rory crittenden
is a screenwriter, director, and producer from the Peavine community of the Cherokee Nation. He is a winner of six Heartland Regional Emmys for his past documentary work for his tribe.In 2022 he became a recipient of Firelight Media’s SPARK Fund, underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities. He participated in the Native American Media Alliance’s 2nd Annual Native American Writer’s Seminar and was chosen as a fellow for NAMA's 5th Annual Native American Feature Film Writers Lab. His western television pilot Goingsnake was a quarter-finalist in the 2022 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest.Rory is a Cherokee history nerd and a pro-wrasslin' enthusiast. He makes his living as a freelance filmmaker, helping to craft media for various Indigenous governments, television programs and community organizations. Rory lives in Tulsa with his wife Christy and their two children.
PRESS
Variety
Native American Feature Film Writers Lab Selects Six Fellowsdeadline
Second Annual Native American Writers Seminar Announces 2022 FellowsREALSCREEN
Exclusive: Firelight Media names Spark Fund recipientsCHEROKEE PHOENIX
Crittenden, Lillie participate in Native American Writers Seminar
WORK
EARLY CONTACT (2020)
WRITER • DIRECTOR • PRODUCER
talking stones: the cherokee syllabary cave (2020)
roles: writer, director, producerCATHARINE BROWN (2021)
roles: Writer, Director, co-producertulsa noise (2019)
roles: videographer, editorThrough Lines with Nathalie Standingcloud (2022)
role: producerchoogie kingfisher, cherokee storyteller (2020)
roles: producer, camera operatordragging canoe (2020)
roles: writer, director, producerREVIVALIST ANNA MITCHELL AND HER CHEROKEE POTTERY LEGACY (2019)
roles: editor, researcher, production assistantOsage nation science fair (2022)
roles: camera operator, post-production
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