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August 2008
 Director
Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Creek) was
selected in 2006 as one of the inaugural recipients (and the first
Native American recipient) of the prestigious United States Artists
Fellowship, which is supported by a consortium of major foundations.
He was selected for a 2006 Media Arts Fellowship from Renew Media
(now a fellowship program of the Tribeca Film Institute). Also
in 2006 Harjo won the top Creative Promise Award from Tribeca
All Access for his script Before the Beast Returns (working
title).
Harjo's first feature film Four Sheets to the Wind premiered
at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and has been widely screened
nationally and internationally at film festivals and art cinemas.
To enable concentrated work on this production, Harjo was selected
in 2004 as one of the Sundance Institute's first five Annenberg
Film Fellows, a multi-year program launched to provide filmmakers
with financial support and full involvement in Sundance's professional
workshops. Harjo's short film Goodnight, Irene, which premiered
at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, was cited for Special Jury
Recognition at the Aspen Shortsfest. In 2008 he served as a member
of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute film and video faculty.
Harjo grew up in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and lives in Tulsa.
"Making a film is a very scary thing. You just put your
heart into it and hope that things go right. You also hope that
special things happen during the process that you didn't expect.
So much is out of your hands, but you have to make a film that
you are proud of…hopefully other people will like it as well."
Screened by NMAI
Image credits: Sterlin
Harjo - courtesy of the filmmaker; Sterlin
Harjo - photograph by James Kinestino (Saulteaux)
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