Dianna Basso

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 was also a 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, twenty-second and the twenty-third series with its standard-length episodes as the sole director. The twenty-third series specials on the other hand were directed by Joey So and Basso co-directed the twenty-fourth series with Ian Cherry whilst Joey So directed the specials from that series as well.

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
• Series 24 (eight episodes)

Episodes Directed

Series 19

• Den and Dart
• Best Engine Ever
• The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead
• Philip to the Rescue
• Diesel's Ghostly Christmas
• Thomas the Babysitter
• Rocky Rescue
• The Other Side of the Mountain
• No Help at All
• Goodbye Fat Controller

Series 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
• Mucking About
• Cautious Connor
• All in Vain
• Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks
• Tit for Tat
• Mike's Whistle
• Useful Railway
• Henry in the Dark
• Three Steam Engines Gruff
• Engine of the Future
• Hugo and the Airship
• The Missing Breakdown Train
• Skiff and the Mermaid
• The Christmas Coffeepot
• Over the Hill

Series 21

• Springtime for Diesel
• A Most Singular Engine
• Dowager Hatt's Busy Day
• Stuck in Gear
• Runaway Engine
• P.A. Problems
• Hasty Hannah
• Cranky at the End of the Line
• New Crane on the Dock
• Unscheduled Stops
• Philip's Number
• The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor
• A Shed for Edward
• The Big Freeze
• Emily in the Middle
• Terence Breaks the Ice
• Daisy's Perfect Christmas
• Confused Coaches

Series 22

• Number One Engine
• Forever and Ever
• Confusion Without Delay
• Trusty Trunky
• What Rebecca Does
• Thomas Goes to Bollywood
• Thomas in the Wild
• Thomas and the Monkey Palace
• An Engine of Many Colours
• Outback Thomas
• School of Duck
• Tiger Trouble
• Seeing is Believing
• Apology Impossible
• The Water Wheel
• Samson and the Fireworks
• Runaway Truck
• Thomas' Animal Ark
• Cyclone Thomas
• Kangaroo Christmas
• Thomas and the Dragon
• Rosie is Red
• The Case of the Puzzling Parts
• Banjo and the Bushfire
• Counting on Nia
• Hunt the Truck

Series 23

• Free the Roads
• Crowning Around
• Chucklesome Trucks
• The Other Big Engine
• Heart of Gold
• Batucada
• Gordon Gets the Giggles
• Thomas Makes a Mistake
• Diesel Do Right
• Grudge Match
• Panicky Percy
• Laid Back Shane
• Rangers of the Rails
• Wish You Were Here
• Out of Site
• First Day on Sodor!
• Lorenzo's Solo
• Deep Trouble
• Too Loud, Thomas!
• Diesel Glows Away

Series 24

• Emily's Best Friend
• Thomas' Fuzzy Friend
• The Great Little Railway Show
• Thomas and the Forest Engines
• Emily to the Rescue
• Shankar's Makeover
• Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant
• James the Super Engine

Series 23

• All Tracks Lead to Rome

Series 24

• Thomas' Not-So-Lucky Day
• Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop
• The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge

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.