Marion Cotillard & Daniel Day-Lewis among British award winners
2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award nominations: Dec. 14. 2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Grosvenor House Hotel on Feb. 8.
Curiously, Maggie Gyllenhaal was included on the roster. About a year ago, her Sherrybaby performance was mostly bypassed during awards season, though, admittedly, she was nominated for a Best Actress – Drama Golden Globe, and was up for a Satellite Award in the same category (she lost to Helen Mirren for The Queen). Additionally, Gyllenhaal was Best Actress at two European film festivals, Karlovy Vary and Stockholm.
FILM
* No Country for Old Men.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
There Will Be Blood.
Zodiac.
The Bourne Ultimatum.
ATTENBOROUGH AWARD FOR BRITISH FILM
Once.
* Control.
Atonement.
Eastern Promises.
This Is England.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
* The Lives of Others.
Letters from Iwo Jima.
Tell No One.
DIRECTOR
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others.
* Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood.
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men.
David Fincher, Zodiac.
Cristian Mungui, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
BRITISH DIRECTOR
Anton Corbijn, Control.
* Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Ultimatum.
Shane Meadows, This Is England.
Joe Wright, Atonement.
Danny Boyle, Sunshine.
ACTOR
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others.
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
George Clooney, Michael Clayton.
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah.
* Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood.
ACTRESS
Laura Linney, The Savages.
* Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby.
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart.
Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
BRITISH ACTOR
Sam Riley, Control.
* James McAvoy, Atonement.
Christian Bale, 3:10 to Yuma.
Jim Broadbent, And When Did You Last See Your Father.
Jonny Lee Miller, The Flying Scotsman.
BRITISH ACTRESS
Samantha Morton, Control.
* Julie Christie, Away from Her.
Keira Knightley, Atonement.
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd.
Sienna Miller, Interview.
BRITISH SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton.
Toby Jones, The Painted Veil.
Alfred Molina, The Hoax.
Toby Kebell, Control.
Albert Finney, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.
BRITISH SUPPORTING ACTRESS (tie)
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement.
Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.
* Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men.
* Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement.
SCREENWRITER
* Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others.
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men.
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood.
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Christopher Hampton, Atonement.
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH – ACTING
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement.
* Sam Riley, Control.
Thomas Turgoose, This Is England.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Amazing Grace.
Dakota Blue Richards, The Golden Compass.
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH – FILMMAKING
John Carney, writer and director, Once.
Sarah Gavron, director, Brick Lane.
* Anton Corbijn, director, Control.
Matt Greenhalgh, writer, Control.
Stevan Riley, writer, director, producer, Blue Blood.
DILYS POWELL AWARD: Julie Walters.
Goya Awards
The 22nd Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Goya Award nominees were announced on Dec. 17. The 22nd Goya Award winners will be announced in Madrid on the first weekend of February 2008. Nominees consist of films released in Spain between Dec. 1–Nov. 30, thus encompassing late 2006 and most of 2007.
FILM
The Orphanage / El Orfanato, dir.: Juan Antonio Bayona.
Solitary Fragments / La Soledad, dir.: Jaime Rosales.
13 Roses / Las 13 rosas, dir.: Emilio Martínez-Lázaro.
Seven Billiard Tables / Siete mesas de billar francés, dir.: Gracia Querejeta.
SPANISH-LANGUAGE FOREIGN FILM
La edad de la peseta, dir.: Pavel Giroud de Cuba.
Mariposa negra, dir.: Francisco J. Lombardi de Perú.
Padre nuestro, dir.: Rodrigo Sepúlveda de Chile.
XXY, dir.: Lucía Puenzo de Argentina.
DOCUMENTARY
El productor, dir.: Fernando Méndez-Leite.
Fados, dir.: Carlos Saura.
Invisibles, dir.: Isabel Coixet, Wim Wenders, Fernando León de Aranoa, Mariano Barroso and Javier Corcuera.
Lucio, dir.: Aitor Arregui and José Mª Goenaga.
ANIMATED FEATURE
Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest / Azur y Asmar, dir.: Michel Ocelot.
Betizu eta urrezko zintzarria, dir.: Egoitz Rodríguez Olea.
En busca de la piedra mágica, dir.: Lenard F. Krawinkel and Holger Tappe.
Nocturna, una aventura mágica, dir.: Víctor Maldonado and Adriá García.
