Sky Hopinka
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Ferndale, Washington, USA
Biography
Sky Hopinka is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in film, video, and new genres. He is learning his tribal heritage language, Hočak, and working on various video projects that stem from ideas of contemporary indigenous linguistic concepts, identity, and representational imagery.
Best known work
Jáaji Approx.
2015
Dislocation Blues
2017
Ouroboros
2017
Fainting Spells
2018
I'll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You'll Become
2016
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
2020
Deerfoot of the Diamond
2022
Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary
2017
Sunflower Siege Engine
2023
Visions of an Island
2015Filmography
TBA
Just a Soul RespondingDirector, Screenplay, Cinematography
TBA
When I Was a WaterfallDirector
TBA
He Who Wears Faces on His EarsDirector
2026
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]Additional Photography
2025
Powwow PeopleDirector, Editor
2023
Sunflower Siege EngineDirector, Writer, Producer
2022
Deerfoot of the Diamondas Louis Sockalexis (voice)
2022
Kicking the CloudsDirector
2021
Mnemonics of Shape and ReasonDirector
2021
The Island WeightsDirector
2021
In Dreams and AutumnDirector
2020
LoreDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
2020
Cinetracts '20Director
2020
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shoreas Narrator (voice), Editor, Sound, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
2020
Here you are before the treesDirector
2019
When you're lost in the rainDirector
2019
Cloudless Blue Egress of SummerDirector
2019
Electric SnakesDirector
2018
Fainting SpellsDirector, Writer
2018
Dreaming In The DarkDirector
2017
Dislocation BluesDirector
2017
Ouroborosas Voiceover
2017
Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or BoundaryDirector of Photography, Director, Editor, Sound Designer
2016
2015
Visions of an IslandDirector