ASIFA-Hollywood, the international animated film society, announced the winners of their 37th annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation. The awards ceremony was this weekend. The Annies honor excellence in animation in many media, and though they’re not all sf/f/h productions, there’s a lot of cross-over on this list, so we’ve decided to include them all.
In addition to the regular award categories, several special awards were handed out. These were announced when they announced the nominees (see this article). The Winsor McCay Award went to Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The Winsor McCay Award is given “in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical work, music, professional teaching, or for other endeavors which exhibit outstanding contributions to excellence in animation.”
The June Foray Award, for “individuals who have made a significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation” went to Tom Sito.
The Ub Iwerks Award for “individuals or companies for technical advancements that make a significant impact on the art or industry of animation” went to William T. Reeves.
The Special Achievement Award for “unique and outstanding achievement” went to Martin Meunier and Brian McLean.
Certificates of Merit “for service to the art, craft, and industry of animation” went to Myles Mikulic, Danny Young, and Michael Woodside.
The other winners were:
Production Categories:
Best Animated Feature: Up, Pixar Animation Studios
Best Home Entertainment Production: Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder, The Curiosity Company / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Best Animated Short Subject: Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5, ShadowMachine
Best Animated Television Commercial: Spanish Lottery “Deportees”, Acme Filmworks, Inc.
Best Animated Television Production: Prep and Landing, ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
Best Animated Television Production for Children: The Penguins of Madagascar, Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
Individual Achievement Categories:
Animated Effects: James Mansfield for The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Television Production: Phillip To for Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space, DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Feature Production: Eric Goldberg for The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Design in a Television Production: Bill Schwab for Prep and Landing, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Design in a Feature Production: Shane Prigmore for Coraline, Laika
Directing in a Television Production: Bret Haaland for The Penguins of Madagascar—Launchtime, Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
Directing in a Feature Production: Pete Docter for Up, Pixar Animation Studios
Music in a Television Production: Guy Moon for The Fairly OddParents: “Wishology—The Big Beginning”, Nickelodeon
Music in a Feature Production: Bruno Coulais for Coraline, Laika
Production Design in a Television Production: Andy Harkness for Prep and Landing, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Production Design in a Feature Production: Tadahiro Uesugi for Coraline, Laika
Storyboarding in a Television Production: Robert Koo for Merry Madagascar, DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in a Feature Production: Tom Owens for Monsters vs. Aliens, DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Television Production: Tom Kenny as the voice of SpongeBob in SpongeBob SquarePants—Truth or Square, Nickelodeon
Voice Acting in a Feature Production: Jen Cody as the voice of Charlotte in The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Writing in a Television Production: Daniel Chun for The Simpsons: “Treehouse of Horror XX”, Gracie Films
Writing in a Feature Production: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach for Fantastic Mr. Fox, 20th Century Fox