Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she is an enrolled member of the Samson Cree Nation. She was raised off-reserve, near the Samson community in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2007, she was featured in Filmmaker Magazine as one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

Georgina Lightning. Actress: Older Than America. Georgina Lightning brings a long track record of creative experience in the film industry as an actor, producer, director and acting coach on such projects as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas in the Clouds, Tecumseh, the Oath and Smoke Signals among countless others.

Georgina Lightning brings a long track record of creative experience in the film industry as an actor, producer, director and acting coach on such projects as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas in the Clouds, Tecumseh, the Oath and Smoke Signals among countless others.

Georgina Lightning brings a long track record of creative experience in the film industry as an actor, producer, director and acting coach on such projects as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas in the Clouds, Tecumseh, the Oath and Smoke Signals among countless others.

Nov 15, 2010 · Georgina Lightning, actor, director, producer (b at Hobbema, Alta 1964). Georgina Lightning was born into the Samson Cree Nation. Educated in Canada, she moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to pursue an acting career and enrolled in …

Mar 7, 2008 · "Older than America" tells the story of Rae (Georgina Lightning) who begins seeing visions of spirit children.

Art imitates life as Georgina Lightning plays mother to real life daughter Crystle Lightning (‘Maggie’) in Trickster. Georgina is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and...

Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress.

Nov 15, 2019 · Shot largely on the Fond du Lac (Minnesota) Indian Reservation, Older Than America also made Georgina Lightning the first Native American woman to direct a feature-length film. In addition to being an actor, Georgina is also an acting coach, producer and director.

Apr 9, 2010 · Georgina Lightning, a Cree woman originally from Samson First Nation in Hobbema, won a historical filmmaking award in New York Wednesday night. Her directorial debut, Older Than America, was awarded the first-ever EPIC Emerging Artist award.