39th Annie Awards

The 39th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2011 going to be held February 4, 2012 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

Contents 1 Production nominees 1.1 Best Animated Feature 1.2 Best Animated Special Production 1.3 Best Animated Short Subject 1.4 Best Animated Television Commercial 1.5 Best General Audience Animated TV Production 1.6 Best Animated Television Production - Preschool 1.7 Best Animated Television Production – Children 1.8 Best Animated Video Game 2 Individual Achievement Categories 2.1 Animated Effects in an Animated Production 2.2 Animated Effects in a Live Action Production 2.3 Character Animation in a Television Production 2.4 Character Animation in a Feature Production 2.5 Character Animation in a Live Action Production 2.6 Character Design in a Television Production 2.7 Character Design in a Feature Production 2.8 Directing in a Television Production 2.9 Directing in a Feature Production 2.10 Music in a Television Production 2.11 Music in a Feature Production 2.12 Production Design in a Television Production 2.13 Production Design in a Feature Production 2.14 Storyboarding in a Television Production 2.15 Storyboarding in a Feature Production 2.16 Voice Acting in a Television Production 2.17 Voice Acting in a Feature Production 2.18 Writing in a Television Production 2.19 Writing in a Feature Production 2.20 Editing in Television Production 2.21 Editing in a Feature Production 3 External links

Production nominees

Best Animated Feature

• A Cat In Paris – Folimage
• Wrinkles – Perro Verde Films, S.L.
• Arthur Christmas – Columbia/Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Cars 2 – Disney/Pixar
• Chico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
• Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation
• Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation
• Rango - Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies, Blind Wink, GK Films
• Rio - 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky Studios
• The Adventures of Tintin - Paramount, Columbia/Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies, WingNut Films

Best Animated Special Production

• Adventure Time: Thank You - Cartoon Network Studios
• Batman: Year One - Warner Bros. Animation
• Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas - Blue Sky Studios
• Kung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters - DreamWorks Animation
• Prey 2 - Blur Studio
• Star Tours - Industrial Light & Magic

Best Animated Short Subject

• Adam and Dog – Lodge Films
• I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat – Warner Bros. Animation
• La Luna – Pixar Animation Studios
• (Notes on) Biology – Ornana Films
• Paths of Hate – Platige Image
• Sunday – National Film Board of Canada
• The Ballad of Nessie –Walt Disney Animation Studios
• The Girl and the Fox – Base14
• Wild Life – National Film Board of Canada and Studio GDS

Best Animated Television Commercial

• Audi “Hummingbird” - The Mill
• Geico “Foghorn” – Renegade Animation
• McDonald’s “Apple Tree” – Duck Studios/Kompost
• McDonald’s “Suzi Van Zoom” – Duck Studios/Kompost
• Norton “Stuff” – Psyop
• O2 “Niggles & Narks” – The Mill
• Statoil “Good Night” – Studio AKA
• “The Pirate” – Meindbender
• Twinings “Sea” – Psyop

Best General Audience Animated TV Production

• Archer - FX Productions
• Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Warner Bros. Animation
• Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas - Hallmark
• Mad - Warner Bros. Animation
• Frankenhole Season 2 - Starburns Industries, Inc
• Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• The Simpsons - Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production - Preschool

• Chuggington – Ludorum plc
• Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television Animation
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation
• The WotWots Season 2 – Pukeko Pictures

Best Animated Television Production – Children

• Fanboy and Chum Chum – Nickelodeon and Frederator
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
• Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
• The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi

Best Animated Video Game

• Bumpy Road – Simogo
• Catherine – Atlus
• Gears of War 3 – Epic Games
• Gesundheit – Konami Digital Entertainment
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – Capcom
• Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcell
• Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One – Insomniac Games
• Rayman Origins – Ubisoft Montpellier
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog

Individual Achievement Categories

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

• Can Yuksel - "Puss in Boots" - Dreamworks Animation
• Chase Cooper - "Rango" - Industrial Light & Magic
• Dan Lund - "Winnie the Pooh" - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Dave Tidgwell - "Kung Fu Panda 2" - Dreamworks Animation
• Eric Froemling - "Cars 2" - Pixar
• Jason Mayer - "Kung Fu Panda 2" - Dreamworks Animation
• Joel Aron - "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" - Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• Jon Reisch - "Cars 2" - Pixar
• Kevin Romond - "The Adventures of Tintin" - Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
• Willi Geiger - "Rango" - Industrial Light & Magic

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

• Branko Grujcic - "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" - Industrial Light & Magic
• Florent Andarra - "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" - Industrial Light & Magic
• Gary Wu - "Cowboys & Aliens" - Industrial Light & Magic
• Lee Uren - "Cowboys & Aliens" - Industrial Light & Magic

