Morningstar Derosier is an Anishinaabe-Nehiyawak filmmaker who grew up in Northwestern Ontario. She attended the Ontario School of Art and Design to study Indigenous Visual Culture before getting her Advanced Diploma in Digital Cinematography at Canadore College. She discovered her love for digital media while attending Canadore College, and has since pursued a career in filmmaking and photography. So far, Morningstar has directed multiple short films and short documentaries and has had them screened at international film festivals. She recently started her own video production company Cedar Cinematic, which emphasizes in traveling to Indigenous communities to record land-based traditions. Her goal is to keep engaging with others about community activism and environmentalism through art and digital media.