With a career spanning four decades, Sheilah Bright stands out as a seasoned journalist and storyteller. An Oklahoman with a global perspective, Bright has made her mark through captivating work for renowned publications and earned accolades including Emmy and Golden Georgi awards. Her passion for storytelling extends to documentary filmmaking, where she combines her extensive experience with a love for travel and adventure, capturing compelling narratives from around the world.
Sheilah Bright is a native Oklahoman whose journalism career spans 40 years. A member of the National Press Photographers Association and Society of Professional Journalists, she is a frequent contributor at This Land Press, Tulsa Voice and Oklahoma Today magazine. Her work has appeared in People, TIME, Lonely Planet, AFAR, and numerous regional magazines and newspapers. From 1990-1993, she was part of the scriptwriting team that earned both an Emmy and Golden Georgi awards for Narrative Television Network.
She recently wrote and co-directed the documentary Lone Man’s Land, based on her 2012 story “The Last of Kenton” which appeared in This Land Press. She is currently in production as writer/director of a second documentary, “If Wishes Were Horses,” based on her 2015 story “Horse teeth and Heartbreak,” published by This Land Press.
Bright is an avid traveler who has visited and reported from every continent and many remote countries. She lives in Sand Springs on a farm with a herd of hairy cows, a few goats and one crazy dog.