Dianna Basso (born 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian animator and director. She was a director, animation lead and animator for Arc Productions. She is the current director for the television episodes at Jam Filled. She co-directed the nineteenth series with Don Spencer and David Stoten. She subsequently directed the twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second series as the sole director.
She is also an animator for King of the Railway, Tale of the Brave, the seventeenth and eighteenth series. She was animation lead for The Adventure Begins and a portion of the nineteenth series.
Director
Series
- Series 19 (ten episodes)
- Series 20
- Series 21
- Series 22
- Series 23 (consulting director on All Tracks Lead to Rome, Mines of Mystery and Steam Team to the Rescue)
Trivia
- Basso is the first woman ever to direct a Thomas & Friends episode. However, with movies 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.