2009 Annie Awards
2009 International Animated Film Society's Annie Award nominations: December 1, 2008
2009 Annie Award winners: January 30, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Kung Fu Panda was the surprising — shocking? — big winner at the 2009 Annie Awards. The animated feature won 10 Annies — in every single feature category — including best animated feature, best direction (John Stevenson and Mark Osborne), best screenplay (Jon Aibel and Glenn Berger), and best voice acting (Dustin Hoffman). Odds-on favorite WALL-E failed to win a single award. It should be noted that since 2001, when the Academy instituted the best animated feature category, only once has the Annie winner failed to nab the Academy Award. (Cars won the Annie; Happy Feet won the Oscar at the 2007 ceremony.)
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
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
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
International Animated Film Society Site
Is very odd that Kung-fu panda won….
As for me WALL-E had to win…
At last it won Academy Awards,etc.
¡I love Pixar's movies!
I'm surprised that Madagascar 2 didn't beat out Kung Fu Panda! That was even a bigger classic!!!
The most highly acclaimed animated film in recent memory that has pretty much swept every animated award and actually won a handful of Best PICTURE awards, and was honored by the AFI, NBR, BFCA, and PGA, and was honored with 6 Academy Award nominations in 6 different categories, and actually made a serious run at being an Oscar Best Picture nominee (which I believe would've come to fruition if not for inherend genre-biases among some voters), was SHUT OUT? Waltz with Bashir, who outside of Wall-E was the next highly acclaimed animated film was shut out too? I smell something nefarious afoot. I guess that's what you get if you didn't open up enough to become a "gold sponsor"
No knock on Kung Fu Panda, I found it fun and enjoyable, but C'mon! It was your typical "vanilla" animation. Well, it's ok, though I've questioned the integrity of the Oscars over the past years, I have faith they will restore order come the 22nd.
You're reading it right, sadly, USC. PS, this image speaks for itself:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/MidgardDragon/obvious.jpg
What the?!? I just got back to my dorm and by no means am I drunk. Am I reading this right?!?
WALL-E will certainly still win The Oscar. But this list of winners still begs the question: why? If it's because DreamWorks is a bigger sponsor then this award has some serious issues in their voting that have to be worked out if anyone is to ever take them seriously. The only other explanation I can come up with is they want to stir up controversy pre-Oscars to draw attention to themselves. In which case they're just as pathetic.
@netbug,
Dreamworks is a higher sponsor? that explains it.
Wall-E was the best animated film of the year, and 2nd best was Waltz with Bashir. I liked KFP but in no way is it in the same pedestal as those two. It's all good though, the big prize is still gonna be Wall-E's on the 22nd
What a joke!!! Even Presto LOST? The Annie awards have now officially become a joke like the Golden Globes
No Worries here, folks, sure it's a travesty and all that, but I bet Pixar is not worried. KFP was good, but it is NOT in the same league as Wall-E. Wall-E has the Oscar animated award in the bag, and is a threat to bring home a couple more. There's no way it will lose the animated oscar, heck, it was nominated for orig. screenplay to boot.
….Wow, the Annie Awards of all places. I mean, I like KFP, a lot, but….
I was surprised when it didn't get a nom for best score or best story, but…. who rigged the voting? Seriously? WALL-E totally missed some important noms it should have gotten. Please note, Dreamworks is a higher sponsor. Just… wow.
Wow, and just when I'd been saying that the Annies were who we could depend on when the Oscars had a dumb bias. I was hoping KFP would snag a few, but this… is really dumb and unfair.
Wuuuuh…….This has to be a joke. It HAS to be. And it's not funny either.
*sigh* This is so…wrong. For WALL-E, the film that's won numerous Best Picture awards, to lose out to The Panda…makes no sense. No sense at all.
Nope, no hacking.
I'm as surprised as everybody else…
Please tell me these are wrong or this site got hacked or something….if these are true then wow, just wow. It's the dumbest awards show in history.