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July 2007
 Chad
Burris (Chickasaw) received the Sundance Institute's
Mark Silverman Fellowship for New Producers in 2007, to produce
Larry Blackhorse Lowe's The Left-Handed Path. Producer
of Sterlin Harjo's Goodnight, Irene and Four Sheets
to the Wind, he will also produce Harjo's upcoming feature
Before the Beast Returns. In 2003, Burris participated
in the Producers Lab at the Sundance Institute. Burris is the
president of the Oklahoma Territory Film Council and serves as
the director of Yuwita, a non-profit organization supporting Native
American media initiatives. He is the co-owner of Indion Entertainment
Group, which produces Oklahoma film projects, utilizing tax incentives
to encourage local financial investment. Burris lives in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, where he graduated from the University of Tulsa Law
School, concentrating in Indian Law.
Screened by NMAI
Image credits: Chad
Burris - courtesy of the filmmaker; Chad Burris - photograph by
James Kinestino (Saulteaux)
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