Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit by DreamWorks/Aardman Animation was the clear winner at last night’s 33rd Annual Annie Awards ceremony held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. The stop-motion film won 10 awards, sweeping every feature film category and winning an award in every category it was nominated in.
A full list of nominees (and winners in bold) can be seen here:
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
Chicken Little – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Corpse Bride – Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Howl’s Moving Castle – Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Aardman Features
Best Home Entertainment Production
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows – Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc.
Kronk’s New Groove – DisneyToon Studios
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch – DisneyToon Studios
Tarzan II – DisneyToon Studios
The Batman vs Dracula – Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Short Subject
The Fan and The Flower – Atomic Television/Plymptoons Productions
Life in Transition – Stretch Films, Inc.
Milch – Klasky Csupo
Moongirl – Laika
The Moon and The Sun: An Imagined Conversation – John Canemaker Productions
Best Animated Television Commercial
Conoco ‘1975’ – Ring of Fire
Bastard Wants to Hit Me – Laika/House
Coke “Futbol” – Laika/House
GE “Tower”- Quiet Man Inc.
United Airlines “Mr. Pants” – Acme Filmworks
Best Animated Television Production
AVATAR: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network Studios
My Life As A Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon/Frederator
Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 – Cartoon Network Studios
The Batman – Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Video Game
Psychonauts – Double Fine Productions, Inc.
Resident Evil 4 – Capcom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS! – THQ, Inc.
Tak The Great Juju Challenge – THQ, Inc.
Ultimate Spider-Man – Activision
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
Matt Baer – “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
Rick Glumac – “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
Dale Mayeda – “Chicken Little” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Jason Wen – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Martin Usiak – “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation
Claire Billett – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Spike Brandt – Tom & Jerry – “The Karate Guard” – Warner Bros. Animation
Jay Grace – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Christopher Sadler – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Matt Shumway – “The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe” – Rhythm and Hues
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Carlos Grangel – “Corpse Bride” – Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
William Joyce – “Robots” – 20th Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
Craig Kellman – “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
Joe Moshier – “Chicken Little” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Nick Park – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
Bryan Arnett – My Life As A Teenage Robot “Escape From Cluster Prime” – Nickelodeon
Ernie Gilbert – The Fairly OddParent “The Good Old Days” – Nickelodeon
Jorge Guiterrez – The Buzz on Maggie “Bella Con Carny” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Luther McLaurin – “Catscratch” – Nickelodeon
Shannon Tindle – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Go Goo Go” – Cartoon Network Studios
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Mike Johnson, Tim Burton “Corpse Bride” – Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Hayao Miyazaki “Howl’s Moving Castle” – Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Nick Park, Steve Box – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Directing in an Animated Television Production
Gary Conrad – The Fairly OddParents “The Good Old Days” – Nickelodeon
Craig McCracken – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Duchess of Wails” – Cartoon Network Studios
Dan Povenmire – Family Guy “PTV” – Fox TV Animation
Dan Riba – Justice League Unlimited “Clash” – Warner Bros. Animation
Peter Shin – Family Guy “North by North Quahog” – Fox TV Animation
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Julian Nott – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”- Aardman Features
Hans Zimmer – “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
Music in an Animated Television Production
Jeff Dana – Zula Patrol “Case of the Missing Rings” – Zula USA LLC
Thomas Chase Jones – The Batman “The Laughing Bat” – Warner Bros. Animation
James L. Venable – Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends “Duchess of Wails” – Cartoon Network Studios
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Ian Gooding, Dan Cooper, David Womersley, Mac George – “Chicken Little” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Dennis A. Greco “Lilo & Stitch 2” – DisneyToon Studios
Yoriko Ito “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
William Joyce & Steve Martino “Robots” – 20th Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
Phil Lewis “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”- Aardman Features
Production Design in an Animated Television Production
Alan Bodner – The Life and Times of Juniper Lee “Enter Sandman” – Cartoon Network Studios
Michael Giaimo “Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi” – Renegade Animation
Alex Kirwan “My Life as a Teenage Robot” – Nickelodeon
Mike Moon, Craig McCracken, Dave Dunnet, Martin Ansolabehere – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “A Lost Claus” – Cartoon Network Studios
Nadia Vurbenova – Kim Possible “So The Drama” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Tom McGrath – “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
Chris Otsuki – “Kronk’s New Groove” – DisneyToon Studios
Bob Persichetti – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Catherine Yuh Rader – “Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation
Michael Salter – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
Troy Adomitis – Kim Possible “So The Drama” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom “Identity Crisis” – Nickelodeon
Dave Bullock – Kim Possible “So The Drama” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Lauren MacMullan – AVATAR:The Last Airbender “The Deserter” – Nickelodeon
Andrew Tan – Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends “A Froggy Day in Sunny Patch” – Nelvana Ltd.
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Helena Bonham Carter – Voice of Lady Campanula Tottington “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Ralph Fiennes – Voice of Victor Quartermaine “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Peter Sallis – Voice of Wallace “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”
– Aardman Features
Nicholas Smith – Voice of Reverend Clement Hedges “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Grey Delisle – Voice of Kitty – Danger Rangers “Fires & Liars” – Educational Adventures
Johnny Hardwick – Voice of Dale Gribble – King of the Hill “Smoking and the Bandit” – 20th Century Fox Television
Tony Jay – Voice of Spiderus – Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends “A Froggy Day in Sunny Patch”- Nelvana Ltd.
Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Stewie – Family Guy “Brian the Bachelor”- Fox TV Animation
Rob Paulsen – Voice of Eubie “The Happy Elf” – Film Roman
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Steve Box, Nick Park, Mark Burton “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Tony Leondis, Michael LaBash, Tom Rogers “Kronk’s New Groove” – DisneyToon Studios
Hayao Miyazaki, Donald H. Hewitt, Cindy Davis Hewitt “Howl’s Moving Castle” – Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Writing in an Animated Television Production
Aaron Ehasz, John O’Bryan – AVATAR: The Last Airbender “The Fortune Teller” – Nickelodeon
C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, Tim Hill – SpongeBob “Fear of a Krabby Patty” – Nickelodeon
Christopher Painter – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius “The Tomorrow Boys” – DNA Productions
Johanna Stein, Jack Ferraiolo – O’Grady III “Old Cold” – Soup 2 Nuts
Larry Swerdlove – Jakers! “Wish Upon A Story Part 1” – Mike Young Productions
JURIED AWARDS
June Foray Award – Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
Mark Kausler
Winsor McCay Award – Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.
Cornelius Cole
Fred Crippen
Tyrus Wong
Ub Iwerks Award
Corpse Bride
Certificate of Merit
Larry Loc
“Dream on Silly Dreamer”
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