The 36th Annual
Annie Awards
The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in cinema and television. Originally desig ...
, honoring the best in animation for 2008, were held on January 30, 2009, at
Royce Hall
Royce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Designed by the Los Angeles firm of Allison & Allison (James Edward Allison, 1870–1955, and his brother David Clark Allison, 1881–1962) and completed ...
in
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
,
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
.
Below is a list of announced nominees. ''
Kung Fu Panda
''Kung Fu Panda'' is an American media franchise that originally started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voic ...
'' received the most awards with 10, winning nearly all of its nominations, albeit amid controversy.
Production nominees
Nominations announced on December 1, 2008.
Best Animated Feature
* ''
Kung Fu Panda''
** ''
Bolt''
** ''
$9.99''
** ''
WALL-E
''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...
''
** ''
Waltz with Bashir
''Waltz with Bashir'' ( he, ואלס עם באשיר, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 Israeli adult animated war documentary drama film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of ...
''
Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment Production
* ''
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs''
** ''
Batman: Gotham Knight''
** ''
Christmas Is Here Again
''Christmas Is Here Again'' is a 2007 American animated Christmas musical-comedy-fantasy- adventure film distributed by Screen Media Films, also known as ''Who Stole Santa's Sack? '' The first feature production from the Renegade Animation studi ...
''
** ''
Justice League: The New Frontier''
** ''
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning''
Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject
* ''
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death''
** ''
Glago's Guest
''Glago's Guest'' is a 2008 Walt Disney Animation Studios computer-animated short film directed by Chris Williams. The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2008.
Animated in stereoscopic 3D, the short tells th ...
''
** ''Hot Dog''
** ''
Presto''
** ''Sebastian's Voodoo''
Annie Award for Best Animated Television Commercial
* United Airlines "Heart"
** Giant Monster
** Long Legs Mr. Hyde
** Rotofugi: The Collectors
** Sarah
Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production
* ''
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II''
** ''
King of the Hill
''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It aired its original non-syndicated run from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, and centers on the Hills, an Am ...
''
** ''
Moral Orel
''Moral Orel'' is an American adult stop-motion animated sitcom created by Dino Stamatopoulos which originally aired on Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim from December 13, 2005 to December 18, 2008. The series has been des ...
''
** ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated musical-comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series was originally broadcast as a ...
''
** ''
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, ...
''
Best Animated Television Production for Children
* ''
Avatar: The Last Airbender
''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' (abbreviated as ''ATLA''), also known as ''Avatar: The Legend of Aang'' in some regions or simply ''Avatar'', is an American anime-influenced animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and ...
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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
** ''
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
''A Miser Brothers’ Christmas'' is a stop motion spin-off special based on some of the characters from the 1974 Rankin-Bass special ''The Year Without a Santa Claus''. Distributed by Warner Bros. Animation under their Warner Premiere label (the ...
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Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...
** ''
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (also known as ''Foster's Home'', or simply ''Foster's'' for short) is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as ...
'' –
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...
** ''
Underfist: Halloween Bash'' –
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...
** ''
The Mighty B!
''The Mighty B!'' (stylized in all caps) is an American animated television series created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True, and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girl scout who believes sh ...
'' –
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game
* ''
Kung Fu Panda
''Kung Fu Panda'' is an American media franchise that originally started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voic ...
''
** ''
Dead Space
''Dead Space'' is a science fiction/horror fiction, horror media franchise created by Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, developed by Visceral Games, and published and owned by Electronic Arts. The franchise's chronology is not presented in a lin ...
''
** ''
WALL-E
''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...
''
Individual Achievement
Animated Effects
* Li-Ming Lawrence Lee - ''
Kung Fu Panda''
** Alen Lai - ''
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who''
** Fangwei Lee - ''
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa''
** Kevin Lee - ''
Bolt''
** Enrique Vila - ''
Wall-E
''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...
''
Character Animation in a Feature Production
* James Baxter – ''
Kung Fu Panda
''Kung Fu Panda'' is an American media franchise that originally started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voic ...
''
** Jeff Gabor – ''
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who''
** Philippe Le Brun – ''Kung Fu Panda''
** Victor Navone – ''
Wall-E
''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...
