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{{short description|American film producer}}
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[[File:Tracy Rector 01.jpg|thumb|Tracy Rector at opening reception for "Tatau/Tattoo: Embodying Resistance", exhibit at [[Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience|Wing Luke Museum]], Seattle, Washington.]]
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Tracy Rector (born 1972) is a is a mixed race Choctaw/Seminole filmmaker, curator, and arts advocate based in Seattle, Washington.<ref>http://www.longhousemedia.org/about.html</ref> She is the executive director and co-founder of [[Longhouse Media]], an indigenous media arts organization and home of the nationally acclaimed program Native Lens. She has worked as an education consultant at the [[Seattle Art Museum|Seattle Art Museum,]] as a Native Naturalist for the [[Olympic Sculpture Park]], and has developed curriculum for [[IslandWood]], an environmental education center.


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She currently serves as a Seattle Arts Commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/arts/about-us/seattle-arts-commission|title=Seattle Arts Commission - Arts {{!}} seattle.gov|website=www.seattle.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref>
| name = Tracy Rector
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| caption = Rector at the opening reception for "Tatau/Tattoo: Embodying Resistance", exhibit at [[Wing Luke Museum]], Seattle, Washington.
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}}
| occupation = Film Director, Film Producer, Curator
| alma_mater = [[Evergreen State College]]
| children = 2
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'''Tracy Rector''' (born 1972) is an American filmmaker, curator, and arts advocate based in Seattle, Washington.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://longhousemedia.org/about.html |title=Longhouse Media & Native Lens |website=longhousemedia.org |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702054102/http://longhousemedia.org/about.html |archive-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She is the executive director and co-founder of [[Longhouse Media]], an Indigenous and POC media arts organization and home of the nationally acclaimed program Native Lens. She has worked as an education consultant at the [[Seattle Art Museum]], as a native naturalist for the [[Olympic Sculpture Park]], and has developed curriculum for [[IslandWood]], an environmental education center.

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She served as a Seattle Arts Commissioner<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/arts/about-us/seattle-arts-commission|title=Seattle Arts Commission - Arts {{!}} seattle.gov|website=www.seattle.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref> and was the 2017 curator of the Seattle Theatre Group’s Re:definition Gallery.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stgpresents.org/redefinition|title=STG Presents - Re:definition|website=www.stgpresents.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Tracy Rector earned her BA in Native American Studies and Communications from [[Evergreen State College]] and her Masters in Education and Teacher Certification from [[Antioch University]]’s First Peoples Program. Her focus was collaborative media and identity exploration with at-risk Native youth.<ref name=":0" /> Her first feature projects, including ''Teachings of the Tree People: The Work of Bruce Miller'', brought oral tradition into a contemporary storytelling format while also identifying how Coast Salish communities wanted to be involved in the filmmaking process.<ref>http://www.visionmakermedia.org/bios/tracy-rector</ref> Rector's works have had national broadcast and distribution with [[Independent Lens]], National PBS, [[National Geographic]]'s All Roads Project, and have been showcased at the [[National Museum of the American Indian|Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian]] and the Seattle Art Museum. Her films have also screened at international film festivals, including [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/advocate-tracy-rector|title=The Advocate: Tracy Rector|date=2014-12-24|work=City Arts|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en}}</ref> She is the recipient of the Native American Public Telecommunications Producers Grant and Horace Mann Award.
Tracy Rector earned her BA in Native American studies and communications from [[Evergreen State College]] and her master's degree in education and teacher certification from [[Antioch University]]’s First Peoples Program.<ref name=":1" /> Her focus was collaborative media and identity exploration with at-risk Native youth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/sundance-institute-announces-2011-nativelab-fellows-expands-workshops-scree|title=Sundance Institute Announces 2011 NativeLab Fellows, Expands Workshops & Screenings for Indigenous Artists|website=www.sundance.org|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref> Her first feature project, ''Teachings of the Tree People: The Work of Bruce Miller'', brought oral tradition into a contemporary storytelling format while also identifying how Coast Salish communities wanted to be involved in the filmmaking process.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionmakermedia.org/bios/tracy-rector |title=Tracy Rector &#124; Vision Maker Media |access-date=2017-04-28 |archive-date=2017-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502212517/http://www.visionmakermedia.org/bios/tracy-rector |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her second feature-length film was the documentary ''March Point'', a collaboration with Longhouse Media co-founder Annie Silverstein and three young [[Swinomish people|Swinomish]] filmmakers''.'' This environmental documentary received an All Roads Film Project Seed Grant and was recognized by UNESCO as an example of indigenous grassroots mobilization in response to climate change.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu/person/3117/|title=Tracy Rector {{!}} National Museum of the American Indian|website=filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref> Rector's work has been screened at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], [[imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival]], National Geographic’s All Roads Film Project, [[Toronto International Film Festival]], the [[Seattle Art Museum]] and in the [[National Museum of the American Indian|Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian]], and has been nationally broadcast on the PBS film series [[Independent Lens]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/advocate-tracy-rector|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106111754/http://cityartsonline.com/articles/advocate-tracy-rector|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 6, 2015|title=The Advocate: Tracy Rector|date=2014-12-24|work=City Arts|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en}}</ref>


