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.
Directed
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I for NDN (2011) — Director
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The Last of the Nepinaks (2005) — Director
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Indian (2008) — Director
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Bannock (2006) — Director
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First Stories - My Indian Name (2006) — Director
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Zwei Indianer aus Winnipeg (2009) — Director
- Best of Good Morning Native America (2007) — Director
