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 Film, cinema and television. Originally ...
, honoring the best in animation in 2006, was held on February 11, 2007, at the
Alex Theatre
The Alex Theatre is a landmark located at 216 North Brand Boulevard in Glendale, California, United States. It is currently owned by the city of Glendale and operated by Glendale Arts. The theater’s capacity is 1,400.
Architecture
The Alex The ...
in Glendale, California.
The nominations were announced on December 4, 2006.
Winners are marked in bold text.
Cars
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, people in ...
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Happy Feet
''Happy Feet'' is a 2006 computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller. It stars the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, and ...
Over the Hedge
''Over the Hedge'' is an American syndicated comic strip, written by Michael Fry, and drawn by T. Lewis. It tells the story of a raccoon, a turtle, a squirrel, and their friends, who come to terms with their woodlands being taken over, by su ...
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
''The Adventures of Brer Rabbit'' is a 2006 American animated comedy film loosely inspired by the African American Br'er Rabbit stories popularized by Joel Chandler Harris. The film notably features an all-black cast, including Nick Cannon as th ...
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard.
The first collection of stories about the character was the book ''Win ...
No Time for Nuts
''No Time for Nuts'' is a computer-animated short film from Blue Sky Studios, starring Scrat from ''Ice Age (franchise), Ice Age''. Directed by Chris Renaud (animator), Chris Renaud and Mike Thurmeier, it was released on November 21, 2006, on the D ...
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Adventure Time
''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...
United Airlines
United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
Saint Louis Zoo
The Saint Louis Zoo, officially known as the Saint Louis Zoological Park, is a zoo in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri. It is recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education. The zoo is accredited by the ...
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 ...
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Charlie and Lola
Charlie and Lola are fictional children created by the English writer and illustrator Lauren Child in 2000. They were introduced in a series of picture books and later adapted as animated television characters. Lola is an energetic and imagina ...
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The Fairly OddParents
''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant him ...
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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 ...
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Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'' is an American children's educational Flash animated television series created by Bob Boyle. The series was produced by Bolder Media (a joint venture of Frederator Studios and the Mixed Media Group) and Starz Media ...
Flushed Away
''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, produced by Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton, and Peter Lord, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan a ...
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* Keith Klohn – ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
* David Stephens – ''Open Season'' – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
* Erdem Taylan – ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
* John David Thornton – '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' – Blue Sky Studios
Character Animation in a Feature Production
* Gabe Hordos – ''Flushed Away'' – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
* Line Andersen – ''Flushed Away'' – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
* Carlos Baena – ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
* Bobby Podesta – ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
* Kristof Serrand – ''Over The Hedge'' – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Television Production
* Yu Jae Myung – ''
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 ...
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 d ...
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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 ...
Films
* Eileen Kohlhepp – '' Family Guy'' – Fox TV
* Sihanouk Mariona – '' Robot Chicken'' – ShadowMachine Films
Character Design in an Animated Feature 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 ...
– ''Over The Hedge'' – DreamWorks Animation
* Peter de Sève – ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'' – Blue Sky Studios
* Carter Goodrich – ''Open Season'' – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
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Mike Kunkel Mike Kunkel is a cartoonist known, among other things, for his work on ''Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!
''Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!'' was an all-ages comic book series published by DC Comics as a part of its Johnny DC imprint. T ...
– '' The Life & Times of Juniper Lee'' "Party Monsters" – Cartoon Network Studios
* Ben Balistreri – '' Danny Phantom'' "King Tuck" – Nickelodeon
* Carlos Ramos – '' The X’s'' "Homebody" – Nickelodeon
* Eric Robles – ''The X’s'' "You Only Sneeze Twice" – Nickelodeon
Karey Kirkpatrick
Karey Kirkpatrick is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. His films include Chicken Run, ''The Rescuers Down Under'', '' James and the Giant Peach,'' ''Over the Hedge'', ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'', ''Charlotte's Web'', and ...
– ''Over The Hedge'' – DreamWorks Animation
* David Bowers &
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 ...
– ''Flushed Away'' – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
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Gil Kenan
Gil Kenan (October 16, 1976) is a British–American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and animator.
Early life
Kenan was born in London to a Jewish family. When Kenan was three, his family immigrated to Tel Aviv, Israel. He has one br ...
– ''Monster House'' – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
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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 ...
– ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
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Carlos Saldanha
Carlos Saldanha (; born 24 January 1965) is a Brazilian animator, director, producer, and voice actor of animated films who worked with Blue Sky Studios until its closure in 2021. He was the director of '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' (2006), '' Ice A ...
– ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'' – Blue Sky Studios
Directing in an Animated Television Production
* Giancarlo Volpe – ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' “The Drill” – Nickelodeon
* Shaun Cashman – ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' “Hill Billy” – Cartoon Network Studios
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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 Chann ...
– ''Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends'' “Bus the Two of Us” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Guy Vasilovich – ''
Growing Up Creepie
''Growing Up Creepie'' is an animated television series created by Anthony Gaud, Chris Woods, and Carin Greenberg, and produced by Mike Young Productions. In other countries, the series was simply titled ''Creepie''. The series premiered on Sept ...
