El pasado 11 de febrero se celebraron los Annie Awards en su 34ª edición. Este certamen, organizado por la Sociedad Internacional de Cine de Animación (ASIFA), y que premia a las mejores películas de animación, ha galardonado la película “Cars” de Pixar con el premio de mejor película. “No time for Nuts” de Blue Sky Studios y “Flushed Hawai the Game” de D3 Publisher of America fueron premiadas respectivamente como mejor corto de animación y mejor videojuego.

http://www.annieawards.com/ 

A continuación os enumeramos los nominados y resaltamos los que han sido los ganadores.

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature
•    Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
•    Happy Feet – Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Kennedy Miller Production in association with Animal Logic Film
•    Monster House – Columbia Pictures Presents an ImageMovers/Amblin Production
•    Open Season – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
•    Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation

Best Home Entertainment Production
•    Bambi II – DisneyToon Studios
•    The Adventures of Brer Rabbit – Universal Animation Studios
•    Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes – DisneyToon Studios

Best Animated Short Subject
•    Adventure Time – Nickelodeon
•    Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot – Thunderbean Animation
•    No Time For Nuts – Blue Sky Studios
•    Weird Al Yankovic “Don’t Download This Song” – Acme Filmworks

Best Animated Television Commercial
•    Candy Factory – Ka-chew!/Screen Novelties
•    ESPN “Believe” – Laika/house
•    Hilton “Dancing Couple” – Acme Filmworks
•    St. Louis Zoo “Giraffe” – Z Animation
•    United Airlines “Dragon” – DUCK Studios

Best Animated Television Production
•    Charlie and Lola – Tiger Aspect Productions
•    Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network Studios
•    King of the Hill – Twentieth Century Fox TV
•    The Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon
•    Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!" is produced by Bolder Media, Inc. in association with Film Roman, a Starz Company.

Best Animated Video Game
•    Flushed Away The Game – D3 Publisher of America, Inc.
•    Monster House – THQ, Inc.
•    SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab – THQ, Inc.
 
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects
•    Scott Cegielski – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
•    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
•    Line Andersen – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
•    Carlos Baena – “Cars” – Pixar Animation Studios
•    Gabe Hordos – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
•    Bobby Podesta – “Cars” – Pixar Animation Studios
•    Kristof Serrand – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production
•    Joshua Jennings – “Moral Orel” – ShadowMachine Films
•    Eileen Kohlhepp – “Family Guy” – Fox TV
•    Sihanouk Mariona – “Robot Chicken” – ShadowMachine Films
•    Yu Jae Myung – Avatar “The Blind Bandit” – Nickelodeon

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
•    Peter de Sève – “Ice Age: The Meltdown” – Blue Sky Studios
•    Carter Goodrich – “Open Season” – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
•    Nicolas Marlet – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Television Production
•    Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom “King Tuck” – Nickelodeon
•    Mike Kunkel – The Life & Times of Juniper Lee “Party Monsters” – Cartoon Network Studios
•    Carlos Ramos – The X’s “Homebody” – Nickelodeon
•    Eric Robles – The X’s “You Only Sneeze Twice” – Nickelodeon

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
•    David Bowers & Sam Fell – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
•    Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation
•    Gil Kenan – “Monster House” – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
•    John Lasseter – “Cars” – Pixar Animation Studios
•    Carlos Saldanha – “Ice Age: The Meltdown” – Blue Sky Studios

Directing in an Animated Television Production
•    Shaun Cashman – The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy “Hill Billy” – Cartoon Network Studios
•    Craig McCracken – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Bus the Two of Us” – Cartoon Network Studios
•    Guy Vasilovich – Growing Up Creepie “The Tell-Tale Poem” – Mike Young Productions
•    Giancarlo Volpe – Avatar “The Drill” – Nickelodeon

Music in an Animated Feature Production
•    John Debney – “The Ant Bully” – Warner Bros. Pictures Presents in Association with Legendary Pictures, a Playtone Production in Association with DNA Productions
•    Gordon Goodwin – “Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas” – Warner Bros. Animation
•    Laura Karpman – “A Monkey’s Tale” – Dedica Group
•    Randy Newman – “Cars” – Pixar Animation Studios
•    John Powell – “Ice Age: The Meltdown” – Blue Sky Studios

Music in an Animated Television Production
•    Brad Benedict, Mark Fontana & Erik Godal – Squirrel Boy “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 Gift” – Mike Young Productions
•    James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “One False Movie” – Cartoon Networks Studios

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
•    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
•    Pierre-Olivier Vincent – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features

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
•    Thom Enriquez “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation
•    William H. Frake III “Ice Age: The Meltdown” – Blue Sky Studios
•    Gary Graham “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation
•    Kris Pearn “Open Season” – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
•    Simon Wells “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
•    Troy Adomitis - American Dragon: Jake Long “Breakout” – Walt Disney Television Animation
•    Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom “Urban Jungle” – Nickelodeon
•    Li Hong – The X’s “You Only Sneeze Twice” – Nickelodeon
•    Shaut Nigoghossian – Danny Phantom “Reality Trip” – Nickelodeon
•    Adam Van Wyk – Hellboy “Sword of Storms” – Film Roman, a Starz Media Co.

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
•    Maggie Gyllenhaal – Voice of Zee – “Monster House” – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
•    Sam Lerner – Voice of Chowder – “Monster House” – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
•    Spencer Locke – Voice of Jenny – “Monster House” – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
•    Ian McKellan – Voice of the Toad – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
•    Wanda Sykes – Voice of Stella – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
•    Keith Ferguson – Voice of Blooregard – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Squeeze the Day” – Cartoon Network Studios
•    Eartha Kitt – Voice of Yzma – The Emperor’s New School “Kuzclone” – Walt Disney Television Animation
•    Mila Kunis – Voice of Meg Griffin – Family Guy “Barely Legal” – Fuzzy Door Productions
•    Russi Taylor – Voice of Ferny – Jakers! “Mi Galeon” – Mike Young Productions
•    Patrick Warburton – Voice of Kronk – The Emperor’s New School “Kuzclone” – Walt Disney Television Animation

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
•    Rich Burns – “Brother Bear 2” – DisneyToon Studios
•    Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais and Chris Lloyd & Joe Keenan and Will Davies – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
•    Dan Harman, Rob Schrab & Pamela Pettler – “Monster House” – Columbia Pictures Presents an ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
•    Dan Fogelman – “Cars” – Pixar Animation Studios
•    George Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris & 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
•    Kirker Butler – Family Guy “Barely Legal” – Fuzzy Door Productions
•    Ian Maxtone-Graham – The Simpsons “The Seemingly Neverending Story” – Gracie Films
•    Tom Sheppard – My Gym Partner’s a Monkey “Nice Moustache” – Cartoon Network Studios
•    Dan Vebber – American Dad “American Dad Afterschool Special” – Fuzzy Door Productions/Underdog Productions
•    John Viener – Family Guy “The Griffin Family History” – Fuzzy Door Productions
 
JURIED AWARDS

June Foray Award - Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
•    Stephen Worth

Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.
•    Bill Plympton
•    Genndy Tartakovsky
•    Andreas Deja

Ub Iwerks Award
•    None

Special Achievement
•    None

Certificate of Merit
•    Bill Matthews
•    Michael Fallik
•    Marc Deckter
•    Eric Graf

And the winners are

Mejor Película de Animación
“Happy Feet”
Mejor Efectos Especiales
“Piratas del Caribe: el cofre del hombre muerto”
Mejor Corto de Animación
“The Danish Poet”