''
** Dan Wagner – ''Kung Fu Panda''
Character Animation in a Television Production
* Pierre Perifel - ''
Secrets of the Furious Five
''Secrets of the Furious Five'' (also known as ''Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five'') is a 2008 American animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation, which serves as a semi-sequel/spin-off to the animated feature film ''Kung Fu Pa ...
''
** Sandro Cleuzo - ''
Secrets of the Furious Five
''Secrets of the Furious Five'' (also known as ''Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five'') is a 2008 American animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation, which serves as a semi-sequel/spin-off to the animated feature film ''Kung Fu Pa ...
''
** Joshua A. Jennings - ''
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II''
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Nico Marlet - ''
Kung Fu Panda
''Kung Fu Panda'' is an American media franchise that originally started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voic ...
''
** Valerie Hadida - ''
Igor (film)
''Igor'' is a 2008 computer-animated horror comedy film directed by Tony Leondis from a screenplay by Chris McKenna. ''Igor'', developed and produced by Max Howard with the California-based Exodus Film Group, was the first feature-length anima ...
''
** Sang Jun Lee - ''
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who''
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
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Nico Marlet
Nicolas "Nico" Marlet is a French-American animator and character designer employed by DreamWorks Animation. He is best known for his character design work on films in the ''Kung Fu Panda (franchise), Kung Fu Panda'' and ''How to Train Your Dragon ...
- ''
Secrets of the Furious Five
''Secrets of the Furious Five'' (also known as ''Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five'') is a 2008 American animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation, which serves as a semi-sequel/spin-off to the animated feature film ''Kung Fu Pa ...
''
** Bryan Arnett – ''
Mighty B!'' - "Bat Mitzah Crashers"
** Ben Balistreri - ''
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (also known as ''Foster's Home'', or simply ''Foster's'' for short) is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as ...
'' - "
Mondo Coco"
** Sean Galloway - ''
The Spectacular Spider-Man
''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics.
Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', Marvel felt the character could support ...
''
**
Jorge Gutierrez – ''
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera'' - "The Good, The Bad, The Tigre"
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
*
John Stevenson and
Mark Osborne - ''
Kung Fu Panda
''Kung Fu Panda'' is an American media franchise that originally started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voic ...
''
**
Sam Fell
Samuel Jason Fell (born 22 November 1965) is a British animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor.
Sam started his career as director on the short film ''The Big Cheese'' for 3 Peach Animation. He then joined Aardman Animations and worked ...
and Rob Stevenhagen ''
The Tale Of Despereaux
''The Tale of Despereaux'' (, ) is a 2003 children's fantasy book written by Kate DiCamillo. The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux Tilling, as he sets out on his quest to rescue a beautiful human princess from the rat ...
''
**
Ari Folman
Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-a ...
- ''
Waltz with Bashir
''Waltz with Bashir'' ( he, ואלס עם באשיר, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 Israeli adult animated war documentary drama film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of ...
''
**
Tatia Rosenthal
Tatia Rosenthal (born April 4, 1971) is an animator and film director born in Tel Aviv, Israel.
She served two years in the Israeli Defense Force, tried her hand at medical school and studied photography in Paris, before moving to New York City ...
- ''
$9.99''
**
Andrew Stanton
Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), directing ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) an ...
- ''
WALL-E
''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...
''
Directing in an Animated Television Production
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Joaquim Dos Santos
Joaquim Dos Santos is a Portuguese-born American storyboard artist, director, producer, writer, and designer. He is best known for his directing work on the television series ''Justice League Unlimited'', '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', '' G.I. J ...
– ''
Avatar: The Last Airbender
''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' (abbreviated as ''ATLA''), also known as ''Avatar: The Legend of Aang'' in some regions or simply ''Avatar'', is an American anime-influenced animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and ...
'' - "
Sozin’s Comet: Into the Inferno"
**
Bob Anderson - ''
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, ...
'' - "
Treehouse of Horror XIX
"Treehouse of Horror XIX" is the fourth episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 2008 and in the United Kingdom on November 2 ...
