Wayne Wapeemukwa is a Canadian film director and screenwriter of Métis descent from Vancouver, British Columbia.
[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.