Rector has served as a curriculum advisor for the Seattle Art Museum, assisting in planning for the museum’s expanded Native American wing and the international exhibition S'abadeb—The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists. She has also worked as a Native Naturalist for the [[Olympic Sculpture Park]] and developed curriculum for [[IslandWood]], an environmental education center. She is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Longhouse Media, an indigenous media arts organization and home of the nationally-acclaimed program Native Lens.
Rector has served as a curriculum advisor for the Seattle Art Museum, assisting in planning for the museum’s expanded Native American wing and the international exhibition S'abadeb—The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists. She has also worked as a native naturalist for the Olympic Sculpture Park and developed curriculum for IslandWood, an environmental education center in Bainbridge Island, Washington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siff.net/festival-2015/contemporary-indigenous-cinema|title=Contemporary Indigenous Cinema|website=www.siff.net|language=en|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sokrat.ffos.hr/cir/?id=24|title=Contemporary Indigenous Realities|website=sokrat.ffos.hr|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref> Rector has 2 sons, Chai and Solomon.


== Selected Filmography ==
== Selected filmography ==


=== As Producer ===
=== As producer ===
* ''Teachings of the Tree People'' (2006)
* ''Teachings of the Tree People'' (2006)
* ''Giving Thanks'' (2007)
* ''Giving Thanks'' (2007)
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* ''Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life'' (2008)
* ''Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life'' (2008)
* ''Bunky Echo Hawk: Profile of a Proactive Artist'' (2009)
* ''Bunky Echo Hawk: Profile of a Proactive Artist'' (2009)
* ''Louie Gong: Unreserved'' (2010)
* ''UNRESERVED: The Work of Louie Gong'' (2010)
* ''Dos Almas'' (2013)
* ''Dos Almas'' (2013)
* ''Ronnie BoDean'' (2015)
* ''Ronnie BoDean'' (2015)
* ''Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People'' (2015)
* ''Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People'' (2015)
* ''The Middle Kingdom'' (2017)
* ''Cedar Box Stories'' (2017)
* ''Dawnland'' (2018)
* ''Manzanar Diverted'' (2021)
* ''Outta the Muck'' (TBD 2021)
* ''Sweetheart Deal'' (2021)


=== As Director ===
=== As director ===
* ''Teachings of the Tree People'' (2006)
* ''Teachings of the Tree People'' (2006)
* ''Giving Thanks'' (2007)
* ''Giving Thanks'' (2007)
* ''March Point'' (2008)
* ''March Point'' (2008)
* ''Bunky Echo Hawk: Profile of a Proactive Artist'' (2009)
* ''Bunky Echo Hawk: Profile of a Proactive Artist'' (2009)
* ''Louie Gong: Unreserved'' (2010)
* ''UNRESERVED: The Work of Louie Gong'' (2010)
* ''Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People'' (2015) 
* ''Samish Canoe Journey'' (2014)
* ''Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People'' (2015)
* ''Ch'aak' S'aagi'' / ''Eagle Bone'' - VR (2016)
* ''Cedar Box Stories'' (2017)