"
**
Craig McCracken
Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, storyboard artist, and designer known for creating the Cartoon Network's ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', Disney Channe ...
and
Rob Renzetti
Robert John Renzetti is an American animator and author. Renzetti is known for creating ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'' and the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' series ''Mina and the Count'' for Nickelodeon, directing '' Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Powerpuf ...
- ''
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (also known as ''Foster's Home'', or simply ''Foster's'' for short) is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as ...
'' - "
Destination Imagination
"Destination: Imagination" is a television special of the animated television series ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends''. The plot of the special follows Frankie, who becomes trapped in a huge, mysterious world where she is treated like royalt ...
"
**
Chris McKay
Christopher McKay, also known as Chris Taylor (born November 11, 1973), is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing and editing three seasons of ''Robot Chicken'' and two seasons of ''Moral Orel''. He made his feature directorial ...
– ''
Moral Orel
''Moral Orel'' is an American adult stop-motion animated sitcom created by Dino Stamatopoulos which originally aired on Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim from December 13, 2005 to December 18, 2008. The series has been des ...
'' - "Passing"
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Alan Smart
Alan Smart is a retired animator and an animation director best known for his work as the supervising director on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', which he has been involved with since the pilot, and as assistant director and layout artist on ''The Sim ...
- ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...
'' - "
Penny Foolish"
Music in an Animated Feature Production
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Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, Oscars and four Grammy Awards, Grammys, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmys and a Tony Awar ...
&
John Powell – ''
Kung Fu Panda'' –
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios and simply known as DreamWorks) is an American animation studio that produces animated films and television programs and is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division ...
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Kevin Manthei
Kevin Manthei (born 1970 in Maplewood, Minnesota) is an American composer for film, television, and video games.
Biography
Manthei grew up in Minnesota. He played the piano in his youth and played the trumpet in high school. He graduated from th ...
- ''
Batman: Gotham Knight'' -
Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation Inc. is an American animation studio which is part of the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., a flagship of Warner Bros. Discovery. As the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons, which was active from 1 ...
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John Powell - ''
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who'' -
Blue Sky Studios
Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their e ...
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Max Richter
Max Richter (; ; born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalist and contemporary classical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinbur ...
– ''
Waltz With Bashir
''Waltz with Bashir'' ( he, ואלס עם באשיר, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 Israeli adult animated war documentary drama film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of ...
'' –
Sony Pictures Classics
Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom. It distributes, produc ...
, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
**
William Ross – ''
The Tale of Despereaux (film)
''The Tale of Despereaux'' is a 2008 computer-animated adventure fantasy film directed by Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen (in his feature directorial debut). It is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Kate DiCamillo. The film is narrated by ...
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Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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Henry Jackman
Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1974) is an English composer. He composed music for films such as '' Kong: Skull Island'', '' X-Men: First Class'', ''Winnie the Pooh'', ''Wreck-It Ralph'', ''Puss in Boots'', '' Monsters vs. Aliens'', '' Captain Phi ...
,
Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, Oscars and four Grammy Awards, Grammys, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmys and a Tony Awar ...
&
John Powell – ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Carl Finch
Carl Finch (born November 29, 1951, in Texarkana, Texas) is a guitarist, keyboard player, accordionist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer who co-founded the Grammy-winning polka/dance band Brave Combo in 1979 in Denton, Texas.
Career highl ...
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Brave Combo
Brave Combo is a polka/rock/worldbeat band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by guitarist/keyboardist/accordionist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas music scene for more than thirty-five years. Their music, both o ...
- Click and Clack's ''As the Wrench Turns'' – CTTV Productions
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Kevin Kiner
Kevin Kiner (born September 3, 1958) is an American film and television composer best known for scoring ''CSI: Miami'', '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', and ''Star Wars Rebels''. Kiner was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy, Daytime Emmy and An ...
– ''Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence'' – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
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Guy Moon
Guy Vernon Moon is an American composer.
Biography
Moon was born and grew up in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Arizona in 1980. He moved to California in 1986.
Inspired by the musical works of Chick Corea, Moon has ...
– Back at the Barnyard ''Cowman: The Uddered Avenger'' – Nickelodeon/Omation
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Guy Michelmore
Guy Michelmore is an English film and television composer and former television news presenter.
