Darryl Nepinak
Known For: Directing
Biography
Darryl Nepinak burst onto the Winnipeg filmmaking scene in the early 2000s and has created a radical canon of satirical short films that are as big-hearted as they are scathing. Socially engaged and committed, Nepinak exemplifies the filmmaker as a community leader and social critic, one who is mercifully seeking catharsis and understanding through satirical humour. He explores themes of cultural property, systems of Aboriginal image-making, the singularity of Aboriginal life, and the intricacies of inter-cultural misunderstanding in Winnipeg. Working variously in found footage, collage, docu-fiction, animation, mockumentary, music, and comic sketches, Nepinak's filmmaking trajectory is both deeply challenging and resolutely upbeat.
Filmography
2019
- Running Water as Norbert
2011
- The Riverton Rifle as Voice Over (voice)
- I for NDN ... (Director)
2009
- Zwei Indianer aus Winnipeg ... (Director)
2008
- Indian ... (Director)
2007
- Best of Good Morning Native America ... (Director)
2006
- Bannock ... (Director)
- First Stories - My Indian Name ... (Director)
2005
- The Last of the Nepinaks ... (Director)