AnniesMarque05b (24k image)Chuck Oberleitner gives a rundown of last night’s Annie Awards held at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA (More reports at Cartoon Brew/Animation World Network). Brad Bird’s Disney/Pixar film The Incredibles was the big winner of the night, soaring off with ten awards – getting a win in every category it was nominated in. The Joe Grant/Mike Gabriel short Lorenzo won Best Short Subject, SpongeBob SquarePants won for Best Animated Television Production, and The Lion King 1½ won Best Home Entertainment Production. The Annie Award winner for Best Animated Feature has gone on to win the Academy Award every year since the Oscar category was added four years ago. The awards are presented by The International Animated Film Society to honor outstanding animation in television and film. A full list of winners and nominees follows:

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES 

Best Animated Feature

  • Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence – Go Fish Pictures
  • The Incredibles – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Shrek 2 – DreamWorks Animation
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Peanut Worm Productions

Best Home Entertainment Production

  • The Lion King 1 1/2 – DisneyToon Studios
  • Mickey, Donald & Goofy The Three Musketeers – DisneyToon Studios
  • Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster – Warner Bros. Animation

Best Animated Short Subject

  • Agricultural Report – Barley Films
  • It’s ‘The Cat’ - Mark Kausler
  • Lorenzo – Walt Disney Pictures
  • Rockfish – Blur Studio
  • Ryan Copper Heart Entertainment – Nat’l Film Board of Canada

Best Animated Television Commercial

  • Looney Tunes AFLAC – Warner Bros. Animation
  • Nintendo Freeboy – Asylum
  • Quaker Chewy Bars Three Bears – Hornet Inc.
  • Reebok – Blur Studio
  • United Airlines Interview – Acme Filmworks

Best Animated Television Production

  • Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network Studios
  • My Life As A Teenage Robot – Frederator/Nickelodeon
  • SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon
  • Star Wars: Clone Wars – Cartoon Network Studios
  • The Batman – Warner Bros. Animation

 

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

  • Scott Cegielski – Shark Tale
  • Hisashi Ezura – Ghost In The Shell 2
  • Matt Hausman – The Polar Express
  • Martin Nguyen – The Incredibles
  • Jonathan Gibbs – Shrek 2

Character Animation

  • Ken Duncan – Shark Tale
  • John Kahrs – The Incredibles
  • Angus MacLane – The Incredibles
  • Peter Sohn – The Incredibles
  • Kureha Yokoo – The Incredibles

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

  • Tony Fucile – The Incredibles
  • Carlos Grangel – Shark Tale
  • Joe Moshier – Home on the Range
  • Teddy Newton – The Incredibles

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

  • Ben Balistreri – The Fairly OddParents Crash Nebula
  • Shakeh Haghnazarian – Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi
  • Patrick Mat – Father of the Pride
  • Lynn Naylor-Reccardi/Pilot House of Bloo’s Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
  • Chris Reccardi – Powerpuff Girls – West in Pieces

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

  • Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon & Kelly Asbury – Shrek 2
  • Brad Bird – The Incredibles
  • Will Finn & John Sanford – Home on the Range
  • Stephen Hillenburg – The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  • Mamoru Oshii – Ghost in the Shell 2

Directing in an Animated Television Production

  • Keith Alcorn – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius – Love Potion #976/3
  • Shaun Cashman & Phil Cummings - The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Attack of the Clowns
  • Eric Pringle – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Who Let The Dogs In
  • Brian Sheesley – The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Nursery Crimes
  • Genndy Tartakovsky – Samurai Jack – Tale of X-49

Music in an Animated Feature Production

  • Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles
  • Harry Gregson-Williams – Shrek 2
  • Don Harper, Lebo M, Johnny Clegg, Martin Erskine & Seth J. Friedman – The Lion King 1 1/2
  • Kenji Kawai – Ghost in the Shell 2
  • Gregor Narholz – The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Music in an Animated Television Production

  • Steve D’Angelo & Terry Tompkins – Peep
  • Jeff Danna & Steve Sullivan – Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends
  • Yoko Kanno – Wolf’s Rain
  • Robert J. Kral – Duck Dodgers

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

  • Lou Romano – The Incredibles
  • Pierre-Olivier Vincent – Shark Tale
  • Samuel Michlap – Shark Tale
  • Armand Baltazar – Shark Tale
  • Scott Fassett – Winnie the Pooh, Springtime with Roo

Production Design in an Animated Television Production

  • Richard Daskas, – Samurai Jack Season of Death
  • Michael Giaimo – Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Episode 1
  • Alex Kirwan, – My Life As A Teenage Robot
  • John Over – Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
  • Mark Whiting – Duck Dodgers

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

  • Chen-Yi Chang – Home on the Range
  • Ted Mathot – The Incredibles
  • Kevin O’Brien – The Incredibles
  • Chris Otsuki – Winnie The Pooh: Springtime with Roo
  • Conrad Vernon – Shrek 2

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

  • Alex Basio – Atomic Betty – Spindly Tam Kanushu
  • Wendy Grieb – Disney’s Dave the Barbarian – The Maddening Sprite of the Stump
  • Adam Van Wyk – He Man & The Masters of the Universe – Awaken the Serpent
  • Rossen Varbanov – Disney’s Brandy and Mr. Whiskers – To The Moon, Whiskers
  • Matthew Youngberg – Teen Titans – Haunted

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

  • Tony Anselmo – Voice of Donald Duck – Mickey, Donald & Goofy The Three Musketeers
  • Antonio Banderas – Voice of Puss in Boots Shrek 2
  • Brad Bird – Voice of Edna Mode The Incredibles
  • Samuel L. Jackson – Voice of Lucius Best/Frozone The Incredibles
  • Rob Paulsen – Voice of The Troubadour – Mickey, Donald & Goofy The Three Musketeers

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

  • Maile Flanagan – Voice of Piggley Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
  • Carolyn Lawrence – Voice of Cindy Vortex The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.
  • Candi Milo – Voice of Mrs. Wakeman My Life As A Teenage Robot
  • Brittany Murphy – Voice of Luane Platter – King of the Hill – Girl, You’ll Be A Giant Soon
  • Russi Taylor – Voice of Ferny Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

Writing in an Animated Feature Produc
tion

  • Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, David J. Stem and David N. Weiss – Shrek 2
  • Brad Bird – The Incredibles
  • Michael J. Wilson & Rob Letterman – Shark Tale

Writing in an Animated Television Production

  • Etan Cohen, – King of the Hill, Ceci N’est Pas Une
  • Lauren Faust, – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, World Wide Wabbit
  • Evan Gore & Heather Lombard – Disney’s Dave the Barbarian, Ned Frischman: Man of Tomorrow
  • Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel – The FairlyOddParents, Channel Chasers
  • Brandon Sawyer – Disney’s Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, Cyranosaurus Rex

 

JURIED AWARDS

June Foray Award – Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.

  • Bill Moritz

Winsor McCay Award – Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.

  • Don Bluth
  • Virginia Davis
  • Arnold Stang

Ub Iwerks Award

  • Dr. Ed Catmull

Special Achievement

  • Disney’s On the Front Lines DVD

Certificate of Merit

  • DreamWorks Animation SKG
  • Sivert Glarum
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