★ HOW OLD IS TRACEY DEER?
Tracey Deer is 48 years old, born February 28, 1978 in CA · Pisces.
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About
Tracey Deer is a Mohawk screenwriter and film director from Kahnawake, Quebec, born in 1978. She made history as the first Mohawk woman to win a Gemini Award in 2008 for her documentary Club Native. Her TV series Mohawk Girls ran five seasons from 2014 to 2017, and her 2021 dramatic film Beans, set during the Oka crisis she witnessed as a teenager, premiered at the New York International Children's Film Festival. Pisces energy marked her pioneering path in Indigenous filmmaking.
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Biography
Tracey Deer is a Kahnawake-based Mohawk screenwriter, film director, and newspaper publisher. Born February 28, 1978, in Canada, Deer has written and directed award-winning documentaries through Rezolution Pictures, an Aboriginal-run production company. In 2008, she became the first Mohawk woman to win a Gemini Award for her documentary Club Native. Her five-season TV series Mohawk Girls (2014–2017) established her as a key voice in Indigenous storytelling. Deer founded her own production company for independent short work, extending her creative reach. Her 2021 dramatic film Beans, which premiered at the New York International Children's Film Festival in March 2021, draws from her lived experience of the Oka crisis in 1990, when she was an adolescent. The film stars Kiawenti:io Tarbell, a young Mohawk actress from Akwesasne. As a screenwriter, Deer develops narratives across documentary, television, and feature formats. Born under the Pisces sign, her intuitive and visionary approach shaped groundbreaking Indigenous cinema. Her work spans decades of Canadian independent film and television, making her a defining figure in First Nations media.
★ ORIGIN
Before Fame
Deer lived through the Oka crisis in 1990 as an adolescent, an experience that would later inform her 2021 film Beans. Before her Gemini Award breakthrough in 2008, she developed her craft through documentary work at Rezolution Pictures, the Aboriginal-run production company where she honed her directing and writing skills.
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Trivia
- Deer was the first Mohawk woman to win a Gemini Award, in 2008, for her documentary Club Native.
- Her TV series Mohawk Girls aired for five seasons from 2014 to 2017, becoming a landmark Indigenous television production.
- Deer's film Beans premiered at the New York International Children's Film Festival in March 2021 and is set during the Oka crisis, which she witnessed firsthand as a teenager.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Leader
Independent, ambitious, and self-reliant. Tracey Deer tend to step into pioneer roles early and prefer setting direction over following it.
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Birthday compatibility
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CHALLENGING
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★ FAQ
Frequently asked
- How old is Tracey Deer?
- Tracey Deer is 48 years old (born February 28, 1978).
- When is Tracey Deer's birthday?
- Tracey Deer was born on February 28, 1978.
- What is Tracey Deer's zodiac sign?
- Tracey Deer is a Pisces, born February 28, 1978.
- What is Tracey Deer's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Tracey Deer was born in 1978, the year of the Earth Horse.
- Where is Tracey Deer from?
- Tracey Deer is from CA.
- What does Tracey Deer do?
- Tracey Deer is a writer.
- Is Tracey Deer still alive?
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