Glenn Gear

Glenn Gear is an Indigiqueer filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist of mixed Inuit heritage living in Montréal. He is originally from Corner Brook Newfoundland and has family throughout Labrador and Nunatsiavut. His research creation-practice is shaped by Inuit ways of learning and knowing – often employing a hands-on and tactile approach through animation, photography, painting, beading, and traditional materials such as sealskin.

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His work reflects the complex relationships between humans, animals, and land, revealing patterns, cycles, and magic within. He is currently an adjunct professor at Queens University in the Film & Media Department and continues to facilitate low-budget, DIY animation workshops with Indigenous youth. His films have screened throughout Canada and around the world.