Biography and filmography

Sky Hopinka

Sky Hopinka is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in film, video, and new genres. He is learning his tribal heritage language, Hočak, and working on various video projects that stem from ideas of contemporary indigenous linguistic concepts, identity, and representational imagery.

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Movies (30)

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

2026 · Additional Photography

Powwow People

Powwow People

2025 · Director, Editor

Sunflower Siege Engine

Sunflower Siege Engine

2023 · Director, Producer, Writer

Deerfoot of the Diamond

Deerfoot of the Diamond

2022 · Louis Sockalexis (voice)

Kicking the Clouds

Kicking the Clouds

2022 · Director

Mnemonics of Shape and Reason

Mnemonics of Shape and Reason

2021 · Director

The Island Weights

The Island Weights

2021 · Director

In Dreams and Autumn

In Dreams and Autumn

2021 · Director

Lore

Lore

2020 · Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

Cinetracts '20

Cinetracts '20

2020 · Director

maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

2020 · Narrator (voice), Editor, Sound, Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography

Here you are before the trees

Here you are before the trees

2020 · Director

When you're lost in the rain

When you're lost in the rain

2019 · Director

Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer

Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer

2019 · Director

Electric Snakes

Electric Snakes

2019 · Director

Fainting Spells

Fainting Spells

2018 · Director, Writer

Dreaming In The Dark

Dreaming In The Dark

2018 · Director

Dislocation Blues

Dislocation Blues

2017 · Director

Ouroboros

Ouroboros

2017 · Voiceover

Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

2017 · Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Sound Designer

I'll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You'll Become

I'll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You'll Become

2016 · Director

Visions of an Island

Visions of an Island

2015 · Director

Kunįkága Remembers Red Banks, Kunįkága Remembers the Welcome Song

Kunįkága Remembers Red Banks, Kunįkága Remembers the Welcome Song

2015 · Director

Venite et Loquamur

Venite et Loquamur

2015 · Director

Jáaji Approx.

Jáaji Approx.

2015 · Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

Wawa

Wawa

2014 · Director

Trade

Trade

2013 · Director

Just a Soul Responding

Just a Soul Responding

· Director, Screenplay, Cinematography

When I Was a Waterfall

When I Was a Waterfall

· Director

He Who Wears Faces on His Ears

He Who Wears Faces on His Ears

· Director

TV shows (0)

No credits available.