DIRECTOR
Icíar Bollaín, Mataharis.
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 13 Roses.
Gracia Querejeta, Seven Billiard Tables.
Jaime Rosales, Solitary Fragments.
NEW DIRECTOR
Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage.
Tom Fernández, La Torre de Suso.
David and Tristán Ulloa, Pudor.
Félix Viscarret, Under the Stars / Bajo las estrellas.
ACTOR
Alfredo Landa, Sunday Light / Luz de domingo.
Álvaro de Luna, El prado de las estrellas.
Alberto San Juan, Under the Stars.
Tristán Ulloa, Mataharis.
ACTRESS
Blanca Portillo, Seven Billiard Tables.
Belén Rueda, The Orphanage.
Emma Suárez, Under the Stars.
Maribel Verdú, Seven Billiard Tables.
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Raúl Arévalo, Seven Billiard Tables.
José Manuel Cervino, 13 Roses.
Julián Villagrán, Under the Stars.
Emilio Gutiérrez Cava, La Torre de Suso.
Carlos Larrañaga, Sunday Light.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amparo Baró, Seven Billiard Tables.
Geraldine Chaplin, The Orphanage.
Nuria González, Mataharis.
María Vázquez, Mataharis.
NEW ACTOR
Óscar Abad, El prado de las estrellas.
Gonzalo de Castro, La Torre de Suso.
Roger Princep, The Orphanage.
José Luis Torrijo, Solitary Fragments.
NEW ACTRESS
Gala Évora, Lola, la película.
Bárbara Goenaga, Oviedo Express.
Nadia de Santiago, 13 Roses.
Manuela Velasco, REC.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Icíar Bollaín and Tatiana Rodríguez, Mataharis.
Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, 13 Roses.
Gonzalo Suárez, Oviedo Express.
Gracia Querejeta and David Planell, Seven Billiard Tables.
Sergio G. Sánchez, The Orphanage.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ventura Pons, Barcelona (A Map) / Barcelona (un mapa).
Laura Santullo, The Zone / La Zona.
Félix Viscarret, Under the Stars.
Tristán Ulloa, Pudor.
Imanol Uribe, The Nautical Chart / La carta esférica.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
José Luis Alcaine, 13 Roses.
Álvaro Gutiérrez, Under the Stars.
Ángel Iguacel, Seven Billiard Tables.
Carlos Suárez, Oviedo Express.
EDITING
David Gallart, REC.
Fernando Pardo, 13 Roses.
Elena Ruiz, The Orphanage.
Nacho Ruiz Capillas, Seven Billiard Tables.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Roque Baños, 13 Roses.
Carles Cases, Oviedo Express.
Míkel Salas, Under the Stars.
Fernando Velázquez, The Orphanage.
ORIGINAL SONG*
“Fado da saudade,” by Fernando Pinto Do Amaral, Carlos Do Carmo, Fados.
“La vida secreta de las pequeñas cosas,” by Jorge Drexler, David Broza, Cándida.
“Circus Honey Blues,” by Rodrigo Cortés, Víctor Reyes, The Contestant / Concursante.
“Pequeño paria,” by Daniel Melingo, The Mudboy / El niño de barro.
EXECUTIVE/LINE PRODUCER
Juan Carmona and Salvador Gómez Cuenca, Sunday Light.
Martín Cabañas, 13 Roses.
Teresa Cepeda, Oviedo Express.
Sandra Hermida, The Orphanage.
ART DIRECTION
Wolfgang Burmann, Oviedo Express.
Edou Hydallgo, 13 Roses.
Gil Parrondo, Sunday Light.
Josep Rosell, The Orphanage.
COSTUME DESIGN
Sonia Grande, Lola, la película.
Lena Mossum, 13 Roses.
Lourdes de Orduña, Sunday Light.
María Reyes, The Orphanage.
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Reyes Abades and Álex G. Ortoll, The Heart of the Earth / El corazón de la tierra.
David Ambid, Enric Masip and Álex Villagrasa, REC.
Pau Costa, Raúl Ramanillos, and Carlos Lozano, 13 Roses.
David Martí, Montse Ribé, Pau Costa, Enric Masip, Lluis Castells and Jordi San Agustín, The Orphanage.
SOUND
Carlos Bonmati, Alfonso Pino and Carlos Faruolo, 13 Roses.
Licio Marcos de Oliveira and Bernat Aragonés, Tuya siempre.
