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Amanda Forbis

Amanda Forbis

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 01, 1963 (62)
Birthplace Calgary, Canada
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Apr 30, 2025
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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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, in ... cluding 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.

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The Flying Sailor

The Flying Sailor

2022

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Wild Life

Wild Life

2011

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Joe

Joe

2002

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