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Published: 14.01.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Ann Marie Fleming Biography', 1.
  • Essays 'Ann Marie Fleming Biography', 2.
Extract

Canada has many talented filmmakers. Some distinguish themselves throughout different styles, and Ann Marie Fleming is a known to express her talent well through experimental films. Her career has grown enormously throughout the years and I will describe and analyse what her career and films have been like.
Ann Marie was born in Okinawa and lived her childhood in Vancouver. She is of Chinese and Australian parentage. When it was time to go to university, she went on to study at Simon Frazer University which is interesting because it's a school that we film students hear from so close. She also studied at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in the animation department. Now at 36 years old and living in Chicago, Ann Marie has demonstrated her aptitudes with extraordinary analytical films. Her works go from personal anecdotal theories to animation. Her works mainly deal with family issues, history and memory. She is also known to sometimes deal with humour and mix it with dramatic issues. The theme of family is often explored by Ann Marie, and she recently made a film in 2003 The Magical Life of Long Track Sam which explores the life of Fleming's great grand-father. …

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