List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films)

List of awards won by Pixar

Pixar's studio lot in Emeryville.
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 210 209
Footnotes

Pixar Animation Studios, a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville, California, United States has won since its creation in 1979 as a division of Lucasfilm many awards including twenty-three Academy Awards, five Golden Globes and two Grammys.

The following is a list of all the feature films Pixar has released with the nominations and awards they received.

Contents

Films

Toy Story

Toy Story was released in 1995 to be the first feature film in history produced using only computer animation. The family film, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, went on to gross over $191 million in the United States during its initial theatrical release[Toy Story 1] and took in more than $356M worldwide. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive, praising both the technical innovation of the animation and the wit and sophistication of the screenplay.[Toy Story 2][Toy Story 3]

Awards for Toy Story[Toy Story 4]
Year Association Award Category Recipient (if any) Status
1995 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards[Toy Story 5] Best Animation Won
1996 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Tox Box Office Films of 1995 Award Randy Newman Won
Academy Awards[Toy Story 6] Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Randy Newman Nominated
Best Original Song
for "You've Got a Friend in Me"
Randy Newman Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter & Joe Ranft Nominated
Special Achievement John Lasseter Won
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best Fantasy Film Nominated
Best Writing Joss Whedon, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton & Joel Cohen Nominated
Annie Awards Best Animated Feature Won
Best Individual Achievement: Animation Pete Docter Won
Best Individual Achievement: Directing John Lasseter Won
Best Individual Achievement: Music Randy Newman Won
Best Individual Achievement: Producing Bonnie Arnold & Ralph Guggenheim Won
Best Individual Achievement: Production Design Ralph Eggleston Won
Best Individual Achievement: Technical Achievement Won
Best Individual Achievement: Writing Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Original Score Randy Newman Won
Golden Globes Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical Nominated
Best Original Song - Motion Picture,
for the song "You've Got a Friend in Me"
Randy Newman Nominated
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Duo Tim Allen & Tom Hanks Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Gary Rydstrom Won
PGA Awards Special Award of Merit Bonnie Arnold & Ralph Guggenheim Won
Sci-Fi Universe Magazine Universe Reader's Choice Award
Best Fantasy Film
Won
Young Artist Awards Best Family Feature - Musical or Comedy Won
Best Voiceover Performance by a Young Actress Sarah Freeman Won
1997 BAFTA Awards Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects Eben Ostby & William Reeves Nominated
2001 Online Film Critics Society Best DVD
(The Ultimate Toy Box Edition)
Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best DVD Special Features
(The Ultimate Toy Box Edition)
Nominated
2005 National Film Preservation Board Added to the National Film Registry Won

A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life (officially trademarked as a bug's life) was released on November 25, 1998 in the United States. It tells the tale of an oddball individualist ant who hires what he thinks are "warrior bugs" (actually circus performers) to fight off greedy grasshoppers. The film was directed by John Lasseter and is also the last film appearance of Madeline Kahn.

Awards for A Bug's Life[A Bug's Life 1]
Year Association Award Category Recipient (if any) Status
1998 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Animation - Feature-Length Won
1999 Academy Awards[A Bug's Life 2] Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Randy Newman Nominated
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best Fantasy Film Nominated
Annie Awards[A Bug's Life 3] Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production William Cone Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Don McEnery & Bob Shaw Nominated
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Animated Family Movie Won
Bogey Awards Bogey Award in Silver Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Won
(tied with
The Prince of Egypt)
Best Family Film Won
Casting Society of America Best Casting for Animated Voiceover Ruth Lambert Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Original Score Randy Newman Nominated
Golden Globes Best Original Score Randy Newman Nominated
Golden Screen Awards Golden Screen Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Gary Rydstrom, Tim Holland, Pat Jackson, Michael Silvers, Mary Helen Leasman & Marian Wilde Won
Best Sound Editing, Music - Animated Feature Unknown Nominated
Satellite Awards[A Bug's Life 4] Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media Darla K. Anderson &Kevin Reher Won
Young Artist Awards Best Family Feature - Animated Nominated
Best Performance in a Voice Over in a Feature or TV - Best Young Actress Hayden Panettiere Nominated
2000 BAFTA Awards Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects William Reeves, Eben Ostby, Rick Sayre & Sharon Callahan Nominated
Grammy Awards Best Instrumental Composition Randy Newman Won
Best Song
(for the song "The Time of Your Life")
Randy Newman Nominated

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 was released in 1999, directed by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon. The movie keeps most of the original characters and voices from Toy Story, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, Annie Potts, and John Ratzenberger. They are joined by new characters voiced by Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Wayne Knight, and Estelle Harris.

