Amara Pearce

Amara Pearce (February 28, 1971-June 22, 2018) was an American filmmaker, producer and retired animator who was the founder of Solarmark Animation from 1995 to 1999.

Bio
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire on February 28, 1971 to his father of English descent and his mother of Uzbek descent, Pearce studied at the.

On September 5, 1995, Pearce founded her company Solarmark Animation, dedicated to making animated films based on webcomics and web animated series. She had produced four films such as Kevin and Kell, Sabrina Online, LCD and Bob the Angry Flower.

On August 11, 1999, a day after the box-office failure of Bob the Angry Flower, Pearce stepped down from her position as Solarmark Animation's founder. She hired Blake Chapman, Alex Anderson and Joshua Pearson to take control of the studio before leaving.

On June 12, 2018, three years after she moved to Kent, Connecticut, Pearce made her first, and so far only, film appearance on the short film she produced entitled So What's the Deal with Amara?.

Pearce enjoyed target shooting and by 2018 was regularly carrying guns. Around 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on Friday, June 22, after a party at the home of actress and visual effects artist Daniella Anderson in Kent, Connecticut, Pearce began to play with her guns. She spun her unloaded .38 revolver on her finger, put it to her temple, and pulled the trigger. Anderson warned Pearce several times to be careful. Pearce picked up a semi-automatic 9-mm pistol and, leaning back in a chair, said to Pearce, "Don't worry about it, the gun's unloaded." His last words were, "What do you think I'm gonna do? Blow my brains out?" To calm Anderson's concerns, Pearce showed her the empty magazine. Pearce then replaced the magazine in the gun, put the gun to her temple and pulled the trigger. Apparently, unbeknownst to Pearce, the gun had a round in the chamber. She died instantly from the gunshot, at the age of 47.

Filmography

 * Kevin and Kell (1996)
 * Sabrina Online (1997)
 * LCD (1998)
 * Bob the Angry Flower (1999)
 * (2011) - Co-Producer
 * So What's the Deal with Amara? (2018; short film)