Ann Marie Fleming

Ann Marie Fleming (producer • director • writer) is an award-winning Canadian artist and filmmaker of Chinese and Australian descent. She consistently makes work of cultural significance that spans documentary, drama and animation genres and often deals with themes of family, history, memory and the intersection of cultures.
Ann Marie has been producing, writing and directing films for almost 30 years and has received funding from Arts Councils across North America, Germany, The National Film Board of Canada, Telefilm Canada and has been commissioned by the Discovery Channel USA and the CBC. Stickgirl, Ann Marie’s avatar, has appeared in over a dozen short films, webisodes and has her own poetry iPhone app. She brings all of her history of intellectual curiosity and openness to the character of Rosie Ming, the heroine of Window Horses, who is voiced by long time friend and Golden-Globe-winning actress Sandra Oh, who is recognizable to millions of fans around the world as Cristina Yang from “Grey’s Anatomy”. Together they stand (up) for diversity, intelligence, integrity, tolerance with humour.

Selected Filmography and Awards:
2013- “Big Trees” animated musical comedy• premiered Vancouver International Film Festival •
CAAM Film Festival
2010- I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors” • TIFF Top 10, Reel 2Real Youth Festival Animation award, • Women In Film and Television Vancouver “Artistic Innovation” award • Women’s International Film and Television Award, best short film
2008- “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam” graphic novel, nominated for 2 Eisner Awards and winner of the Doug Wright Award, best Canadian Comic, “Top Ten Books for Teens”, American
Library Association •
2007- “My Obscure Object of Desire”, nominated for an International Emmy for multi- platform programming
2006- “The French Guy”, best feature, Boston Underground Film Festival • best use of music in a feature film, Park City Film Music Festival • “Someone to Watch” Cleveland International Film Festival
2004- Vancouver Mayor’s Award for Media Arts
2003- “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam” • Best Documentary Award • San Diego Asian Film Festival, • Victoria Film Festival • Newport Beach Film Festival • Best Asian Canadian Documentary ReelAsian Film Festival, Toronto.
2002- “Blue Skies” • Best Canadian Short, Toronto International Film Festival • FIPRESCI mention, Montreal World Film Festival
1990-“New Shoes: an interview in exactly 5 minutes” • Best Canadian Short Film, TIFF “New Shoes” • feature, premier Berlinale • MOCA, NYC