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Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter

Daniel Foreman is a Canadian Métis (Métis Nation of Alberta) filmmaker and screenwriter.

Daniel Foreman began his artistic journey as a musician with the hard rock band Centrafuge, creating music videos and performing at venues such as the iconic Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.

Transitioning into film, he trained at the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA) before being selected for numerous prestigious programs, including the Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship^[1] at Whistler Film Festival (2016), the Sesame Workshop Summit for Native American Writers^[2] in New York (2019), and Capilano University’s FILMBA Program^[3] (2021).

Foreman has also taken part in Reelworld Film Festival’s E20^[4] and Producer^[5] programs, the Write Over Here Indigenous Screenwriting Residency^[6] at Banff Centre (2022), and most recently, the Indigenous Pathfinders in AI Program^[7] at the Mila Institute (2025).

When Daniel Foreman began his filmmaking career, he explored both directing and producing while focusing on writing his own stories. His first major project was the live-action short film A Raven’s Song (2013), which won the Award of Merit at the Best Shorts Competition in La Jolla, California.

Building on that success, Foreman shifted into children’s programming that blended live action and animation. His short film Raven Steals the Light (2016) won Best Animation^[8] at the Red Nation Film Festival in Los Angeles.

This led to Telus funding the animated/live-action series Legendary Myths: Raven Adventures (2017). The episode Raven and the Dogfish Woman went on to win Best Animation^[9] at the Red Nation Film Festival (2018) and received a Special Invitation to screen at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York. Another episode, Raven Goes Fishing, won Best Animation^[10] at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. This recognition earned Foreman a fast-track entry into Telefilm’s Talent to Watch program, where he created his debut feature film.

That feature, Abducted^[11] (2021), addressed urgent issues such as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) human rights crisis. The film secured Canadian and international  distribution through ASD (Animiki See Distribution) and U.S. distribution through Gravitas Ventures. It also received a Special Invitation to screen at The Film House^[12] and Brock University’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies.

Currently, Foreman is developing the supernatural dramatic television series Daughters of the Wolf. A short film based on the series, The Shadow Path, has screened at major festivals, including the Calgary Underground Film Festival (2024), the Hamilton Film Festival (2024), the Red Nation Film Festival (2024), and Das Nordamerika Filmfestival in Stuttgart (2025).

In 2024, Foreman was hired as a director for the acclaimed APTN television series Horse Warriors, where he worked closely with Indigenous communities, Elders, and Chiefs across Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Beyond his own film work, Foreman is also dedicated to uplifting other filmmakers. In 2013, he co-founded the Edmonton Short Film Festival with Sharlene Millang, an organization that continues to support and elevate both Alberta-based and international short filmmakers.

Daniel Foreman is a dual citizen of Canada and France. He is based in Edmonton, Alberta, where he founded two production companies—Treaty 6 Productions Inc. and Groove Soldier Productions Ltd.—to support his work in film, television, and digital media. He is also a professional Marketing and Media Manager^[13].