Loretta Todd

Loretta Sarah Todd is a Canadian Anglo-Métis film director. Her father's family is of mostly English-Métis descent, while her maternal line is of settler european descent. Her family has connections to St. Paul Métis Settlement, which has been a municipality and not a true settlement since 1936. [1] 

Ms. Todd has directed over 100 projects, including documentaries (Forgotten Warriors, Hands of History, People Go On), digital media and games (My Cree App, Coyote Quest), animation (25 short animations), and TV. [4]  Ms. Todd created, produced, wrote, and directed children's series (Tansi! Nehiyawetan 1-3, Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science 1-3), sci-fi (Skye and Chang), and interactive media (Fierce Girls). She is in development for a new animated children's series. 

Her media work encompasses contributions to the development of indigenous media. [7] 

Her films have screened at the Sundance Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the American Indian Film Festival (San Francisco), the Yamagata Film Festival, Imagination, and the Museum of Modern Art. She has received honours and awards, including a Rockefeller Fellowship to New York University, attendance at the Sundance Scriptwriter’s Lab, Special Jury Citation (TIFF), Mayor's Award for Media Arts (City of Vancouver), and the recent Women of Excellence Award from the United Nations' WEF Women's Economic Forum. Ms. Todd is Cree/Metis. [9]

Career

Filmography 
 Halfway House about a center for Native convicts released from prison.
 Breaking Camp experimental installation 
 Robes of Power documentary
 Blue Neon experimental film
 The Storyteller in the City installation 
 Day Glo Wrestler - writer 
 Eagle Run educational )
 The Healing Circle educational 
 Taking Care of Our Own educational 
 The Learning Path documentary 
 Hands of History documentary
 Voice-Life educational 
 No More Secrets educational 
 Through the Lens: an Alternative Look at Filmmaking (1996)
 Forgotten Warriors documentary (1997)
 Today is a Good Day (1999)
 Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On (2003)
 Tansi! Nehiyawetan 3 seasons with APTN (2011)
Skye & Chang pilot APTN (2014)
Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science Show3 seasons with APTN (2017)
Fierce Girls (2018)
Monkey Beach (2020)

Selected awards and nominations 
 Rockefeller Fellow
 ImagineNATIVE Lifetime Achievement Award
 Taos Mountain Award for Lifetime Achievement
 Sundance Scriptwriters Lab
The Learning Path, a residential schools documentary, combined historical and contemporary footage with recreated scenes. The film was commissioned as part of the series As Long as the Rivers Flow, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Tamarack Productions. This was Todd's first major production as director, writer and narrator, garnering for her a Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, the New Visionary Award at the Two Rivers Film Festival, and a Blue Ribbon at the American Film and Video Festival.(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Writer-director Todd was nominated for a Genie Award (Best Short Documentary) for Forgotten Warriors ,(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
American Indian Film Festival: Winner for Best Live Short Subject for Skye & Chang (2013)
Genie Awards: Nominee for Best Documentary Short Forgotten warriors 
Women in Film & Television Vancouver’s Spotlight Awards: Winner 2018 Innovation Award 
American Indian Film Festival - Best Documentary Film: Today is a Good Day: Remembering Chief Dan George
American Indian Film Festival - Best Documentary Film: Forgotten Warriors
HotDocs - Best History Documentary: Forgotten Warriors 
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References 

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Simon Fraser University alumni
Métis filmmakers
First Nations filmmakers
First Nations women writers
Cree people
Canadian women film directors
First Nations screenwriters
Canadian women screenwriters