Director
I own and operate Eagle Clan Productions. I am a filmmaker that is also a Producer, Director and an Editor.
I am a Native Filmmaker, raised in Europe (through no fault of my own) currently working with the American Indian Film Institute. I worked on many national and international programs in Broadcast and was trained by the BBC. My film, 'Coloring the Media' premiered at BAFTA (London) and at the AIFI's Film Festival in San Francisco. I have a unique story and have a million more to tell. I have just finished my screenplay, 'Ghosts of the Burning Sage' and am also Directing a doc, 'Celluloid Indians' for the American Indian Film Institute.
Director, TV Production Program
Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation
Native American Student Liason for a school district outside of Tucson, AZ. B.A. From University of SD in Media Arts and Native Am. Studies.
A Writer/Director/Producer residing in Northern New Mexico. President of the IAIA Film Crew in Santa Fe.
I'm a Comanche documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles. I co-directed and co-produced "The Creek Runs Red", a one hour film that aired on the PBS series, Independent Lens in 2007. I have also co-produced an episode for the PBS American Experience series, "We Shall Remain", about the siege of Wounded Knee, SD in 1973. Currently, I am in production on a film about Native rights activist, LaDonna Harris. In addition to these projects, I have worked on shows for A&E, Discovery Channel and LTN Los Angeles and worked as a film programmer for AFI FEST and the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Native American blogtalk radio host & producer of NAMAPAHH First People's Radio; freelance journalist for FSRN; freelance photographer & newsprint reporter for La Conner Weekly news; photographer; film maker & producer; past mentor & instructor of multi-media (especially for youth & NWIC tribal college); artist, writer, poet, single mother of two boys, muscian; working for Swinomish Indian Tribal Community almost full time- Life Skills Counselor for Swinomish Housing Authority; activist, environmentalist, interested in going "green" and helping others do the same thing! Busy, busy all the time! All this + three loving dogs & pesky cat to look out for~Loving life though as I am pushing 50 up a hill!
Currently working a documentary entitled "Open Season." This documentary will represent the plight of Indigenous survivors of sexual assault in the United States as well as give a platform to those who take action against these acts of violence. The work will highlight the systematic failure of law enforcement to provide protection for Native women or to prosecute their assailants. Through interviews with experts, counselors, and survivors of sexual assault, the effects of this violence against Native communities will be detailed. Acknowledgement and support will be paid to the organizations, communities and leaders that work to protect the rights of Native women
Chip Comins
The President and CEO of AREDAY- American Renewable Energy Day. Comins is trained as a presenter for The Climate Project by Al Gore and produces AREDAY each year on the third weekend in August in Aspen CO. www.areday.net
He is also the Founder and President of American Spirit Productions a film and television production company dedicated to programming that empowers, informs and highlights solution. www.americanspiritproductions.com
Chip Comins lives in Aspen Colorado since 1979 and enjoys skiing and riding his thoroughbred mare Ayla through the Rocky Mountains.
2008 - "Native Wind"
Offical Selection 2008 Wild and Scenic Film Festival & the 34th annual American Indian Film Festival - a partnership with the Sierra Club & Intertribal Council on Utility Policy (COUP)
2008 - "A Wray of Hope" A Colorado rural community utility scale wind project powers the local school district.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQkVqcg4so
2006 - "Last of the Cowboys"
PBS Broadcast: January, 2008
2005 - "Native Wind Powering America"
PSA - Numerous film festivals including Cannes, Nationally Broadcast on Link TV
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN6bZadqkow)
2004 - "Wind Powering Native America"
National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Intertribal COUP
2002 - "Pracitical Visionaries"
Featuring Robert Redford, Amory Lovins, Janine Benyus, John Todd, and others
1999 - "Jazz Colony"
Hosted by Michael Douglas. Broadcast on PBS & BET.
I am an EMMY Award winning radio and television producer. Documentary filmmaker.
I began my journey in 2001 taking a pay cut and working part time for Wisconsin Public Television as a Production Assistant. I was a grunt...but the Engineers and one editor encouraged me to learn how to use the camera, then learn how to edit and you will be a better Producer/Director/Writer/Videographer. 9 years later, 2 regional Emmy nomination and a number of films later, I am working on my best piece to date. Sacred Stick will hopefully be ready for air Fall 2010.
Credits Include:
2010 Sacred Stick - In Progress
2008 Native Nations: Standing Together for Civil Rights
Produced with ELCA - ABC, Hallmark & NBC Air
(Co-Producer, Director, Co-editor and Writer)
2008 Growing a Farm
(Producer, Director, and Editor)
2005-07 The Oneida Speak - 60 Minute Version
Produced with WI Public Television - PBS Air
(Producer, Co-editor, Director, and Writer)
2005 The Oneida Speak - 12 Minute Version
(Producer, Co-editor, Director, and Writer)
2004 The Trouble with Rice Lake
(Producer, Videographer and Editor)
2003 WI Public TV - In Wisconsin - Segment: Rice Lake
(Producer)
2003 Memories of Oneida Elders
(Videographer & Editor)
2001-03 WI Public Televison: Cultural Horizons Children's Show
(Production Assistant)
I would have never made it to this point with out the help of my family and friends....and we can't forget NAPT! Yaw^Ko
I am a member of the Oneida tribe living in S. Cal.. I have been involved in TV production for 25 years.
I received the Emma Bowen Fellowship at NAPT and will be interning here as I go through college. I love my job and very much believe/support in what NAPT is doing for Natives in the media. :)
I am a professor of Mass Communication at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. I am creator and co-director (with Dr. Miranda Haskie of Diné College) of the Navajo Oral History project, a collaboration between Diné College of The Navajo Nation and Winona State University.
During extended summer field work, Students from both schools work together in teams to interview Navajo elders and create a series of documentaries: 1.) full-length oral history interview, 2.) 7-15 minute Living History feature, 3.) 3-5 minute media piece suitable for viewing on the web.
The first five projects of this collaboration were produced in summer 2009 and have been posted on the WSU Mass Communication web site: Winona360.org. The projects are also archived at the Navajo Nation Museum, Navajo Nation Library, and the libraries of both schools.
In May 2010, four additional Navajo elders were interviewed, and the students are working on completing those projects.
Red Ant Films is an independent filmmaking company based in Albuquerque, NM, We are Native owned and operated, and we specialize in small, low-budget original productions in the Navajo language.
We also provide services to select businesses and institutions in the areas of video production and web development.
I am fist generations Peruvian American who has the good fortune to also have mixed Native American heritage through relatives in Texas and New Mexico.
My mother's people Scarborough's who intermarried with tribes in Texas (unknown) and New Mexico (unknown) and came all the way to California right about statehood.
My father's family is 50% Inka from Lima, Peru with strong ties to the mountain villages, Cusco, etc.
A history enthusiast my entire life, once I began in production I also began exploring my heritage and getting a focus on where and when and how my family ties played a part IN history and the indigenous people's until they became part of them.
I am the project developer for Magic Hair Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
MHS is a turn key post services facility specializing in HDCamSR Color finish, 5.1 Surround audio, remote VO sessions, On/Off-Line editorial support, up/down/cross conversions.
Bringing talent, experience and technology to the television and indie film communities.
I am a full-time student studying Photography. I want to transition into Film,and Video.