'' “The Tell-Tale Poem” – Mike Young Productions
Music in an Animated Feature Production
* Randy Newman – ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
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John Debney
John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores. His work encompasses a variety of mediums and genres including comedy, horror, thriller, and action-adventure. He is a l ...
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The Ant Bully
''The Ant Bully'' () is a 1999 children's book drawn and written by John Nickle. It is about a young boy named Lucas Nickle (also known as Peanut the Destroyer), who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants. It was late ...
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Gordon Goodwin
Gordon L. Goodwin (born 1954) is an American pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is the leader of Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. He has won four Grammy Awards and three Daytime Emmy Awards, and has received over twenty ...
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Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
''Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'' (also known as ''Looney Tunes: Bah Humduck'') is a 2006 animated direct-to-DVD Christmas comedy film starring the Looney Tunes characters, directed by Charles Visser, produced by Warner Bros. Animation a ...
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Laura Karpman
Laura Anne Karpman (born March 1, 1959) is an American composer, whose work has included music for film, television, video games, theater, and the concert hall. She has won five Emmy Awards for her work. Karpman was trained at The Juilliard Scho ...
– ''A Monkey’s Tale'' – Dedica Group
* John Powell – ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'' – Blue Sky Studios
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 ...
'': "One False Movie" (Cartoon Network Studios)
* Brad Benedict, Mark Fontana & Erik Godal – ''
Squirrel Boy
''Squirrel Boy'' is an American animated television series created by Everett Peck for Cartoon Network. Before the show, Peck was known for creating ''Duckman'', which aired on USA Network from 1994 to 1997. The show premiered on May 27, 2006, and ...
'': "A Line in the Sandwich" (Cartoon Network Studios)
* John King – '' Shorty McShorts' Shorts'': "Boyz on Da Run Part 1" (Walt Disney Television Animation)
* Steve Marston – ''
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
''Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks'' (or simply ''Jakers'' in Europe) is a computer-animated children's television series. The series was broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States, and on CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom. It was a ...
'': "The Gift" (Mike Young Productions)
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Pierre-Olivier Vincent – ''Flushed Away'' – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
* William Cone – ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
* Andy Harkness – ''Open Season'' – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
* Michael Humphries – ''Open Season'' – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
* Paul Shardlow – ''Over The Hedge'' – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in an Animated Television Production
* Martin Ansolabehere – ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' “Good Wilt Hunting” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Alan Bodner - ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee'' “Water We Fighting For” - Cartoon Network Studios
* Bob Boyle – ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy'' – “Tale of Tails” – Produced by Bolder Media, Inc. in association with Film Roman, a Starz Company.
* Dan Krall – '' My Gym Partner’s A Monkey'' “Grub Drive” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Sue Mondt – '' Camp Lazlo'' “Hard Days Samson” – Cartoon Network Studios
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
* Gary Graham ''Over The Hedge'' – DreamWorks Animation
* Thom Enriquez ''Over The Hedge'' – DreamWorks Animation
* William H. Frake III ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'' – Blue Sky Studios
* Kris Pearn ''Open Season'' – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
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Simon Wells
Simon Finlay Wells (born 1961) is an English film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great-grandson of author H. G. Wells, and is best known for directing ''The Prince of Egypt'' with Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner.
Ea ...
''Flushed Away'' – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
* Li Hong – ''The X's'' “You Only Sneeze Twice” – Nickelodeon
* Troy Adomitis - '' American Dragon: Jake Long'' “Breakout” – Walt Disney Television Animation
* Ben Balistreri – ''Danny Phantom'' “Urban Jungle” – Nickelodeon
* Shaut Nigoghossian – ''Danny Phantom'' “Reality Trip” – Nickelodeon
* Adam Van Wyk – ''
Hellboy
Hellboy is a fictional superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossover ...
* Ian McKellen – Voice of the Toad – ''Flushed Away'' – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
* Maggie Gyllenhaal – Voice of Zee – ''Monster House'' – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
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Sam Lerner
Samuel Bryce Lerner (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, who is most known for his role as Geoff Schwartz on '' The Goldbergs'', Chowder in '' Monster House'', and as Quinn Goldberg in ''Project Almanac''.
Career
Lerner appeared in ...
– Voice of Chowder – ''Monster House'' – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
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Spencer Locke
Spencer Locke (born September 20, 1991) is an American actress known for her roles as Kylie in ''Cougar Town,'' Jenny Bennett in '' Monster House,'' Ione in '' Detention'', and K-Mart in the ''Resident Evil'' film series.
Life and career
Prior ...
– Voice of Jenny – ''Monster House'' – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
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Wanda Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on '' The Chris Rock Show'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, ''Entertai ...
– Voice of Stella – ''Over The Hedge'' – DreamWorks Animation
Yzma
The following are fictional characters from The Walt Disney Company, Disney's 2000 animated film ''The Emperor's New Groove'', its direct-to-video sequel ''Kronk's New Groove'', and the spin-off television series ''The Emperor's New School''.
