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Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress. Biography. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she is an enrolled member of the Samson Cree Nation. She was raised off-reserve, near the Samson community in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2007, she was featured in Filmmaker Magazine as one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film.
Georgina Lightning is a Canadian Native American actor, producer and director who has worked on films and TV shows such as Older Than America, Trickster and Rutherford Falls. She is also the co-founder of Tribal Alliance Productions and Native Media Network, and has won awards for her work.
- January 1, 1
- 1.63 m
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Georgina Lightning is a Cree filmmaker who directed, wrote and starred in Older Than America, the first feature film by a North American Indigenous woman. She also appeared in TV shows like Walker, Texas Ranger and The West Wing, and co-founded Tribal Alliance Productions.
Georgina Lightning is a Cree actor, director and producer who works in Canada and the US. She is known for her roles in Sawtooth, Older Than America and Dreamkeeper, and for her advocacy for Indigenous filmmakers.
Georgina Lightning brings a long track record of creative experience in the film industry as an actor, producer, director and acting coach on such projects as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas in the Clouds, Tecumseh, the Oath and Smoke Signals among countless others.
- July 4, 1963
Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress who plays Sophia in Trickster. She is also the mother of Crystle Lightning, who plays Maggie in the show. Learn more about her life, career, and activism.
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Oct 8, 2015 · If there is a woman who exemplifies the resiliency of the Indigenous spirit in Canada, it’s filmmaker Georgina Lightning. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta in a Mushwatchees Cree family that struggled from the lingering effects brought on by the residential school system and a legacy of colonization. In 1990, after a few courses in theatre at ...
