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

Carpet Cleaners
2002
Homogeneity
1998
Vigilance
2014
Medusa Raw
1992
Calamity
2000
Understanding Myself as an Amphibian
2026
Good Citizen: Betty Baker
1996
Object/Subject of Desire
1993
Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species
2009
Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature
2002
The Fruit Machine: A Space Opera
A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke
1995

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
9
Directing
13
Writing
3
Producing
1
Camera
1
Editing
1
2026
Understanding Myself as an Amphibian
2009
Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species
2002
Carpet Cleaners
as Buff, the Carpet Cleaner
2002
Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature
as Lesbian Ranger 2
1999
Through the Looking Glass
as White Queen
1996
Good Citizen: Betty Baker
as Betty Baker
1995
A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke
as Babe in Bed / Screamer #3 / Waver #10 / Proud Marcher #6
1992
Medusa Raw
1987
The Bisexual Kingdom
as Friend