Things We Do (1998). His debut film, Smoke Signals (1998),
won the Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers Trophy and the Audience
Award. It also won "Best Film" honors at the 1998 American Indian Film
Festival.Eyre's second film, Skins, is the story of two brothers on
the Pine Ridge Reservation, a tribal cop and a Vietnam vet battling
alcohol and emotional problems. He said at a screening: "The only
thing you get in making period pieces about Indians is guilt. I'm
interested in doing what non-Indian filmmakers can't do, which is
portray contemporary Indians."
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