Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers (born in 1986) is a Blackfoot and Sámi filmmaker, actor, and producer from the Kainai First Nation in Canada. She has won several accolades for her film work, including multiple Canadian Screen Awards.

Born in Cardston, Alberta, Tailfeathers began acting in the late 2000s before embarking on a career as a filmmaker.

For directing The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, she shared the Canadian Screen Award for Best Director with Kathleen Hepburn. That film also won the Toronto Film Critics Association's $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.