Sydney Freeland

Directing

Sydney Freeland

Born

1980-10-29 (45)

Place of birth

Gallup, New Mexico, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Sydney Freeland (born October 29, 1980) is a Native American filmmaker. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She wrote and directed the film Drunktown's Finest (2014), which garnered numerous accolades after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second film, Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, debuted at Sundance and was released on Netflix in 2017; her third, Rez Ball, was released in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Freeland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo poster
5.8

Join us on a revealing journey behind-the-scenes of Maya Lopez’s own groundbreaking series. Witness how the production took unprecedented steps to portray the deaf experience, and Native American culture truthfully. Spend time with powerhouse actor Vincent D’Onofrio as he brings the Kingpin to monstrous life once again. All this and more waits to be discovered in "Assembled: The Making of Echo."

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo

2024

Rez Ball poster
6.4

After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.

Rez Ball

2024

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train poster
5.6

After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

2017

Drunktown's Finest poster
6.1

On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person) – search for love and acceptance.

Drunktown's Finest

2014

Hoverboard poster
NR

After watching Back to the Future 2, an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to invent a real, working Hoverboard.

Hoverboard

2012

Seeing is Believing: Women Direct poster
NR

“We are the stories we tell ourselves.” Seeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series about directors, leaders… who happen to be women.Audiences will hear directly from women who are on the front lines of the field: from major award winners to NYU students, festival darlings to frustrated auteurs. They will discover the pathways to successful creativity as well as how these filmmakers drive through obstacles creative, cultural, and professional. The film ultimately will act as a toolbox for any filmmaker as well as “peer to peer mentorship” for any person who is looking for creative or professional guidance as they move toward their own dreams of being a visual storyteller.

Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

2017

Film credits

Behind the camera

Rez Ball poster
6.4

After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.

Rez Ball

2024

Rez Ball poster
6.4

After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.

Rez Ball

2024

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train poster
5.6

After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

2017

Drunktown's Finest poster
6.1

On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person) – search for love and acceptance.

Drunktown's Finest

2014

Drunktown's Finest poster
6.1

On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person) – search for love and acceptance.

Drunktown's Finest

2014

Hoverboard poster
NR

After watching Back to the Future 2, an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to invent a real, working Hoverboard.

Hoverboard

2012

Hoverboard poster
NR

After watching Back to the Future 2, an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to invent a real, working Hoverboard.

Hoverboard

2012

Hoverboard poster
NR

After watching Back to the Future 2, an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to invent a real, working Hoverboard.

Hoverboard

2012

No artwork available
NR

A small group of Native Americans struggle to survive in a bleak and unrelenting apocalypse brought about by global warming.

The Migration

2008