Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Biography

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is a Blackfoot and Sami actor, producer, filmmaker, and curatorial assistant born in 1986 in Cardston, Alberta, to a Sámi father and a Kainai mother. She has won several accolades for her film work, including the Canadian Screen Award for Best Director and the Toronto Film Critics Association's Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. Tailfeathers has gained recognition for her focus on women of colour through her writing, directing, and producing.