Directed credits
50
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Alanis Obomsawin
Directing
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Directed movies: 50Directed 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 (50)Writer (4)Producer (3)Scenario Writer (1)Script (1)Translator (1)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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Alanis Obomsawin.
Director
My Friend the Green Horse
2024 • Movie
Director
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
2023 • Movie
Director
Kattawapiskak Elementary School
2023 • Movie
Director
Outdoor Art Gallery
2023 • Movie
Director
Let's Study Treaty No. 5
2023 • Movie
Director
Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022 • Movie
Director
Bill Reid Remembers
2022 • Movie
Director
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021 • Movie
Director
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
2021 • Movie
Director
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
2021 • Movie
Director
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019 • Movie
Director
Our People Will Be Healed
2017 • Movie
Director
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
2016 • Movie
Director
Trick or Treaty?
2014 • Movie
Director
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
2012 • Movie
Director
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'
2009 • Movie
Director
Gene Boy Came Home
2007 • Movie
Director
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006 • Movie
Director
Sigwan
2005 • Movie
Director
Our Nationhood
2003 • Movie
Director
Is the Crown at war with us?
2003 • Movie
Director
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000 • Movie
Director
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1998 • Movie
Director
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995 • Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Alanis Obomsawin.
as TRC Film Director
Bones of Crows
2023 • Movie
as Narrator
Waseteg
2010 • Movie
as Self
Capturing Reality
2008 • Movie
as Indian Maiden
Eliza's Horoscope
1975 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil's Share
2018 • Movie
Director
Amisk
1977 • Movie
Director
Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022 • Movie
Producer
The Federal Court Hearing
2012 • Movie
Director
Bill Reid Remembers
2022 • Movie
Director
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993 • Movie
Director
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021 • Movie
as Self
Le grand solstice
2021 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Alanis Obomsawin.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Alanis Obomsawin.
Scenario Writer
Upstairs With David Amram
2022 • Movie
Vocal Coach
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021 • Movie
Producer
Walking Is Medicine
2017 • Movie
Producer
The Federal Court Hearing
2012 • Movie
Producer
When All the Leaves Are Gone
2010 • Movie
Writer
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
1991 • Movie
Writer
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
1986 • Movie
Script
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980 • Movie
Translator
History of Manawan - Part One
1972 • Movie
Writer
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971 • Movie
Writer
The Hoarder
1969 • Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Alanis Obomsawin.
as Narrator
My Friend the Green Horse
2024 • Movie
as TRC Film Director
Bones of Crows
2023 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bill Reid Remembers
2022 • Movie
as Self
Le grand solstice
2021 • Movie
as Self
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019 • Movie
as Self
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil's Share
2018 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Walking Is Medicine
2017 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
2016 • Movie
as Narrator
Trick or Treaty?
2014 • Movie
as Narrator
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Alanis Obomsawin.