Christopher Hinton (born 1952 in

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) is a Canadian film animator, film director and professor, living in

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, Canada. Hinton's films have won international awards and been twice nominated for an

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: in 1991 for the

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(NFB) animated short film '' Blackfly'' and in 2003 for his independently made short ''Nibbles''. Hinton won a

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for his 2004 short film '' cNote''. He began freelancing for the NFB in Winnipeg in the 1970s. He has written and directed over a dozen films for The National Film Board of Canada,

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. Recent films, ''

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'' (NFB,2003), '' cNote'' (NFB, 2005), ''Chroma Concerto'' (2007), and ''Compression'' (2008), explore the boundaries of narrative and abstraction and the integration of contemporary media into the moving image. He was a full-time professor in the Animation Program at

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Filmography

* ''Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson'' - 1978 * '' Blowhard'' - 1978, with Brad Caslor * ''Giordano'' - 1985 * ''A Nice Day in the Country'' - 1988 * '' Blackfly'' - 1991 * ''Watching TV'' - 1994 * ''

'' - 2002 * ''Twang'' - 2002 * ''X-Man'' - 2002 * '' Nibbles'' - 2003 * '' cNote'' - 2005

References

External links

Reference Library biographyWatch Hinton's films at NFB.ca
1952 births Artists from Ontario Artists from Victoria, British Columbia Canadian animated film directors National Film Board of Canada people Academic staff of Concordia University Film directors from Ontario Film directors from Victoria, British Columbia People from Cambridge, Ontario Living people Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Animated Short Animation educators Canadian film educators {{Canada-animator-stub