The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 37th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best animated features, television productions, commercials, short subjects and outstanding individual achievements in the field of animation.
Editor's note: Coraline tops out the list with a total of 10 nominations announced for the 37th Annual Annie Awards.
Press Release from The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood
BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 1 - The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 37th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best animated features, television productions, commercials, short subjects and outstanding individual achievements in the field of animation. Walt Disney Animation Studios' *"The Princess and the Frog"* received eight nominations, including Best Animated Feature and individual nominations for animated effects, character animation, production design and voice acting, while its *"Prep and Landing" *received nine nominations including Best Animated Television Production and individual nominations for character animation, character design, music, production design, storyboarding and writing.
DreamWorks Animation received 11 nominations, including Best Animated Television Production for "Merry Madagascar." Laika received a total of 10 nominations including Best Animated Feature "Coraline" and Pixar Animation Studios received a total of nine nominations including Best Animated Feature "Up." Completing the list of Best Animated Features nominated are: "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," Sony Pictures Animation, "Fantastic Mr. Fox," 20th Century Fox and "The Secret of Kells," Cartoon Saloon.
Nickelodeon leads the field in television with 12 nominations, including three for Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children: "SpongeBob SquarePants," "The Mighty B!," and "The Penguins of Madagascar." Completing the nominations in this category are Disney Television's "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and Cartoon Network Studio's "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack." Nominees for the Best Animated Television Production are "Glenn Martin, DDS," Torante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications, "Merry Madagascar," DreamWorks Animation, "Prep and Landing," ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios, and "The Simpsons," Gracie Films.
Winners will be announced at the 37th Annual Annie Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA. *For a complete listing of Annie Award nominations and event information, please go to www.annieawards.org.
Special juried awards honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation will also be awarded: * Winsor McCay award* - Tim Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg for career contributions to the art of animation; *June Foray award* - Tom Sito for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation; *Ub Iwerks award -* William T. Reeves for the development of particle systems for computer animation; *Special Achievement Annie award -* Martin Meunier and Brian McLean for the development and use of the Rapid Prototyping (RP) process for stop motion animation; and
*Certificate of Merit award* - Myles Mikulic, Danny Young and Michael Woodside for their service to the art, craft and industry of animation.
For up-to-the-minute information on the 37th Annual Annie Awards, please visit www.annieawards.org
The industry's oldest and most prestigious award, The Annie Award is considered an important industry benchmark and an annual predictor of the Academy Award for best animated feature.
*PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
* Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
* Coraline — Laika
* Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
* The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* The Secret of Kells — Cartoon Saloon
* Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Best Home Entertainment Production
* Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas — Universal Animation Studios
* Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder — The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
* Green Latern: First Flight — Warner Bros. Animation
* Open Season 2 — Sony Pictures Animation
* SpongeBob vs. The Big One — Nickelodeon
Best Animated Short Subject
* Pups of Liberty — Picnic Pictures
* Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 — ShadowMachine
* Santa, The Fascist Years — Plymptoons
* The Rooster, The Crocodile and The Night Sky — Barley Films
* The Story of Walls — Badmash Animation Studios
Best Animated Television Commercial
* Goldfish: In The Dark — Blur Studios, Inc.
* Idaho Lottery “Twiceland” — Acme Filmworks, Inc.
* Nutty Tales — Blue Sky Studios
* Spanish Lottery “Deportees” — Acme Filmworks, Inc.
* The Spooning — Screen Novelties /Acne Media
*Best Animated Television Production
* Glenn Martin, DDS — Torante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications
* Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
* Prep and Landing — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
* The Simpsons — Gracie Films
Best Animated Television Production for Children
* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse — Disney Television Animation
* SpongeBob SquarePants — Nickelodeon
* The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack — Cartoon Network Studios
* The Mighty B! — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
* The Penguins of Madagascar — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
*INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
* Scott Cegielski “Monsters vs. Aliens” — DreamWorks Animation
* Alexander Feigin “9” — 9 L.L.C.
