Smoke Signals is a 1998 English-language Comedy Drama film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre and produced by Larry Estes and Scott Rosenfelt. Young Indian man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear.. Smoke signals stars Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal, Cody Lightning and Scott M. Rosenfelt. The screenplay is written by Sherman Alexie which is inspired from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. The music was composed by B.c. Smith. Cinematography was done by Brian Capener and editing by Brian Berdan. The movie has a running time of 89 minutes. Smoke Signals was made on a budget of $2 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Miramax. At the 1998 Sundance Film Festival It won an award for Dramatic. At the 1998 Sundance Film Festival It also won an award for Dramatic.