As an Indigenous filmmaker, I am most interested in revealing the untold stories from Indian Country, past and present.
Jeffrey Palmer, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, is an award-winning filmmaker and media artist. He describes his work as a multimedia exploration of Indigenous people's lives in twenty-first century America. He recently completed his first feature film, "N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear", examining the life and mind of the first and only Native American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature. The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and aired nationally on the PBS series, American Masters. In 2020, the film was nominated for an Emmy in support of American Masters' 33rd season, for Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Series. The film also won the 2019 Ted Turner Award for the film that most encourages environmental stewardship. Of Palmer's numerous short films, "Isabelle's Garden", was a winner of the Bill and Melinda Gates Short Film Challenge at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. His films screened at venues such as Hot Docs, The Seattle International Film Festival, The Berlinale European Market, and many others around the world. He received numerous awards, grants, and recognition from the Sundance Institute, ITVS, Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and the Firelight Media Documentary Lab. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, International Documentary Association, Television Academy, and is an Assistant Professor of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University. He is currently working on his first feature narrative film “Ghosts”.
  • Director (4 Credits)
    Ghosts2022
    Short
    Grave Misgivings 2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Isabelle's Garden 2014
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
    Origins 2013
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Producer (3 Credits)
    Grave Misgivings 2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Isabelle's Garden 2014
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
    Origins 2013
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Writer (3 Credits)
    Grave Misgivings 2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Isabelle's Garden 2014
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
    Origins 2013
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
Bill and Melinda Gates Short Film Award
Isabelle's Garden
Sundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah
2015
Birth Date
August 31, 1977
Nickname
Jeff
Birth City
Oklahoma City, OK.
Current City
Ithaca, NY.
Hometown
Norman, OK.
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Native American (Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma)
Eye Color
Brown
As an Indigenous filmmaker, I am most interested in revealing the untold stories from Indian Country, past and present.
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