* Eric Froemling “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Tom Kluyskens “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” — Sony Pictures Animation
* James Mansfield “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Television Production
* Mark Donald “B.O.B.'s Big Break” — DreamWorks Animation
* Mark Mitchell “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Kevan Shorey “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation
* Tony Smeed “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Phillip To “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space” — DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Feature Production
* Andreas Deja “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Eric Goldberg “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Travis Knight “Coraline” — Laika
* Daniel Nguyen “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Bruce Smith “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Design in a Television Production
* Bryan Arnett “The Mighty B! - Catatonic” — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
* Ben Balistreri “Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends” — Cartoon Network Studios
* Craig Kellman “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation
* Bill Schwab “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Design in a Feature Production
* Daniel Lopez Munoz “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Shane Prigmore “Coraline” — Laika
* Shannon Tindle “Coraline” — Laika
Directing in a Television Production
* Pam Cooke & Jansen Yee “American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles” — 20th Century Fox/Fuzzy Door/Underdog
* Rob Fendler “Popzilla” — Animax
* John Infantino, J.G. Quintel “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova” — Cartoon Network Studios
* Bret Haaland “The Penguins of Madagascar - Launchtime” — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* Jennifer Oxley “The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster” — Nickelodeon/Little Airplane Productions
Directing in a Feature Production
* Wes Anderson “Fantastic Mr. Fox” — 20th Century Fox
* Pete Docter “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Christopher Miller, Phil Lord “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” — Sony Pictures Animation
* Hayao Miyazaki “Ponyo” — Studio Ghibli
* Henry Selick “Coraline” — Laika
Music in a Television Production
* Michael Giacchino “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Kevin Kiner “Star Wars: The Clone Wars “Weapons Factory” — Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
* Guy Moon “The Fairly OddParents: “Wishology-The Big Beginning” — Nickelodeon
Music in a Feature Production
* Bruno Coulais “Coraline” — Laika
* Michael Giacchino “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Joe Hisaishi “Ponyo” — Studio Ghibli
* John Powell “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” — Blue Sky Studios
Production Design in a Television Production
* Mac George “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Andy Harkness “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Janice Kubo “Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends” — Cartoon Network Studios
Production Design in a Feature Production
* Christopher Appelhans “Coraline” — Laika
* Ian Gooding “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tadahiro Uesugi “Coraline” — Laika
* Christophe Vacher “9” — 9 L.L.C.
Storyboarding in a Television Production
* Sunil Hall “The Mighty B!: Catatonic” — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper
* Brandon Kruse “The Fairly OddParents: Fly Boy” — Nickelodeon
* Robert Koo “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation
* Joe Mateo “Prep and Landing” — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios Kite Productions
* Adam Van Wyk “The Spectacular Spider-Man: Final Curtain” — Culver Entertainment
Storyboarding in a Feature Production
* Sharon Bridgeman “Astro Boy” — Imagi Studios
* Chris Butler “Coraline” — Laika
* Ronnie Del Carmen “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Tom Owens “Monsters vs. Aliens” — DreamWorks Animation
* Peter Sohn “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
Voice Acting in a Television Production
* Danny Jacobs - Voice of King Julien - “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation
* Nicky Jones - Voice of Chowder - “Chowder: The Dinner Theatre” — Cartoon Network Studios
* Tom Kenny - Voice of SpongeBob - “SpongeBob SquarePants — Truth or Square” — Nickelodeon
* Dwight Schultz - Voice of Mung Daal - “Chowder:The Party Cruise” — Cartoon Network Studios
* Willow Smith - Voice of Abby - “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Feature Production
* Jen Cody - Voice of Charlotte - “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Dawn French - Voice of Miss Forcible - “Coraline” — Laika
* Hugh Laurie - Voice of Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. - “Monsters vs. Aliens” — DreamWorks Animation
* John Leguizamo - Voice of Sid - “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur” — Blue Sky Studios
* Jennifer Lewis - Voice of Mama Odie - “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Writing in a Television Production
* Daniel Chun - “The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX” — Gracie Films
* Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton - “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Valentina L. Garza - “The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure” — Gracie Films
* Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham - “The Simpsons: Gone Maggie Gone” — Gracie Films
* Billy Lopez - “The Wonder Pets - Save the Honey Bears” — Nickelodeon Productions/Little Airplane Productions
Writing in a Feature Production
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach - “Fantastic Mr. Fox” — 20th Century Fox
* Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy - “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers - “Astro Boy” — Imagi Studios
* Christopher Miller and Phil Lord - “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” — Sony Pictures Animation
JURIED AWARDS
*Winsor McCay Award — Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
*June Foray — Tom Sito
*Ub Iwerks Award — William T. Reeves
*Special Achievement — Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
*Certificate of Merit — Myles Mikulic, Danny Young and Michael Woodside
