Chris Eyre

Known for

Directing

Born

December 4, 1968 (age 57)

Birthplace

Portland, Oregon, USA

Biography

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."

Best known work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Friday Night Lights

2006

Dark Winds

2022

Smoke Signals

1998

American Experience

1988

Reel Injun

2010

Ishi's Return

2016

Hide Away

2011

Skins

2002

Skinwalkers

2002

Filmography

2025
Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
Director
2022
Dark WindsTV
Executive Producer, Director
2021
We Are Still Here
as Self
2018
Growing Native Northwest: Coast Salish
as Self
2018
Growing Native Alaska: People of the North
as Self
2017
Memories of Miss O'Keeffe
Director
2016
Ishi's Return
Director
2015
The Seventh Fire
Executive Producer
2011
California Indian
Producer
2011
Hide Away
Director
2010
Reel Injun
as Self
2009
We Shall RemainTV
Director
2007
Imprint
Producer
2006
Friday Night LightsTV
Director
2006
Wanderlust
as Self
2005
A Thousand Roads
Director
2004
A Thief Of Time
Director
2003
Edge of America
Director, Producer
2002
Skinwalkers
as Tribal Judge Amadeus Pinto, Director
2002
Skins
as Cop, Director
2001
The Doe Boy
Producer
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTV
Director
1998
Smoke Signals
Director, Co-Producer
1988
American ExperienceTV
Director
1988
POVTV
Executive Producer, Producer