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Blackhorse Lowe
Diné, NavajoUSA
Blackhorse Lowe is a filmmaker from the Navajo Nation whose films focus on Native stories. He has directed television episodes of Reservation Dogs, Joe Pickett, Big Sky, Blindspotting, and Outer Range. His feature film Fukry won Best Film at the 2020 Montreal First Peoples Festival. Lowe’s directorial debut, 5th World, premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and he received awards for his short, Shimásání, which screened at Tribeca and Sundance.
A 2024 United States Artists Fellowship recipient, Lowe resides in New Mexico, working on independent and collaborative Indigenous film projects. He is developing the feature Lords of the Earth, which made the 2020 Blacklist, and is writing Fort Apache with Ronald D. Moore. His short film Metal Belt is currently on the festival circuit.
Official Selection
Feature Films
Festival Year2019
Fukry
Director, Producer, Writer
2015
Chasing the Light
Director
Short Films
Festival Year2025
b.Dreams
Director
Retrospective screening of the Embargo Collective I program for imagineNATIVE’s 25th anniversary Festival.
2019
Yá’át’ééh Abiní
Producer
2019
A Song Often Played on the Radio
Producer
2018
Hooghan
Director, Producer
2017
Captivity Narrative
Producer
2016
Tawhaowhao
Director
Part of The NATIVE Slam Program.
2009
b.Dreams
Director
Part of The Embargo Collective.
2009
Shimásání
Director
Part of This Place I Stand: Shorts Program II.
2008
Floating
Director
Part of The Witching Hour Program.
2007
Hey Indian
Co-Director
Part of the Humour Me: Comedy Shorts Program
2005
Dancing Earth
Director
Video
Festival Year2006
Minor Disturbance
Director
Part of The Beat: Music Video Program.
Year-Round Programming
2025
Artist Spotlight Directory Retrospective Streaming | Hooghan
Director, Producer
A month-long free online streaming presentation, celebrating the launch of the Artist Spotlight Directory.
Institute Participation
2021
Directors Lab | Fukry
Director, Writer
