Animation World News:Awards
Third Virtual Systems & Media Con. The Society of Virtual Systems and Media (VSMM)'s third
annual conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland last month. The Computer
Animation Film Festival awarded the following prizes:
Grand Prize: Superstition by Movida SA.
Best 3-D Effects: Stormfront by Ian Palmer of Bradford University.
Best Fiction Film: Sticky Business by Ed Taylor.
Best Technology Innovation: Krakken by ExMachina.
Audience Prize: Sticky Business by Ed Taylor.
For information about this event, visit http://miralab.unige.ch/~vsmm97
LA Short Film Fest. On October 3-5, the first annual Los Angeles
International Short Film Festival, aka L.A. Shorts Fest, took place at
Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood. Although we heard about the festival only
a day before it began, AWN was there to check out the program, which included
several animated films mixed into the predominately live-action programming.
The competition, which gave the Best Animation award to Timothy Hittle's
Academy Award-nominated Canhead, also included animated films: The
Cocoon by Jerilyn Mettlin, Mike Rophone by Liz Ridley, Law
of Averages by James Duesing, Season's Greetings by Michael
Dougherty, Cup-o-Abominations by Ben Hillman, Ay Yuk by Atipat
Kamanpet, Fluffy by Doug Aberle, Lord J's Wild West Daredevil
Show by Steve and Justin Kohn, Christmas Lament by Tak Hoon
Kim, Birdhouse by Richard Zimmerman and Publegg Enemy by
Carrie Kessler and Dave Clausen. To get a head start on participating in
next year's LA Shorts Fest, visit http://www.lashortsfest.com
Disney Channel's Animated Short Contest. The Disney Channel has
selected a story by 12-year-old Ian O'Neal to be produced as an animated
short by Walt Disney Television Animation. Titled Dragon Friend,
the story was selected from more than 22,000 entries submitted for Disney
Channel's "Create Story Magic" contest, which, in conjunction
with the American Federation of Teachers and other educational groups,
invites elementary school children to write an original story of 750-1,000
words. O'Neal and the five other finalists will be sent with their families
on a trip to Walt Disney World in Florida. They will also receive U.S.
$1,000 of books from the Waldenbooks chain of stores.
Annie Award Nominees. The nominees for ASIFA-Hollywood's annual
Annie Awards have been announced. The winners will be determined by a membership-wide
voting, and the awards ceremony will take place on November 16 in Los Angeles.
In addition to 19 categories of achievement awards, ASIFA-Hollywood also
presents the Winsor McCay Awards and the June Foray Award each year. This
year's Winsor McCay awards will go to Willis O'Brien, veteran stop-motion
animator (King Kong), Myron Waldman, veteran animator (Fleischer
Studios, Betty Boop) and Paul Winchell, voice artist (Tigger).
The June Foray Award will go to the late Phyllis Craig, for her work in
expanding the market for animation artists and opening the doors for new
talent. The following nominees for the competitive awards were selected
from over 500 entries by both industry panels for the individual achievement
categories and a membership-wide vote for the production categories.
For information on ASIFA-Hollywood, visit their web site in Animation World
Network's Animation Village.
Annie Awards 1997 Nominees:
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature:
Cats Don't Dance by Turner Feature Animation.
Hercules by Walt Disney Feature Animation.
Space Jam by Warner Bros.
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program:
Dexter's Laboratory by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
King of the Hill by Twentieth Century Television Films in association
with Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and
Film Roman.
The Simpsons by Film Roman, Gracie Films in association with Twentieth
Century Fox Television.
Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain by Warner Bros. Television
Animation.
The Tick by Sunbow Entertainment.
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Interactive Production:
Absolut Panushka by Troon Ltd.
Green Eggs and Ham by Wild Brain.
Starcraft by Blizzard Entertainment.
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Promotional Production:
Angry Beavers main title by Nicktoons.
Super Mom for Coca-Cola by Wild Brain.
Gargoyles main title by Walt Disney Television Animation.
Spawn promo by HBO Animation.
Visa Check Card Daffy Duck by Warner Bros. Classic Animation.
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short Subject:
Action League Now: "Rock-A-Big-Baby" by Nickelodeon.
The Ambiguously Gay Duo # 2 by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions.
The Ambiguously Gay Duo # 3 by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions.
Bjork: I Miss You music video by Spumco.
The Bug Hunt by Walt Disney Television Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation:
Bob Baxtor for "Beethoven's Whiff" in The Lion King's Timon
and Pumbaa. Walt Disney Television Animation.
Ken Duncan for Meg in Hercules. Walt Disney Feature Animation.
Franz Fisher for Darla Dimple & Max in Cats Don't Dance. Turner
Feature Animation.
Nik Ranieri for Hades in Hercules. Walt Disney Feature Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature
Production:
Marc Dindal for Cats Don't Dance. Turner Feature Animation.
Ron Clements & John Musker for Hercules. Walt Disney Feature
Animation.
Bruce Smith & Tony Cervone for Space Jam. Warner Bros. Feature
Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television
Production:
Mike Anderson for "Homers Phobia," The Simpsons. Film
Roman.
Roberts Gannaway & Tony Craig for Beethoven's "Beethoven's Whiff/Bumble
in the Jungle/Mind Over Matterhorn," The Lion King's Timon and
Pumbaa. Walt Disney Television Animation.