Awards for Toy Story 2[Toy Story 2 1]
Year Association Award Category Recipient (if any) Status
2000 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films of 2000 Award Randy Newman Won
Academy Awards[Toy Story 2 2] Best Original Song
(for "When She Loved Me")
Randy Newman Nominated
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best Fantasy Film Nominated
Best Music Randy Newman Nominated
Annie Awards[Toy Story 2 3] Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation Doug Sweetland Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich & Ash Brannon Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Randy Newman Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production William Cone & Jim Pearson Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Dan Jeup & Joe Ranft Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production Joan Cusack Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production Tim Allen Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlain & Chris Webb Won
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Best Family Film (Internet Only) Won
Bogey Awards Bogey Award Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Won
Casting Society of America Best Casting for Animated Voiceover - Feature Film Ruth Lambert Nominated
Golden Globes Best Picture – Musical or Comedy Won
Best Original Song
(for the song "When She Loved Me")
Randy Newman Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Nominated
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Tim Allen Nominated
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Tom Hanks Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Animated Film Nominated
Best Song (for "When She Loved Me") Randy Newman Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Duo Tim Allen & Tom Hanks Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Michael Silvers, Mary Helen Leasman, Shannon Mills, Teresa Eckton, Susan Sanford, Bruce Lacey & Jonathan Null Nominated
Best Sound Editing, Music - Animation Bruno Coon & Lisa Jaime Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Film Nominated
Best Screenplay, Original John Lasseter & Pete Docter Nominated
Satellite Awards[Toy Story 2 4] Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Nominated
Best Original Song (for "When She Loved Me") Sarah McLachlan Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Family Feature Film - Animated Won
2001 Grammy Awards Best Song (for "When She Loved Me") Randy Newman Won
Best Instrumental Composition Randy Newman Nominated
2005 Satellite Awards[Toy Story 2 5] Outstanding Youth DVD
(2-Disc Special Edition)
Won

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc. was released on November 2, 2001 in the United States, written by Jack W. Bunting, Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts and Andrew Stanton. It was directed by Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, and David Silverman. [Monsters, Inc. 1]

Monsters, Inc. premiered in the United States on October 28, 2001, and went into general release on November 2, 2001 and was a commercial and critical success, grossing over $525,366,597 worldwide.[Monsters, Inc. 2] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes also reported extremely positive reviews with a fresh 94% approval rating.[Monsters, Inc. 3]

Awards for Monsters, Inc.[Monsters, Inc. 4]
Year Association Award Category Recipient (if any) Status
2002 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films of 2002 Award Randy Newman Won
Academy Awards[Monsters, Inc. 5] Best Animated Film Pete Docter & John Lasseter Nominated
Best Original Score Randy Newman Nominated
Best Original Song
(for "If I Didn't Have You")
Randy Newman Won
Best Sound Editing Gary Rydstrom & Michael Silvers Nominated
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best Fantasy Film Nominated
Best Writing Robert L. Baird & Daniel Gerson Nominated
American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Jim Stewart Nominated
BAFTA Awards BAFTA Children's Award - Best Feature Film Darla K. Anderson, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton & Daniel Gerson Won
Bogey Awards Bogey Award in Silver Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation/Family
(for "Trailer #1")
Won
Best Comedy Nominated
Hochi Film Awards Best Foreign Language Film Pete Docter, David Silverman & Lee Unkrich Won
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Billy Crystal Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers, Karen G. Wilson, Jonathan Null, Tom Myers, Shannon Mills, Teresa Eckton, Stephen Kearney & Lindakay Brown Nominated
Best Sound Editing, Music - Animated Feature Bruno Coon Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Animated Film Won
Best Family Film Nominated
Best Original Song,
(for "If I Didn't Have You")
Randy Newman Nominated
Satellite Awards[Monsters, Inc. 6] Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Song Written for a Film
(for "If I Didn't Have You")
Randy Newman, Billy Crystal & John Goodman Won
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year - Orchestral Randy Newman Nominated
Soundtrack Composer of the Year Randy Newman Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Family Feature Film - Animation Nominated
2003 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best DVD Special Edition Release Nominated
Annie Awards[Monsters, Inc. 7] Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature Nominated
Outstanding Character Animation Doug Sweetland Won
Outstanding Character Animation John Kahrs Nominated
Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Ricky Nierva Nominated
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich & David Silverman Nominated
Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production Randy Newman Nominated
Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Harley Jessup Nominated
Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production Andrew Stanton & Daniel Gerson Nominated
DVD Exclusive Awards Best Audio Commentary, New Release Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton Nominated
Best Menu Design John Ross Won
Best Overall New Extra Features, New Release Jeff Kurtti, Michael Pellerin, Pete Docter & Bill Kinder Nominated
Grammy Awards *Best Song
(for "If I Didn't Have You")
Randy Newman Won
*Best Score Soundtrack Album Randy Newman Nominated
Satellite Awards[Monsters, Inc. 8] Best Youth DVD Won

