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Sterlin Harjohe/him
Seminole, MuscogeeUSA
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Awards
Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee) is an award-winning filmmaker from Holdenville, Oklahoma. Now based in Tulsa, Harjo is the co-creator and showrunner of Reservation Dogs (FX Productions), a comedy series following four Indigenous teenage friends
living on a reservation in Oklahoma.
After its first season, Reservation Dogs won a 2022 Peabody Award, a 2022 Television Academy Honors Award, the 2022 Independent Spirit Award for Best Comedy Series, it was an American Film Institute Awards Honoree, and won Best Breakthrough Series Under 40 Minutes at the 2021 Gotham Awards.
Official Selection
Feature Films
Festival Year2020
Love and Fury
Director, Producer
2015
Mekko
Director
Opening Night Screening.
2014
This May Be the Last Time
Director
2009
Four Sheets to the Wind
Director
Part of A Decade in Retrospect: Curated by Dana Claxton.
2009
Barking Water
Director
Closing Night Screening.
2007
Four Sheets to the Wind
Director
Opening Night Screening.
Short Films
Festival Year2025
Cvpanuce Tucenat (Three Little Boys)
Director
Retrospective screening of the Embargo Collective I program for imagineNATIVE’s 25th anniversary Festival.
2021
Spirits
Producer
2009
Cvpanuce Tucenat (Three Little Boys)
Director
Part of The Embargo Collective.
2005
Goodnight Irene
Director
Part of The Evolution of a Story: Shorts Program curated by Zoe Leigh Hopkins through Vtape's Curatorial Incubator Program.
Series
Festival Year2023
Reservation Dogs
Director, Executive Producer, Showrunner, Writer
Programmed as the TV Watch Party: Reservation Dogs screening, featuring 3 episodes (90 minutes) from Season 3.
Year-Round Programming
2025
Artist Spotlight Directory Retrospective Streaming | Barking Water
Director
A month-long free online streaming presentation, celebrating the launch of the Artist Spotlight Directory.
Events
2020
Love and Fury Q&A
Speaker
Livestream event.
2009
Collective Power! The Rise and Rise of Filmmaking Collectives
Panelist
Institute Participation
2022
Industry Days | Directing from Film to TV
Speaker
2021
Industry Days | Reservation Dogs Panel
Panelist
Livestream event.
imagineNative Team
2023
Moon Jury Award Panel
Juror
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Last updated on May 20, 2025.