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Sydney Freeland

Cinematographer / Film Director / Television Director / Screenwriter | * 10/29/1980 (43) | Gallup, New Mexico (United States of America (USA))
Sydney Freeland (born October 10, 1980) is a Native American (Navajo) filmmaker. She wrote and directed the short film Hoverboard (2012) and the film Drunktown's Finest (2014), which garnered numerous acclaims after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second film, Deidra and Laney Rob a Train, debuted at Sundance and was released on Netflix in 2017. ()

Sydney Freeland is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker. Her debut feature, “Drunktown’s Finest,” premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and went on to receive the Jury Prize at LA Outfest and a GLAAD Media Award nomination. She also directed the web-series “Her Story,” which received an Emmy nomination and won a Gotham Award.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Mystery | Comedies

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On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person)- ...

Drunktown's Finest

Certification unknown

2014 | 3.3/5 | 1h 35min
Drama
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It follows the Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico that must band together after losing their star player, if they want to keep their quest for a sta ...

Rez Ball

Certification unknown

2023
 
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Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California. ...

Reservation Dogs

TV-MA

2021 | 4.1/5
Drama, Comedy
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Pursued by Wilson Fisk's criminal empire, Maya's journey brings her home and she must confront her own family and legacy. ...

Echo

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2024 | 3.2/5
Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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Movies with Sydney Freeland as Actress(2)

as Self - Director / Executive Producer2024 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
as herself2017 Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

Movies with Sydney Freeland as Crew(11)

Directing/Director2023 Rez Ball
Crew/Thanks2022 Prey
Crew/Thanks2022 Seeds
Directing/Director2017 Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Directing/Director2014 Drunktown's Finest
Writing/Writer2014 Drunktown's Finest
Directing/Director2012 Hoverboard
Production/Producer2012 Hoverboard
Writing/Writer2012 Hoverboard
Editing/Assistant Editor2012 The Thick Dark Fog
Directing/Director2008 The Migration

TV Shows/Series with Sydney Freeland as Crew(14)

Production/Co-Executive Producer2024 Echo
Production/Executive Producer2024 Echo
Directing/Director2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Directing/Director2021 Reservation Dogs
Directing/Director2020 The Walking Dead: World Beyond
Directing/Director2020 The Wilds
Directing/Director2020 P-Valley
Directing/Director2019 Chambers
Directing/Director2019 Tales of the City
Directing/Director2019 Emergence
Directing/Director2018 Station 19
Directing/Director2016 Her Story
Directing/Director2015 Fear the Walking Dead
Directing/Director2005 Grey's Anatomy

Born: Wednesday, 10/29 1980 (October) in Gallup, New Mexico (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 43 years + 181 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Educated at: Academy of Art University
Sydney Freeland frequently works together with these people:
Akiva Goldsman (6x, Crew)
Robert Kirkman (6x, Crew)
MorningStar Angeline (6x, Actress)
Elizabeth Reaser (5x, Actress)
Linda Klein (5x, Actress)
Shonda Rhimes (5x, Crew)
Dave Erickson (5x, Crew)
Scott M. Gimple (4x, Crew)
Sterlin Harjo (4x, Crew)
Krista Vernoff (4x, Crew)
Stacy McKee (4x, Crew)
Katori Hall (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:814569, Added: 11/08/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024