== Awards and Honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
* 2008: Horace Mann Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.antioch.edu/seattle/2008/02/22/antioch-seattles-horace-mann-awards-march-27/|title=Antioch Seattle’s Horace Mann Awards March 27|work=Antioch.edu|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en}}</ref>
* 2008: Horace Mann Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.antioch.edu/seattle/2008/02/22/antioch-seattles-horace-mann-awards-march-27/|title=Antioch Seattle's Horace Mann Awards March 27|work=Antioch.edu|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en}}</ref>
* 2008: Best Feature Documentary Award - ImagineNATIVE<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itvs.org/films/march-point|title=March Point {{!}} ITVS|website=itvs.org|language=en|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref>
* 2009: National Association for Media Literacy for outstanding contributions made in the field of media education<ref>https://namle.net/2009/09/23/media-literate-media-awards-2000-2005/</ref>
* 2009: National Association for Media Literacy for outstanding contributions made in the field of media education<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://namle.net/2009/09/23/media-literate-media-awards-2000-2005/|title=Media Literate Media Awards: 2000-2009|last=Directors|first=NAMLE Board of|date=2009-09-23|website=National Association for Media Literacy Education|access-date=2017-04-28}}</ref>
* 2011: Sundance Institute Lab Fellow<ref name=":0">http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/sundance-institute-announces-2011-nativelab-fellows-expands-workshops-scree</ref>
* 2011: Sundance Institute Lab Fellow<ref name=":0" />
* 2014: Tribeca All Access Grantee<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/detail/tracy_rector|title=Tracy Rector|work=Tribeca Film Institute|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en}}</ref>
* 2016: Best New Digital Media Award - ImagineNATIVE<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imaginenative.org/2016-award-winners/|title=2016 Award Winners|website=imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref>
* 2016: [[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]] Genius Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/genius-awards-2016/2016/09/14/24557441/tracy-rector|title=Tracy Rector|work=The Stranger|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en}}</ref>
* 2016: [[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]] Genius Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/genius-awards-2016/2016/09/14/24557441/tracy-rector|title=Tracy Rector|work=The Stranger|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en}}</ref>
* 2017: Firelight Media Impact Producer Fellow<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blog.womenandhollywood.com/firelight-media-launches-impact-producer-fellowship-names-inaugural-honorees-88255f0767cb|title=Firelight Media Launches Impact Producer Fellowship & Names Inaugural Honorees|date=2017-03-21|work=Women and Hollywood|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref>


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== External Links ==
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[[imdbname:2482506|Tracy Rector]] - IMDB


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== External links ==
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[http://longhousemedia.org Longhouse Media]
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* [http://www.clearwaterstories.org Clearwater Stories]
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* [http://www.thestranger.com/features/2016/08/17/24456852/meet-2016-stranger-genius-award-nominee-tracy-rector Meet 2016 Stranger Genius Award Nominee Tracy Rector]


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Latest revision as of 03:17, 29 June 2023

Tracy Rector
Rector at the opening reception for "Tatau/Tattoo: Embodying Resistance", exhibit at Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, Washington.
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Alma materEvergreen State College
Occupation(s)Film Director, Film Producer, Curator
Children2

Tracy Rector (born 1972) is an American filmmaker, curator, and arts advocate based in Seattle, Washington.[1] She is the executive director and co-founder of Longhouse Media, an Indigenous and POC media arts organization and home of the nationally acclaimed program Native Lens. She has worked as an education consultant at the Seattle Art Museum, as a native naturalist for the Olympic Sculpture Park, and has developed curriculum for IslandWood, an environmental education center.

