Chris Eyre
Directing · Director · Producer · Co-Producer
Born Dec 4, 1968 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Active 1988–present · Awards: Directors Guild of America Award
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."
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — DirectorFriday Night Lights (2006) — DirectorDark Winds (2022) — Executive Producer · DirectorSmoke Signals (1998) — Director · Co-ProducerAmerican Experience (1988) — DirectorIshi's Return (2016) — DirectorA Thousand Roads (2005) — DirectorSkinwalkers (2002) — Tribal Judge Amadeus Pinto · DirectorPoint of View (1988) — Executive Producer · ProducerEdge of America (2003) — Director · ProducerThe Seventh Fire (2015) — Executive ProducerSkins (2002) — Cop · DirectorJim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025) — DirectorHide Away (2011) — DirectorThe Doe Boy (2001) — ProducerA Thief Of Time (2004) — DirectorImprint (2007) — ProducerWe Shall Remain (2009) — DirectorCalifornia Indian (2011) — ProducerMemories of Miss O'Keeffe (2017) — Director