
Person
Chris Eyre
Directing · Born 1968-12-04 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Biography
An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, Chris Eyre gained national attention in 1998 with the movie Smoke Signals. People Magazine called him "the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time."
Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director

Dark Winds
Executive Producer

American Experience
Director

Point of View
Executive Producer

Friday Night Lights
Director

Skinwalkers
Tribal Judge Amadeus Pinto

Hide Away
Director

We Shall Remain
Director

Smoke Signals
Director

Skins
Cop
Filmography
- 2025Jim Thorpe: Lit by LightningDirector
- 2022Dark WindsExecutive Producer
- 2021We Are Still HereSelf
- 2018Growing Native Northwest: Coast SalishSelf
- 2018Growing Native Alaska: People of the NorthSelf
- 2017Memories of Miss O'KeeffeDirector
- 2016Ishi's ReturnDirector
- 2015The Seventh FireExecutive Producer
- 2011California IndianProducer
- 2011Hide AwayDirector
- 2010Reel InjunSelf
- 2009We Shall RemainDirector
- 2007ImprintProducer
- 2006Friday Night LightsDirector
- 2006WanderlustSelf
- 2005A Thousand RoadsDirector
- 2004A Thief Of TimeDirector
- 2003Edge of AmericaDirector
- 2002SkinwalkersTribal Judge Amadeus Pinto
- 2002SkinsCop
- 2001The Doe BoyProducer
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDirector
- 1998Smoke SignalsDirector
- 1988American ExperienceDirector
- 1988Point of ViewExecutive Producer
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