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Wendy Tilby

Film Director / Screenwriter / Animator | * 03/28/1960 (64) | Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Documentaries | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Wendy Tilby's Tables of Content was her graduation film from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver in 1986. The movie transports one into another era, an earlier age of gentility and ret ...

Tables of Content

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1986 | 4.0/5 | 8min
Animation
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The Flying Sailor is based on the Halifax explosion of 1917 when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster ...

The Flying Sailor

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2022 | 3.0/5 | 8min
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
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This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him and the leaky bathtub that is bothering them both. ...

Strings

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1991 | 2.8/5 | 10min
Animation
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A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk. Their p ...

When the Day Breaks

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1999 | 3.3/5 | 10min
Animation
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Awards & Nominations for Wendy Tilby

4x Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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Movies with Wendy Tilby as Crew(14)

Directing/Director2022 The Flying Sailor
Writing/Writer2022 The Flying Sailor
Directing/Director2012 The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation
Directing/Director2011 Wild Life
Writing/Writer2011 Wild Life
Directing/Director1999 When the Day Breaks
Visual Effects/Animation1994 A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media
Visual Effects/Animation1994 Toward a Vision of a Future Society
Visual Effects/Animation1994 Concision: No Time for New Ideas
Visual Effects/Animation1994 A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
Visual Effects/Animation1994 Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
Visual Effects/Animation1992 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Directing/Director1991 Strings
Directing/Director1986 Tables of Content

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.tilbyforbis.com
Full Name: Wendy Tilby
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Monday, 03/28 1960 (March) in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) (current age: 64 years + 22 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, University of Victoria, Bowness High School
Employer: National Film Board of Canada
Other names for Wendy Tilby (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis"
Wendy Tilby frequently works together with these people:
Mark Achbar (22x, Crew)
Peter Wintonick (21x, Crew)
Francis Miquet (14x, Crew)
Barry Perles (8x, Crew)
Adam Symansky (6x, Crew)
Amanda Forbis (6x, Crew)
Joan Churchill (6x, Crew)
Brian Duchscherer (6x, Crew)
Hans Oomes (5x, Crew)
Savas Kalogeras (4x, Crew)
Susan Froemke (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:15793, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024