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Animator Dean DeBlois, who hails from Aylmer, Que., got a nod Monday morning for best animated feature for the final instalment in the heralded B次元官网网址淗ow to Train Your DragonB次元官网网址� trilogy.
DeBlois wrote and directed the coming-of-age story, which has the lead voice of Montreal-raised actor Jay Baruchel as a young Viking named Hiccup. In this final instalment, Hiccup is a young adult, contemplating his future and finding a new home for his dragon, Toothless.
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Meanwhile, sound expert Paul Massey, who spent his early career in Toronto, is in the running for best sound mixing on B次元官网网址淔ord v Ferrari.B次元官网网址� His co-nominees are American sound pros David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow.
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This is the ninth Oscar nomination for Massey, who was born in England and moved to Toronto at age 19 to work in the music business. He moved to Los Angeles to work in film 13 years later.
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滨迟B次元官网网址檚 morning! Tune in to find out this year's nominees.
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Speaking of B次元官网网址�1917B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� Vancouver-born Dennis Gassner got a nod for best production design for that film. He shares the nomination with set decorator Lee Sandales.
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Sami Khan, who was born in Sarnia, Ont., is nominated as co-director on B次元官网网址淪t. Louis Superman,B次元官网网址� which is up for best documentary short.
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The film is about a Tunisian shepherd who faces a dilemma when his estranged eldest son returns home from Syria with a mysterious young wife.
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JoobeurB次元官网网址檚 previous films include the 2012 documentary short B次元官网网址淕ods, Weeds and Revolutions,B次元官网网址� about a young woman who returns to Tunisia and deals with her grandfatherB次元官网网址檚 AlzheimerB次元官网网址檚.
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