Lynn Salt
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Lynn Salt (Choctaw Nation) has worked in the motion picture industry for more than 30 years. She began her career in 1978 as a video scheduling coordinator for NBC. She was a member of the American Indian Registry for the Performing Arts (AIRPA) where she worked with Bob Hicks (Creek-Seminole) and wrote the first monthly newsletters for tribes across the country and taught acting and interview technques to help members obtain employment in the entertainment industry.
From 1988 to 1999 she was an assistant to the President of the Paul Kohner Agency where she analyzed screenplays and books, attended bookseller's conventions and attended key film festivals (Sundance, Cannes, Telluride) to acquire film rights for literary and film properties for representation. In 20001 Lynn developed a plan for an Ecology Film Festival at UC Davis to highlight and promote the work of prominent environmental scientists from around the world.
Lynn produced and directed
A Good Day to Die (2010), a feature documentary about American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks, with her partner David Mueller.
The Film Has Won the Following Awards:
- “Best Documentary” at the 2010 deadCENTER Film Festival
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- “Best Documentary” at the 2010 Dreamspeakers Film Festival
in Alberta, Canada
- “Best Documentary” at the 2010 LA Skins Festival
in Los Angeles, California
- “Best Documentary” at the 2010 American Indian Film Festival
in San Francisco, California
- “Best Documentary” at the 2010 Twin Cities Film Festival
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- “Best Documentary” at the 2010 Frozen River Film Festival
in Winona, Minnesota
Lynn co-wrote and co-produced