Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, champion powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history. His writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Yorker. He won the 2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize. His documentary, Sugarcane, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. NoiseCat is a proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen and a descendant of the Lil’wat Nation of Mount Currie. "We Survived the Night" is his first book.
Awards: NoiseCat has been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize and many National Native Media Awards. He was a finalist for the Livingston Award and multiple Canadian National Magazine Awards and was named to the TIME100 Next list in 2021. His first documentary, Sugarcane, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Directed alongside Emily Kassie, Sugarcane premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where NoiseCat and Kassie won the Directing Award for U.S. Documentary.
Communities: Indigenous or Native American
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