Biography

Peshawn Bread is a screenwriter, poet, and cinematographer from the Penneducah (sugar eater) and Yappaducah (root eater) bands of the Comanche tribe. Her writing capitalizes Indigenous women, sexuality and humorous experiences.

In the winter of 2015, she was introduced and welcomed as one of Sundance Institute's Full Circle Fellows. She was a 2015-16 recipient of the 4th World-Indigenous Media Lab Fellowship supported by SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival) in partnership with Longhouse Media, Sundance Institute and ITVS. Peshawn also participated in a Screenwriter's "Designed Obstacles" workshop led by Joan Tewksbury (Thieves Like Us, Nashville). Throughout the years she has worked on many sets, including Drunktown's Finest (2014) and Mud (Hashtl'ishnii) (2017).

Recently, she had the honor of receiving Sundance's Native Filmmakers Lab Fellowship where she had the opportunity to workshop her script "The Daily Life of Mistress Red" a mockumentary short film about a Native Dominatrix for hire who whips apologies out of white supremacists. The Daily life of Mistress Red is currently in post production.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sundance Institute

Peshawn Bread (They/Them/She) is a queer screenwriter, director and producer from the Penatuku (sugar eater) and Yapuruka (root eater) bands of the Comanche tribe. As an artist, Peshawn loves to marry their love for fashion and film together through highly stylized or fashion forward productions. They've worked on productions ranging from short films, features, to studio productions such as Amazon Studios' Outer Range (S1 & S2) and Marvel Studio's Echo. In addition to working on productions, Peshawn Bread is a Sundance Film Institute alumni of the Full Circle Fellowship (2014) and the 2019 Indigenous Filmmaker's Lab where they had the opportunity to workshop, develop and shoot their script "The Daily Life of Mistress Red". A mockumentary short film about a Native Dominatrix for hire who whips apologies out of white supremacists.
- IMDb mini biography by: Peshawn Bread