Tracey Deer
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 AwardWinner
- 2020Best Canadian Feature FilmNominated
- 2020People's Choice AwardNominated
- 2020Best Canadian Feature FilmWinner
- 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 CompetitionNominated
- 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