This post officially kicks off our coverage of this year’s awards season.
Today the nominations for the 38th annual Annie Awards were announced. Honouring animation of all kinds, the awards ceremony will be held on February 5th, 2011. The excellent line-up for Best Animated Feature includes:
The Illusionist
As Disney/Pixar withdrew their support of the awards organization several months back, due to disagreements with the voting and judging rules, their films are oddly absent from most of the technical categories. Which leaves How To Train Your Dragon as a potential frontrunner.
See below for a complete list of nominees.
2010 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation
Tangled – Disney
The Illusionist – Django Films
Toy Story 3 – Disney/Pixar
Best Animated Short Subject
Coyote Falls – Warner Bros. Animation
Day & Night – Pixar
Enrique Wrecks the World – House of Chai
The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger – Plymptoons Studio
The Renter – Jason Carpenter
Best Animated Television Commercial
Children’s Medical Center – DUCK Studios
Frito Lay Dips “And Then There Was Salsa” – LAIKA/house
‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Winter Olympic Interstitial “Speed
Skating” – DreamWorks Animation
McDonald’s “Spaceman Stu” – DUCK Studios
Pop Secret “When Harry Met Sally” – Nathan Love
Best Animated Television Production
Futurama – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century
Fox Television
Kung Fu Panda Holiday – DreamWorks Animation
Scared Shrekless – DreamWorks Animation
Star Wars: The Clone Wars “Arc Troopers” – Lucasfilm Animation,
Ltd.
The Simpsons “The Squirt and the Whale” – Gracie Films
Best Animated Television Production for Children
Adventure Time – Cartoon Network Studios
Cloudbread – GIMC
Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon, Frederator
Regular Show – Cartoon Network Studios
SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon
Best Animated Video Game
Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream
Kirby’s Epic Yarn – Good-Feel & HAL Laboratory
Limbo – Playdead
Shank – Klei Entertainment Inc.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Andrew Young Kim “Shrek Forever After” – DreamWorks Animation
Jason Mayer “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Brett Miller “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Sebastian Quessy “Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of
Ga’Hoole” – Warner Bros. Pictures
Krzysztof Rost “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Television Production
Nicolas A. Chauvelot “Scared Shrekless” – DreamWorks Animation
Savelen Forrest “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III” –
ShadowMachine
Elizabeth Harvatine “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III” –
ShadowMachine
David Pate “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Nideep Varghese “Scared Shrekless” – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Mark Donald “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation
Anthony Hodgson “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation
Gabe Hordos “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Jakob Hjort Jensen “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks
Animation
David Torres “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Quentin Miles – Clash of the Titans
Ryan Page – Alice in Wonderland
Character Design in a Television Production
Andy Bialk “The Ricky Gervais Show” – W!LDBRAIN Entertainment
Stephan DeStefano “Sym-Bionic Titan” – Cartoon Network
Ernie Gilbert “T.U.F.F. Puppy” – Nickelodeon
Gordon Hammond “T.U.F.F. Puppy” – Nickelodeon
Steve Lambe “Fanboy & Chum Chum” – Nickelodeon, Frederator
Character Design in a Feature Production
Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
Carter Goodrich “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment and
Universal Pictures
Timothy Lamb “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation
Nico Marlet “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in a Television Production
Bob Anderson “The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXI” – Gracie
Films
Peter Chung “Firebreather” – Cartoon Network Studios
Duke Johnson “Frankenhole: Humanitas” – ShadowMachine
Tim Johnson “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Gary Trousdale “Scared Shrekless” – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in a Feature Production
Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud “Despicable Me” – Illumination
Entertainment and Universal Pictures
Mamoru Hosoda “Summer Wars” – Madhouse/Funimation
Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois “How To Train Your Dragon” –
DreamWorks Animation
Lee Unkrich “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar
Music in a Television Production
J. Walter Hawkes, Billy Lopez “The Wonder Pets!” – Nickelodeon
Production & Little Airplane Productions
Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer and John Powell “Kung Fu Panda
Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Tim Long, Alf Clausen, Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement “The
Simpsons: Elementary School Musical” – Gracie Films
Shawn Patterson “Robot Chicken’s DP Christmas Special” –
ShadowMachine
Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker
“SpongeBob SquarePants” – Nickelodeon
Music in a Feature Production
Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
David Hirschfelder “Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of
Ga’Hoole” – Warner Bros. Pictures
John Powell “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Harry Gregson Williams “Shrek Forever After” – DreamWorks
Animation
Pharrell Williams, Heitor Pereira “Despicable Me” – Illumination
Entertainment and Universal Pictures
Production Design in a Television Production
Alan Bodner “Neighbors From Hell” – 20th Century Fox Television
Barry Jackson “Firebreather” – Cartoon Network Studios
Pete Oswald “Doubtsourcing” – Badmash Animation Studios
Richie Sacilioc “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Scott Wills “Sym-Bionic Titan” – Cartoon Network Studios
Production Design in a Feature Production
Yarrow Cheney “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment and
Universal Pictures
Eric Guillon “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment and
Universal Pictures
Dan Hee Ryu “Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” –
Warner Bros. Pictures
Pierre Olivier Vincent “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks
Animation
Peter Zaslav “Shrek Forever After” – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in a Television Production
Sean Bishop “Scared Shrekless” – DreamWorks Animation
Fred Gonzales “T.U.F.F. Puppy” – Nickelodeon
Tom Owens “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Dave Thomas “Fairly OddParents” – Nickelodeon
Storyboarding in a Feature Production
Alessandro Carloni “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks
Animation
Paul Fisher “Shrek Forever After” – DreamWorks Animation
Tom Owens “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Catherine Yuh Rader “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Television Production
Jeff Bennett as The Necronomicon “Fanboy & Chum Chum” –
Nickelodeon & Frederator
Corey Burton as Baron Papanoida “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” –
Cartoon Network
Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” –
Cartoon Network
Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown “The Cleveland Show” – Fox
Television Animation
James Hong as Mr. Ping “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks
Animation
Voice Acting in a Feature Production
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks
Animation
Gerard Butler as Stoick “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks
Animation
Steve Carrell as Gru “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment
and Universal Pictures
Cameron Diaz as Fiona “Shrek Forever After” – DreamWorks
Animation
Geoffrey Rush as Ezylryb “Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of
Ga’Hoole” – Warner Bros. Pictures
Writing in a Television Production
Daniel Arkin “Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Heroes on Both Sides” –
Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
Jon Colton Barry & Piero Piluso “Phineas & Ferb: Nerds of a Feather”
– Disney Channel
John Frink “The Simpsons: Stealing First Base” – Gracie Films
Geoff Johns, Matthew Beans, Zeb Wells, Hugh Sterbakov, Matthew
Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Douglas
Goldstein, Tom Root, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick & Hugh Davidson
“Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III” – ShadowMachine
Michael Rowe “Futurama” – The Curiosity Company in association
with 20th Century Fox Television
Writing in a Feature Production
Michael Arndt “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar
Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders “How to Train Your
Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Dan Fogelman “Tangled” – Disney
Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons “Megamind” – DreamWorks
Animation
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay Award – Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening
June Foray – Ross Iwamoto
Ub Iwerks Award – Autodesk
Special Achievement – “Waking Sleeping Beauty”
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