Lynn Dana Wilton

I’m a professional stop-motion animation gypsy. Getting my hands on a range of materials and moving them around under a camera is what gets me excited. The best thing about stop-motion is having a connection to something real; whether it’s a fully armatured, three-dimensional puppet or pile of sand on a light table. An audience understanding what your character or material is thinking & feeling is where the real magic happens.

Commercial Work Highlights

Biidaaban-Amanda Strong 2017

Sesame Street: Packing For Grandma's 2017

Scout and the Gumboot Kids 2015/16

Dying To Know / Tegan & Sara 2016

Four Faces of the Moon - A. Strong - 2016

Star Blanket for artist Rebecca Baird 2014

What's Inside? 2014

Glenn Martin, DDS 2008/09

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World 2008

Life's A Zoo.tv 2008

A Miser Brothers' Christmas 2008

Lunar Jim 2004-07

A Cape Breton Ghost Story 2006

Henry's World 2003

Filmography

10,000... Or So 2016

Robot Monster Us 2014

Celestial Too 2014

Celestial Red & Blue 2014

Animated Self Portraits by Madi Piller 2011

(Re)Cycle 2011

Scratch Track 2002

Fly Away 2001

Festivals & Screenings

The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival (Oregon, USA - 2017)

“Ani Artist Talk: Lynn Dana Wilton" - PIX Gallery (Toronto - 2016)

Cinema Spectacular 3 - Vancity Theatre (Vancouver - 2016)

Twister Alley Film Festival (Oklahoma, USA - 2016)

Nine Worlds "Here Be Dragons" (London, UK - 2015)

Animation With Love 5 - Carbon Arc Cinema (Halifax - 2015)

Scarborough Civic Centre Library "Animation For All" (Toronto - 2015)

Echo Park Film Center "An Evening With Lynn Dana Wilton" (L.A., USA - 2015) Canada Council Travel Grant

Fest Anca International Animation Festival (Zilina, Slovakia - 2015)

ASIFA International Animation Day - South Dakota Art Museum (Brookings, South Dakota - 2014)

OIAF/Ottawa International Animation Festival (Ottawa, Canada - 2014)

TAIS Showcase 2014 (Toronto - 2014)

Ile Courts: Festival International du Court de Maurice w/TAIS Showcase (Mauritius - 2014)

Trinity Square Video/Women's Art Resource Centre (Toronto, 2014)

"17 Days" video art installation - Western Michigan University (Michigan, USA - 2014 and annually to present)

"Exploring Animation" CNE/Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto - 2014)

Dawson City International Short Film Festival (Yukon - 2014 ... w/TAIS Showcase)

Shuto Con "Women In Animation - The Short Films" (Michigan, USA - 2014)

Filmo Corto Festival (Lima, Peru - 2013 ... w/TAIS Showcase)

Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival (Palmerston North, New Zealand - 2013) Canada Council Travel Grant

Halifax Independent Film Festival (Halifax - 2013 ... w/TAIS Showcase)

Byron Bay International Film Festival (Byron Bay, Australia - 2013)

ICE Improvisation Concerts Ensemble - silent version used for improvised experimental soundtrack performances (Waterloo) 2013

Animation With Love 3 - Carbon Arc Cinema (Halifax - 2012)

SoDak Animation Festival (South Dakota, USA - 2012)

NSI Online Short Film Festival (Canada - 2012)

TAAFI/Toronto Animated Arts Festival International (Toronto - 2012)

TAIS International Showcase (Toronto - 2012)

Nuit Blanche (Toronto - 2011)

OIAF/Ottawa International Animation Festival (Ottawa, Canada - 2002)

Super Popular Animation, Art & Rock Show - Salt City Centre for the Performing Arts (Syracuse, New York) 2003

Super Popular Show (Peterborough, Ontario) 2002

Gipsy X Screening – 226 Carlton St. (Toronto) 2002

Exhibits & Engagements

“Hands-On Animation Workshop and Artist Talk” - Women Making Waves 2017, Women In Film and Television Atlantic (WIFT), (Halifax, Nova Scotia - 2017)

Sheridan College; Animation Portfolio Workshop; Whakarongo (Palmerston North, New Zealand); et. al. - Guest lecturing on animation (2007 - present)

Nova Scotia Community College - stop-motion/animation workshops/screenings/lectures; panel industry rep. (Animedia Festival); jury member (Skills In Demand competition) (2017, 2007 - 2008)

SoDak Motion Festival Animation Jury Member (South Dakota, USA - 2016)

“Ani Artist Talk: Lynn Dana Wilton” - PIX Gallery, Toronto - retrospective of personal films and introducing “10,000 … Or So” (Toronto - 2016)

TPL “Artists In the Library” Residency – Scarborough Civic Centre Branch, Toronto (2015 - 2016)

“An Evening With Lynn Dana Wilton” - Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles - Canada Council Travel Grant- screening of personal films alongside selection of work by TAIS filmmakers followed by talk (L.A., USA - 2015)

"17 Days” Bret Llewellyn Gallery, Alfred State College, Western Michigan University )USA annually since 2014)

Ontario Arts Council Jury Member - Media Arts: Mid-Career & Established (Toronto - 2014)

Ooh La La Show & Sale Gladstone Hotel (Toronto – 2014)

Argyle Art Gallery, Halifax (2014 - Pre-Shrunk Show)(2013 - Pre-Shrunk Show)(2011 - Urban Legends Show)

ICE/Improvisation Concerts Ensemble - silent version used as base for improvised experimental soundtrack performances (Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo) 2013

TAIS, TIFF & LIFT Workshops - Teaching children, young adults, & adults under camera and cameraless techniques as‘stand-alones’ or in association with community outreach organisations such as Reel Asian International Film Festival, the AGO, Sketch/TIFF, the Parkdale Beauty Pagaent et. al. (2012 – present) 3

Media & Publications

“Artist – Lynn Dana Wilton”; Canadian Animation Blog; Laing, Grayden (October 2014)

"Meet" short-story published in On Spec Magazine's Summer 2013/Issue 93 -2014 award nominated Alberta Magazine Publishers Association

“Women In Animation: Lynn Dana Wilton”; The Women of Animated Film (May 2013) - earlier interview reposted from Smudge Animation; Wilson, Charles (March 2012)

“Women In Animation: Lynn Dana Wilton”; Smudge Animation; Wilson, Charles (March 2012) - reposted at The Women of Animated Film (May 2013)

“Canadian Animation: Looking for a Place to Happen”; Robinson, Chris; John Libbey Publishing, Ltd. ( U.K.) 2008 - pgs. 146 - 153 quoted throughout “An Evening With Halifax Animators”