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Wendy Tilby
Directing · Born 1960-01-01 · Edmonton, Canada
Biography
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis are a Canadian animation duo. On January 24, 2012, they received their second Oscar nomination, for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short film, Wild Life (2011). With their latest film, The Flying Sailor, they received several nominations and awards, including for the Best Canadian Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and on January 24, 2023, they received a nomination for the 95th Academy Awards under the category Best Animated Short Film. Both originally from Alberta, they first met in Vancouver at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design. In 2003, they relocated from Montreal to Calgary, where Forbis was raised. In addition to their NFB work, they have collaborated on commissioned projects. Interview, their advert for United Airlines, was nominated for an Emmy in 2004. In 2007, they founded the Bleak Midwinter Film Festival in their home neighborhood of Inglewood, Calgary. In 2018, they were recipients of ASIFA’s Winsor McCay Award for their ‘exceptional contribution to the art of animation’. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation
Director

The Flying Sailor
Writer

When the Day Breaks
Director

Wild Life
Director

Strings
Director

Animation Mixtape
Director

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Animation
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
Animation
Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
Animation
Concision: No Time for New Ideas
Animation
Filmography
- 2025Animation MixtapeDirector
- 2022The Flying SailorWriter
- 2012The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: AnimationDirector
- 2011Wild LifeDirector
- 1999When the Day BreaksDirector
- 1994Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of SpeechAnimation
- 1994Concision: No Time for New IdeasAnimation
- 1994A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative MediaAnimation
- 1994A Case Study: Cambodia and East TimorAnimation
- 1994Toward a Vision of a Future SocietyAnimation
- 1992The National Film Board of Canada's Animation FestivalDirector
- 1992Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaAnimation
- 1991StringsDirector
- 1986Tables of ContentDirector
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