Gary Sundown

Gary Sundown

History

Actor, Director, Producer, Fight/Stunt Coordinator - Award winning Director of his first feature film Bury My Heart With Tonawanda. Born in 1969, is a descendant of the Seneca Nation, and lives with his family in Western New York. Started acting in 2004, and has been in such films as Terrence Malick's The New World (New Line Cinema), America's First Nations (Discovery Channel), The Cherry Hill Massacre and The War that Made America (PBS).

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Gary Sundown

Movies

A Quiet Place Part II
Island Person (uncredited)
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
The Roots of Lacrosse
Many lacrosse players and coaches often don’t know that the origins of the game of lacrosse has it’s roots in North American Indigenous nations.This short documentary provides a brief history of the sacred and cultural aspects of this sport, originally played for the Creator, as well as for the health and welfare of the people. The movie also defines the three types of North American, Indigenous lacrosse: Iroquois, Great Lakes, and Southeastern.
Beyond the Call to Duty
The Spy
Five Spec Ops, Alpha Squad, head a simple Recon Mission that turns into an all out war for survival against a wave of undead experiments. Alpha Squad must fight, not just for the sake of their own survival, but the fate of the world.
Iroquois Creation Story
Guardian of the Tree
A combination of live-action and animation, the Iroquois Creation Story is a 17-minute film based on the ancient and complex Iroquois Creation Story.
The Better Angels
Johnny Kongapod
At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our nation’s greatest heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Abe is a thoughtful and quiet boy who spends his days at the side of his beloved mother while learning to work the land from his stern father. When illness takes his mother, Abe's new guardian angel comes in the form of his new stepmother, who sees the potential in the boy and pushes for his further education.