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo was released in 2003, written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin (Albert Brooks), who along with a regal tang called Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), searches for his son Nemo (Alexander Gould). Along the way he learns to take risks and that his son is capable of taking care of himself.

The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was a financial blockbuster as it grossed over $864 million worldwide. It is the best-selling DVD of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006[Finding Nemo 1] and is the 2nd highest grossing G-rated movie of all time. In 2008, the American Film Institute named it the 10th greatest American Animated film ever made during their 10 Top 10. [Finding Nemo 2]

Awards for Finding Nemo[Finding Nemo 3]
Year Association Award Category Recipient (if any) Status
2003 DVD Exclusive Awards Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (New for DVD),
(for "Making Nemo")
Rick Butle & Bill Kinder Nominated
Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers Bill Kinder, Andrew Stanton & Roger Gould Won
(tied with"The Osbournes: The First Season—Uncensored")
Best Games and Interactivities Bill Kinder & David Jessen Won
Best Menu Design Bill Kinder & David Jessen Won
Best New Movie Scenes
(Finished-Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone),
for "Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau"
Roger Gould Nominated
Best Overall DVD, New Movie
(Including All Extra Features)
Bill Kinder & Jeffrey Lerner Nominated
European Film Awards Screen International Award Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich Nominated
Hollywood Film Festival Hollywood Film Award - Animation Andrew Stanton Won
National Board of Review Best Animated Feature Won
Toronto Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Screenplay, Original Bob Peterson, David Reynolds & Andrew Stanton Nominated
2004 Academy Awards[Finding Nemo 4] Best Animated Film Andrew Stanton Won
Best Original Score Thomas Newman Nominated
Best Sound Editing Gary Rydstrom & Michael Silvers Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Nominated
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best Animated Film Won
Best DVD Special Edition Release Nominated
Best Music Thomas Newman Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ellen DeGeneres Won
Best Writing Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Nominated
Amanda Awards Best Foreign Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) Andrew Stanton Nominated
American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical David Ian Salter & Lee Unkrich Nominated
The American Screenwriters Association Discovery Screenwriting Award Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Nominated
Annie Awards[Finding Nemo 5] Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature Won
Outstanding Character Animation David Devan Nominated
Outstanding Character Animation Doug Sweetland Won
Outstanding Character Animation Gini Santos Nominated
Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Ricky Nierva Won
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich Won
Outstanding Effects Animation Justin Paul Ritter Nominated
Outstanding Effects Animation Martin Nguyen Won
Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production Thomas Newman Won
Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Ralph Eggleston Won
Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Ellen DeGeneres Won
Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Won
BAFTA Awards Best Screenplay, Original Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Nominated
BMI Film & TV Awards BMI Film Music Award Thomas Newman Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature Won
Best Picture Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Picture Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ellen DeGeneres Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Won
European Film Awards Screen International Award Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animation Won
Genesis Awards Feature Film - Animated Won
Golden Globes Best Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation/Family Nominated
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form Nominated
Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category Award Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animated Film Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Won
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Ellen DeGeneres Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Animated Film Won
MTV Movie Awards Best Comedic Performance Ellen DeGeneres Nominated
Best Movie Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing in Animated Features - Music Bill Bernstein Won
Best Sound Editing in Feature Film, Animated - Sound Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers, Al Nelson, Shannon Mills, Teresa Eckton, E.J. Holowicki, Dee Selby & Steve Slanec Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film Won
Best Picture Nominated
Satellite Awards[Finding Nemo 6] Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Nominated
Best Original Score Thomas Newman Nominated
Best Youth DVD Nominated
Best DVD Extras Won
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Best Script Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
(for "Inside the Whale")
Andrew Gordon & Brett Coderre Nominated
Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
(for "Speaking Whale")
David DeVan and Gini Santos Won
Young Artist Awards Best Family Feature Film - Animation Won
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor Alexander Gould Won
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress Erica Beck Won

The Incredibles

The Incredibles was released in 2004, written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons and the screenwriter/director of the critically acclaimed 1999 animated movie The Iron Giant. The Incredibles was originally developed as a traditionally-animated movie for Warner Bros., but after the studio shut down its division for fully animated theatrical features, Bird took the story with him to Pixar, where he reunited with John Lasseter. The Incredibles is the first Pixar film to won more than an Academy Award.

