Alanis Obomsawin

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-08-31 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

Alanis Obomsawin

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.

Acting

2014

Trick or Treaty?

as Narrator

2023

Bones of Crows

as TRC Film Director

1977

2022

Bill Reid Remembers

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010

Waseteg

as Narrator

1975

2017

Walking Is Medicine

as Narrator (voice)

2003

Is the Crown at war with us?

as Narrator (voice)

1977

Mother of Many Children

as Narrator (voice)

2000

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008

1971

Christmas at Moose Factory

as Narrator (voice)

2018

The Devil's Share

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Eliza's Horoscope

as Indian Maiden

2016

Production

2022

2013

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

as Director

1972

2014

Trick or Treaty?

as Director

2022

Bill Reid Remembers

as Location Sound Recordist

2022

2022

2022

Bill Reid Remembers

as Researcher

2022

2007

2022

Upstairs With David Amram

as Scenario Writer

2005

Sigwan

as Director

1975

L’íl’wata

as Director

2005

Sigwan

as Writer

1988

No Address

as Director

1988

No Address

as Producer

2014

Trick or Treaty?

as Researcher

2014

2003

2003

Our Nationhood

as Director

2003

Our Nationhood

as Cinematography

2017

2017

1977

Amisk

as Director

2013

1988

No Address

as Script

1975

Xusum

as Director

1975

Basket

as Director

1975

Salmon

as Director

1972

Moose Call

as Director

1975

Puberty - Part 2

as Director

1972

Partridge

as Director

1975

Puberty - Part 1

as Director

1972

Children

as Director

1975

Farming

as Director

1972

Snowshoes

as Director

1991

Walker

as Director

1972

The Canoe

as Director

1969

The Hoarder

as Writer

1979

Cold Journey

as Director

1979

Cree Way

as Director

2023

2023

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Important to Us

as Director

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