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2008 Annie Award Nominations by Category

Revised 12.03.08

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
 

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