The Annie Awards

36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients
Winners noted in gold color.

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES___________________________

Best Animated Feature

• Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  
• $9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
  
• Wall·E – Pixar Animation Studios
• Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films

Best Home Entertainment Production

• Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
  
• Christmas Is Here Again – Easy To Dream Entertainment in association with Renegade Animation
  
• Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  
• Justice League: The New Frontier – Warner Bros. Animation
  
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning – DisneyToon Studios

Best Animated Short Subject

• Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Hot Dog – Bill Plympton Studio
  
• Presto – Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin
  
• Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Aardman Animations Ltd.

Best Animated Television Commercial

• Giant Monster – Curious Pictures
  
• Long Legs Mr. Hyde – Curious Pictures
  
• Rotofugi: The Collectors – Screen Novelties/RSA Films
  
• Sarah – Z Animation
  
• United Airlines “Heart” – Duck Studios

Best Animated Television Production

• King of the Hill – 20th Century Fox TV
  
• Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
  
• Phineas and Ferb – Disney Television Animation
  
• Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II - ShadowMachine
  
• The Simpsons – Gracie Films/Fox TV

Best Animated Television Production for Children

• A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation in association with ABC Family & Cuppa Coffee Studios
  
• Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
  
• Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
  
• The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon
  
• Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network Studios

Best Animated Video Game

• Dead Space – Electronic Arts
  
• Kung Fu Panda – Activision
• Wall·E – Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES___________________

Animated Effects

• Alen Lai “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios
  
• Li-Ming Lawrence Lee “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Fangwei Lee “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Kevin Lee “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Enrique Vila “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Television Production

• Sandro Cleuzo “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Joshua A. Jennings “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine
  
• Pierre Perifel “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• James Baxter “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Jeff Gabor “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios
  
• Philippe Le Brun “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Victor Navone “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Dan Wagner “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in a Television Production

• Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! “Bat Mitzah Crashers” – Nickelodeon
  
• Ben Balistreri - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Mondo Coco” – Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Sean Galloway “The Spectacular Spider-Man” – Sony Pictures Television
  
• Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” – Nickelodeon
  
• Nico Marlet “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in a Feature Production

• Valerie Hadida “Igor” – Exodus Film Group
  
• Sang Jun Lee “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios
• Nico Marlet “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Directing in a Television Production

• Bob Anderson - The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XIX” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
  
• Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender “Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3” – Nickelodeon
  
• Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Chris McKay – Moral Orel “Passing” – ShadowMachine
  
• Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish” – Nickelodeon

Directing in a Feature Production

• Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures
  
• Ari Folman “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
  
• Tatia Rosenthal “9.99” – Sherman Pictures/ Lama Films
  
• John Stevenson & Mark Osborne “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Andrew Stanton “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Music in a Television Production

• Carl Finch & Brave Combo - Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions
  
• Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
  
• Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation
  
• Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC

Music in a Feature Production

• Kevin Manthei – “Batman: Gotham Knight” – Warner Bros. Animation
  
• John Powell – “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios
  
• Max Richter – “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
  
• William Ross – “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures
  
• Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in a Television Production

• Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Tang Heng “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon
  
• Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Raymond Zibach “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in a Feature Production

• Ralph Eggleston “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Paul Felix “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Tang Heng “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Evgeni Tomov “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures
  
• Raymond Zibach “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in a Television Production

• Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon
  
• Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
  
• Andy Schuhler – “Secret of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Eddie Trigueros “The Mighty B! “Name Shame”– Nickelodeon
  
• Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Storyboarding in a Feature Production

• Alessandro Carloni – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Ronnie Del Carmen – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Joe Mateo “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Jen Yuh Nelson – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Rob Stevenhagen – “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures

Voice Acting in a Television Production

• Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine
  
• Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
  
• Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

• Ben Burtt – Voice of Wall·E – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Television Production

• Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
  
• Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon
  
• Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” – ShadowMachine
  
• Chris Williams – “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Feature Production

• Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” – DreamWorks Animation
  
• Ari Folman – “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
  
• Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

JURIED AWARDS__________________________________

Winsor McCay Award — Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park for career contributions to the art of animation.

June Foray — Bill Turner for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.

Certificate of Merit — Amir Avni, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, Alex Vassilev.

back to top