John Rice for "Keeping Up With Our Joneses," King of the Hill,
Film Roman.
Charles Visser for "Noel," Animaniacs. Warner Bros. Television
Animation.
David Wasson for Voice B Gone. Sore Head Productions.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Effects Animation:
Ken Ralston for Contact. Sony Pictures Imageworks.
John Armstrong for Cats Don't Dance. Turner Feature Animation.
Mauro Maressa for Hercules. Walt Disney Feature Animation.
Bob Simons for Cats Don't Dance. Turner Feature Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature:
Leslie Bricusse (music written by) The Land Before Time IV: Journey
Through the Mists. Universal Cartoon Studios.
Steve Goldstein for Cats Don't Dance (score). Turner Feature Animation.
Woody Guthrie (writer) & Frank Fuchs (arranger) for This Land is
Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie. Guthrie/Calico
Productions.
Randy Newman for Cats Don't Dance (songs). Turner Feature Animation.
Mark Watters & Carl Johnson (composers). Aladdin and the King of
Theives. Walt Disney Television Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Television
Production:
Tom Chase, Steve Rucker (score) for Dexter's Laboratory. Hanna-Barbera
Cartoons.
Alf Clausen (underscore) for The Simpsons. Film Roman.
Carl Johnson (composer) for Mighty Ducks. Walt Disney Television
Animation.
Michael Tavera, Charles Fernandez, Ron Grant, Harvey Cohen (composers)
for Casper. Universal Cartoon Studios.
Shirley Walker (main title) for Superman. Warner Bros. Television
Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Producing in An Animated Feature
Production:
Alice Dewey, Ron Clements, John Musker for Hercules. Walt Disney
Feature Animation.
David Kirschner & Paul Gertz for Cats Don't Dance. Turner Feature
Animation.
Ron Tippe for Space Jam. Warner Bros.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Producing in An Animated Television
Production:
Al Jean, Mike Reiss for "The Springfield Files," The Simpsons.
Film Roman.
Kathi Castillo for "Hyper-Psycrow," Earthworm Jim. Universal
Cartoon Studios.
J.J. Sedelmaier for The Ambiguously Gay Duo # 2 by J.J. Sedelmaier
Productions.
Genndy Tartakovsky for "Ham Hocks n' Arm Locks," Dexter's
Laboratory. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
Mitch Watson for "Ebony Baby," Duckman. Klasky-Csupo.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in An Animated
Television Production:
Mike Moon for "Beethoven's Whiff," The Lion King's Timon and
Pumbaa. Walt Disney Television Animation.
Barbara Schade for The Magic Pearl. Film Roman/Greengrass Productions.
Mitch Schauer for "Born to be Beavers," Angry Beavers.
Nicktoons.
Kexx Singleton for "Beethoven's Whiff," The Lion King's Timon
and Pumbaa. Walt Disney Television Animation.
Sy Thomas for "Bumble in the Jungle," The Lion King's Timon
and Pumbaa. Walt Disney Television Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in An Animated Television
Production:
Carolyn Gair-Taylor for "Spaced Out," The Sylvester &
Tweety Mysteries. Warner Bros. Television Animation.
Nora Johnson for "Orthodontic Police," Cow and Chicken.
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
Denise Koyama for "A Night in Wasteland," Disney's The Jungle
Cubs. Walt Disney Television Animation.
Bob Logan for "Beethoven's Whiff," The Lion King's Timon and
Pumbaa. Walt Disney Television Animation.
Eric Radomski for "Burning Visions," Spawn. HBO Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer
in An Animated Television Production:
Christine Cavanaugh as Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory. Hanna-Barbera
Cartoons.
June Foray as Granny in Tweety and Sylvester Mysteries. Warner Bros.
Feature Animation.
Tress MacNielle as Debbie Douglas in "Mission Freakazoid," Steven
Spielberg Presents Freakazoid. Warner Bros. Television Animation.
Brittany Murphy as Luanne in King of the Hill. Twentieth Century
Television Films in association with Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental
Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Film Roman.
Maggie Roswell as Sharry Bobbins in "Supercalifragilisticexpial(annoyed
grunt)cious," The Simpsons. Film Roman.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer
in An Animated Television Production:
Jeff Bennet as Johnny Bravo in Johnny Bravo. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
Townsend Coleman as The Tick in The Tick. Sunbow Entertainment.
Philip Hayes as Tumbleweed Tex in School Daze. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
Mike Judge as Hank Hill in King of the Hill. Twentieth Century Television
Films in association with Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films, 3
Arts Entertainment and Film Roman.
Rob Paulsen as Pinky in Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain.
Warner Bros. Television Animation.
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in An Animated Television
Production:
Jason Butler Rote for "The Beard to be Feared," Dexter's Laboratory.
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
Jane Wagner for "Just Say Noel," Edith Ann's Christmas.
Kurtz & Friends/Tomlin & Wagner Theatricalz.
Mark Young for "Loyalty," Adventures From the Book of Virtues.
Porchlight Entertainment.
Paul Lieberstein for "Luanne's Saga," King of the Hill.
Twentieth Century Television Films in association with Deedle-Dee Productions,
Judgemental Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Film Roman.
Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland for "Shins of the Father," King
of the Hill. Twentieth Century Television Films in association with
Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Film
Roman.
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