Awards -- Annie Awards

The Award Awards cover the best in animation for the year, in films, tv, games, all genres. For purposes of this site, I'm just covering the film awards. Also, this year, it seems like they've expanded their nominee lists to include much more. Pixar finds itself nominated again for Cars 2 in many categories, only a year after saying that Disney/Pixar would not contribute to the Annie's anymore. Yeah, the didn't last long.

That said, KUNG FU PANDA 2 leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by both PUSS IN BOOTS and RANGO with 9. Strong showing for RIO with 8, and WINNIE THE POOH also garnered 8, even though it was strangly shut up of the Best Feature race. A few other noticeables include CARS 2 with 7, ARTHUR CHRISTMAS with 6, THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN with 5, and GNOMEO AND JULIET with 4.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
Arrugas (Wrinkles)
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio


BEST ANIMATED EFFECTS IN A FEATURE
Joel Aron - "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
Chase Cooper - "Rango"
Eric Froemling - "Cars 2"
Willi Geiger - "Rango"
Dan Lund - "Winnie the Pooh"
Jason Mayer - "Kung Fu Panda 2"
Jon Reisch - "Cars 2"
Kevin Romond - "The Adventures of Tintin"
Dave Tidgewell - "Kung Fu Panda 2"
Can Yuksel - "Puss in Boots"

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A FEATURE
Andreas Deja - "Winnie the Pooh"
Jeff Gabor - "Rio"
Mark Henn - "Winnie the Pooh"
Pierre Perifel - "Kung Fu Panda 2"
Patrik Puhala - "Rio"
Olivier Staphylas - "Puss in Boots"
Dan Wagner - "Kung Fu Panda 2"


BEST CHARACTER DESIGN IN A FEATURE
Peter de Seve - "Arthur Christmas"
Patrick Mate - "Puss in Boots"
Mark "Crash" McCreery - "Rango"
Sergio Pablos - "Rio"
Jay Shuster - "Cars 2"

BEST DIRECTING OF A FEATURE
Kelly Asbury - "Gnomeo & Juliet"
Don Hall & Stephen Anderson - "Winnie the Pooh"
Chris Miller - "Puss in Boots"
Jennifer Yuh Nelson - "Kung Fu Panda 2"
Carlos Saldahna - "Rio"
Gore Verbinski - "Rango"


BEST EDITING IN A FEATURE
Eric Dapkewicz - "Puss in Boots"
Michael Kahn - "The Adventures of Tintin"
Clare Knight - "Kung Fu Panda 2"
Stephen Schaffer - "Cars 2"
Craig Wood - "Rango"

BEST MUSIC IN A FEATURE
"The Adventures of Tintin" - John Williams
"Puss in Boots" - Henry Jackman
"Rio" - Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes & John Powell
"Winnie the Pooh" - Zooey Deschannel, Kristin Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman & Robert Lopez


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OF A FEATURE
Tom Cardone, Kyle ManNaughton & Peter Chan - "Rio"
Paul Felix - "Winnie the Pooh"
Harley Jessup - "Cars 2"
Raymond Zilback - "Kung Fu Panda 2"


BEST STORYBOARDING OF A FEATURE
Philip Craven - "Kung Fu Panda 2"
David Gosman - "Rango"
Gary Graham - "Kung Fu Panda 2"
Josh Hayes - "Rango"
Bob Logan - "Puss in Boots"
Scott Morse - "Cars 2"
Kris Pearn - "Arthur Christmas"
Jeremy Spears - "Winnie the Pooh"
Nelson Yokota - "Gnomeo and Juliet"


BEST VOICE ACTING IN A FEATURE
Jermaine Clement - "Rio" - Nigel
Jim Cummings - "Gnomeo and Juliet" - Featherstone
Zach Galifianakis - "Puss in Boots" - Humpty Alexander Dumpty
James Hong - Kung Fu Panda 2" - Mr. Ping
Ashley Jenson - "Arthur Christmas" - Bryony
Bill Nighy - "Arthur Christmas" - Grandsanta
Gary Oldman - "Kung Fu Panda 2" - Shen


BEST WRITING OF A FEATURE
"The Adventures of Tintin" - Steve Moffat, Edgar Wright & Joe Cronish
"Arthur Christmas" - Sarah Smith & Peter Baynham
"Gnomeo & Juliet" - Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Mark Burton, Kathy Greenburg, Emily Cook, Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Kelly Asbury & Steve Hamilton
"Rango" - John Logan, Gore Verbinski & James Byrkit
"Winnie the Pooh" - Brian Kesinger, Kendelle Hoyer, Don Dougherty, Clio Chang, Don Hall & Stephen Anderson