John Seymour - Anishinaabe Filmmaker - Writer - Director - Actor - 1st Assistant Director - Production Coordinator - Director-for-Hire - Peguis First Nation, Treaty 1 - Seymourville - Hollow Water First Nation -

John Seymour - Anishinaabe Filmmaker - Writer - Director - Actor - 1st Assistant Director - Production Coordinator - Director-for-Hire - Peguis First Nation, Treaty 1 - Seymourville - Hollow Water First Nation -

John Seymour Winnipeg with long dark hair, a beard, and mustache, wearing a denim jacket and white shirt, with hands together in a prayer-like position, against a light blue background.

Welcome and thanks for visiting!

This is my portfolio website as an artist.

I am an Anishinaabe filmmaker — writer, director, actor.

Available for hire as an

  • Actor;

  • First Assistant Director;

  • Production Coordinator; and

  • Director-for-Hire

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John Seymour’s Filmography

  • Stay Awhile by John Seymour

    Stay Awhile (Director)

    Director: John Seymour

    FilmFreeway
  • This Clown Ate, Vol. I by John Seymour

    This Clown Ate, Vol. I (Director, Actor, Writer)

    Director: John Seymour

  • Promotional poster for the TV show "Acting Good" featuring five diverse characters smiling and posing in front of a lakeside background with a red and orange sky, trees, a house, a sign that says "Welcome to Grouse Lake First Nation," and a small airplane flying overhead.

    Acting Good [Seasons 3, 4, & 5] (Actor)

    APTN/Crave

    Crave
  • Aberdeen by Eva Thomas & Ryan Cooper

    Aberdeen (Actor)

    Directors: Ryan Cooper & Eva Thomas

    Farpoint Films
  • Skygazers by Sean Kinsella

    Skygazers (Actor)

    Director: Sean Kinsella

  • Mamasis by Farrah Murdock

    Mamasis (Actor)

    Director: Farrah Murdock

    YouTube
  • Victors by James Dixon

    Victors (Actor)

    Director: James Dixon

  • Unless You Have Been There by Farrah Murdock

    Unless You Have Been There (Actor)

    Director: Farrah Murdock

  • Don't Look @ Me by Sean Kinsella

    Don't Look @ Me (Actor)

    Director: Sean Kinsella

  • Going Way South by Calvin Yearworth

    Going Way South (Actor)

    Director: Calvin Yearworth

    Youtube
  • Sunshine Slayings by Steven R. Tyler

    Sunshine Slayings [S1, Ep. 22] (Actor)

    Director: Steven R. Tyler

    Amazon Prime
  • Heartland Homicide by John Barnard

    Heartland Homicide [S1, Ep. 4] (Actor)

    Director: John Barnard

    Amazon Prime
  • The Satanic Panic and the Religious Battle for the Imagination by Andrew Wall

    The Satanic Panic and the Religious Battle for the Imagination (Actor)

    Director: Andrew Wall

    Refuge 31 Films
  • REZervations for Two - S1 [13 Episodes] (First Assistant Director)

    REZervations for Two - S1 [13 Episodes] (First Assistant Director)

    Directors: Jessica Landry & Vanessa Loewen
    APTN

  • Regalia by Farrah Murdock

    Regalia (Production Manager)

    Director: Farrah Murdock

I’m an Anishinaabe filmmaker who writes, directs, and acts. On the production side, I work as a 1st Assistant Director, Production Coordinator, and director-for-hire in film and television.

Right now that means running 1st AD and Production Coordinator on Rezervations for Two Season 2 for Animiki See Productions (APTN), ahead of a Toronto shoot this summer. I was brought on as Intern and 1st Assistant Director from mid-production on Season 1, with a few days of hybrid training as a Production Assistant before moving fully into the 1st AD role for the rest of its 13-episode run. Since then I’ve also taken on Production Coordinator work on Hockey Night in Canada in Cree & Inuktitut 2026 (APTN), 1st AD duties for Cool Indigenous Stuff (CBC) and worked as a PA on Must Love Dogs, Season 2 (CBC).

On screen, you’ll find me in the feature Aberdeen (TIFF, dir. Ryan Cooper & Eva Thomas) and Seasons 3, 4 & 5 of Acting Good (APTN/CTV Comedy), plus award-winning shorts including Don’t Look @ Me and Unless You Have Been There.

Behind the camera is where the directing lives. My debut, Stay Awhile, grew out of the 2024 Skodoodisden Project, the Indigenous filmmaker incubator I helped lead through the Winnipeg Indigenous Filmmakers Collective. It has gone on to screen at the Red Nation International Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA, and the Ācimowin Film Festival in Saskatoon, SK (Canada), with more screenings across Canada and the USA. It’s also the clearest proof of what I bring as a director-for-hire. I’m currently developing a short autobiographical film set over a childhood weekend of mine in Seymourville, MB — the community my father lived in and the place I keep coming back to as a storyteller, and to find home again.

I’m based in Winnipeg, with family ties to Peguis First Nation (Mother, Helena Chambers) and Seymourville, just outside Hollow Water First Nation (Father, John [Jack] Seymour Sr.). I am a 2025 NSI CBC New Indigenous Voices graduate and an ACTRA member, and a versatile filmmaker who has worn many hats on set. This has allowed me to better understand productions at their various stages, through different capacities.

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