The Animation World Network reports that Andrew Stanton, the writer and director of Finding Nemo, has been named animation director of the year at ShoWest 2004, which runs March 22-25, 2004 in Las Vegas. The film screened at last year’s event. As the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry, ShoWest is also the single largest international gathering of motion picture professionals and theatre owners in the world, with delegates from more than 50 different countries in attendance each year. For more information, visit the official ShoWest site.