Wendy Tilby
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.
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’.
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Movies (14)

Animation Mixtape
2025 · Director

The Flying Sailor
2022 · Writer, Director

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation
2012 · Director

Wild Life
2011 · Director, Writer

When the Day Breaks
1999 · Director, Animation
Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
1994 · Animation
Concision: No Time for New Ideas
1994 · Animation
A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media
1994 · Animation
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
1994 · Animation
Toward a Vision of a Future Society
1994 · Animation

The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival
1992 · Director

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992 · Animation

Strings
1991 · Director, Animation, Writer

Tables of Content
1986 · Director
TV shows (0)
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