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Ann Marie Fleming

アン・マリー・フレミング

An Marī Furemingu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962-07-29 （Okinawa Island, Okinawa Islands, USCAR (now Japan)）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Vancouver, Canada → Toronto, Canada → Stuttgart, Germany

Career

Occupations
independent filmmaker, writer, visual artist, animator
Active Years
1987-2024
Affiliations
Global Mechanic, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of British Columbia
Influenced By
Fumiko Kiyooka, Linda Ohama, Mina Shum
Nominations
Two Eisner award nominations

Education

University of British Columbia
English studies
Degree: BA (Hon)
Year of Graduation: 1984
Country: Canada
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Animation
Degree: BFA (Diploma)
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: Canada
with Open University
Simon Fraser University
School for the Contemporary Arts
Degree: MFA
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: Canada

Awards

Best Documentary
2003
Work: The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
Organization: San Diego Asian Film Festival
Result: winner
Best Documentary
2003
Work: The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
Organization: Victoria Independent Film Festival
Result: winner
Doug Wright Best Book Award
2008
Work: The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (graphic novel)
Category: graphic novels
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

2003 Animated Documentary

Biographical documentary tracing the life of great-grandfather Long Tack Sam, exploring family history and cultural identity.

family historycultural identityAsian Canadianorientalism

Window Horses

2016 Animated Feature Film

Story of Asian-Canadian poet Rosie Ming's trip to Iran.

identitycross-cultural exchangepoetry

The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (graphic novel)

2007 Graphic Novel

Graphic novel adaptation of the film.

biographyimmigration history

Bibliography

  • Waving (1987)
  • You Take Care Now (1989)
  • New Shoes: an interview in exactly 5 minutes (1990)
  • Pioneers of X-Ray Technology (1991)
  • So Far So... (1992)
  • It's Me, Again (1993)
  • Buckingham Palace (1993)
  • La Fabula della bella Familia auf du World (1993)
  • My Boyfriend Gave Me Peaches (1994)
  • I Love My Work (1994)
  • Pleasure Film (Ahmed's Story) (1995)
  • Automatic Writing (1996)
  • Great Expectations: not what you're thinking (1997)
  • AMF's Tiresias (1998)
  • One & Only (1999)
  • Hysterical: the musical (2000)
  • Lip Service: a mystery (2001)
  • Aguas de Março (2002)
  • Blue Skies (2002)
  • The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (2003)
  • Room 710 (2005)
  • The French Guy (2005)
  • My Obscure Object of Desire (2006)
  • Running (2008)
  • Landslide (2008)
  • My Place webisodes (2009)
  • Window Horses Karaoke Project (2009)
  • I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors (2010)
  • Gluttony (2011)
  • Big Trees (2013)
  • Window Horses (2016)
  • Vancouver April 2020 18:59:30 PT (2020)
  • Can I Get a Witness? (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
blending documentary with animationcomic-book stripsself-reflexive narration
Recurring Motifs
Stick Girlfamily biographycultural identityimmigration history

Health

  • Injuries from car accident
    1980年代
    Limited mobility led to creation of Stick Girl

Legacy

Pioneer in West Coast art scene, exploring family history and identity from Asian Canadian perspective.

Trivia

  • Great-granddaughter of Chinese magician Long Tack Sam
  • Stick Girl created during recovery from 1980s car accident
  • Friend of Sandra Oh, who voiced and produced Window Horses