2006 Annie Awards
2006 International Animated Film Society's Annie Award winners: February 4, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
In Nick Park and Steve Box's Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Wallace and his dog Gromit investigate the mystery behind acts of sabotage that threaten their village's annual giant vegetable-growing competition.
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
Chicken Little — Walt Disney Feature Animation
Corpse Bride — Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Hauru no ugoku shiro / Howl’s Moving Castle — Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
* Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Best Home Entertainment Production
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows – Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc.
Kronk' s New Groove — DisneyToon Studios
* Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch – DisneyToon Studios
Tarzan II – DisneyToon Studios
The Batman vs Dracula — Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Short Subject
* The Fan and the Flower — Atomic Television/Plymptoons Productions
Life in Transition — Stretch Films, Inc.
Milch — Klasky Csupo
Moongirl — Laika
The Moon and The Sun: An Imagined Conversation — John Canemaker Productions
Best Animated Television Commercial
Conoco '1975' – Ring of Fire
Bastard Wants to Hit Me – Laika/House
Coke "Futbol" – Laika/House
GE "Tower"- Quiet Man Inc.
* United Airlines "Mr. Pants" – Acme Filmworks
Best Animated Television Production
AVATAR: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Cartoon Network Studios
My Life As A Teenage Robot — Nickelodeon/Frederator
* Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 – Cartoon Network Studios
The Batman – Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Video Game
Psychonauts — Double Fine Productions, Inc.
Resident Evil 4 — Capcom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS! — THQ, Inc.
Tak The Great Juju Challenge — THQ, Inc.
* Ultimate Spider-Man — Activision
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Mike Johnson, Tim Burton Corpse Bride — Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Hayao Miyazaki Howl’s Moving Castle — Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
* Nick Park, Steve Box — Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Directing in an Animated Television Production
Gary Conrad – The Fairly OddParents "The Good Old Days" — Nickelodeon
Craig McCracken – Foster' s Home for Imaginary Friends "Duchess of Wails" — Cartoon Network Studios
Dan Povenmire – Family Guy "PTV" — Fox TV Animation
Dan Riba – Justice League Unlimited "Clash" — Warner Bros. Animation
* Peter Shin – Family Guy "North by North Quahog" — Fox TV Animation
Animated Effects
Matt Baer – Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Rick Glumac – Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Dale Mayeda — Chicken Little — Walt Disney Feature Animation
Martin Usiak – Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
* Jason Wen – Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Character Animation
* Claire Billett — Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Spike Brandt – Tom & Jerry – The Karate Guard – Warner Bros. Animation
Jay Grace — Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Christopher Sadler –Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Matt Shumway — The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe — Rhythm and Hues
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Carlos Grangel — Corpse Bride — Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
William Joyce — Robots – 20th Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
Craig Kellman — Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Joe Moshier – Chicken Little — Walt Disney Feature Animation
* Nick Park — Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
Bryan Arnett — My Life As A Teenage Robot "Escape From Cluster Prime" – Nickelodeon
* Ernie Gilbert — The Fairly Odd Parent "The Good Old Days" – Nickelodeon
Jorge Guiterrez — The Buzz on Maggie "Bella Con Carny" — Walt Disney Television Animation
Luther McLaurin — "Catscratch" – Nickelodeon
Shannon Tindle — Foster' s Home for Imaginary Friends "Go Goo Go" — Cartoon Network Studios
Music in an Animated Feature Production
* Julian Nott — Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Hans Zimmer — Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Music in an Animated Television Production
Jeff Dana — Zula Patrol "Case of the Missing Rings" — Zula USA LLC
Thomas Chase Jones – The Batman "The Laughing Bat" — Warner Bros. Animation
* James L. Venable – Foster' s Home For Imaginary Friends "Duchess of Wails" — Cartoon Network Studios
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Ian Gooding, Dan Cooper, David Womersley, Mac George — Chicken Little – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Dennis A. Greco — Lilo & Stitch 2 - DisneyToon Studios
Yoriko Ito — Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
William Joyce & Steve Martino — Robots - 20th Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
* Phil Lewis — Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Production Design in an Animated Television Production
Alan Bodner – The Life and Times of Juniper Lee "Enter Sandman" – Cartoon Network Studios
Michael Giaimo Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi – Renegade Animation
Alex Kirwan My Life as a Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon
* Mike Moon, Craig McCracken, Dave Dunnet, Martin Ansolabehere – Foster' s Home for Imaginary Friends "A Lost Claus" – Cartoon Network Studios
Nadia Vurbenova – Kim Possible "So The Drama" – Walt Disney Television Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Tom McGrath — Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Chris Otsuki — Kronk' s New Groove — DisneyToon Studios
* Bob Persichetti — Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Catherine Yuh Rader — Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Michael Salter — Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
Troy Adomitis — Kim Possible "So The Drama" — Walt Disney Television Animation
Ben Balistreri — Danny Phantom "Identity Crisis" — Nickelodeon
Dave Bullock — Kim Possible "So The Drama" — Walt Disney Television Animation
* Lauren MacMullan – AVATAR:The Last Airbender "The Deserter" – Nickelodeon
Andrew Tan – Miss Spider' s Sunny Patch Friends "A Froggy Day in Sunny Patch" — Nelvana Ltd.
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Helena Bonham Carter — Voice of Lady Campanula Tottington Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Ralph Fiennes — Voice of Victor Quartermaine Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
* Peter Sallis — Voice of Wallace Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Nicholas Smith — Voice of Reverend Clement Hedges Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Grey Delisle — Voice of Kitty – Danger Rangers "Fires & Liars" — Educational Adventures
Johnny Hardwick — Voice of Dale Gribble – King of the Hill "Smoking and the Bandit" — 20th Century Fox Television
Tony Jay — Voice of Spiderus – Miss Spider' s Sunny Patch Friends "A Froggy Day in Sunny Patch" — Nelvana Ltd.
* Seth MacFarlane — Voice of Stewie – Family Guy "Brian the Bachelor" — Fox TV Animation
Rob Paulsen — Voice of Eubie The Happy Elf — Film Roman
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
* Steve Box, Nick Park, Mark Burton Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations Ltd
Tony Leondis, Michael LaBash, Tom Rogers Kronk' s New Groove — DisneyToon Studios
Hayao Miyazaki, Donald H. Hewitt, Cindy Davis Hewitt "Howl’s Moving Castle" — Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Writing in an Animated Television Production
Aaron Ehasz, John O' Bryan – AVATAR: The Last Airbender "The Fortune Teller" — Nickelodeon
* C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, Tim Hill — SpongeBob "Fear of a Krabby Patty" — Nickelodeon
Christopher Painter – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius "The Tomorrow Boys" — DNA Productions
Johanna Stein, Jack Ferraiolo – O' Grady III "Old Cold" — Soup 2 Nuts
Larry Swerdlove – Jakers! "Wish Upon A Story Part 1" — Mike Young Productions
JURIED AWARDS
June Foray Award – Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation: Mark Kausler
Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation: Cornelius Cole, Tyrus Wong, Fred Crippen
Ub Iwerks Award – Corpse Bride
Certificate of Merit – Larry Loc, Dream on Silly Dreamer
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