Person
Loretta Todd
Directing · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Biography
A filmmaker and artist of Cree/Métis and European ancestry, Loretta Todd was one of the first Indigenous women to pursue film studies at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University. Employing a distinctive approach to documentary cinema, she has directed award-winning films such as The Learning Path (1991), Hands of History (1994), Forgotten Warriors (1997) and The People Go On (2003). She has also created video installations for Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology and other gallery venues. The recipient of a Rockefeller Fellowship and a former participant in the Sundance Institute’s Scriptwriters Lab, Todd has received lifetime achievement awards from imagineNATIVE and the Taos Talking Pictures Festival.
Known for

Monkey Beach
Director

Two Worlds Colliding
Consulting Producer
Forgotten Warriors
Director

Hands of History
Researcher

Self Government: Talk About It
Executive Producer

The Learning Path
Director
Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On
Director
Filmography
- 2020Monkey BeachDirector
- 2004Two Worlds CollidingConsulting Producer
- 2003Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go OnDirector
- 1997Forgotten WarriorsDirector
- 1994Self Government: Talk About ItExecutive Producer
- 1994Hands of HistoryResearcher
- 1991The Learning PathDirector
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