Kung Fu Panda wins big at 36th Annie Awards; WALL-E shut out

by James | January 31, 2009 1:07 pm

Kung Fu Panda was the big winner at last night’s 36th annual Annie Awards. The film picked up 10 awards including Best Animated Feature. Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II won the Television award. Avatar: The Last Airbender won the Children’s TV award. And Sebastian’s Voodoo won the Short award. The full list of winners follows:

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 Animated Home Entertainment Production
Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
Christmas Is Here Again – Easy To Dream Entertainment
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
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 Produced for Children
A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation
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 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 Animation in a Television Production or Short Form
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 Design in an Animated 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

Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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

Directing in an Animated 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

Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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

Music in an Animated 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

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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

Production Design in an Animated 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

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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

Storyboarding in an Animated 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

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

Voice Acting in an Animated 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

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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

Writing in an Animated 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

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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 – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
Chris Williams – Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios

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