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.

KNOWN FOR

Ouroboros
2017
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
2026
Powwow People
2025
Dislocation Blues
2017
Lore
2020
Jáaji Approx.
2015
Electric Snakes
2019
Fainting Spells
2018
Wawa
2014
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
2020
Deerfoot of the Diamond
2022
Trade
2013

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
3
Directing
27
Writing
6
Producing
2
Camera
5
Editing
5
Sound
2
Crew
1
2022
Deerfoot of the Diamond
as Louis Sockalexis (voice)
2020
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Ouroboros
as Voiceover