Iván Marín, José Antonio Bermúdez and Leopoldo Aledo, Siete mesas….
Xavi Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó, The Orphanage.
MAKEUP AND HAIR
Lourdes Briones and Fermín Galán, Oviedo Express.
Lola López and Itziar Arrieta, The Orphanage.
Mariló Osuna, Almudena Fonseca and José Juez, 13 Roses.
José Quetglas and Blanca Sánchez, The Heart of the Earth.
NARRATIVE SHORT
El pan nuestro, dir.: Aitor Merino Unzueta.
Padam…, dir.: José Manuel Carrasco Fuentes.
Paseo, dir.: Arturo Rúiz Serrano.
Proverbio chino, dir.: Javier San Román.
Salvador – Historia de un milagro cotidiano, dir.: Abdelatif Abdeselam Hamed.
ANIMATED SHORT
Atención al cliente, dir.: Marcos Valin and David Alonso.
El Bufón and la infanta, dir.: Juan Ramón Galiñanes García.
La Flor más grande del mundo, dir.: Juan Pablo Etcheverry.
Perpetuum mobile, dir.: Raquel García-Ajofrin Virtus and Enrique García Rodríguez.
Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito, dir.: Enrique Gato Borregán.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Caranbanchel, un barrio de cine, dir.: Juan Carlos Zambrana.
El anónimo Caronte, dir.: Toni Bestard.
El hombre felíz, dir.: Isabel Lucina Gil Márquez.
Valkirias, dir.: Eduardo Soler.
Honorary Goya: Alfred Landa.
* The following songs had been initially announced as Goya contenders, but were later deemed ineligible because they had not been specifically written for the films listed below:
“Esa luz,” by Luis Tosar, Piti Sanz, Santiago García de Leániz, Mataharis.
“Gloomy Sunday,” by Lucía Jiménez, La caja Kovak.
“Happy happy Chueca,” by Diossa and Malyzzia, Chuecatown.
Joel and Ethan Coen Top Writers Guild Awards
2008 WGA Award television and radio nominations: Dec. 12. 2008 WGA Award motion picture nominations: Jan. 10. Winners: Feb. 9.
As expected, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody’s successful comedy about a pregnant 15-year-old girl looking for the ideal parents for her upcoming child won the WGA Award for best original screenplay. The awards ceremony on the West Coast was canceled due to the – to date – ongoing strike. On the East Coast, veteran screenwriter Walter Bernstein received the Evelyn F. Burkey Award at an “informal ceremony” at the Hudson Theatre. The recipients of the WGA’s other honorary awards will be feted at a ceremony later in the year.
MOTION PICTURES
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* Juno – Written by Diablo Cody, Fox Searchlight
Michael Clayton – Written by Tony Gilroy, Warner Bros. Pictures
The Savages – Written by Tamara Jenkins, Fox Searchlight
Knocked Up – Written by Judd Apatow, Universal Pictures
Lars and the Real Girl – Written by Nancy Oliver, MGM
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* No Country for Old Men – Screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, Miramax
There Will Be Blood – Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel Oil by Upton Sinclair, Paramount Vantage
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Miramax
Into the Wild – Screenplay by Sean Penn, based on the book by Jon Krakauer, Paramount Vantage
Zodiac – Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, based on the book by Robert Graysmith, Paramount Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Camden 28 – Written by Anthony Giacchino, First Run Features
Nanking – Screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, Story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, THINKFilm
No End in Sight – Written by Charles Ferguson, Magnolia Pictures
The Rape of Europa – Written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, Menemsha Films
Sicko – Written by Michael Moore, Lionsgate/The Weinstein Company
* Taxi to the Dark Side – Written by Alex Gibney, THINKFilm
TELEVISION NOMINEES
LONG FORM – ORIGINAL – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times
* Pandemic, Written by Bryce Zabel & Jackie Zabel; Hallmark Channel
The Lost Room, Night One, Teleplay by Laura Harkcom & Christopher Leone; Story by Christopher Leone & Paul Workman. Nights Two and Three, Written By Laura Harkcom & Christopher Leone; Sci-Fi Channel
LONG FORM – ADAPTATION – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times
* The Company: A Story of the CIA, Teleplay by Ken Nolan, Based on the novel by Robert Littell; TNT
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Teleplay by Daniel Giat, Based on the book by Dee Alexander Brown; HBO
The Starter Wife (Nights 1&2), Teleplay by Sara Parriott & Josann McGibbon, Based on the book by Gigi Levangie Grazer; USA
Evelyn F. Burkey Award: Walter Bernstein
Scripter Award winners
No Country for Old Men, which stars Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and Tommy Lee Jones, has won nearly every U.S. critics awards this season. The Coens adapted screenplay is also in the running for this year’s Writers Guild award. Literary Achievement Award recipient Steven Zaillian happens to be the only winner of three Scripters: Awakenings (1990), Schindlers List (1993), and Gangs of New York (2002).
