October 2003

Director Randy Redroad's (Cherokee) debut feature The Doe Boy has won multiple awards, including the NHK International Filmmaker's Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the Best First Time Director Award at Taos Talking Pictures Festival, and a nomination for the IFP/Gotham Open Palm Award for Outstanding Directorial Debut. An alumnus of the Sundance Institute's Filmmaker's Lab and recipient of the prestigious Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship, he has directed three short films, including High Horse, winner of the Best Short Film Award at the American Indian Film Festival and Best Film at the Festival d'Amiens, France. In 1998, Randy traveled to Mexico with the NMAI Film and Video Center's Video Native America/Video América Indígena tour. His work has been featured on the Sundance Channel, PBS, The Learning Channel, and IFC. He is also a producer and faculty member for the Native youth media program at the Owens Valley Center for Career Development and Training's Talented and Never Forgotten (TANF) program. Randy is currently developing his second feature film, Blue Suede Indian.

Screened by NMAI

• I'm a Lucky One (2003) director
• Moccasin Flats (2002) director
• The Doe Boy (2001) director
• High Horse (1994) director
• Haircuts Hurt (1992) director
• Cowtipping: The Militant Indian Waiter (1992) director

For More Information

• www.randyredroad.com

Image credits: Director Randy Redroad - courtesy of Tim Warner