Ann Marie Fleming
Ann Marie Fleming is an independent Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist who was born in Okinawa, in 1962, of Chinese and Australian parentage. She has a B.A. in English (hon) from the University of British Columbia, a B.F.A. (diploma in animation) from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the Open University, and a B.F.A. (interdisciplinary) from Simon Fraser University.
She was a writer/director resident at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and an artist in residence at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart and a graduate film advisor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She co-founded Global Mechanic, an animation/film/design production house, in Vancouver. Ann Marie also happens to be the great-granddaughter of the legendary magician, acrobat and vaudeville performer Long Tack Sam, and in 2003 completed a documentary film based on his life.
[edit] Filmography
- I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors (2010)
- My Obscure Object of Desire (2006)
- The French Guy (2005)
- Room 710 (2005)
- The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (2003)
- Blue Skies (a.k.a. Heart) (2002)
- Aguas de Março (2002)
- Lip Service: a mystery (2001)
- Hysterical: the musical (2000)
- One & Only (promo for Noggin) (1999)
- AMF's Tiresias (1998)
- I Used To Be (short film for Nickelodeon) (1998)
- Great Expectations: not what you're thinking (1997)
- Automatic Writing (1996)
- Pleasure Film (Ahmed's Story) (1995)
- I Love My Work
- My Boyfriend Gave Me Peaches (1994)
- La Fabula della bella Familia auf du World (1993)
- Buckingham Palace (1993)
- It's Me, Again (1993)
- So Far So... (1992)
- Pioneers of X-Ray Technology (1991)
- New Shoes (1990)
- New Shoes: an interview in exactly 5 minutes (1990)
- You Take Care Now (1989)
- Waving (1987)
[edit] Awards
- Northampton Independent Film Festival
- Boston Underground Film Festival
- Ann Arbor Film Festival
- Northwest Film Festival
- San Diego Asian Film Festival
- Reel Asian Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival (best Canadian short 3 time winner)
- Vancouver Arts Award
- Victoria Film Festival documentary award