Atonement screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Ian McEwan
Into the Wild Screenplay by Sean Penn, based on the book by Jon Krakauer
* No Country for Old Men Screenplay by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy
There Will Be Blood Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel Oil, dir.: Upton Sinclair
Zodiac Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, based on the book by Robert Graysmith
Literary Achievement Award: Steven Zaillian
2008 Evening Standard (British film/talent) award winners: Feb. 4.
Note: The Best Comedy category was replaced this year by Best Score, as the jury found that British film music fared better than British film humor in 2007.
Atonement led the Evening Standard Awards field with 7 nominations. The romantic melodrama starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy is also up for a 7 2008 Academy Awards, and it was voted best dramatic film of the year by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. However…
…director Anton Corbijn and screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh’s film version of Deborah Curtis’ autobiography Touching from a Distance – the film focuses on her late husband, Joy Division’s singer Ian Curtis (played by Sam Riley, above) – ended up as the best picture and best screenplay winner. Strangely, Control fared poorly among American award-giving groups.
FILM
Atonement (Joe Wright)
Blue Blood (Stevan Riley)
* Control (Anton Corbijn)
Hallam Foe(David Mackenzie)
It’s a Free World… (Ken Loach)
ACTOR
Jamie Bell (Hallam Foe)
Jim Broadbent (And When did You Last See Your Father?)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Gabriel Byrne (Jindabyne)
James McAvoy (Atonement / Becoming Jane)
Sam Riley (Control)
ACTRESS
* Helena Bonham Carter (Conversations With Other Women / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Romola Garai (Atonement)
Keira Knightley (Atonement)
Samantha Morton (Control)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
FILM SCORE
* Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová (Once)
Jocelyn Pook (Brick Lane)
John Murphy and Underworld (Sunshine)
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
* John Carney (Once)
Amy Carson (The Magic Flute)
Matthew Beard (And When did You Last See Your Father?)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
Kierston Wareing (It’s a Free World…)
SCREENPLAY
* Matt Greenhalgh (Control)
Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Neil Hunter & Tom Hunsinger (Sparkle)
Steven Knight (Amazing Grace / Eastern Promises)
Paul Laverty (It’s a Free World…)
Harold Pinter (Sleuth)
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Roger Deakins cinematographer (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford / No Country for Old Men)
Chris Gill editor (Sunshine / 28 Weeks Later)
* Seamus McGarvey cinematographer, Sarah Greenwood production designer, and Jacqueline Durran costume designer (Atonement)
Alwin Kuchler cinematographer (Sunshine)
Giles Nuttgens cinematographer (Hallam Foe)
Alexander Walker Award: Julie Christie
Jury: Derek Malcolm and Charlotte O’Sullivan of the Evening Standard, James Christopher of The Times, Tim Robey of the Telegraph and Catherine Shoard of the Sunday Telegraph
Producers Guild of America’s Golden Laurel Awards (partial)
2008 Golden Laurel feature-film and long-form TV nominations: January 14, 2008. Television series nominations: Nov. 15. Winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Feb. 2.
The two biggest surprises among the PGA’s 2008 Golden Laurels was the presence of Julian Schnabel’s French-language The Diving Bell and the Butterfly among the feature film nominees and the absence of Charles Ferguson’s widely praised Iraq War documentary No End in Sight in the documentary shortlist. Also missing from the PGA feature-film list are Into the Wild, and Golden Globe winners Sweeney Todd and Atonement. The eventual winner was No Country for Old Men (above).
FEATURE FILMS
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juno
Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Animated theatrical motion picture
Bee Movie
* Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Documentary theatrical motion picture
Body of War
Hear and Now
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
* Sicko
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
TELEVISION
Longform
* Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
The Bronx Is Burning.
High School Musical 2.
Jane Eyre.
