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Canadian animator and film director
Amanda Strong
Education Sheridan College Known for filmmaker, stop-motion animation Notable work Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) (2018), Indigo (2014), Mia' (Salmon) (2015) Website www .amandastrong .com
Amanda Strong is a animator and filmmaker from Vancouver , Canada .[1] [2] [3] She has exhibited work and her films have been screened at festivals worldwide, including Cannes Film Festival , Toronto International Film Festival , Vancouver International Film Festival , and the Ottawa International Animation Festival .[4] [5] Strong self-identifies as Michif (Métis).
Personal life and education [ edit ]
Strong is from Vancouver, British Columbia , but grew up in Mississauga , Ontario and has lived in Toronto , Ontario and Montreal , Quebec .[6] [7]
Strong studied illustration, media, and photography at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario .[8] [9] [10]
Film career [ edit ]
Strong's films tell Indigenous stories through a style she calls "hybrid documentary" as she combines stop-motion animation with new media technology.[10] Strong's style merges genres such as documentary, animation and more traditional narrative driven storytelling. Her background is in photography, illustration, and media.[1] The themes of reclamation of Indigenous histories, lineages, languages and cultures often appear in her works.[10]
Strong is the founder of Spotted Fawn Productions, a production studio that provides mentorship and training opportunities for emerging and diverse artists.[11] [10]
Awards and grants [ edit ]
Strong has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts , Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada .[4] In 2009, Strong was the recipient of the ImagineNATIVE/LIFT mentorship.[12] In 2013, Strong was awarded the K.M. Hunter Artist Award for Film and Video.[4] In 2015, she was awarded the Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Emerging Media Artist.[13] In 2016, she was selected by Alanis Obomsawin to receive $50,000 in services from Technicolor as part of Obomsawin's Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award at the 2016 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards .[14] [15] [5] [10]
The film Mia that Strong co-directed with Bracken Hanuse Corlett won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Aboriginal at the 2016 Yorkton Film Festival .[16] In 2018, she was awarded best script as well as Special Mention for her short film Biidaaban at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[17] Biidaaban is also a nominee for best animated short in the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards [18]
Filmography [ edit ]
Year
Title
Contribution
2008
Alice Eaton
Director/Writer/Editor
2009
Honey for Sale
Director/Writer/Editor
2014
Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters
Director/Animator/Mentor/Editor
2014
Indigo
Director/Co-Writer/Illustrator/VFX
2015
Mia
Director/Animator/Producer/VFX
2015
How To Steal A Canoe
Director/Producer/Animator
2016
Breaking Point Episode X Company CBC
Director/Producer/Animator
2016
Hipster Headdress
Director/Producer/Animator
2016
Four Faces of the Moon
Director/Writer/Producer/Animator/Illustrator
2017
Ghost Food
Producer
2017
Flood
Director/Producer/Animator
2018
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)
Director/Producer/Animator
References [ edit ]
^ "Mississauga director Amanda Strong screening short film 'Biidaaban' at Indigenous film festival ImagineNative" . Mississauga.com .
^ a b c "grunt gallery | Spark: Fireside Artist Talks" . grunt.ca . Retrieved 2017-04-04 .
^ a b "Amanda Strong (Artists) - Strong Nations" . www.strongnations.com . Retrieved 2020-01-22 .
^ "QPIRG's Anti-Colonial Week: a Preview | News" . thelinknewspaper.ca . Retrieved 2020-01-22 .
^ "Available Light Film Festival develops" . Yukon News . 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2020-01-22 .
^ "Oxygen Art Centre | Artist: Amanda Strong" . www.oxygenartcentre.org . Retrieved 2017-04-04 .
^ "Arts alumni win prizes for films celebrating Indigenous heritage" . Sheridancollege.ca .
^ a b c d e Andrea Jabour (2019-07-02). "AMANDA STRONG: ANAAMAKAMIG (UNDER THE GROUND)" . Evergreen . Retrieved 2020-01-22 .
^ "Stop Motion Animation, Vancouver BC, Spotted Fawn Productions" . Stop Motion Animation, Vancouver BC, Spotted Fawn Productions . Retrieved 2018-11-20 .
^ Louise, Bigeagle (2015). "Amanda Strong : Indigo" . e-artexte.ca . Retrieved 2018-03-24 .
^ Vancouver, City of (2015-11-04). "2015 Mayor's Arts Awards recipients announced" . vancouver.ca . Retrieved 2017-04-04 .
^ "Amanda Strong Selected To Receive The Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award" . CFWE . Archived from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-04-04 .
^ "Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award - Toronto Film Critics Association" . Toronto Film Critics Association . Retrieved 24 August 2017 .
^ "Yorkton Film Festival: The fun" . Yorkton This Week . 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2020 .
^ "2018 Award Winners" . Ottawa International Animation Festival .
^ "2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Five Animated Shorts Nominated" . Animationmagazine.net .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amanda_Strong&oldid=1228886397 "
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