Character Animation in a Television Production

• Chad Sellers - "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice" - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Michael Franceschi - "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" - Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
• Rebecca Wilson Bresee - "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice" - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Sihanouk Mariona - "Frankenhole" Season 2 - Starburns Industries, Inc.
• Tony Smeed - "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice" - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• Andreas Deja - "Winnie the Pooh" - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Dan Wagner - "Kung Fu Panda 2" - Dreamworks Animation
• Jeff Gabor - "Rio" - Blue Sky Studios
• Mark Henn - "Winnie the Pooh" - Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Olivier Staphylas - "Puss in Boots - Dreamworks Animation
• Patrik Puhala - "Rio" - Blue Sky Studios
• Pierre Perifel - "Kung Fu Panda 2" - Dreamworks Animation

Character Animation in a Live Action Production

• Andy Arnett - "Hop" - Rhythm & Hues, Illumination Entertainment
• David Lowry - "Paul" - Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions
• Eric Reynolds - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" - 20th Century Fox
• Mike Hull - "Paul" - Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions

Character Design in a Television Production

• Bill Schwab - "Prep & Landing" – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Carl Raggio "Kick Buttowski" – Disney Television Animation
• Chad Hurd "Archer" – FX Productions
• Chris Battle "Dan Vs." – Starz Film Roman
• Eric Robles "Fanboy and Chum Chum" – Nickelodeon & Frederator
• Gordon Hammond "TUFF Puppy" – Nickelodeon
• Mike Dougherty "TUFF Puppy" – Nickelodeon
• Robert Ryan Cory "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome" – Cartoon Network Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production

• Jay Shuster - "Cars 2" – Pixar Animation Studios
• Mark “Crash” McCreery - "Rango" – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Blind Wink/GK films Productions
• Patrick Mate - "Puss n Boots" – DreamWorks Animation
• Peter de Seve - "Arthur Christmas" – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Sergio Pablos - "Rio" – Blue Sky Studios

Directing in a Television Production

• Brian Sheesley - "Dan Vs." – Starz Film Roman
• Chris Savino & Clay Morrow - "Kick Buttowski" – Disney Television Animation
• Dan Riba - "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien" – Cartoon Network Studios
• Duke Johnson - "Community" – 23 D Films, Inc.
• Gabe Swarr - "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" – Nickelodeon and Dreamworks Animation
• Ken Bruce - "TUFF Puppy" – Nickelodeon
• Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton - "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice" – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Matthew Nastuk - "The Simpsons" – Gracie Films
• Mic Graves & Ben Bocquelet - "The Amazing World of Gumball" – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
• Peter Hausner - "Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu" – Wil Film
• Steve Loter, Christo Stamboliev, Shaun Cashman, David Knott - "The Penguins of Madagascar" – Nickelodeon and Technicolor
• Tony Craig - "Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas" – Hallmark

Directing in a Feature Production

• Carlos Saldanha - "Rio" – Blue Sky Studios
• Chris Miller "Puss in Boots" – DreamWorks Animation
• Don Hall & Stephen J. Anderson - "Winnie the Pooh" – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Gore Verbinski - "Rango" – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, Blind Wink/GK films Productions
• Jennifer Yuh Nelson - "Kung Fu Panda 2" – DreamWorks Animation
• Kelly Asbury - Gnomeo & Juliet – Touchstone Pictures

Music in a Television Production

• Adam Berry, Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle - "Penguins of Madagascar" – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
• Ben Locket - "The Amazing World of Gumball" – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
• Frederik Wiedmann - "Green Lantern: The Animated Series" – Warner Bros. Animation
• Grace Potter, Michael Giacchino - "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice" – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda - "Pixie Hollow Games" – DisneyToon Studios
• Kevin Kliesch "Thundercats" – Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network
• Shawn Patterson, Zeb Wells "Robot Chicken" – ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim

Music in a Feature Production

• Henry Jackman - "Puss in Boots" – DreamWorks Animation
• John Williams - "The Adventures of Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
• Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell - "Rio" – Blue Sky Studios
• Zooey Deschanel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez - Winnie The Pooh" – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Production Design in a Television Production

• Mark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome" – Cartoon Network Studios
• Peter Martin "Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas" – Hallmark

Production Design in a Feature Production

• Harley Jessup - "Cars 2" – Pixar
• Paul Felix - "Winnie the Pooh" – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Raymond Zilbach - "Kung Fu Panda 2" – DreamWorks Animation
• Thomas Cardone, Kyle MacNaughton & Peter Chan "Rio" – Blue Sky Studios

Storyboarding in a Television Production

Storyboarding in a Feature Production

Voice Acting in a Television Production

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

Writing in a Television Production

Writing in a Feature Production

Editing in Television Production

Editing in a Feature Production

External links

• Annie Award Nomination list
• Winners of the 38th Annie Awards for Animated Films and Television

Annie Awards Category Merit awards Best Animated Feature Best Animated Home Entertainment Production Best Animated Short Subject Best Animated Television Production Best Animated Video Game Music in an Animated Feature Production Winsor McCay Award Award ceremonies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th International Animated Film Association (ASIFA-Hollywood)