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Cody Lightning, pictured in a publicity still for the 2023 film Hey, Viktor! was born in Edmonton, but is from the Samson Cree First Nation, in the Maskwacis Treaty 6 territories. He was four when he and his siblings moved to Los Angeles with their mother, Georgina Lightning, who was an actor-filmmaker-producer, and musician. After high school, he left Los Angeles and lived in New York, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Washington before moving back to Canada. Usually remembered for his role in Smoke Signals, In Hey, Viktor! he plays a fictionalized version of himself, 25 years after his breakthrough role as the young Victor in Smoke Signals. With his career having faded almost to nothing, he comes up with an idea to revive his career by creating and starring in his own Smoke Signals sequel, if only he can convince Adam Beach to participate in it. Hey, Viktor! marks his feature debut as a writer-director. It was named one of the Top 10 Films of 2023 by TIFF and by Northernstars.ca
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Geronimo (TV-1993)
Photo Justice (1995, short)
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (TV-1995)
Grand Avenue (TV-1996)
The Brace (1997)
Smoke Signals (1998)
My Brother (2000, short)
Manic (2001)
Dreamkeeper (2003)
Edge of America (TV-2004)
Brick (2005)
Hanbleceya (2005short)
Misery Loves (2006, short)
Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)
Lost Suburbia (2007)
American Evil (2008)
Ibid (2008)
Liminality (2008, short)
Sounds for the One I Love (2008, short)
Disco Duo and the Case of th Haunted Dump (2009, short)
Cousins (2010 short)
Search for the World’s Best Indian Taco (2010, short)
Craters of the Moon (2013)
Mohawk Midnight Runners (2013, short)
Chasing the Light (2016)
Ruby in: The White Van (2081, short)
Online Mating (2019)
Run Woman Run (2021)
Ghosts of Yesterday (2021, short)
Hey, Viktor! (2023)
TV Series:
Walker, Texas Ranger (1998 1999)
Pepper Ann (voice, 1999)
The Wild Thornberrys (1999)
Arli$$ (2000)
The X Files (2002)
Echo (2023, mini-series)
Credits as a Director:
Hey, Viktor! (2023)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
Hey, Viktor! (2023)
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