Dino Dana

Dino Dana is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a followup to Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures and premiered on Amazon Prime on May 27, 2017.[1][2] In September 2020, Dino Dana: The Movie was released on Prime Video[3] after being announced in 2018.[4] It was originally going to be a theatrical release on March 21, 2020, but was delayed and later cancelled due to COVID-19.[5]

Dino Dana
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	J.J. Johnson
Starring	Michela Luci Saara Chaudry Nicola Correia-Damude Amish Patel
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Production company	Sinking Ship Entertainment
Release
Original network	TVOKids
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	May 24, 2017 – present
External links
Website

Plot

Dino Dana is about a nine-year-old girl named Dana Jain who sets out to achieve "Dino experiments" that teach her more about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles Mix-Tilecers Tagsmas Synapsids prehistoric insects and prehistoric mammals. Other characters include her older stepsister, Saara; her mother, Ava; her stepfather, Ahman; and Gloria, her maternal grandmother. Jason Spevack and Trek Buccino also make periodic guest appearances as Dan and Trek Henderson.

The series combines live action with CGI animation.[6]

Cast

• Michela Luci as Dana Jain
• Saara Chaudry as Saara Jain, Dana's older step-sister
• Nicole Luci As Naxinus (Matthew Mucci)
• Nicola Correia-Damude as Mom (Ava Jain)
• Amish Patel as Dad (Aman Jain)
• Bill Cobbs as Mr. Hendrickson, Dana's neighbour
• Laaibah Alvi as Young Saara
• Anna Cathcart as Robyn (recurring)
• Millie Davis as Riley (recurring)
• Jason Spevack as Dan Henderson
• Trek Buccino as Trek Henderson

Broadcast

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	13		May 24, 2017	August 17, 2017
	2	13		March 24, 2018	August 4, 2018
	3	13		May 22, 2019	July 3, 2019

Episodes

Awards

Awards and nominations for 'Dino Dana'

Award	Year	Category	Recipients	Result
Canadian Screen Awards	2018	Best Direction, Children's or Youth	J.J. Johnson	Nominated
		Best Performance, Children's or Youth	Michela Luci	Nominated
Canadian Screen Awards	2019	Best Pre-School Program or Series	Dino Dana	Won
		Best Cross-Platform Project - Children's and Youth	Dino Dana Digital	Won
		Best Direction, Children's or Youth	J.J. Johnson	Nominated
		Best Writing, Children's or Youth	J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie Youglai	Nominated
		Best Performance, Children's or Youth	Michela Luci	Nominated
		Best Performance, Children's or Youth	Saara Chaudry	Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award	2018	Outstanding Preschool Children's Series	Dino Dana	Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award	2019	Outstanding Preschool Children's Series	Dino Dana	Nominated
		Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class Program	Michela Luci	Won
		Outstanding Writing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing Program	J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie Younglai	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing Program	J.J. Johnson	Nominated
		Outstanding Art direction/Set Direction/Senic Design	Amanda Vernuccio, Tyler McFarland and Kevin Morra	Nominated
		Outstanding Lighting Direction	George Lajtai CSC	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Live Action Program	Sean W. Karp, Will Preventis, Noah Siegel, Charles Duchesne, Blag Ahilov and Jakob Thiesen	Nominated

2017: won the Kidscreen Award for Best New Series [7]

2018: won the Kidscreen Award for Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series [8]

2019: won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Performer in a Children's Program[9]

2019: won the 2019 YMA Award for Best Program, Live Action Scripted and Non-Scripted, Preschool[10]

Broadcast

On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published, reusing footage from the past two shows. Dino Dana premiered on May 26, 2017 on Amazon Prime in the US and UK.[11] TVO Kids picked up the show in June 2017.[12] In Australia Dino Dana screens on ABC Kids.[13]

References

1. "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". www.businesswire.com. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
2. "Amazon sets the date for Dino Dana". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "September streaming 2020: Top new TV and movie releases". 30 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. "Archive » Sinking Ship roars into Dino Dana movie". Kidscreen. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
5. https://kidscreen.com/2020/03/13/deals-you-missed-sony-sinking-ship-animaccord/
6. "Dino Dana - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
7. "And the 2018 Kidscreen Awards go to". Kidscreen. Kidscreen. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
8. "Who walked away with a 2019 Kidscreen Award?". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
9. Zahed, Ramin (May 4, 2019). "'Loud House,' 'Daniel Tiger' Win Top Animation Daytime Emmys". animationmagazine.net. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
10. Milligan, Mercedes (May 31, 2019). "2019 YMA Awards of Excellence Winners Announced". animationmagazine.net. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
11. "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". businesswire.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
12. "Dino Dana - TVOKids.com". web.archive.org. June 5, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
13. "Dino Dana - ABC KIDS". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

External links

• Dino Dana on IMDb
• Dino Dana on ABC iView