
Rory crittendenfilmmaker cv
LICENSES, MEMBERSHIPS
Citizen, Cherokee Nation
Member, Documentary Producers Alliance
Licensed FAA Part 107 Remote Drone PilotAWARDS, RECOGNITIONS AND FELLOWSHIPS2023
Finalist, Almanack Writers October Colony 2023
https://almanackscreenwriters.org/news/october-colony-writers-and-finalists2022
Quarter-finalist, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2022
https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/finalists/Recipient, Firelight Media’s SPARK FUND, underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities’
https://www.firelightmedia.tv/filmmakers/rory-crittendenFellow, 5th Annual Native American Feature Film Writer’s Lab
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/native-american-feature-film-writers-lab-fellows-1235344203/Fellow, 2nd Annual Native American Writer’s Seminar
https://deadline.com/2022/06/second-annual-native-american-writers-seminar-1235043420/Winner, Heartland Regional Emmy, Segment Director – Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 607
Winner, Heartland Regional Emmy, Segment Director – Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 608
Winner, Heartland Regional Emmy, Producer – Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 609
https://emmyawards.tv/files/2022/07/2022-WINS-LIST-1.pdfFinalist, Green Pastures Studio CRICKET Director’s Mentorship
https://twitter.com/OKFilmMusic/status/1470794977143930883Participant, FilmNorth Inclusive and Socially Conscious Filmmaking Lab
https://filmnorth.org/event/lab/2021
Winner, Heartland Regional Emmy, Producer – Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 601
Winner, Heartland Regional Emmy, Producer – Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 602
Winner, Heartland Regional Emmy, Producer – Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 605
https://emmyawards.tv/files/2021/07/2021Recipients.pdf
WORK
2023
Whiskey and a Pistol, Documentary film (In production)
Writer, Director, Producer
https://rorycrittenden.carrd.co/
Indigenous Cuisine, Documentary series (In development)
Associate Producer, Editor, Camera Operator
https://hokteproductions.com/
2022
Goingsnake, A western television pilot script workshopped during the 2nd Annual Native American Writer’s Seminar. (Quarter-finalist in the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2022)
WriterBlood Red and Goin’ Down, Horror feature film screenplay developed during the 5th Annual Native American Feature Film Writer’s Lab.
WriterᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak), Documentary feature film
2nd Unit Director, Associate Producer, Drone Operator
https://blurry-pictures.comWarrior Up!, Canadian documentary television series
Field Director (Episodes 10 and 13)
https://picturethis.ca/2021
Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Documentary series
Season 7 Producer (A Fire for the Future: Cherokee Storyteller Whitney Roach, Through Lines with Nathalie Standingcloud, Fighting an Epidemic with Coleman Cox, Cherokee Almanac: The Cherokee Slave Revolt, Cherokee Almanac: Ambassador of the Plains: Cherokee Trader Jesse Chisholm, Cherokee Almanac: The PIN Indians - Deadly Secrets, Cherokee Almanac: Closing A Chapter - Chief John Ross’ Final Years)
www.osiyo.tv2020
Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Documentary series
Season 6 Producer (Ladney Keener Guiding Arrows, Choogie Kingfisher Cherokee Storyteller, Cherokee Almanac: Early Contact, Cherokee Almanac: Dragging Canoe, Talking Stones: The Cherokee Syllabary Cave, Cherokee Almanac: Catharine Brown, Drake Long License to Win, Dakota Page Positivity Through Bass Fishing, Cherokee Almanac: Red Clay, Cherokee Basket Weaving with Mike Dart, Cherokee Almanac: Blythe Ferry, Ashley Thirsty-Vann Cherokee Genealogist)
www.osiyo.tv2019
Tulsa Noise, Shortform experimental documentary series.
Videographer, Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARP58bzU2aYMoonbeam Terror – Revenant, Short Experimental Noise Film
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
https://vimeo.com/476301666Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Documentary series
Season 5 Editor (Cherokee Almanac: Wauhillau LaHay, Revivalist Anna Mitchell and Her Cherokee Pottery Legacy)
Season 5 Producer (Cherokee Almanac: Wauhillau LaHay)
www.osiyo.tv2018
Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Documentary series
Season 4 Editor/Producer (Cherokee Almanac: Stilwell Strawberry Festival)
Season 4 Production Assistant, May 2018 – December 2018
www.osiyo.tvTALKS AND APPEARANCES
2022
Panelist, ARRAY Crew Conversations - Indigenous Peoples Month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLsI1qd-JaIGuest, Okie Podcast with Rory Crittenden – Dec 22, 2022
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/okie-podcast/id1550490884Guest Speaker, Cherokee National Holiday “Cherokee Talks” History and Preservation with Catherine Foreman Gray - The Goingsnake Tragedy
https://thecherokeeholiday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EP-Fin-CN-22-Holiday-Website-Digital-Schedule-of-Events8.5x11EAV10.pdf2020
Panelist, USC Visions and Voices, Native American Short Docs Showcase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6sZaAhAIbw&t=1905s