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Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

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Andrew Okpeaha MacLean is a film director and screenwriter creating works in international filmmaking arenas. His films are set in his homeland, shot on location in Barrow, Alaska, starring Iñupiat people. They are among the first feature films produced in the Iñupiaq language.

Andrew MacLean’s heritage is woven into how the characters make decisions, relate to each other and in how the plots develop. His work often explores paałaqtautaiññiq, a core value among his people which roughly translates as “non-violence” or “avoidance of conflict.” MacLean’s work examines how an individual and a community reacts to violence, identifying unique cultural responses to extreme situations.

The Sundance Institute Native Film Program, a NACF capacity-building awardee, selected his first work, the short film Sikumi to be developed in the Producers Lab. MacLean’s first feature-length film, On the Ice, screened at the Sundance Film Festival and at select theaters throughout the country.

With the support of an NACF Artist Fellowship in Film, MacLean began work on adapting the Iñuit story The Children of the Northern Lights (2013) for film. In the well-known story, a hunter sacrifices his own life to ensure the survival of the spirits of the Aurora Borealis. MacLean set the original legend in outer space, on a moon circling a distant planet. The story becomes an allegory for the choices we must make to ensure the survival of our own fragile world.

(Native Arts & Cultures Foundation)

12 wins and 4 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

2

Alaska Filmmakers Poster

Alaska Filmmakers TV Series2011

Sundance Directors Lab TV Series2009

Writer

6

Type

Year

Alaska Daily Poster

Alaska Daily TV Series2022

Feels Good Poster

Feels Good Short Film2016

On the Ice Poster

On the Ice Feature Film2011

Futurestates Poster

Futurestates TV Series2010

On the Ice Poster

On the Ice Short Film2008

Kinnaq Nigaqtuqtuaq Short Film2005

Thanks

12

Leaving Yellowstone Poster

Leaving Yellowstone Short Film2023

Acid Noir Poster

Acid Noir Short Film2022

Let Me Assist You Poster

Let Me Assist You Short Film2022

Double Down Short Film2021

Fragments of a Home Short Film2021

Sleepyhead Poster

Sleepyhead Short Film2021

Valerie Short Film2021

Day One Short Film2020

Dear Me Short Film2020

First Short Film2020

Perfekt Short Film2020

Prey Short Film2020

Other Crew

1

The Terror Poster

The Terror TV Series2018

Director

6

Type

Year

Feels Good Poster

Feels Good Short Film2016

On the Ice Poster

On the Ice Feature Film2011

Futurestates Poster

Futurestates TV Series2010

On the Ice Poster

On the Ice Short Film2008

Natchiliagniaqtuguk Aapagalu Short Film2005

When the Season Is Good: Artists of Arctic Alaska Short Film2005

Editor

3

Type

Year

Futurestates Poster

Futurestates TV Series2010

On the Ice Poster

On the Ice Short Film2008

When the Season Is Good: Artists of Arctic Alaska Short Film2005

Casting Department

1

On the Ice Poster

On the Ice Feature Film2011

Producer

1

Kinnaq Nigaqtuqtuaq Short Film2005

Sound Department

1

The Elephant Garden Poster

The Elephant Garden Short Film2008

Camera and Electrical Department

1

Games of the North Poster

Games of the North Documentary2011

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