It really is remarkable that Taylor Sheridan?s first two screenwriting credits are Sicaro and Hell or High Water ? two scripts that went on to be successful and critically lauded films (
With Wind River, Sheridan is taking the director?s chair himself
Wind River begins with the ghastly death of a young Native American woman who?s found frozen to death on the plains of Wyoming. Jeremy Renner plays Cory Lambert, a local Fish and Wildlife agent tapped to investigate the murder alongside
Sheridan told website UpRoxx:
" I couldn?t risk that if someone had a different vision than I did for this particular film. So that?s really the reason behind making the decision to direct it."