Loretta Todd

Known for

Directing

From

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.

Credits

Self Government: Talk About It

19940.0out of 10

Two Worlds Colliding

20047.8out of 10

The Learning Path

19917.5out of 10

Hands of History

19948.0out of 10

Monkey Beach

20206.6out of 10

Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On

20030.0out of 10

Forgotten Warriors

19979.0out of 10