On November 10, 2001 at a gala ceremony hosted by voice actor BillyWest, the 29th Annual Annie Awards were presented. The big winnerwas SHREK, which took home eight Annie's including outstandingtheatrical feature and outstanding directing for an animated feature.THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE nabbed three awards, for femaleperformer in an animated feature (Eartha Kitt as Yzma), best song andoutstanding individual character animation. In television, once againTHE SIMPSONS took home the award for outstanding primetime show.When picking up the award, a representative from THE SIMPSONS gotpolitical, mentioning the Nickelodeon writers' struggle for WGA unionrepresentation 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 othercreation, FUTURAMA, took home awards for outstanding maleperformer in an animated television production and outstandingwriting. Independent animation studio Wild Brain received awards for animatedshort 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:
Ron Weiner - FUTURAMA "Luck of the Fryrish"
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR WRITING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION:
Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H.Schulman - SHREK
OUTSTANDING INDIVDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A FEMALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION:
Eartha Kitt - As the voice of Yzma - THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A MALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION:
Eddie Murphy - As the voice of Donkey - SHREK
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A FEMALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:
Kathy Najimy - As the voice of Peggy Hill - KING OF THE HILL "Luanne, Virgin 2.02"
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A MALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION:
John DiMaggio - As the voice of Bender - FUTURAMA "Bendless Love"
JUNE FORAY AWARD
Leonard Maltin
WINSOR MCCAY AWARD
Bob Givens
Pete Alvarado
Bill Justice
ANNIE AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
Scott MacQueen