Early life
Michelmore is the son of BBC presenters Cliff Michelmore and Jean Metcalfe. His mother Jean was the presenter of ''Family Favourites'' an ...
– ''Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie'' – Taffy Entertainment LLC
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Tang Heng ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Ralph Eggleston
Ralph Eggleston (October 18, 1965 – August 28, 2022). was an American animator, art director, storyboard artist, and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for '' For the Birds''. ...
''Wall·E'' – Pixar Animation Studios
** Paul Felix ''Bolt'' – Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Evgeni Tomov ''The Tale Of Despereaux'' – Universal Pictures
** Raymond Zibach ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Tang Heng ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' – DreamWorks Animation
** Andy Harkness ''Glago's Guest'' – Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Seonna Hong – ''The Mighty B!'' "Bee Patients" – Nickelodeon
** Dan Krall – ''Chowder'' "The Heavy Sleeper" – Cartoon Network Studios
** Raymond Zibach ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
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Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Jennifer Yuh Nelson ( Yuh; born May 7, 1972) is a South Korean-born American story artist, character designer, television director, illustrator, and film director. She is best known for directing the films ''Kung Fu Panda 2'', ''Kung Fu Panda 3' ...
– ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Alessandro Carloni
Alessandro Carloni is an Italian film director, animator, and art director, best known for his work with DreamWorks Animation in general, particularly the ''Kung Fu Panda'' films. He co-directed ''Kung Fu Panda 3'', alongside Jennifer Yuh Nelson ...
– ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Ronnie Del Carmen
Ronnie del Carmen (born December 31, 1959) is a Filipino animation writer, director, story artist, story supervisor and production designer. He co-directed and was one of the story writers for the 2015 Pixar film '' Inside Out'', for which he ...
– ''Wall·E'' – Pixar Animation Studios
** Joe Mateo ''Bolt'' – Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Rob Stevenhagen – ''The Tale Of Despereaux'' – Universal Pictures
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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Chris Williams ''Glago's Guest'' – Walt Disney Animation Studios
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Butch Hartman
Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He is most known for creating the Nickelodeon series ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Danny Phantom'', ''T.U.F.F. Puppy'', a ...
– ''Fairly OddParents'' "Mission: Responsible" – Nickelodeon
** Andy Kelly – ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan'' "Twirly Whirly Flyers" – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
** Andy Schuhler – ''Secret of the Furious Five'' – DreamWorks Animation
** Eddie Trigueros ''The Mighty B!'' "Name Shame"– Nickelodeon
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
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Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is th ...
– Voice of Shifu – ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Ben Burtt
Benjamin Burtt Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer, film director and editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' film series, ''Invasion of the Body ...
– Voice of Wall·E – ''Wall·E'' – Pixar Animation Studios
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James Hong
James Hong (; born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. He has worked in numerous productions in American media since the 1950s, portraying a variety of roles. With more than 650 film and television credits as of 20 ...
– Voice of Mr. Ping – ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Ian McShane
Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor, producer and director. He is known for his television performances, particularly as the title role in the BBC series ''Lovejoy'' (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in '' Deadwood'' (2004 ...
– Voice of Tai Lung – ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – ''Bolt'' – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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Ahmed Best
Ahmed Best (born August 19, 1973) is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is known for providing motion capture and the voice of the character of Jar Jar Binks in the ''Star Wars'' franchise.
Best likewise collaborated with director Geor ...
– Voice of Jar Jar Binks – ''Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II'' -
ShadowMachine
ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company for film, television, commercials and music videos.
Since its early days producing the stop-motion animation show ''Robot Chicken'', the company has been producing such shows ...
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Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
– Voice of Peter Griffin – ''Family Guy'' "I Dream of Jesus" – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
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Dwight Schultz
William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American television, film and voice actor.
He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series ''The A-Team'' and as Reginald Barclay in the ''Star Trek'' ...
