Chris Eyre

Directing

Chris Eyre

Born

1968-12-04 (57)

Place of birth

Portland, Oregon, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

21 titles

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

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

Hide Away poster
4.7

A successful businessman attempting to resurrect his life buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat.

Hide Away

2011

Skinwalkers poster
6.7

Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.

Skinwalkers

2002

Smoke Signals poster
6.8

Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains.

Smoke Signals

1998

The Doe Boy poster
5.6

A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.

The Doe Boy

2001

Skins poster
5.3

An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.

Skins

2002

Imprint poster
5.2

Shayla Stonefeather, a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns to the reservation to say goodbye to her dying father. After the teen is killed, she hears ghostly voices and sees strange visions that cause her to re-examine beliefs she thought she left behind.

Imprint

2007

A Thief Of Time poster
6.0

Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.

A Thief Of Time

2004

California Indian poster
NR

Nick Thomas, a Pomo Indian and a successful Los Angeles radio host, is forced back to the reservation to help his brother Chi, and tribal leader Rich Knight lead the Tule Lake Rancheria out of danger from a seedy casino investor. At risk is whether the Native American Tribe members decide to accept a payment for instant gratification, or retain rights over the Casino project for a long-term benefit. Based on a true story and actual events at the Pomo Indian Tribe reservation in Northern California. The struggles inherent on reservations today are depicted in this true to life drama transcending current stereotypes of modern Native American culture to showcase the depths of the heritage that thrives today.

California Indian

2011

Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning poster
6.4

Jim Thorpe was a Native American icon whose athletic prowess reshaped the landscape of 20th-century sports, defying the brutal challenges of racial prejudice along the way. Based on extensive interviews and utilizing Jim’s own writing this documentary brings together a diverse array of Native American scholars, historians, athletes, and influential sports commentators.

Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning

2025

Edge of America poster
6.4

From acclaimed director Chris Eyre, whom People Magazine calls "…the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time", comes this touching and inspirational story about loyalty, friendship, and courage. New man in town Kenny Williams has just accepted a position as an English professor at the Three Nations Reservation in Utah. Finding it hard to fit in with the tight-knit Native American community, he decides to take on the challenge of coaching the high school girls' basketball team.

Edge of America

2003

Edge of America poster
6.4

From acclaimed director Chris Eyre, whom People Magazine calls "…the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time", comes this touching and inspirational story about loyalty, friendship, and courage. New man in town Kenny Williams has just accepted a position as an English professor at the Three Nations Reservation in Utah. Finding it hard to fit in with the tight-knit Native American community, he decides to take on the challenge of coaching the high school girls' basketball team.

Edge of America

2003

Memories of Miss O'Keeffe poster
NR

This is a story about the bonds that shape a family. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skinwalkers), Memories of Miss O'Keeffe shares intimate reflections from generations of the Lopez family, who worked for Georgia O'Keeffe in northern New Mexico during the artist's later years.

Memories of Miss O'Keeffe

2017

A Thousand Roads poster
9.0

The film threads together four stories, taking us into the life of a stressed-out Mohawk stockbroker in Manhattan; a young Inupiat girl sent to live with her grandmother in Barrow, Alaska; a Navajo gang member who must find his core values in his reservation on the mesas of New Mexico; and a Quechua healer in Peru, attempting to save a sick child. Each story explores what it means to belong to a specific community.

A Thousand Roads

2005

Ishi's Return poster
6.7

The story of Ishi, who became known as the "last wild Indian" when, at about 50 years of age, he wandered out of the woods in Oroville, Cal., in 1911. He died five years later; and his brain was sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. Eighty years later, however, his descendants successfully fought to have his remains repatriated to his ancestral home.

Ishi's Return

2016