Ann Marie Fleming is an independent Asian-Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. She was born in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1962 and is of Chinese and Australian descent. She is also the great-granddaughter of the Chinese magician, acrobat and vaudeville performer Long Tack Sam, and is perhaps best known for the animated biographical film, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (2003), which won Best Documentary at the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Victoria Independent Fil