Dana Claxton

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1959-01-01 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

Dana Claxton

Biography

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 Nations. In 2007, she was awarded an Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art.

Known For

Director

2009
Her Sugar Is?

as Director

1996
The Red Paper

as Director

1994
I Want to Know Why

as Director

1993

Camera

1998
Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

as Director of Photography

Editor

1993