Annie Annoucements...

The nominees for the 2008 Annie Awards are out...

Best Animated Feature

*Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios

*Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation


*$9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films

*Wall·E – Pixar Animation Studios

*Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films

But the Annies are more than just theatrical animation. Here's the other nominations...

Best Animated Home Entertainment Production

*Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
*Christmas Is Here Again – Easy To Dream Entertainment in association with Renegade Animation
*Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs – The Curiosity Company in association with 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 Commercial

*Giant Monster – Curious Pictures
*Long Legs Mr. Hyde – Curious Pictures
*Rotofugi: The Collectors – Screen Novelties/RSA Films
*Sarah – Z Animation
*United Airlines “Heart” – Duck Studios

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 in association with ABC Family & Cuppa Coffee Studios
*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

Best Animated Video Game

*Dead Space – Electronic Arts
*Kung Fu Panda – Activision
*Wall·E – Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc.



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” - ShadowMachine
*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

Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

*Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! “Bat Mitzah Crashers” – Nickelodeon
*Ben Balistreri - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Mondo Coco” – Cartoon Network Studios
*Sean Galloway “The Spectacular Spider-Man” – Sony Pictures Television
*Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” – Nickelodeon
*Nico Marlet “Secrets of the Furious Five” – 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

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

*Carl Finch & Brave Combo - Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions
*Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
*Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
*Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation
*Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC

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

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

*Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
*Tang Heng “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
*Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon
*Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios
*Raymond Zibach “Secrets of the Furious Five” – 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

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

*Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon
*Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
*Andy Schuler – “Secret of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
*Eddie Trigueros “The Mighty B! “Name Shame”– Nickelodeon
*Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

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

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

*Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine
*Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
*Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network 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

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

*Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
*Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon
*Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
*Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” – ShadowMachine
*Chris Williams – “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios



JURIED AWARDS

* Winsor McCay recipients - Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park for career contributions to the art of animation
* June Foray award - Bill Turner for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation
* Certificate of Merit award - Amir Avni, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, Alex Vassilev