Directing
Loretta Todd
EN cinema · 7 credits
Birthplace
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
A filmmaker and artist of Cree/Métis and European ancestry, Loretta Todd was one of the first Indigenous women to pursue film studies at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University. Employing a distinctive approach to documentary cinema, she has directed award-winning films such as The Learning Path (1991), Hands of History (1994), Forgotten Warriors (1997) and The People Go On (2003). She has also created video installations for Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology and other gallery venues. The recipient of a Rockefeller Fellowship and a former participant in the Sundance Institute’s Scriptwriters Lab, Todd has received lifetime achievement awards from imagineNATIVE and the Taos Talking Pictures Festival.
Known for
Filmography
Monkey Beach
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Two Worlds Colliding
Consulting Producer
Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On
2003
Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On
Director, Writer
Forgotten Warriors
1997
Forgotten Warriors
Director, Writer
Self Government: Talk About It
Executive Producer
Hands of History
Researcher, Director
The Learning Path
Director