Christopher Nataanii Cegielski is an LA-based director, writer and member of the Navajo Nation whose work and character exudes youth and ambition. 

Recently, Christopher was a fellow of the DGA and AICP’s joint Commercial Diversity Directors Program (CDDP), whose purpose is to increase diversity representation in commercial filmmaking. He has recently worked with clients such as ABC, United Airlines, Google, Youtube, Altra, AriZona Beverages and DIG DEEP on their Navajo Water Project. 

Christopher’s narrative work has received international recognition from festivals such as the Berlinale, SXSW, imagineNATIVE, Sun Valley, and the LA Film Festival. He has received artistic development from the Sundance Native Lab’s Time Warner Producers Fellowship and Film Independent’s Project Involve Program, where he received the Sony Pictures Diversity Fellowship Grant.

This year, Christopher made his television debut by co-directing History Channel’s new docu-drama, Sitting Bull.