On November 10, 2001 at a gala ceremony hosted by voice actor Billy
West, the 29th Annual Annie Awards were presented. The big winner
was SHREK, which took home eight Annie's including outstanding
theatrical feature and outstanding directing for an animated feature.
THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE nabbed three awards, for female
performer in an animated feature (Eartha Kitt as Yzma), best song and
outstanding individual character animation. In television, once again
THE SIMPSONS took home the award for outstanding primetime show.
When picking up the award, a representative from THE SIMPSONS got
political, mentioning the Nickelodeon writers' struggle for WGA union
representation in his acceptance speech. Many in the audience sported yellow WGA lapel buttons -- but the show's overall mood was far from serious as the presenters kept the show moving at a fast and humorous clip. Matt Groening's other
creation, FUTURAMA, took home awards for outstanding male
performer in an animated television production and outstanding
writing. Independent animation studio Wild Brain received awards for animated
short subject and outstanding animated production for the Internet.
Below is a complete list of winners. Congratulations to everyone!





THE 29TH ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED HOME VIDEO PRODUCTION:

BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER - Warner Bros. Animation



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED THEATRICAL FEATURE:

SHREK - PDI/DreamWorks



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT FOR AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION PRODUCED FOR THE INTERNET:

GROOVE MONKEE - Wild Brain, Inc.



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT:

HUBERT'S BRAIN - Wild Brain, Inc.



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED SPECIAL PROJECT:

THE CHUCK JONES SHOW: Open/Close/Packaging - Cartoon Network On-Air



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION COMMERCIAL:

"Darwin" Earthlink - Acme Filmworks



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A DAYTIME ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:

BATMAN BEYOND - Warner Bros. Animation



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A PRIMETIME OR LATE NIGHT ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:

THE SIMPSONS - Gracie Films in Association with Twentieth Century Fox Television



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR CHARACTER ANIMATION:

Dale Baer - THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR EFFECTS ANIMATION:

Arnauld Lamorlette - SHREK



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:

Butch Lukic - BATMAN BEYOND "The Call, Part One"



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION:

Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson - SHREK



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR MUSIC SCORE IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:

James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker - THE POWERPUFF GIRLS "Meet the Beat Alls"



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR MUSIC SCORE IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION:

John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams - SHREK



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR A SONG IN AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION:

David Hartley, Sting - THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE "Perfect World"



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:

Don Shank - THE POWERPUFF GIRLS



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION:

Guillaume Aretos - SHREK



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR STORYBOARDING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:

Steve Ressel - INVADER ZIM "The Nightmare Begins"



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR STORYBOARDING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION:

Robert Koo - SHREK



OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR WRITING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION: