TJ Cuthand

Directing·Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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TJ Cuthand was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1978, and grew up in Saskatoon. Since 1995 he has been making short experimental narrative videos and films about sexuality, madness, Queer identity and love, and Indigeneity, which have screened in festivals internationally, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Mix Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity in Sao Paolo, ImagineNATIVE in Toronto, Ann Arbour Film Festival, Images in Toronto, Berlinale in Berlin, New York Film Festival, Outfest,and Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. His work has also exhibited at galleries including the Remai in Saskatoon, The National Gallery in Ottawa, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, MoMA in New York, and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2005, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2015. He has made commissioned work for Urban Shaman and Videopool in Winnipeg, Cinema Politica in Montreal, VIMAF in Vancouver, and Bawaadan Collective in Canada. In 2020 he completed working on a 2D video game called A Bipolar Journey based on his experience learning and dealing with his bipolar disorder. It can be found here. He has also written three feature screenplays and has performed at Live At The End Of The Century in Vancouver, Queer City Cinema’s Performatorium in Regina, and 7a*11d in Toronto. In 2017 he won the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. He has made 32 videos and films and counting. Currently he has a feature film in development. He is a non-binary Butch boy who uses He/Him pronouns. He is of Plains Cree and Scots descent, a member of Little Pine First Nation, and currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

Film	Credit
RRedacted2025 · self, Director	self, Director
Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees2024 · Self, Director	Self, Director
The Lost Art of the Future2023 · Director	Director
FFirst Night Out2022 · Director	Director
13 Eggs2022 · Director	Director
MMedicine and Magic2022 · Director	Director
NNeurotransmitting2021 · Director	Director
Kwêskosîw: She Whistles2021 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Medicine Bundle2020 · Director	Director
Woman Dress2019 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Less Lethal Fetishes2019 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Extractions2018 · Director	Director
Reclamation2018 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com2017 · Host, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Host, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
The Longform Lesbian Census2017 · Director	Director
2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.992015 · Actor, Director, Writer, Producer	Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Sight2013 · Self (voice), Director, Writer	Self (voice), Director, Writer
Just Dandy2013 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Boi Oh Boi2012 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
Homelands2010 · Director	Director
You Are a Lesbian Vampire2008 · Director	Director
Madness in Four Actions2008 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Love & Numbers2004 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Anhedonia1999 · Director	Director
MManipulation/Dictation1999 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Through the Looking Glass1999 · Alice, Director	Alice, Director
Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement1999 · Helpless Maiden, Director, Writer	Helpless Maiden, Director, Writer
Untouchable1998 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Bisexual Wannabe1997 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Working Baby Dyke Theory: The Diasporic Impact of Cross-Generational Barriers1997 · Director	Director
Earth Flesh1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Colonization: The Second Coming1996 · Director	Director
Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory1995 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director