ERICA TREMBLAY is a Native American filmmaker from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation. Her work across film and television has quickly established her as one of the most exciting new voices working today. Her first feature film, Fancy Dance, premiered in competition at Sundance in 2023 and was acquired by Apple Original Films. Erica also produced the film, which is based on her original screenplay co-written with Miciana Alise and stars Academy Award Nominee, Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon). The film won prizes at SXSW, Mill Valley Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Newfest and others.

Most recently, Erica wrote on Season 3 of AMC’s “Dark Winds” as a Supervising Producer, in addition to directing an episode. Previously, Erica was a Co-Producer on “Reservation Dogs” at FX, where she directed her first and second episodes of television for Seasons 2 and 3. Together with Sterlin Harjo, she developed a series adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize finalist, “Yellowbird” for Paramount+. Erica also served as an Executive Story Editor on season 1 of “Dark Winds” produced by George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford.

Erica was recently named a Sundance Momentum Fellow, and in 2021 she was accepted into the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Lab. The same year, she was awarded the Walter Bernstein Screenwriting Fellowship, the Maja Kristin Directing Fellowship, the SFFILM Rainin Grant, and the Lynn Shelton Of a Certain Age Grant. In 2020, Fancy Dance was included on The Black List’s Indigenous List and her short film, Little Chief, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it was included on IndieWire’s top-ten list of must-see short films at the fest. In 2017, she earned recognition as a 40 under 40 Native American.

Prior to transitioning into her film and television career, Erica held high-level producorial and creative roles at companies like Hearst, Bustle and Digitas where she led teams across a variety of editorial and branded content for brands including Elle Magazine, Harper’s BAZAAR, Kia Motors and Bank of America.

Miciana’s feature script, Nancy’s Girls, led to 2019 and 2021 Sundance Institute Indigenous Program Fellowships. Her second feature, Fancy Dance (which she co-wrote), led to a 2021 Sundance Screenwriter’s Fellowship, 2021 SFFilm Rainin Grant, and was featured on the inaugural Indigenous List hosted by The Black List and the 2022 Wscripted Cannes Screenplay List. She was a 2022 Flaherty Fellow as well as a Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellow. She was a recipient of a 2023 Nia Tero Storytelling Fellowship and was awarded a High Scribe Award at the 2023 Sun Valley Film Festival.

Tafv Sampson is an enrolled citizen of Mvskoke (Creek) Nation. She is the daughter of artist Tim Sampson and the granddaughter of Will Sampson, best known for playing Chief in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. She has designed sets for brands and artists such as Spotify, FKA Twigs, Asap Rocky and Interview Magazine. Her most recent work includes feature film Fancy Dance and FX series “Reservation Dogs” which won the 2024 Art Directors Guild award for Best Half Hour Single Camera Series. She resides in Brooklyn, New York.