Dianna Basso

Dianna Basso (born 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian animator and director. She is a director, animator and former animation lead for Jam Filled Toronto. She co-directed the nineteenth season with Don Spencer and David Stoten. She also directed the twentieth season.

She is also an animator for King of the Railway, Tale of the Brave, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth seasons.

Season 19

 * Den and Dart
 * Best Engine Ever
 * The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead
 * Philip to the Rescue
 * Thomas the Babysitter
 * No Help At All
 * The Other Side of the Mountain
 * Rocky Rescue
 * Goodbye Fat Controller
 * Diesel's Ghostly Christmas (co-director)

Season 20

 * Sidney Sings
 * Toby's New Friend
 * Henry Gets the Express
 * Diesel and the Ducklings
 * Bradford the Brake Van
 * Saving Time
 * Ryan and Daisy
 * Pouty James
 * Blown Away
 * The Way She Does It
 * Letters to Santa
 * Love Me Tender
 * The Railcar and the Coaches
 * The Christmas Coffeepot
 * Over the Hill
 * Engine of the Future
 * Hugo and the Airship
 * The Missing Breakdown Train
 * Three Steam Engines Gruff
 * Henry in the Dark
 * Skiff and the Mermaid
 * Mucking About
 * Cautious Connor
 * Hasty Hannah
 * Dowager Hatt's Busy Day

Trivia

 * Basso is the first woman ever to direct a Thomas &amp; Friends episode. However, with films and specials included, she is the second woman to direct a Thomas & Friends production, the first being Britt Allcroft as she directed Thomas and the Magic Railroad.