Director

Shirley Cheechoo

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1546138

IMDb ID: nm0154870

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Eastmain, Quebec, Canada

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1993 - 2003

Years active: 11

Wikidata: Q7498718

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Director (2)

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Biography

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.

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