Wayne Wapeemukwa
Wayne Wapeemukwa | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | 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]
Education and filmmaking
[edit]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]
Filmography
[edit]- Limp Clown - 2010
- Blood Job - 2010
- Street Spirit - 2011
- Spiritualized - 2011
- Foreclosure - 2013[6]
- Weeper: Father - 2014
- Luk'Luk'I: Mother - 2014
- Balmoral Hotel - 2015[6]
- Srorrim - 2016[6]
- Luk'Luk'I - 2017[6]
Awards
[edit]- 2015, Balmoral Hotel was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[7]
- 2017, Luk'Luk'I, Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film[3]
- 2017, Luk'Luk'I, Directors Guild of Canada's Discovery Award[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Façade of Settler Patriotism: Wayne Wapeemukwa Talks Luk’Luk’I". Point of View, September 7, 2017.
- ^ "Toronto: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Captures Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Luk'Luk'I among winners at Directors Guild of Canada Awards". CBC News. October 29, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^ "Wayne Wapeemukwa". Cinema Politica. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ Alarcon, Krystle (January 25, 2018). "From the Streets to Film, With Her Heart in the Downtown Eastside". The Tyee. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "TFS Festival Quickie: Wayne Wapeemukwa, Director of Luk’Luk’I: Mother". Toronto Film Scene, September 8, 2014.
- ^ "Films from Rozema, Maddin, Falardeau make Canada's Top Ten Film Festival". Canadian Press, December 8, 2015.