She served as a Seattle Arts Commissioner[2] and was the 2017 curator of the Seattle Theatre Group’s Re:definition Gallery.[3]

Career

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Tracy Rector earned her BA in Native American studies and communications from Evergreen State College and her master's degree in education and teacher certification from Antioch University’s First Peoples Program.[4] Her focus was collaborative media and identity exploration with at-risk Native youth.[5] Her first feature project, Teachings of the Tree People: The Work of Bruce Miller, brought oral tradition into a contemporary storytelling format while also identifying how Coast Salish communities wanted to be involved in the filmmaking process.[6] Her second feature-length film was the documentary March Point, a collaboration with Longhouse Media co-founder Annie Silverstein and three young Swinomish filmmakers. This environmental documentary received an All Roads Film Project Seed Grant and was recognized by UNESCO as an example of indigenous grassroots mobilization in response to climate change.[4] Rector's work has been screened at the Cannes Film Festival, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, National Geographic’s All Roads Film Project, Toronto International Film Festival, the Seattle Art Museum and in the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian, and has been nationally broadcast on the PBS film series Independent Lens.[3][7]

Rector has served as a curriculum advisor for the Seattle Art Museum, assisting in planning for the museum’s expanded Native American wing and the international exhibition S'abadeb—The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists. She has also worked as a native naturalist for the Olympic Sculpture Park and developed curriculum for IslandWood, an environmental education center in Bainbridge Island, Washington.[8][9] Rector has 2 sons, Chai and Solomon.

Selected filmography

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As producer

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  • Teachings of the Tree People (2006)
  • Giving Thanks (2007)
  • March Point (2008)
  • Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life (2008)
  • Bunky Echo Hawk: Profile of a Proactive Artist (2009)
  • UNRESERVED: The Work of Louie Gong (2010)
  • Dos Almas (2013)
  • Ronnie BoDean (2015)
  • Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People (2015)
  • Cedar Box Stories (2017)
  • Dawnland (2018)
  • Manzanar Diverted (2021)
  • Outta the Muck (TBD 2021)
  • Sweetheart Deal (2021)

As director

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  • Teachings of the Tree People (2006)
  • Giving Thanks (2007)
  • March Point (2008)
  • Bunky Echo Hawk: Profile of a Proactive Artist (2009)
  • UNRESERVED: The Work of Louie Gong (2010)
  • Samish Canoe Journey (2014)
  • Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People (2015)
  • Ch'aak' S'aagi / Eagle Bone - VR (2016)
  • Cedar Box Stories (2017)

Awards and honors

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  • 2008: Horace Mann Award[10]
  • 2008: Best Feature Documentary Award - ImagineNATIVE[11]
  • 2009: National Association for Media Literacy for outstanding contributions made in the field of media education[12]
  • 2011: Sundance Institute Lab Fellow[5]
  • 2014: Tribeca All Access Grantee[13]
  • 2016: Best New Digital Media Award - ImagineNATIVE[14]
  • 2016: The Stranger Genius Award[15]
  • 2017: Firelight Media Impact Producer Fellow[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Longhouse Media & Native Lens". longhousemedia.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Seattle Arts Commission - Arts | seattle.gov". www.seattle.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. ^ a b "STG Presents - Re:definition". www.stgpresents.org. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. ^ a b "Tracy Rector | National Museum of the American Indian". filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. ^ a b "Sundance Institute Announces 2011 NativeLab Fellows, Expands Workshops & Screenings for Indigenous Artists". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  6. ^ "Tracy Rector | Vision Maker Media". Archived from the original on 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  7. ^ "The Advocate: Tracy Rector". City Arts. 2014-12-24. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved 2017-04-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "Contemporary Indigenous Cinema". www.siff.net. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  9. ^ "Contemporary Indigenous Realities". sokrat.ffos.hr. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  10. ^ "Antioch Seattle's Horace Mann Awards March 27". Antioch.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  11. ^ "March Point | ITVS". itvs.org. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  12. ^ Directors, NAMLE Board of (2009-09-23). "Media Literate Media Awards: 2000-2009". National Association for Media Literacy Education. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  13. ^ "Tracy Rector". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  14. ^ "2016 Award Winners". imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  15. ^ "Tracy Rector". The Stranger. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  16. ^ "Firelight Media Launches Impact Producer Fellowship & Names Inaugural Honorees". Women and Hollywood. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
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