Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
Canadian film director
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.
Careers
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 neighbourhood of Inglewood, Calgary. In 2018, they were recipients of ASIFA’s Winsor McCay Award for their ‘exceptional contribution to the art of animation’.
Filmography
Wendy Tilby
Writer/Director
Tables of Content, Short film (1986)
Strings, Short film (1991)
When the Day Breaks, Short film (1999)
Wild Life, Short film (2011)
The Flying Sailor (2022)
NFB animation work
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, Documentary (1992)
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor, Short documentary (1994)
A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media, Short (1994)
Concision: No Time for New Ideas, Short (1994)
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