Forrest Goodluck made his feature film debut in The Revenant, starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, and Will Poulter under the direction of Alejandro González Iñárritu. Since then, he has continued working both in front of and behind the camera, appearing in films such as Pet Sematary: Bloodlines and producing and acting in How to Blow Up a Pipeline.
On set of “Alien Boy.” Goodluck directs and camera operates. Forrest Goodluck
FilmmakerComposerMulti-DisiplinaryAn award-winning filmmaker, Goodluck's work has screened at festivals including Seattle International Film Festival, Santa Fe International Film Festival, and LA Skins Fest. His films have earned recognition from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA), and he was selected as a Sundance Institute Full Circle Fellow.
A member of the Diné, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian tribes, Goodluck lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Director Statement
“Film captured my imagination at a young age. Working alongside filmmakers like Alejandro Iñárritu and Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki showed me what the camera is capable of, and I've been chasing that feeling ever since.
As a filmmaker, I'm drawn to what can't be easily explained in words. I see film as both a language and a dream—a way of paying attention to the world and finding meaning in the fleeting moments that often go unnoticed.”