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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."
Awards & recognition
- Directors Guild of America Award
Filmography13 titles
Friday Night Lights
2006Director
2006Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999Director
1999Director
Dark Winds
2022Director, Executive Producer
2022Director, Executive Producer
Reel Injun
2009as Self
2009as Self
P.O.V.
1988Executive Producer, Producer
1988Executive Producer, Producer
Smoke Signals
1998Co-Producer, Director
1998Co-Producer, Director
American Experience
1988Director
1988Director
Edge of America
2003Director, Producer
2003Director, Producer
Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
2025Director
2025Director
The Seventh Fire
2015Executive Producer
2015Executive Producer
Skins
2002as Cop
2002as Cop
Imprint
2007Producer
2007Producer
Hide Away
2011Director
2011Director