SELECTED WORKS

An accomplished director, producer and writer, Colleen cut her teeth in non-fiction television at the Smithsonian Channel and PBS. She produces independent film and video and educational media, with a grounded dedication to Indigenous communities and perspectives.

Drowned Land | Feature Documentary

(Director / Producer)
Kalyn Fay "More" | Official Music Video

(Director)
The 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz Was a Catalyst for Indigenous Activism | Short

(Producer / Director / Writer — for Retro Report)
Daughter of a Lost Bird | Feature Documentary

(Brooke Pepion Swaney, Director. Colleen Thurston, Impact Producer)
Quapaw Cattle Company: Tribal nation honors traditional values | Short

(Producer / Director — for Narrative Report)
Sardis | Short

(Director / Producer)
Once Forgotten | Short

(Obed Lamy, Director. Colleen Thurston, Producer)
A Day in the Life of These Beautiful Sumatran Tigers | Short

(Producer and Editor - For Smithsonian Channel)
Chasing 14,000 | Short

(Producer and Director - For Cherokee Nation Businesses)
Running Coast to Coast, Andy Payne and the 1928 Transcontinental Footrace | Short

(Producer, Director and Writer - For Cherokee Nation Businesses)
Speaking Through Generations | Short

(Producer and Director - For Cherokee Nation Businesses)