Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
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) Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech, Short documentary (1994) Toward a Vision of a Future Society, Short documentary (1994) Amanda Forbis Writer/Director When the Day Breaks, Short film (1999) Wild Life, Short film (2011) The Flying Sailor (2022) NFB animation work Seven Crows a Secret, Short Documentary (1994) Trawna Tuh Belvul, short animation (1994) The Reluctant Deckhand, short animation (1995) Joe, Short (2003) Awards They were previously nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for their 1999 NFB film When the Day Breaks (1999). This film also won the award for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short. and Grand Prix at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb. Tilby was also nominated individually for her 1991 NFB short Strings. The Flying Sailor (2022) premiered at the Annecy Animation Festival and has received a number of awards, including Best Canadian Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Best Animation at the New York City Short Film Festival and both Best Character-Based and Experimental Award at the Los Angeles Animation Festival. It is included in The New Yorker Screening Room and has been selected to the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. On December 21, 2022, it was shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards under the category Best Animated Short Film. Personal lives Wendy Tilby Wendy Tilby was born in 1960 in Edmonton, Alberta. She studied visual arts and literature at the University of Victoria before attending the Emily Carr Institute of Art