Director
Shirley Cheechoo
Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez.
She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.
Often works with
Sheila Tousey
5 titles together
Christmas in the Clouds, Song of Hiawatha, Medicine River
Graham Greene
3 titles together
Christmas in the Clouds, Song of Hiawatha, Medicine River
Georgina Lightning
3 titles together
Christmas in the Clouds, Johnny Greyeyes, Backroads
Heather Rae
3 titles together
Christmas in the Clouds, Backroads, Silent Tears
Adam Beach
2 titles together
Song of Hiawatha, Johnny Tootall
Raoul Max Trujillo
2 titles together
Song of Hiawatha, Medicine River
Full filmography · 11
Johnny Tootall
Director and Writer
2005
In Shadow
Director
2003Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)
Director
2003
Christmas in the Clouds
as Betty
20016.2
Johnny Greyeyes
as Shirley
2000
Backroads
as Ruby and Writer and Director
2000Silent Tears
cast and Director and Writer
1997
Song of Hiawatha
as 1st Old Woman
1997
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
as Narrator
1996
Medicine River
as Candy
1993The Wake
cast
1986