– Voice of Mung Daal – ''Chowder'' "Apprentice Games" – Cartoon Network Studios
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
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Jonathan Aibel &
Glenn Berger – ''Kung Fu Panda'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Etan Cohen
Etan Cohen ( he, איתן כהן; born March 14, 1974) is an Israeli-American screenwriter and film director who has written scripts for Hollywood movies, including ''Tropic Thunder'', '' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'', ''Men in Black 3'', and '' ...
and
Eric Darnell
Eric Darnell (born August 21, 1961) is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, screenwriter, songwriter and occasional voice actor best known for co-directing ''Antz'' with Tim Johnson, as well as co-directing and co-writing ''Madagas ...
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Tom McGrath – ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Ari Folman
Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-a ...
– ''Waltz With Bashir'' – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
**
Cinco Paul
Cinco is Spanish and Portuguese for 'five', and may refer to:
Places
*Cinco (crater), a crater on the moon
*Cinco, California, United States
*Cinco Ranch, Texas, United States
*Cinco, West Virginia, United States
Others
* ''Cinco'' (film), a 2010 ...
and
Ken Daurio
Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio are American screenwriters. They are primarily known for writing screenplays for animated films, including '' Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who'', ''Despicable Me'', ''Dr. Seuss' The Lorax'', ''Despicable Me 2'', ''The Secre ...
– ''Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who'' – Blue Sky Studios
Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
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Tom Root
Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer, producer, director and voice actor for '' Robot Chicken''.
Early life
Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. W ...
,
Douglas Goldstein,
Hugh Davidson,
Mike Fasolo
Mike Fasolo (born January 28, 1969) is an American writer best known for his work on the television show ''Robot Chicken''.
Fasolo was born and raised in the small town of Tuxedo, New York. He graduated from Tuxedo High School and earned his BA ...
,
Seth Green
Seth Benjamin Green ( ''né'' Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and writer. Green's film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film ''The Hotel New Hampshire'' (1984), and he went on to have supporting ...
,
Dan Milano
Daniel Milano (born September 10, 1972) is an American voice actor, puppeteer, writer and director. He was one of the creators of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox sitcom ''Greg the Bunny'' and performed the title character Greg as well as Warre ...
,
Matthew Senreich
Matthew Ian Senreich (; born June 17, 1974) is an American screenwriter, television producer, director, and voice actor best known for his work with animated television series ''Robot Chicken'', which he co-created with business partner and close ...
,
Kevin Shinick
Kevin Thomas Shinick ( ; born March 19, 1969) is an American writer, producer, director and actor, as well as a comic book creator. Shinick received an Emmy award for his work on the stop motion animated series '' Robot Chicken'', and an Emmy nom ...
,
Zeb Wells
Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, a television writer/director known for his work on the animated TV series ''Robot Chicken'', and the co-creator/showrunner of ''SuperMansion''.
Career
Wells is an E ...
,
Breckin Meyer
Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, musician, writer and producer, known for his roles in films such as ''Clueless'' (1995), ''Road Trip'' (2000), ''Rat Race'' (2001), and '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004), he's also known f ...
– ''Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II'' – ShadowMachine
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Joel H. Cohen – ''The Simpsons'' "The Debarted" – Gracie Films/Fox TV
** Scott Kreamer – ''El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera'' "Mustache Love" – Nickelodeon
** Paul McEvoy and
Todd Berger
Todd Berger (born April 5, 1979) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and novelist most prominently known for writing and directing the feature films ''It's a Disaster'', ''Cover Versions'', ''The Scenesters'', and the documentary ' ...
– ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' – DreamWorks Animation
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Chris Williams – ''Glago's Guest'' – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Juried award winners
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Winsor McCay Award
The Winsor McCay Award is given to individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical work, music, profession ...
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Mike Judge
Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director and musician. He is the creator of the animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present), and the co-cre ...
,
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseter (; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, ...
and
Nick Park
Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is a British animator who created ''Wallace and Gromit'', ''Creature Comforts'', ''Chicken Run'', ''Shaun the Sheep'', and '' Early Man''. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of ...
*
June Foray Award The June Foray Award is a juried award given to individuals in recognition of a significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation. The award is given by the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood ...
— Bill Turner
* Certificate of Merit — Amir Avni, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner and Alex Vassilev
References
External links
36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients
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2008
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2008 film awards
Annie
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
The ...
Annie
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
The ...