---
name: "Migizi Pensoneau"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/migizi-pensoneau"
fi1m_id: "migizi-pensoneau"
imdb_id: "nm3529718"
tmdb_id: 3239678
wikidata_id: "Q111107397"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:14:17.001831+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Migizi Pensoneau

## Identity

Migizi Pensoneau

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/migizi-pensoneau
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** migizi-pensoneau
- **IMDb ID:** nm3529718
- **TMDB ID:** 3239678
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111107397
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111107397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3529718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3239678

Writer and producer. Born in Minnesota.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111107397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3529718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3239678

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Reservation Dogs*](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md) (86), [*Alien: Earth*](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Migizi Pensoneau is a writer, producer and actor. He is a member of the 1491s, a Native American sketch comedy group, and has contributed to several television series as a writer and producer.

He wrote episodes of *Reservation Dogs* (2021–2023) and served as co-producer and later co-executive producer on the series. He also wrote for *Barkskins* (2020) and *Two Sentence Horror Stories* (2021), and wrote an episode of and acted as co-executive producer on *Alien: Earth* (2025). Other credits include writing for *Government Cheese* (2025).

Pensoneau (Ponca/Ojibwe) was born and raised in Minnesota. He attended the Native American Preparatory School and Wesleyan University, and holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the Institute of American Indian Arts. He has worked as a Native cultural consultant, including on projects for Avatar Studios.

*Sources: imdb.com, reservationdogs.fandom.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, huffpost.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), Fi1m 76, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), Fi1m 86, Writer, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)
- *Government Cheese* (2025), series, Writer
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), series, Co-Producer, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)
- *Rutherford Falls* (2021), series, as Roy Crooks
- *Barkskins* (2020), series, Writer

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