Chris Eyre ( born Chris Eyre , born 1968) is an American filmmaker and film producer of Indian origin. He gained fame after the release of the film " Smoke Alarms " in 1998, which became a real anthem of young Native American America. In his films, he seeks to show the history and modern life of Native Americans without embellishment and Hollywood stamps, although it is not limited to an exclusively Indian theme.
| Chris Air | |
|---|---|
| English Chris eyes | |
| Date of Birth | 1968 |
| Place of Birth | Portland , Oregon , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Profession | filmmaker film producer TV director television producer |
| Career | 1994 - p.t. |
| Awards | Directors Guild of America Award |
| IMDb | |
| chriseyre.org | |
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Biography
At the age of five days he was adopted by white parents from Klamath Falls , Oregon [1] . He sought out his real mother when he was 25, and maintained relations with her for the next 10 years, until the day of her death [2] . At the age of 18, he went to Oklahoma , where he achieved official enrollment in the lists of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe [3] .
Eyre’s short film “ Resilience ” ( Tenacity , 1995), shot during his studies at the Tisch School of Art at New York University , brought a novice director several awards and money grants, and at the same time, obviously, enough self-confidence to offer collaboration with the famous Native American author Sherman Alexi . Together, they began work on an adaptation of Alexey ’s short story book , The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven . Not the least role in the success of their enterprise was played by Robert Redford 's Native American and Indigenous Program at the Sundance Institute . In the creative workshop of the Institute, Air was free to experiment, making “drafts” for the future film [3] .
“ Smoke signals ” (1998), the debut of Eyre and Alexi in the big movie, received the prize for best directing and the audience award for the Sundance festival. It was the first sound feature film shot in Hollywood by an Indian director [4] , but the merits of the picture are by no means exhausted by its revolutionism. The story of the journey of two young men across America behind the ashes of the father of one of them is a piercing tale of growing up, duty, love and home, about universal values. In the film, the stereotypes of numerous Hollywood films about the Indians are played out with irony; it contains many jokes “for its own people”, however it is self-ironic enough for a wider audience to appreciate its humor.
Chris Eyre's second full-length film, Redskins (2002), is a love / hate story of two brothers living on a reservation, a policeman and a drunken Vietnam veteran. After The Smoke Alarms, with their lyricism and gentle humor, Eyre turned to such topics as poverty, alcoholism and senseless violence of the reservation life. However, the main theme of the film, as before, is family and human relationships.
In 2002 and 2003, Eyre also filmed 2 novels from Tony Hillerman 's famous Navajo Police series: Changing Outlines ( Skinwalkers , 1986) and Thief of Time (1988). The main roles of Officer Jim Chi and Sergeant Joe Liphorn in them were played by Adam Beach and Wes Studi .
The tape " On the Edge of America " was selected for display at the opening of the 2004 Sundance Festival. The film, based on a real biography of basketball player Jerry Richardson [5] , who undertook to train a team of girls from an Indian reservation, in 2006 brought Air for the outstanding directorial achievements of the Directors Guild of America in the category "Programs for Children and Youth" [6] .
Created with the support of the National Museum of the American Indian, the short film “A Thousand Roads” combines four stories of modern Native Americans living far from each other, but invisibly connected in a common journey to the origins of their human “I”.
In 2009, Air first turned to the American history of the development of the Wild West. He directed three of the five episodes of the PBS Channel’s We Shall Remain documentary on Thanksgiving , the extraordinary fate of the Indian political leader Tecumseh, and the tragic history of the Cherokee tribe.
The director’s last full-length film today was the 2011 lyrical drama Hide Away, starring Josh Lucas .
On February 1, 2012, Chris Eyre heads the Department of Film and Video Art at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design .
The daughter of director Shayel also became an actress.
In the immediate plans of Chris Eyre is an adaptation of Frank Herbert 's novel “ Soul Trapper ” [7] .
