BIOGRAPHIE

Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis met at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, where they studied film, video and animation. Each went on to create their own works with the NFB (Strings and The Reluctant Deckhand) before co-directing When the Day Breaks, which received an Oscar® nomination and more than 30 international awards, including the Palme d’Or at Cannes, a Genie Award and the Grand Prix at the Annecy, Zagreb and Hiroshima international animation festivals. In 2012, Amanda and Wendy’s 13-minute hand-drawn animated film Wild Life, which told the story of a naive “remittance man” for England who tries his hand at ranching in Alberta in 1909, received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Short. Wendy and Amanda have also collaborated on assorted commissioned projects and directed numerous TV commercials. Interview, their acclaimed spot for United Airlines, was nominated for an Emmy in 2004.

FILMOGRAPHIE

• 2022 The Flying Sailor Director, Script, Animation
• 2011 Wild Life - Une vie sauvage I Director, Script, Animation
• 1999 When the Day Breaks OU Director, Director, Script, Script