Biography
MARCY PAGE --Virgin Fandango Producer, Director, Animator (2D on Tiles & Stop-motion), Designer, Writer, Lyricist and Main Vocalist Marcy Page is an animator, animation director and producer who has pursued an interest in animated film for many decades. Born and raised in California, she free-lanced in animation with over a dozen Bay Area companies and taught animation courses at San Francisco State University and California College of Arts & Crafts in addition to pursuing her private animation craft. Her first independent, film Paradisia (1987) was awarded at over a dozen international festivals. She immigrated to Canada and joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1990, ultimately becoming a producer in the NFB's English animation studio. She sought out eclectic and unusual productions and co-productions, working with seasoned NFB directors and talented newcomers, to push the boundaries of the art. These over 60 films earned well over 300 international awards and honours for the NFB. Six earned nominations in Short Animation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their directors with two going on to win coveted Oscars®. The latter included Chris Landreth’s acclaimed CG “documation” Ryan (2004) and Torill Kove’s wry short, The Danish Poet (2006). The other Academy nominated classics included two more shorts by Torill Kove as well as Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s haunting puppet animation, Madame Tutli-Putli (2007) and Amanda Forbis’ and Wendy Tilby’s tale of Canada’s untamed west, Wild Life (2011). She has received several career awards for her work including the 2023 Winsor McCay Award from the Annies for contributions to the Art of Animation and the 2015 Réné Jodoin Award for Lifetime Achievement. She retired from the NFB with plans to pursue her first love, directing and animating more personal work. Virgin Fandango is a project that she created, inspired by Portugal where she spends her summers with her husband, Normand Roger and with their inspiring partners in Casa de Vilar, Abi Feijó and Regina Pessoa, who contributed significantly to Virgin Fandango.
