GLENDALE, CA – (March 6, 2006) – DreamWorks Animation SKG and Aardman’s Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was named Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards, announced last night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The honor marks the fourth Oscar for the film’s director and Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park, who has won three previous Academy Awards for Best Animated Short, including two starring the much-loved clay animated duo -- the cheese-loving Wallace and his faithful canine companion Gromit. This is the first Oscar for director Steve Box.

"Aardman are so delighted at the Oscar win, this is the highest accolade for the film,” said Nick Park. “Both Steve Box and myself are just overjoyed and feel very privileged to have won this award. The crew at Aardman deserves this recognition for all the fantastic work they put into making Curse of the Were Rabbit such a success around the world.”

The film, which features the two enterprising chums using all their wildly imaginative inventions to try to capture a mysterious beast of epic and fluffy proportions, is available worldwide on DVD.

DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features are currently working together on the computer-animated comedy Flushed Away, set for release in theaters November 2006. Blending Aardman’s trademark style and characterizations with DreamWorks’ state-of-the-art computer animation, Flushed Away is a madcap comedy set on and beneath the streets of London.

About DreamWorks Animation SKG
DreamWorks Animation is principally devoted to developing and producing computer generated, or CG, animated feature films. With world-class creative talent, a strong and experienced management team and advanced CG filmmaking technology and techniques, DreamWorks Animation makes high quality CG animated films meant for a broad movie-going audience. The company has theatrically released a total of eleven animated feature films, including Antz, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Madagascar and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. DreamWorks Animation's newest release, Over the Hedge, opens in theaters May 19, 2006.