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.
Ultim ate 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 Tim es 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 lifetim e 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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