Elan Award Nominees Announced
Denis Dyack, President & Executive Producer; Carman Dix, Art Director
TOO HUMAN
Silicon Knights/Microsoft Games Studio
John McCormack, Art Director; Mark Smart, Lead Environment Artist; Jon Eckersley, Lead Creature Artist; Adam Sibbick, Lead FX Artist
FABLE II
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Games
Best Game Design
Cliff Bleszinski, Design Director; Rod Fergusson, Senior Producer; Lee Perry, Senior Gameplay Designer; Dave Nash, Lead Level Designer
GEARS OF WAR 2
Epic Games/Microsoft
Todd Howard, Game Director; Emil Pagliarulo, Lead Designer & Writer
FALLOUT 3
Bethesda Softworks
Peter Molyneux, Lead Designer; Dene Carter, Creative Director; Iain Wright, Lead Level Designer; Mike West, Lead Scripter
FABLE II
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Games
Gabe Newell
LEFT 4 DEAD
Valve
Outstanding Technical Innovation
Tim Sweeney, Technology Director; Daniel Vogel, Engine Team Lead; Unreal Engine Technology Team
GEARS OF WAR 2
Epic Games, Microsoft
Todd Howard, Game Director;Emil Pagliarulo, Lead Designer & Writer; Guy Carver, Technical Director
FALLOUT 3
Bethesda Softworks
Simon Carter, Load Game Architect and Technology Director; Guilloume Portes, Lead Tools & GUI Programmer; Jonathan Shaw, AI Director; Alex Dowdeswell, AI Director
FABLE II
Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Games
Gabe Newell
LEFT 4 DEAD
Valve
Animation Nominees
Best Feature-Length Animated Production
Winner: WALL-E
Disney/Pixar
(Selected by children's votes)
Best Animated Television Production
TOOT & PUDDLE
Mercury Filmworks/National Geographic Kids Entertainment -- Clint Eland, Executive Producer; Tara Sorensen, Executive Producer; Marianne Culbert, Supervising Producer; Jerry Popowich, Creative Producer
ZEKE'S PAD
My Pad Prod's/Avrill Stark Entertainment; Bardel Entertainment Inc./Flying Bark Productions -- Delna Bhesania, Producer; Liz Scully, Producer; Leonard Terhoch, Producer; Avrill Stark, Producer
WAPOS BAY: THE SERIES
Wapos Bay Studio National Film Board of Canada -- Dennis Jackson, Producer;Melanie Jackson, Producer; Anand Ramayya, Producer; Derek Mazur; Exc. Producer
DEX HAMILTON: ALIEN ENTOMOLOGIST
March Entertainment/SLR Productions; Parthenon Kids -- Daniel Hawes, Executive Producer/Producer; Ryan Lussing, Creative Producer/Visual FX Supervisor
Best Animated Short Subject
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WRATH OF THE LICH KING (intro cinematic)
Blizzard Entertainment -- Jeff Chamberlain, Director; Phillip Hillenbrand, Producer
TURBO DOGS
RacerDogs Productions Inc./Hultu Studios; CCI Releasing Inc. -- Kristine Klohk, Producer; Rodney MacDonald; Arnie Zipursky, Executive Producer; Christopher Waters
Best Director for an Animated Production
Christian Larocque
TOOT & PUDDLE
Mercury Filmworks/National Geographic Kids Entertainment
Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson and Cam Lizotte
WAPOS BAY: THE SERIES
Wapos Bay Studio National Film Board of Canada
Best Voice Over in an Animated Production (All genres)
Winner: Tom Kenny
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
Nickelodeon
Best Character Animation
Winner: Graham MacDonald, Animation Director; Emma Gignac, Animation Director; Kim Buck, Animation Supervisor; Justin Sels, Animation Supervisor
TOOT & PUDDLE
Mercury Filmworks/National Geographic Kids Entertainment
Best Art Direction
Teo Kiriakov, Art Direction; "Diamond" Dave Merritt, Art Direction
TOOT & PUDDLE
Mercury Filmworks / National Geographic Kids Entertainment
Zoe Evamy, Senior Art Director; Patricia Atchison, Art Director
ZEKE'S PAD
My Pad Prod's/Avrill Stark Entertainment; Bardel Entertainment Inc./Flying Bark Productions
Visual Effects Nominees
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effect Driven Feature Film























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