Dana Claxton
Directing · Director · Director of Photography · Editor
Born Jan 1, 1959 · Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Active 1993–present · Awards: Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts
Dana Claxton (born 1959) is a Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist. Her work looks at stereotypes, historical context, and gender studies of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, specifically those of the First…
Filmography
Sae Hoon Chung: Worlding (2026) — DirectorI Am Ishi: The Performance Art Film (2023) — DirectorHer Sugar Is? (2009) — DirectorRedwire Magazine and Native Hip Hop in Vancouver (1999) — ProducerYuxweluptun: Man of Masks (1998) — Director · Director of PhotographyBuffalo Bone China (1997) — DirectorThe Red Paper (1996) — DirectorI Want to Know Why (1994) — DirectorTree of Consumption (1993) — Director · Editor