description Wendy Tilby Overview
Wendy Tilby is a Canadian animator and filmmaker known for her work with the National Film Board of Canada. She frequently collaborates with Amanda Forbis, directing critically acclaimed animated short films. Their 1999 mixed-media short "When the Day Breaks" won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination. Tilby and Forbis also directed "Wild Life," which earned a second Academy Award nomination in 2012.
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Which films did Wendy Tilby make with Amanda Forbis?
Tilby and Amanda Forbis co-directed When the Day Breaks, Wild Life, and The Flying Sailor. All three were produced through the National Film Board of Canada.
How was the visual style of When the Day Breaks created?
The filmmakers combined drawings with photographed and photocopied imagery, then colored the images to create a textured, flickering look. The 1999 film follows Ruby, a pig whose routine is disrupted by a stranger's sudden death.
Did When the Day Breaks win at Cannes?
Yes. When the Day Breaks won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was later nominated for an Academy Award.
What is The Flying Sailor about?
The Flying Sailor imagines a seaman hurled through the air by the 1917 Halifax Explosion. Tilby and Forbis based the short on an account of a sailor who reportedly survived being blown roughly two kilometres.
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