Wayne Wapeemukwa
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Wayne Wapeemukwa | |
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| Occupations | teacher, filmmaker |
| Known for | Luk'Luk'I (Feature film) |
Wayne Wapeemukwa is a Canadian film director and screenwriter of Métis descent from Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] He is most noted for his feature film debut Luk'Luk'I (2017), which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival[2] and the Directors Guild of Canada's Discovery Award.[3]
Wapeemukwa participated in his high-school film program and has been influenced and inspired, since childhood, by Chelsea McMullan.[3] He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor's degree and is pursuing a Master's degree in Philosophy and psychoanalysis at the New School for Social Research.[4]
Wapemukwa also works as a public-school teacher and research assistant.[3]
Angel Gates is Wapeemukwa's muse, having first consulted on research for his short films and later starring, and being featured, in four of his documentary films.[5]