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Hinton Christopher
Chris Hinton is a multi-award-winning animator who has worked for the National Film Board, the CBC and several commercial animation studios.
Born in Galt (now Cambridge), Ontario, in 1952, Chris has animated, written, directed and produced for more than a dozen NFB films, including Blowhard (1978), Lady Frances Simpson (1978), Giordano (1985), Oscar-nominated Blackfly (1991) and Watching TV (1994).
As an independent filmmaker, Chris has animated and directed The Gift (1981), A Nice Day in the Country (1988) and Oscar-nominated Nibbles (2003). His recent NFB animations include Flux (2002), Twang (2002) and X-Man (2002), and his Genie Award-winning abstract short film, cNote (2004).
