Biography
Jesse Short Bull is a Lakota writer and director. A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, he is from the Badlands of South Dakota and a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts.
He co-directed and co-wrote the 2025 documentary Free Leonard Peltier with David France. His earlier feature Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022), co-directed with Laura Tomaselli, premiered at Tribeca and received Emmy Awards for Best Documentary and Best Director. Short Bull has received a Sundance Documentary Fund fellowship and was the first Indigenous filmmaker named to the DOC NYC Shortlist programme.
