Amanda Strong

• Notable Works — Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) (2018), Indigo (2014), Mia' (Salmon) (2015) • Education — Sheridan College • Known for — filmmaker, stop-motion animation • Website — http: www.amandastrong.com/ • Born — 25 June 1984

Strong currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up in Mississauga, Ontario and has lived in Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. Strong studied illustration, media, and photography at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario.

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 is in photography, illustration, and media. The themes of reclamation of Indigenous histories, lineages, languages and cultures often appear in her works. Strong is the founder of Spotted Fawn Productions, a production studio that provides mentorship and training opportunities for emerging and diverse artists.

• 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 • 2018 — Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) — Director/Producer/Animator • 2024 — Inkwo for When the Starving Return — Director/Producer/Animator

Amanda Strong is recorded as a citizen of Canada.