Awards
Oscar Noms Announced. The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the Academy Award/Oscar
nominees for films made in 1997. The nominees in the Best Animated Short
Film category are:
The Mermaid, a Studio Shar production directed by Alexander Petrov.
Famous Fred, a TVC Cartoons production directed by Joanna Quinn.
Redux Riding Hood, a Walt Disney Television Animation production
directed by Steve Moore.
Geri's Game, a Pixar production directed by Jan Pinkava.
The Old Lady and the Pigeons, a Pascal Blais production directed
by Sylvain Chomet.
The winning film will be announced during the 70th annual Academy Awards
ceremony on March 23, 1998 in Los Angeles.
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Academy Honors Animators. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences announced this year's honorees for scientific and technical achievement,
a category announced in advance of the Oscar ceremony. Honorees were recognized
at an awards presentation dinner on February 28, 1998 at the Regent Beverly
Wilshire Hotel. Innovators being recognized include Pixar employees Eben
Ostby, Bill Reeves and Tom Duff for designing the studio's 3-D computer
animation system, and Tom Porter for digital painting. Animation systems
developed by PDI and Side Effects Software will also be honored, and Don
Iwerks will receive the Gordon E. Sawyer Award.
New York Festivals. The AME International Awards, part of The New
York Festivals, were presented on January 23, 1998 at the Marriot Marquis
in New York City. Animation category winners include:
International Television and Cinema Advertising, Computer Animation:
Gold: Reebok: Skeleton for Reebok by Garner Maclennan Design (Australia)
Silver: Battery Gim for Panasonic Alkaline Battery by Tohokushinsa
Film Corporation (Japan) and Magical World of Disney produced through
the agency Pittard Sullivan (U.S.).
Bronze: Orkin Man for Orkin Pest Control produced through the agency
J. Walter Thomson (U.S.).
International Television and Cinema Advertising, Non-Computer Animation:
Gold: Toys for Nissan by Will Vinton Studios (U.S.)
Silver: Rocky for Pepsi-Lipton "Brisk" Iced Tea by Loose
Moose (U.K.)
Bronze: Stone Family for Culligan International by Grant Jacoby
Inc. (U.S.)
International Television Programming and Promotion, Non-Computer Animation:
Gold: Disney Channel Repositioning by Lee Hunt Associates (U.S.)
and Sunny Side of Life for Turner Classic Movies.
Silver: The Ambiguously Gay Duo for NBC/ "Saturday Night Live"
by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions (U.S.) and Testament: The Bible in Animation:
Joseph by S4C (U.K.)
Bronze: Arena: Sci-Fi for XYZ Entertainment c/o Foxtel by Garner
Maclennan Design (Australia).
International Non-Broadcast Media, Animated Short Film:
Gold: Redux Riding Hood by Walt Disney Television Animation (U.S.).
Silver: Wat's Pig by Aardman Animations (U.K.) and Loose Tooth
by McCaulla Productions (U.S.)
Bronze: not awarded.
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