Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Writer, Director, producer, and actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is a member of the Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy) and Sámi from Norway.

Elle-Máijá is best known for her multiple award winning co-directorial debut feature A BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN.  More recently she was awarded for the 2024 CSA Award for “Best Direction in a Drama Series” and 2023 DGC Award “Outstanding Directorial Achievement In A Dramatic Series” for her work on CraveTV’s LITTLE BIRD limited series.  Her documentary KÍMMAPIIYIPITSSINI: THE MEANING OF EMPATHY premiered at the 2021 hot docs international documentary festival and received a “Roger's Audience Choice Award” & “Emerging Canadian Filmmaker” award. Since it’s premiere, Kímmapiiyipitssini has received the “Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director” at Doxa 2021, the “Audience Choice Award for a Canadian Documentary” at the 2021 Calgary International Film Festival. To air in 2025, Elle-Máijá directed for The CW’s scripted new drama series Sherlock & Daughter shot on location in Ireland. She currently resides in Winnipeg Manitoba and welcomes to work on location.