Ku ...
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The Emperor's New School
''The Emperor's New School'' is an American animated television series created by Mark Dindal that aired on Disney Channel for two seasons between January2006 and November2008. It is the second sequel to the 2000 film ''The Emperor's New Groove ...
'' “Kuzclone” – Walt Disney Television Animation
* Keith Ferguson – Voice of Blooregard – ''Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends'' “Squeeze the Day” – Cartoon Network Studios
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Mila Kunis
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi and raised in Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006) at the age of 14. Since ...
– Voice of Meg Griffin – ''Family Guy'' “ Barely Legal” – Fuzzy Door Productions
* Russi Taylor – Voice of Ferny – ''Jakers!'' “Mi Galeon” – Mike Young Productions
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Patrick Warburton
Patrick Warburton (born November 14, 1964) is an American actor.
On television, he has played David Puddy on '' Seinfeld'', the title character on ''The Tick'', Jeb Denton on ''Less Than Perfect'', Jeff Bingham on '' Rules of Engagement'' and L ...
– Voice of Kronk – ''The Emperor’s New School'' “Kuzclone” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
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Dick Clement
Dick Clement (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer, director and producer. He became known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais for television series including '' The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?' ...
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Ian La Frenais
Ian La Frenais (born 7 January 1937) is an English writer best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement. They are most famous for television series including ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', ''Porridg ...
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Chris Lloyd
Chris Lloyd (born October 10, 1980) is a sprinter from Dominica who specializes in the 400 metres.Joe Keenan and Will Davies – ''Flushed Away'' – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
* Rich Burns – ''
Brother Bear 2
''Brother Bear 2'' is a 2006 American animated direct-to-video musical fantasy comedy-drama film and the sequel to the animated feature ''Brother Bear'', which was released on August 29, 2006. Melissa Etheridge contributed three songs to the fil ...
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Dan Harmon
Daniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator and producer of the NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), creator and host of the comedy podcast '' Harmontow ...
Pamela Pettler
Pamela Pettler is an American screenwriter, television producer and television writer.
In television, she has written episodes for ''ABC Weekend Specials'', ''Charles in Charge'', ''CBS Summer Playhouse'', ''Clueless'' (also co-executive produc ...
– ''Monster House'' – Columbia Pictures Presents an ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
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Dan Fogelman
Dan Fogelman (born February 19, 1976) is an American television producer and screenwriter whose screenplays include ''Cars'', ''Tangled'', and ''Crazy, Stupid, Love''. He also created the 2012 television sitcom '' The Neighbors'', the 2015 fairy ...
– ''Cars'' – Pixar Animation Studios
* George Miller,
John Collee
John Gerald Collee (born 1955) is a Scottish screenwriter whose film scripts include ''Master and Commander'' (2003), ''Happy Feet'' (2006), '' Creation'' (2009), and ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (2013). He is also a journalist and a novelist. Co ...
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Judy Morris
Judith Ann Morris (born 17 February 1947) is an Australian character actress, as well as a film director and screenwriter, well known for the variety of roles she played in 58 different television shows and films, starting her career as a child ...
& Warren Coleman – ''Happy Feet'' – Warner Bros. Pictures Presents in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, A Kennedy Miller Production in Association with Animal Logic Film
Writing in an Animated Television Production
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Ian Maxtone-Graham
Ian Howes Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer. He has formerly written for ''Saturday Night Live'' (1992–1995) and ''The Simpsons'' (1995–2012), as well as serving as a co-executive producer and consulting producer ...
– ''
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 Simpson, Homer, Marge ...
Kirker Butler
Kirker Butler is an American writer, who has written and produced shows such as '' Family Guy'', ''The Cleveland Show'', '' The Neighbors (2012 TV series)'', ''Galavant'', and '' Life in Pieces''.
Career
Butler joined ''Family Guy'' in 2004, an ...
– ''Family Guy'' “ Barely Legal” – Fuzzy Door Productions
* Tom Sheppard – ''My Gym Partner’s a Monkey'' “Nice Moustache” – Cartoon Network Studios
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Dan Vebber
Dan Vebber is an American writer best known for his television work on animated shows such as ''The Simpsons'', ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', '' Futurama'', ''Daria'', ''Napoleon Dynamite'' and '' American Dad!''. He was also a writer on '' Buffy ...
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American Dad
''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Since 2014, the series has been airing new episodes on TBS. ''American Dad!'' is the first televisio ...
'' “American Dad Afterschool Special” – Fuzzy Door Productions/Underdog Productions
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John Viener
Jonathan David Viener (; born July 10, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
Early life
Viener was born in New York City, New York.
Career
He is a writer and producer on the television series '' Family Guy'', where he al ...
Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
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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 ...
Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.
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Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Awards-nominated animated short '' Your Face'' and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting wit ...
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Genndy Tartakovsky
Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky (russian: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский, born ), commonly known as Tartakovsky (), is a Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, storyboard artist, ...
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 Film, cinema and television. Originally ...