Canadian talent from major Hollywood films including BԪַHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,BԪַ BԪַFord v FerrariBԪַ and BԪַ1917BԪַ are headed to the Oscars.
Animator Dean DeBlois, who hails from Aylmer, Que., got a nod Monday morning for best animated feature for the final instalment in the heralded BԪַHow to Train Your DragonBԪַ 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.
DeBlois was previously nominated for Oscars for 2011BԪַs BԪַHow to Train Your DragonBԪַ and the 2015 sequel. He shares the nomination this year with producers Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold.
Other contenders for best animated feature are BԪַI Lost My Body,BԪַ BԪַKlaus,BԪַ BԪַToy Story 4BԪַ and BԪַMissing Link,BԪַ which also has a Canadian connection. Vancouver Trevor Dalmer was art director on BԪַMissing Link,BԪַ however he isnBԪַt named in the Oscar nomination.
Meanwhile, sound expert Paul Massey, who spent his early career in Toronto, is in the running for best sound mixing on BԪַFord v Ferrari.BԪַ His co-nominees are American sound pros David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow.
BԪַFord v FerrariBԪַ is a biographical drama starring Matt Damon as American car designer Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as British driver Ken Miles.
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.
Last year Massey won the Oscar for his work on BԪַBohemian Rhapsody.BԪַ
The other films nominated in MasseyBԪַs category are BԪַAd Astra,BԪַ BԪַJoker,BԪַ BԪַ1917BԪַ and BԪַOnce upon a TimeBԪַin Hollywood.BԪַ
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Speaking of BԪַ1917BԪַ BԪַ Vancouver-born Dennis Gassner got a nod for best production design for that film. He shares the nomination with set decorator Lee Sandales.
This is GassnerBԪַs seventh Oscar nod. He won the honour in 1992 for BԪַBugsy,BԪַ and was last nominated in 2018 for BԪַBlade Runner 2049,BԪַ directed by Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
His competition this year includes the films BԪַThe Irishman,BԪַ BԪַJojo Rabbit,BԪַ BԪַOnce upon a TimeBԪַin HollywoodBԪַ and BԪַParasite.BԪַ
Sami Khan, who was born in Sarnia, Ont., is nominated as co-director on BԪַSt. Louis Superman,BԪַ which is up for best documentary short.
And Montreal-based, Tunisian-born filmmaker Meryam Joobeur will also be representing Canada, in the category of best live action short for BԪַBrotherhood.BԪַ
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.
BԪַs a co-production between Tunisia, Canada, Qatar and Sweden.
JoobeurBԪַs previous films include the 2012 documentary short BԪַGods, Weeds and Revolutions,BԪַ about a young woman who returns to Tunisia and deals with her grandfatherBԪַs AlzheimerBԪַs.
Her 2017 short fiction film, BԪַBorn in the Maelstrom,BԪַ follows a young biracial woman as she struggles to find her identity.
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