Left to right: Sheila MacMullan (Warner Bros.), Sharon Bridgeman (HBO Animation), Annie Award winner Nora Johnson (Hanna-Barbera), and Alexandra Kube (Warner Bros.). Photo by Heather Kenyon. © Animation World Network.

Outstanding Individual Achievement Awards:

Character Animation: Nik Ranieri for Hades in Hercules.

Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Ron Clements and John Musker for Hercules.

Directing in an Animated Television Production: Mike B. Anderson for "Homer's Phobia," an episode of The Simpsons.

Effects Animation: Mauro Maressa for Hercules.

Music in an Animated Feature/Home Video Production: Randy Newman (songs) for Cats Don't Dance.

Music in an Animated Television Production: Alf Clausen (underscore) for The Simpsons.

Producing in an Animated Feature Production: Alice Dewey, Ron Clements and John Musker for Hercules.

Producing in an Animated Television Production: Al Jean and Michael Reiss for "The Springfield Files," an episode of The Simpsons.

Production Design in an Animated Television Production: Mitch Schauer, Executive Producer for "Born to Be Beavers," an episode of Angry Beavers.

Annie Award winner Mike B. Anderson (Film Roman), center, with Celia Mercer (UCLA Animation Workshop), left, and Animation World Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Heather Kenyon, right. Photo © Animation World Network.

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production: Nora Johnson for "Orthodontic Police," an episode of Cow and Chicken.

Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production: June Foray as Granny in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries.

Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production: Rob Paulsen as Pinky in Steven Spielberg presents Pinky & The Brain.

Writing in an Animated Television Production: Jason Butler Rote and Paul Rudish for "The Beard to be Feared," an episode of Dexter's Laboratory.

Technical Achievement in the Field of Animation: Space Jam (Warner Bros. Feature Animation).

Other Awards:

June Foray Award: Phyllis Craig (posthumously).

Winsor McCay Awards: Willis O'Brien, Myron Waldman and Paul Winchell.