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Chris Eyre(I)

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Chris Eyre at an event for A Thousand Roads (2005)
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Reel Injun (2009)
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Chris Eyre was born in 1969 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for Smoke Signals (1998), Dark Winds (2022) and Skins (2002).
Bornc. 1969
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    • Awards
      • 22 wins & 14 nominations total

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    Known for

    Smoke Signals (1998)
    Smoke Signals
    7.2
    • Producer
    • 1998
    A Martinez, Zahn McClarnon, and Jessica Matten in Dark Winds (2022)
    Dark Winds
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Skins (2002)
    Skins
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2002
    Edge of America (2004)
    Edge of America
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Producer
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Face the Wind
      • producer
      • Filming
      • Short
    • A Martinez, Zahn McClarnon, and Jessica Matten in Dark Winds (2022)
      Dark Winds
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2026
    • Iinniiwa: The Blackfeet Buffalo Story (2026)
      Iinniiwa: The Blackfeet Buffalo Story
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2026
    • Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025)
      Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
      7.2
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • The Summer Machine (2024)
      The Summer Machine
      2.1
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • How to Change Your Mind (2022)
      How to Change Your Mind
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Fourplay (2018)
      Fourplay
      4.5
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Ronnie BoDean (2015)
      Ronnie BoDean
      8.1
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • The Seventh Fire (2015)
      The Seventh Fire
      5.9
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Amber Midthunder in #nightslikethese (2013)
      #nightslikethese
      6.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • consulting producer
      • 2007–2012
    • California Indian (2011)
      California Indian
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Up Heartbreak Hill (2011)
      Up Heartbreak Hill
      7.0
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Imprint (2007)
      Imprint
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Arctic Son (2006)
      Arctic Son
      7.8
      • consulting producer
      • 2006

    Director

    • Soul Catcher
      • director
      • Pre-production
    • Face the Wind
      • Director
      • Filming
      • Short
    • A Martinez, Zahn McClarnon, and Jessica Matten in Dark Winds (2022)
      Dark Winds
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2026
    • Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025)
      Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Memories of Miss O'Keeffe (2017)
      Memories of Miss O'Keeffe
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Ishi's Return (2016)
      Ishi's Return
      7.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Be There for Your Child (2015)
      Be There for Your Child
      Video
      • Director
      • 2015
    • James Cromwell, Josh Lucas, and Ayelet Zurer in Hide Away (2011)
      Hide Away
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, Timothy F. Crowley, Blue Deckert, Brad Leland, Jesse Plemons, Louanne Stephens, Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Adrianne Palicki, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Kate Krause, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Kate Melton, Derek Phillips, Stacey Oristano, Omaka Omegah, and Sarah Kate Allsup in Friday Night Lights (2006)
      Friday Night Lights
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008–2011
    • Native Century (2010)
      Native Century
      4.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Freedom Riders (2009)
      Freedom Riders
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Jeremiah Bitsui, Alex Rice, Honorato Ninantay, and Riana M. Malabed in A Thousand Roads (2005)
      A Thousand Roads
      7.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Edge of America (2004)
      Edge of America
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2004
    • A Thief of Time (2003)
      A Thief of Time
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Adam Beach and Wes Studi in Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002)
      Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002

    Additional Crew

    • Jeremy T. Thomas in Antlers (2021)
      Antlers
      5.9
      • advisor: Anishinaabe and Native American
      • 2021
    • Dreamcatcher Bios (2018)
      Dreamcatcher Bios
      TV Series
      • participant
      • 2018
    • Rich Hall in Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian (2012)
      Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • archive
      • 2012
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos1

    Reel Injun
    Trailer 1:34
    Reel Injun

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Website of Chris Eyre
    • Born
      • c. 1969
      • Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Children
      • Shay Eyre
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview
      • 1 Article

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      Of Cheyenne-Arapaho Native American descent.

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