Directed credits
58
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Alanis Obomsawin
Directing
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Directed movies: 58Directed series: 0All crew credits: 61
TMDB ID: 940632
IMDb ID: nm0643446
Known for: Directing
Born: August 31, 1932
Age: 93
Place of birth: Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1969 - 2024
Years active: 56
Wikidata: Q637195
Frequent jobs
Director (58)Writer (2)Vocal Coach (1)
Biography
Alanis Obomsawin, OC (born August 31, 1932) is a Canadian filmmaker of Abenaki descent. Born in New Hampshire, and raised primarily in Quebec, she has produced and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations culture and history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alanis Obomsawin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Alanis Obomsawin.
My Friend the Green Horse
Director
2024 Movie
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
Director
2023 Movie
Kattawapiskak Elementary School
Director
2023 Movie
Outdoor Art Gallery
Director
2023 Movie
Let's Study Treaty No. 5
Director
2023 Movie
Wabano: The Light of the Day
Director
2022 Movie
Upstairs With David Amram
Director
2022 Movie
Bill Reid Remembers
Director
2022 Movie
9.0
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Director
2021 Movie
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
Director
2021 Movie
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
Director
2021 Movie
8.0
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
Director
2019 Movie
Walking Is Medicine
Director
2017 Movie
5.7
Our People Will Be Healed
Director
2017 Movie
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
Director
2016 Movie
Trick or Treaty?
Director
2014 Movie
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
Director
2012 Movie
The Federal Court Hearing
Director
2012 Movie
When All the Leaves Are Gone
Director
2010 Movie
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'
Director
2009 Movie
Gene Boy Came Home
Director
2007 Movie
6.0
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
Director
2006 Movie
Sigwan
Director
2005 Movie
7.0
Our Nationhood
Director
2003 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Alanis Obomsawin.
5.0
Waseteg
as Narrator
2010 Movie
7.0
Amisk
Director
1977 Movie
Snowshoes
Director
1972 Movie
Xusum
Director
1975 Movie
Basket
Director
1975 Movie
Farming
Director
1975 Movie
Sigwan
Director
2005 Movie
Trick or Treaty?
Director
2014 Movie
6.8
Bones of Crows
as TRC Film Director
2023 Movie
6.1
Capturing Reality
as Self
2008 Movie
8.0
Christmas at Moose Factory
Director
1971 Movie
Gene Boy Came Home
Director
2007 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Alanis Obomsawin.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Alanis Obomsawin.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Alanis Obomsawin.
My Friend the Green Horse
as Narrator
2024 Movie
6.8
Bones of Crows
as TRC Film Director
2023 Movie
Bill Reid Remembers
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
Le grand solstice
as Self
2021 Movie
8.0
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
as Self
2021 Movie
8.0
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
6.7
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
as Self
2019 Movie
8.0
The Devil's Share
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
Walking Is Medicine
as Narrator (voice)
2017 Movie
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
as Narrator (voice)
2016 Movie
Trick or Treaty?
as Narrator
2014 Movie
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
as Narrator
2013 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Alanis Obomsawin.