Shawna Dempsey

ActorDirectorCinematographer Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1987–2026 (39 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

We're Talking Vulva

Director

Film

Carpet Cleaners

Buff, the Carpet Cleaner

Film

Good Citizen: Betty Baker

Betty Baker

Film

Understanding Myself as an Amphibian

2026

Film

Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

2009

Film

Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature

Lesbian Ranger 2

Film

Through the Looking Glass

White Queen

Film

Homogeneity

Director

Filmography

Acting (9)

Movies (9)

Understanding Myself as an Amphibian

2026

Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

2009

Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature

2002

as Lesbian Ranger 2

Carpet Cleaners

2002

as Buff, the Carpet Cleaner

2.0

Through the Looking Glass

1999

as White Queen

Good Citizen: Betty Baker

1996

as Betty Baker

1.0

A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

1995

as Babe in Bed / Screamer #3 / Waver #10 / Proud Marcher #6

Medusa Raw

1992

The Bisexual Kingdom

1987

as Friend

Crew (13)

Movies (13)

Vigilance

2014

Director

Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

2009

Director

Archaeology and You

2004

Director

Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature

2002

Director

Calamity

2000

Director

Homogeneity

1998

Director

Good Citizen: Betty Baker

1996

Director

1.0

A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

1995

Additional Camera

Object/Subject of Desire

1993

Director

Medusa Raw

1992

Director

What Does a Lesbian Look Like?

1990

Director

We're Talking Vulva

1990

Director

9.5

The Fruit Machine: A Space Opera

Director