Chris Dainty is a Canadian artist and animator from

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.Lynn Saxberg
"Ottawa filmmaker animates ice to pay tribute to a departed friend"
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'', September 20, 2019. He is most noted for his 2019 short film '' Shannon Amen'', which was a

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nominee for

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at the

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, he runs his own animation studio in partnership with his wife Jennifer Dainty, and has served on award juries for the

Ottawa International Animation Festival The Ottawa International Animation Festival is an annual animated film and media festival that takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OIAF was founded in 1975, with the first festival held from August 10 to 15 in 1976. Initially organized by ...

. He has done animation work for the television series ''

The Secret World of Benjamin Bear ''The Secret World of Benjamin Bear'' is a Canadian animated television series and a joint effort produced by Amberwood Entertainment, Secret Bear Productions, and produced with the participation of Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund including an ...

'', ''

Carl² ''Carl²'' (''Carl Squared'') is a Canadian animated series which explores what would happen if a teenager had a clone. The concept of the series is a mixture of biological studies and normal teenage life. Plot Carl Crashman is a lazy 14-year-old ...

'', ''

Odd Squad ''Odd Squad'' (stylized as ''ODD SQUAD'') is a children's live action educational television series that premiered on TVOKids in Canada and PBS Kids in the United States on November 26, 2014. Similar to '' Cyberchase'' and '' Peg + Cat'', othe ...

'' and ''

Dino Dana ''Dino Dana'' is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a followup to '' Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures'' and premiered on Amazon Prime on May 27, 2017. In September 2020, ''Dino Da ...

'', 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.Laura Atherton
"Chris Dainty’s Shannon Amen is equal parts stunning and harrowing"
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'', September 25, 2019. Dainty is also an

ice sculptor Ice sculpture is a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material. Sculptures from ice can be abstract or realistic and can be functional or purely decorative. Ice sculptures are generally associated with special or extravagant events because ...

, and has frequently competed in the annual ice sculpture competition at Ottawa's

Winterlude Winterlude is an annual winter festival held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec (collectively known as the National Capital Region). Winterlude is run by the Department of Canadian Heritage and was started in 1979. The event is one of Ott ...

festival.

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