Amanda Strong

Amanda Strong is a Métis, Cree, French, Scottish, and Irish media artist and filmmaker.[1] She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario and has lived in Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.[1]  She currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.[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 address ideas of blood memory and Indigenous ideology.[3] Her background in photography, illustration, and media is visible in her award-winning stop motion animations.[2] She often works collaboratively, and her films, such as Indigo and Mia’, challenge conventional storytelling structures.[2] Her films can be considered hybrid-style, as she combines stop motion animation and new media technology together and merges genres such as documentary, animation, and more traditional narrative storytelling into new manifestations.[4] She is the owner and operator of Spotted Fawn Productions, an animation and media-based studio that creates short films, commercial projects, and delivers workshops.[5] Strong engages with communities by curating, facilitating, programming, and teaching youth across Canada.[6]

As Strong has stated, “Connecting with my indigenous routes has allowed me to explore these personal themes in my work as well as my involvement with native and at risk youth”.[1] She engages with Aboriginal youth through her work with the Indigenous Routes Collective, a sustainable cross-cultural training program for Indigenous young people, and the Media Creatorz Collective.[1]

Education

Strong studied illustration, media, and photography at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario.[4]

Awards and Honours

Strong has won numerous awards for her films, including grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and the National Film Board of Canada.[3] 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.[7] In 2016, she was selected by Alanis Obomsawin to receive the Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award.[8]

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
2016 Four Faces of the Moon Director/Writer/Producer/Animator/Illustrator    

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Six emerging Aboriginal artists in Canada who are inspiring change". National Post. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "X Company". Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "grunt gallery | Spark: Fireside Artist Talks". grunt.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  4. 1 2 "Oxygen Art Centre | Artist: Amanda Strong". www.oxygenartcentre.org. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  5. ↑ "Four Faces of the Moon - MUSKRAT Magazine". muskratmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  6. ↑ "Women's International Film & Television Showcase". www.thewifts.org. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  7. ↑ Vancouver, City of (2015-11-04). "2015 Mayor’s Arts Awards recipients announced". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  8. ↑ "Amanda Strong Selected To Receive The Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award". CFWE. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
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