The Starter Wife.
Milestone Award: Alan Horn.
David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures: Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall
Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television: Dick Wolf
The Stanley Kramer Award: The Great Debaters
Annie Awards (partial)
2008 International Animated Film Society’s Annie Award nominations: Dec. 3. Winners: Feb, 8.
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie.
Persepolis.
* Ratatouille.
Surf’s Up.
The Simpsons Movie.
Best Animated Short Subject
Everything Will Be OK – Bitter Films
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater.
Shorty McShorts’ Shorts “Mascot Prep” – Walt Disney Television Animation
The Chestnut Tree.
* Your Friend the Rat.
Best Animated Television Production
Jane and the Dragon – Weta Productions Limited & Nelvana Limited
* Creative Comforts America – Aardman Animations
Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
Robot Chicken Star Wars- ShadowMachine
Kim Possible – Walt Disney Television Animation
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
Gary Bruins – Ratatouille.
* Deborah Carlson – Surf’s Up.
Ryan Laney – Spider-Man 3.
James Mansfield – How to Hook Up Your Home Theater.
Jon Reisch – Ratatouille.
Animation Production Artist
* John Clark – Surf’s Up.
Michael Isaak – Bee Movie.
Hyun-Min Lee – The Chestnut Tree.
Natasha Liberman – Growing Up Creepie “Creepie & The Candy Factory” – Taffy Entertainment LLC, Telegrael Teoranta, Discovery Communications Inc., SunWoo Entertainment, Peach Blossom Media
Jim Worthy – My Gym Partner’s a Monkey “Meet the Spidermonkeys”.
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Dave Hardin – Surf’s Up.
Alan Hawkins – Surf’s Up.
* Michal Makarewicz – Ratatouille.
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Sylvain Deboissy – Surf’s Up.
* Carter Goodrich – Ratatouille.
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
* Brad Bird Ratatouille.
Ash Brannon & Chris Buck Surf’s Up.
Chris Miller & Raman Hui – Shrek The Third.
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi – Persepolis.
David Silverman – The Simpsons Movie.
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Olivier Bernet – Persepolis.
Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright & Rob Thomas – Meet the Robinsons.
* Michael Giacchino – Ratatouille.
Rupert Gregson-Williams – Bee Movie.
Amy Powers, Russ DeSalvo & Jeff Danna – Disney Princess Enchanted Tales – DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Video/Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Doug Chiang – Beowulf – Paramount Pictures
* Harley Jessup – Ratatouille.
Marelo Vignali – Surf’s Up.
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Don Hall – Meet the Robinsons.
Denise Koyama – Surf’s Up.
* Ted Mathot – Ratatouille.
Sean Song – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Nassos Vakalis – Bee Movie.
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Janeane Garofalo – Voice of Collette – Ratatouille.
* Ian Holm – Voice of Skinner – Ratatouille.
Julie Kavner – Voice of Marge Simpson – The Simpsons Movie.
Patton Oswalt – Voice of Remy – Ratatouille.
Patrick Warburton – Voice of Ken – Bee Movie.
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Scott Adsit – Voice of Clay Puppington – Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
Madison Davenport – Voice of Sophianna – Christmas Is Here Again! – Easy To Dream Entertainment
Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants “Spy Buddies” – Nickelodeon
* Eartha Kitt – Voice of Yzma – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Eddie Murphy – Voice of Donkey – Shrek The Halls.
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
* Brad Bird – Ratatouille.
James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David, Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti – The Simpsons Movie.
Don Rhymer and Ash Brannon & Chris Buck & Christopher Jenkins – Surf’s Up.
Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis.
WINSOR MCCAY AWARD WINNERS (career contributions to the art of animation)
John Canemaker – Animation historian, educator, Oscar-winning filmmaker. Canemaker is Chair of NYU’s Animation Program and won an Academy Award for his animated short The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation.
Glen Keane – Keane was lead animator of Ariel in The Little Mermaid, the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, and animated the characters Aladdin, Tarzan, Pocahontas in their respective Disney films. Aside from Disney he’s worked on animated films of Star Trek and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
John Kricfalusi – Kricfalusi created The Ren & Stimpy Show in 1991. He restored an individual look to TV animation, pushing the envelope during the “creator-driven” movement of the 1990s. He also pioneered the use of artist-driven Flash animation.
JUNE FORAY (significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation)
Jerry Beck