Shawna Dempsey

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Biography

Shawna Dempsey is a Canadian performance artist and filmmaker. Dempsey and her frequent collaborator, Lorri Millan, have been creating short and cutting feminist pieces since 1989.

Best known work

Carpet Cleaners

2002

Good Citizen: Betty Baker

1996

We're Talking Vulva

1990

A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

1995

Medusa Raw

1992

Through the Looking Glass

1999

Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

2009

Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature

2002

The Bisexual Kingdom

1987

Understanding Myself as an Amphibian

2026

Filmography

TBA
The Fruit Machine: A Space Opera
Director
2026
Understanding Myself as an Amphibian
2014
Vigilance
Director
2009
Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species
Writer, Director
2004
Archaeology and You
Director
2002
Carpet Cleaners
as Buff, the Carpet Cleaner
2002
Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature
as Lesbian Ranger 2, Director, Writer
2000
Calamity
Director
1999
Through the Looking Glass
as White Queen
1998
Homogeneity
Director
1996
Good Citizen: Betty Baker
as Betty Baker, Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
1995
A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke
as Babe in Bed / Screamer #3 / Waver #10 / Proud Marcher #6, Director, Additional Camera
1993
Object/Subject of Desire
Director
1992
Medusa Raw
Director
1990
What Does a Lesbian Look Like?
Director
1990
We're Talking Vulva
Director
1987
The Bisexual Kingdom
as Friend