---
name: "Sydney Freeland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sydney-freeland"
fi1m_id: "sydney-freeland"
imdb_id: "nm2978148"
tmdb_id: 1283668
wikidata_id: "Q19865982"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "29 October 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-22T20:58:20.905893+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."
---

# Sydney Freeland

## Identity

Sydney Freeland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sydney-freeland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sydney-freeland
- **IMDb ID:** nm2978148
- **TMDB ID:** 1283668
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19865982
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Freeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2978148/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1283668

Director. Born 29 October 1980 in Gallup, New Mexico, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 29 October 1980, Gallup, New Mexico, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Erica Tremblay](https://film.one/person/erica-tremblay.md), [Julie Anne Robinson](https://film.one/person/julie-anne-robinson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 68 (1), 2020s 74 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, Family 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Western 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Freeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2978148/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1283668

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Reservation Dogs*](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md) (86), [*Grey's Anatomy*](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md) (68)
- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md) (77)
- **Netflix:** [*Little House on the Prairie*](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Sydney Freeland is a Native American director and screenwriter who is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She was born in Gallup, New Mexico, and studied at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she earned a BFA in computer animation and an MFA in film. She is a Fulbright scholar.

Freeland wrote and directed the feature *Drunktown's Finest* (2014), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature, *Deidra & Laney Rob a Train* (2017), also debuted at Sundance and was later released on Netflix. She directed the Netflix film *Rez Ball* (2024). Her television directing credits include episodes of *Grey's Anatomy*, *Fear the Walking Dead*, *Reservation Dogs*, *Echo* and *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*. In 2026 she directed two episodes of the Netflix series *Little House on the Prairie*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, whats-on-netflix.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Little House on the Prairie* (2026), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md)
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), Fi1m 86, Staff Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Little House on the Prairie* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md)
- *Rez Ball* (2024), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Echo* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Seeds* (2022), Thanks
- *Prey* (2022), Thanks — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/prey.md)
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), series, Director, Staff Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)
- *Resident Alien* (2021), series, Director
- *The Wilds* (2020), series, Director
- *The Walking Dead: World Beyond* (2020), series, Director
- *P-Valley* (2020), series, Director
- *Nancy Drew* (2019), series, Director
- *Emergence* (2019), series, Director
- *Tales of the City* (2019), series, Director
- *Chambers* (2019), series, Director
- *Impulse* (2018), series, Director
- *Station 19* (2018), series, Director
- *Deidra & Laney Rob a Train* (2017), Director
- *Her Story* (2016), series, Director
- *Fear the Walking Dead* (2015), series, Director
- *Drunktown's Finest* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Hoverboard* (2012), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Thick Dark Fog* (2011), Assistant Editor
- *The Migration* (2008), Director
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)

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