Khadijah Holgate (Nipmuc) was born in Boston, Massachusetts with an undeniable love for all things horror, drama, or thriller. In between attending the yearly and beloved pow-wows with her enormous family of nine aunts, two uncles, and a lump sum of cousins, Khadijah always found time to write creative stories as a child. Little did she… Read more »
Tom Hanada
Tom Hanada (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) recently completed the Universal Studios Emerging Writers Fellowship, an intensive, year-long paid fellowship where he developed original scripts for Universal Studios, while also providing notes and feedback on current Universal projects, all under the guidance and mentorship of studio executives. Born and raised in Portland, OR, Tom moved to Los… Read more »
William Jehu Garroutte
William Jehu Garroutte (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) didn’t go to college, so he had to make a lot of stuff up as he went along. He had no idea how to approach writing a bio, for instance, so had to guess that third-person perspective was the way to go. He hopes that this is correct. He… Read more »
Kelly Lynne D’Angelo
Hailing from the cold winds of Upstate New York, this First Nations Haudenosaunee comedy, musical, and animation writer unthawed her frozen heart and made her way towards the sunny skies of Los Angeles. A 2015 Sundance/IAIA Native Writer’s Workshop fellow, an iOWest Digital House Team Sketch Writer, a graduate of Syracuse University, a former page… Read more »
Joseph Clift
Joseph Clift (Cowlitz Indian Tribe) is a comedy writer and all around cool dude living in Los Angeles. He has written for shows on DreamWorks TV, Cartoon Network, SyFy, truTV, National Geographic Wild, The Nerdist, Wit.tv and Maker Studios. His sketches were featured on Comedy Central’s Tosh.0, Funny or Die, UCB Comedy, The A.V. Club and elsewhere…. Read more »
NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB
CALL FOR SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS (Deadline April 11th)
Native Youth Multimedia Workshop
The Native Youth Multimedia Workshop wrapped its first workshop of the year at the Morongo TANF in Banning, CA. The workshop took place from February 17-19th, 2016 and taught camera operation, digital editing, music composition, writing, directing and acting. The video pieces ranged from horror to documentary. We look forward to screening their films at… Read more »
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
Goes to the Viejas Indian Reservation
9th Annual LA SKINS FILM FESTIVAL
The LA SKINS FEST offers a genuine voice for emerging Native American actors, filmmakers, writers, directors and our community of artists. After eight years, we have garnered support from several art foundations, entertainment corporations, and Native American tribes. Every year, we premier several Native-made movies that feature Q&A’s with Native American filmmakers, panel discussions with… Read more »
2016 Call for Entries
The Los Angeles Skins Festival (LA SKINS FEST) is now accepting film submissions for its 10th annual film festival to be held November 15-20th, 2016. LA SKINS FEST annually showcases works by independent Native American filmmakers that provide insight into the beauty, complexity and diversity of Native American people. The festival helps filmmakers show their… Read more »