Amanda Strong is a Canadian Screen Award and Emmy nominated director, artist, stop motion storyteller and has served as a media based artist for nearly 20 years. She is Michif/Red River Métis and is a member of the MMF (Manitoba Métis Federation) . Strong is the owner, producer and director of the Vancouver based animation studio Spotted Fawn Productions Inc where they create stop motion animations, books, installations and explore digital technologies that compliment the hand made art of stop motion. She was also a director at Atomic Cartoons, director of the recent Emmy award winning 2D animated TV series, Molly of Denali on PBS.

Strong started Spotted Fawn Productions as a space to merge her artistic interests and training with the dream to make stories move – in informative, educational, entertaining and visually exciting ways. SFP utilizes a multi-layered approach and unconventional methods that are centered in collaboration and community on all aspects of their work. Strong’s studio successes have screened and exhibited across the globe, most notably at Sundance, Cannes, TIFF, TIFF Top 10, VIFF, OIAF, Museum of Anthropology, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the National Museum of American History.