Darryl Nepinak
Directing
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.
Known for
Behind the camera7
- 2011I for NDN Director
- 2009Zwei Indianer aus Winnipeg Director
- 2008Indian Director
- 2007Best of Good Morning Native America Director
- 2006Bannock Director
- 2006First Stories - My Indian Name Director
- 2005The Last of the Nepinaks Director
Acting2
- 2019Running Water as Norbert
- 2011The Riverton Rifle