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Tracey Deer Biography

Birth Name:Tracey Penelope Tekahentakwa Deer

Birth Place:Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Assistant director, Editorial department, Casting department, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Best known as the first Mohawk woman to win a Gemini Award for her documentary short “Club Native” in 2008
  • Even though she was born in Canada, she moved to the United States to attend Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, and graduated with a degree in film studies
  • She was born in 1978 in a Mohawk community in Kahnawake, a reserve in Quebec south of the St․ Lawrence River
  • She directed the reality television series “Mohawk Girls” during five seasons, from 2014 to 2017 on the APTN network

Awards

  • 2008Honorable Mention-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2016Canadian Screen Award-Best Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2016Canadian Screen Award-Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series: nominated
  • 2017Canadian Screen Award-Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series: nominated
  • 2017Canadian Screen Award-Best Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2018Canadian Screen Award-Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series: nominated
  • 2019Canadian Screen Award-Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series: nominated
  • 2020DGC Discovery Award-: winner
  • 2020Best Canadian Feature Film-: nominated
  • 2020People's Choice Award-: nominated
  • 2020Best Canadian Feature Film-: winner
  • 2021Crystal Bear-Generation Kplus - Best Film: winner
  • 2021Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2021Festival Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2021Canadian Screen Award-Best First Feature Film: winner
  • 2021Audience Choice-Best of Festival: winner
  • 2021Limestone Financial People's Choice Award-Best Feature: winner
  • 2021Audience Choice Award-Nextwave Global Features: winner
  • 2021NYWIFT Award-Narrative: winner
  • 2021Best Feature Film-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2021Futurewave Youth Jury Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2021New Directors Competition-: nominated
  • 2021WGC Award-Feature Film: winner
  • 2022Canadian Screen Award-Best Direction, Drama Series: nominated
  • 2022Prix Iris-Best Director: nominated
  • 2022Prix Iris-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2022Prix Iris-Best First Film: nominated
  • 2022Prix Iris-Most Successful Film Outside Quebec: nominated
  • 2022Rogers Award-Best Canadian Film: winner
  • 2023Outstanding Directorial Achievement-Dramatic Series: nominated