Chris Eyre
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."
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
80%
Director
1999
Friday Night Lights
80%
Director
2006
Dark Winds
75%
Executive Producer
2022
Smoke Signals
68%
Director
1998
American Experience
65%
Director
1988
Reel Injun
70%
Self
2010
Ishi's Return
67%
Director
2016
Hide Away
47%
Director
2011
Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
64%
Director
2025
Dark Winds
75%
Executive Producer
2022
Dark Winds
75%
Director
2022
We Are Still Here
Self
2021
Growing Native Alaska: People of the North
Self
2018
Growing Native Northwest: Coast Salish
Self
2018
Memories of Miss O'Keeffe
Director
2017
Ishi's Return
67%
Director
2016
The Seventh Fire
60%
Executive Producer
2015
California Indian
Producer
2011
Hide Away
47%
Director
2011
Reel Injun
70%
Self
2010
We Shall Remain
60%
Director
2009
Imprint
52%
Producer
2007
Friday Night Lights
80%
Director
2006
Wanderlust
59%
Self
2006
A Thousand Roads
90%
Director
2005
A Thief Of Time
60%
Director
2004
Edge of America
64%
Director
2003
Edge of America
64%
Producer
2003
Skinwalkers
68%
Tribal Judge Amadeus Pinto
2002
Skinwalkers
68%
Director
2002
Skins
53%
Cop
2002
Skins
53%
Director
2002
The Doe Boy
56%
Producer
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
80%
Director
1999
Smoke Signals
68%
Director
1998
Smoke Signals
68%
Co-Producer
1998