Ajuawak Kapashesit

Ajuawak Kapashesit is of Anishinaabe, Cree, and Jewish descent. His film credits include the short films Shinaab (Sundance 2017, TIFF 2017) and Shinaab part II (TIFF 2018, Sundance 2019), and the feature films Indian Horse (TIFF 2017), and Once Upon a River (Bentonville Film Festival 2019). His television credits include Bad Blood Season 2 (CityTV/Netflix) and Outlander Season 4 (Starz/Sony). In Minneapolis, Minnesota, he performed in the US Premiere of Almighty Voice and His Wife in 2018. As a writer, his plays have been performed in Minneapolis and Los Angeles. In 2018, he was chosen as an Indigenous Film Opportunity Fellow with the Sundance Film Institute and was a finalist for the Sundance Indigenous Filmmaker’s Fellowship. In 2020, he was a story editor for the sketch comedy show Tallboyz for CBC. He is an alumnus of the CBC Actor's Conservatory at the Canadian Film Center. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.