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Canadian film director and screenwriter
Wayne Wapeemukwa
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]
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]
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]
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"The Façade of Settler Patriotism: Wayne Wapeemukwa Talks Luk’Luk’I" .
Point of View , September 7, 2017.
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"Toronto: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Captures Audience Award" .
The Hollywood Reporter , September 17, 2017.
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"Luk'Luk'I among winners at Directors Guild of Canada Awards" .
CBC News . October 29, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .
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"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 .
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"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.