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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 filmmaker of Cheyenne-Arapaho descent, born in 1969 in Portland, Oregon. He has directed and produced movies and TV shows such as Smoke Signals, Dark Winds, and Skins, and won several awards.
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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 making Native stories in TV, and his experience with Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin.
- Pat Saperstein
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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Sep 4, 2023 · Screen Rant spoke to EP Chris Eyre about collaborating with the Dark Winds team to push season 2 even further into film noir, setting up the tone of the season and character arcs when directing the first two episodes, and building a finale that leaves the door open for the possibility of more seasons to come.
- Tatiana Hullender
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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.
Director: Smoke Signals. Chris Eyre was born in 1969 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for Smoke Signals (1998), Dark Winds (2022) and Skins (2002).