Filmography
| Year | Project | Russian name | original name | Acted like |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | to / m | Tenacity | director, screenwriter | |
| 1995 | documentary | Bringing It All Back Home | director, producer | |
| 1997 | to / m | Somebody Kept Saying Powwow [8] | producer | |
| 1998 | music video [9] | Things we do | director, producer | |
| 1998 | film | Smoke signals | Smoke signals | director, screenwriter, co-producer |
| 2000 | film | Deer boy | The doe boy | producer |
| 2002 | film | Changing outlines | Skinwalkers | director, actor |
| 2002 | film | Redskins | Skins | director, co-producer, actor |
| 2003 | film | Time stealer | A thief of time | producer |
| 2005 | film | On the edge of America | Edge of america | director, producer |
| 2005 | film | Thousand roads | A thousand roads | producer |
| 2005 | documentary | Taming the Wild West: The Legend of the Jedi Smith | Taming The Wild West: The Legend of Jedediah Smith | co-producer |
| 2006/2007 | documentary / episode of the series | Son of the arctic | Arctic Son [10] | consultant producer |
| 2007 | film | Imprint | Imprint | producer |
| 2008 | episode of the series | Law & Order: Special Enclosure , Dirt Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit : Smut | producer |
| 2008 | episode of the series | Friday Night Lights , Saving Face Series | Friday Night Lights : Keeping Up Appearances | producer |
| 2009 | documentary episode | We will stay . Episode 1: After the Mayflower | We Shall Remain : After the Mayflower | director, producer |
| 2009 | documentary episode | We will stay. Series 2: Vision Tecumseh | We Shall Remain : Tecumseh's Vision | director, producer |
| 2009 | documentary episode | We will stay. Episode 3: Tear Trail | We Shall Remain : Trail of Tears | producer |
| 2009 | miniseries | Freedom fighters | Freedom riders | producer |
| 2011 | episode of the series | Friday Night Lights Strength Test Series | Friday Night Lights : Gut Check | producer |
| 2011 | film | California Native American | California indian | producer |
| 2011/2012 | film | Shelter / Year at the Port | Hideaway / A Year In Mooring | director, producer |
| 2011/2012 | documentary / episode of the series | Hill of Broken Hearts | Up Heartbreak Hill [11] | executive producer |
| 2013 | to / m | # taki nights | #nightslikethese | executive producer |
| 2015 | documentary | Seventh Fire | The seventh fire | executive producer |
| 2015 | to / m | Ronnie Bo Ding | Ronnie bodean | executive producer |
| 2016 | documentary | The Return of Isha | Ishi's return | producer |
Advanced
On my own behalf (interviews, comments):
- Documentary Series Split Screen / Waiting for Star Wars / “ Waiting for Star Wars ” (1999)
- Documentary Series Biography / Episode Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw / Robert Redford , The Hollywood Rebel (2000)
- Documentary film Tribeca Film Festival Presents / “ Tribeca Festival Presents ” (2003)
- Documentary Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American / “Indian Images: The Hollywood Stereotype” (2003)
- Documentary Wanderlust / “Thirst for Wanderings” (2006)
- Reel Injun Documentary / Indywood (2009)
- The Hub Documentary Series / Epicenter (2012)
Notes
- ↑ A Youth Renaissance for Native Americans
- ↑ Director Chris Eyre: 10 Years after “Smoke Signals”
- ↑ 1 2 Chris Eyre. Overview
- ↑ Turner Classic Movies: Smoke Signals
- ↑ Biographical documentary about Jerry Richardson and Lady Chieftains on IMDB
- ↑ 58th Annual DGA Awards
- ↑ Chris Eyre to direct 'Soul Catcher'
- ↑ The film became a “rough draft” of “Smoke Signals”
- ↑ Clip for a song by Indigenous
- ↑ August 21, 2007 was shown on PBS as part of the Point of View documentary cycle.
- ↑ July 26, 2012 was shown on PBS as part of the Point of View documentary cycle.
Links
- Chris Eyre on the Internet Movie Database