Chris Dainty | |
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| Alma mater | Algonquin College |
| Occupation(s) | artist, animator, ice sculptor |
| Known for | Shannon Amen |
| Spouse | Jennifer Dainty |
Chris Dainty is a Canadian artist and animator from Ottawa, Ontario.[1] He is most noted for his 2019 short film Shannon Amen, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[2]
A graduate of the animation program at Algonquin College, he runs his own animation studio in partnership with his wife Jennifer Dainty,[1] and has served on award juries for the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[3] He has done animation work for the television series The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, Carl², Odd Squad and Dino Dana, and made the short film One Last Dream in 2015.
Shannon Amen was made through his own self-invented technique of "icemation", which uses stop motion animation of figures carved in ice.[4] Dainty is also an ice sculptor, and has frequently competed in the annual ice sculpture competition at Ottawa's Winterlude festival.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa filmmaker animates ice to pay tribute to a departed friend". Ottawa Citizen, September 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.
- ↑ Amid Amidi, "‘Small People with Hats,’ ‘Over the Garden Wall’ Top Ottawa 2015". Cartoon Brew, September 19, 2015.
- ↑ Laura Atherton, "Chris Dainty’s Shannon Amen is equal parts stunning and harrowing". Point of View, September 25, 2019.
External links
- Chris Dainty at IMDb