Animator Dean DeBlois, sound engineer Paul Massey, production designer Dennis Gassner and filmmaker Meryam Joobeur will be among those representing Canada at this year’s Oscars. DeBlois was previously nominated for Oscars for 2011’s “How to Train Your Dragon” and the 2015 sequel. This is the ninth Oscar nomination for Massey, who was born in England but early in his career lived in Toronto before moving to Los Angeles. Sign Up NowJoobeur’s previous films include the 2012 documentary short “Gods, Weeds and Revolutions,” about a young woman who returns to Tunisia and deals with her grandfather’s Alzheimer’s. Her 2017 short fiction film, “Born in the Maelstrom,” follows a young biracial woman as she struggles to find her identity.

Source: thestar January 13, 2020 13:51 UTC