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Amanda Strong is a Michif, Indigenous filmmaker, media artist and stop motion director currently based out of the unceded Coast Salish territory also known as Vancouver, British Columbia.[1][2] She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario and has lived in Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.[2] She has exhibited work and screened films worldwide, including at the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[3]

Film career

Strong's films tell Indigenous stories through a style she calls "hybrid documentary" as she combines stop-motion animation with new media technology. Strong's style merges genres such as documentary, animation and more traditional narrative driven storytelling. Her background in photography, illustration, and media is visible in her award-winning stop motion animations.[1] She often works collaboratively, and her films, such as Indigo and Mia', challenge conventional storytelling structures.

Strong is the founder of Spotted Fawn Productions (2010), a production studio that provides mentorship and training opportunities for emerging and diverse artists. We do this by creating space for Indigenous people, women and non-binary individuals to engage in the many aspects of film, animation and production. Together we create innovative, layered digital projects with compelling characters, art and stories.[4] "Our oral histories, our oral stories are our truth." - Amanda Strong [5]

Strong engages with communities by curating, facilitating, programming, and teaching youth across Canada.[6] As Strong has stated, "Connecting with my Indigenous roots has allowed me to explore these personal themes in my work as well as my involvement with native and vulnerable youth".[2] She engages with Indigenous youth through her work with the Indigenous Routes Collective, a sustainable cross-cultural training program for Indigenous young people and the Media Creatorz Collective.[2]

Education

Strong studied illustration, media, and photography at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario.[7]

Awards and grants

Strong has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada.[3] In 2009, Strong was the recipient of the ImagineNATIVE/LIFT mentorship.[8] In 2013, Strong was awarded the K.M. Hunter Artist Award for Film and Video.[3] In 2015, she was awarded the Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Emerging Media Artist.[9] 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.[10][11]

Filmography

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
In development Biidaaban Director/Producer/Animator

References

  1. ^ a b "X Company". Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c d http://www.cbc.ca/xcompany/dispatches/amanda-strong. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b c "grunt gallery | Spark: Fireside Artist Talks". grunt.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  4. ^ https://www.spottedfawnproductions.com/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-indigenous-filmmaker-is-being-championed-by-a-canadian-icon-and-here-s-why-1.3932477. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Women's International Film & Television Showcase". www.thewifts.org. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  7. ^ "Oxygen Art Centre | Artist: Amanda Strong". www.oxygenartcentre.org. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  8. ^ Louise, Bigeagle, (2015). "Amanda Strong : Indigo". e-artexte.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Vancouver, City of (2015-11-04). "2015 Mayor's Arts Awards recipients announced". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  10. ^ "Amanda Strong Selected To Receive The Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award". CFWE. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  11. ^ "Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award - Toronto Film Critics Association". Toronto Film Critics Association. Retrieved 24 August 2017.


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