ALEXA BLYAN is a 23-year-old emerging film director, writer, and producer currently working in Canada. Born and raised in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, and a member of Sucker Creek First Nation, Alexa’s work centers around storytelling as a tool for social impact, with a focus on empowerment, intergenerational healing, and cultural reclamation.

She got her start in the film industry by featuring in a TELUS Originals series called Out There. Her episode, Nisihkason Lex, directed by Kaayla Whachell, premiered at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto in October 2023, was an official selection at the Chilliwack Independent Film Festival (2023), GEMFest (2024), and featured in partnership with Air Canada x imagineNATIVE, screening on flights across Canada. The episode highlighted Alexa’s previous activism work, which focused on mental health, intergenerational trauma, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), as well as her debut media project, Digital Voices.

Released in 2020 and launched on CBC Edmonton, Digital Voices is a web series that encourages individuals to reclaim and share their stories. The series aims to break stigmas, create connections through lived experience, and spark dialogue around identity and healing. The project has been featured by multiple news outlets and is being used as a teaching resource in classrooms within Alexa’s home community of Lloydminster.

Alexa is a passionate advocate and has spoken publicly at events such as Pecha Kucha, Sisters in Spirit vigils, the Western Canadian Tobacco Reduction Forum, and at the Alberta Legislature. Her voice has reached wider audiences through features on APTN News, CKUW Radio, CBC News, PTL News, and CityNews. Internationally, she has made appearances on Fishbowl Radio (Texas), Authors on the Air (Florida), and with author VS Holmes (New Hampshire). She has also worked with APTN and Narrative Research on research projects addressing the voices and realities of Indigenous youth across Canada.

In June 2024, Alexa was selected for the Empowered Filmmakers program in Cranbrook, BC, where she directed Interlude, an abstract short film about life’s “in between” moments. Created alongside her brother Ethan Blyan, the film earned them the Dedicated Filmmaker Award and released on TELUS Optik TV in Fall of 2024.

Currently, Alexa is writing, producing and directing, Matriarch’s, a documentary series supported by TELUS Storyhive. Set for release in Summer 2025, the series highlights individuals making intergenerational impact within their families and communities. Season Two is now underway, shifting its focus to the community of High Prairie, AB—near Alexa’s home territory of Sucker Creek First Nation. This season deepens its exploration of cultural tradition, family, and the guiding forces shaping future generations, while honouring the histories rooted in the land and the resilience of the people who continue to carry those stories forward.

In addition to her documentary work, Alexa is also in development as a producer, director, and co-writer on her first feature film, Family Under Nothing—a story rooted in themes of identity, trauma, and resistance, continuing her commitment to bold, emotionally resonant storytelling.

Beyond filmmaking, Alexa is deeply committed to youth mentorship. She has facilitated workshops, led storytelling circles, and mentored Indigenous youth. Through her work, she creates safe and culturally grounded spaces where youth can explore their voices, identities, and dreams. Whether through digital media, spoken word, or one-on-one mentorship, Alexa empowers youth to reclaim their narratives, embrace their creativity, and become changemakers in their own right. Her approach is rooted in lived experience and a belief in the transformative power of representation and connection.