Bolt, KungFu Panda, WALL-E Get Annie Nominations

ASIFA-Hollywood Hosts The 36th Annual Annie Awards

© Dominic von Riedemann

Dec 1, 2008

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for the 36th Annual Annie Awards, which recognizes the year’s best animated features, television productions, commercials, video games and short subjects.

“On behalf of ASIFA-Hollywood, I would like to congratulate all of the nominees and award recipients for their outstanding work and look forward to a very exciting ceremony in January,” said president Antran Manoogian in the press release.

A select list of nominees, and their categories, is below.

Best Animated Feature Film Nominees

• DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda
• Walt Disney Animation Studios' Bolt
• Disney/Pixar's WALL-E.
• Sony Pictures Classics' Waltz With Bashir
• Sherman Pictures/Lama Films' $9.99.

Best Animated Home Entertainment Production

• Batman: Gotham Knight - Warner Bros. Animation
• Christmas Is Here Again - Easy To Dream Entertainment
• Futurama: "The Beast with a Billion Backs" - The Curiosity Company/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• Justice League: The New Frontier - Warner Bros. Animation
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning - DisneyToon Studios

Best Animated Short Subject

• "Glago’s Guest" - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• "Hot Dog" - Bill Plympton Studio
• "Presto" - Pixar Animation Studios
• "Sebastian’s Voodoo" - Joaquin Baldwin
• "Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death" - Aardman Animations Ltd.

Best Animated Television Production

• King of the Hill - 20th Century Fox TV
• Moral Orel - ShadowMachine
• Phineas and Ferb - Disney Television Animation
• Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II - ShadowMachine
• The Simpsons - Gracie Films/Fox TV

Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children

• A Miser Brothers Christmas - Warner Bros. Animation
• Avatar: The Last Airbender - Nickelodeon
• Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” - Cartoon Network Studios
• The Mighty B! - Nickelodeon
• Underfist: Halloween Bash - Cartoon Network Studios

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

• Alen Lai Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
• Li-Ming Lawrence Lee Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Fangwei Lee Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - DreamWorks Animation
• Kevin Lee Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Enrique Vila WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• James Baxter Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Jeff Gabor Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
• Philippe Le Brun Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Victor Navone WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
• Dan Wagner Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form

• Sandro Cleuzo Secrets of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation
• Joshua A. Jennings Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
• Pierre Perifel Secrets of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

• Valerie Hadida Igor - Exodus Film Group
• Sang Jun Lee Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
• Nico Marlet Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

• Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen The Tale Of Despereaux - Universal Pictures
• Ari Folman Waltz With Bashir - Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
• Tatia Rosenthal $9.99 - Sherman Pictures/ Lama Films
• John Stevenson & Mark Osborne Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Andrew Stanton WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Bob Anderson - The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XIX ” - Gracie Films/Fox TV
• Joaquim Dos Santos - Avatar: The Last Airbender “Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3” - Nickelodeon
• Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” - Cartoon Network Studios
• Chris McKay - Moral Orel “Passing” - ShadowMachine
• Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish ” - Nickelodeon

Music in an Animated Feature Production

• Kevin Manthei - Batman: Gotham Knight - Warner Bros. Animation
• John Powell - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
• Max Richter - Waltz With Bashir - Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
• William Ross - The Tale Of Despereaux - Universal Pictures
• Hans Zimmer & John Powell - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

• Ralph Eggleston WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
• Paul Felix Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Tang Heng Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Evgeni Tomov The Tale Of Despereaux - Universal Pictures
• Raymond Zibach Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

• Alessandro Carloni - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Ronnie Del Carmen - WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
• Joe Mateo Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Jen Yuh Nelson - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Rob Stevenhagen - The Tale Of Despereaux - Universal Pictures

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

• Ben Burtt - Voice of WALL-E - WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
• Dustin Hoffman - Voice of Shifu - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• James Hong - Voice of Mr. Ping - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Ian McShane - Voice of Tai Lung - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Mark Walton - Voice of Rhino - Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

• Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
• Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - DreamWorks Animation
• Ari Folman - Waltz With Bashir - Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
• Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios

This year's Winsor McCay Award recipients - for those who have made exceptional contributions to animation over the course of their careers - are Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill), Disney/Pixar producer/director John Lasseter and Nick Park of Aardman Animation.

The June Foray award - for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation - goes to animator and instructor Bill Turner. Certificate of Merit awards go to Amir Avini, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, and Alex Vassilev.

The 36th Annual Annie Awards happens Friday, January 30th.

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