Awards for The Incredibles[The Incredibles 1]
Year Association Award Category Recipient (if any) Status
2004 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animation Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Animation Won
Best Score Michael Giacchino Won
National Board of Review Best Animated Feature Won
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animated Film Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film Won
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film Won
Seattle Film Critics Awards Best Animated Feature Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Won
2005 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films of 2005 Award Michael Giacchino Won
Academy Awards[The Incredibles 2] Best Sound Editing Michael Silvers & Randy Thom Won
Best Sound Mixing Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo
& Doc Kane
Nominated
Best Animated Feature Film Brad Bird Won
Best Original Screenplay Brad Bird Nominated
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best Animated Film Won
Best Music Michael Giacchino Nominated
Best Writer Brad Bird Nominated
American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Stephen Schaffer Nominated
Annie Awards[The Incredibles 3] Animated Effects Martin Ngyuen Won
Best Animated Feature Won
Character Animation Angus MacLane Won
Character Animation John Kahrs Nominated
Character Animation Peter Sohn Nominated
Character Animation Kureha Yokoo Nominated
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Teddy Newton Nominated
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Tony Fucile Won
Directing in an Animated Feature Production Brad Bird Won
Music in an Animated Feature Production Michael Giacchino Won
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Lou Ramano Won
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Kevin O'Brien Won
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Ted Mathot Nominated
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Brad Bird Won
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Samuel L. Jackson Nominated
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Brad Bird Won
Art Directors Guild Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Film Lou Ramano & Ralph Eggleston Nominated
BAFTA Awards BAFTA Children's Award - Best Feature Film John Walker & Brad Bird Won
BET Comedy Awards Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film Samuel L. Jackson Won
BMI Film & TV Awards BMI Film Music Award Michael Giacchino Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature Won
Best Composer Michael Giacchino Nominated
Best Popular Movie Nominated
Cinema Writers Circle Awards of Spain Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Won
Empire Awards Best Film Nominated
Golden Globes Best Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation/Family
(For "Buckle Up")
Won
Best Comedy
(for "Buckle Up")
Nominated
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animated Film Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Animated Film Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Score Michael Giacchino Won
MTV Movie Awards Best Movie Nominated
Best On-Screen Team Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Spencer Fox & Sarah Vowell Nominated
MTV Movie Awards, Mexico Favorite Voice in an Animated Film Víctor Trujillo Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Animated Michael Silvers, Randy Thom, Sue Fox, Teresa Eckton, Kyrsten Mate Comoglio, E.J. Holowicki, Steve Slanec, Al Nelson &
Stephen M. Davis
Won
Online Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature Won
Best Score Michael Giacchino Won
Best Picture Nominated
Best Screenplay, Original Brad Bird Nominated
PGA Awards Motion Picture Producer of the Year Unknown Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite Animated Movie Nominated
Favorite Motion Picture Nominated
Satellite Awards[The Incredibles 4] Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Won
Best Score Michael Giacchino Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Animated/Computer Generated Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
(for the Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible character)
Craig T. Nelson, Bill Wise, Bill Sheffler & Bolhem Bouchiba Won
World Soundtrack Awards Discovery of the Year Michael Giacchino Won
Young Artist Awards Best Family Feature Film - Animation Won
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Artist Spencer Fox Nominated
2006 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best DVD Special Edition Release Nominated
Grammy Awards *Best Score Soundtrack Album Michael Giacchino Nominated

Cars

Cars was released in 2006, directed by both John Lasseter and Joe Ranft. It was the seventh Disney/Pixar feature film, and the final film by Pixar before it was bought by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features voices by Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature), Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, Tony Shalhoub, John Ratzenberger, George Carlin, Larry the Cable Guy and Michael Keaton as well as voice cameos by several celebrities including Jeremy Piven, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bob Costas, Darrell Waltrip, Jay Leno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Schumacher, and Mario Andretti.

Awards for Cars[Cars 1]
Year Association Award Category Recipient (if any) Status
2006 Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation/Family Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards Best Voice Over Nominated
Hollywood Film Festival Best Animation of the Year John Lasseter Won
National Board of Review Best Animated Feature Won
Satellite Awards[Cars 2] Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Nominated
Best Youth DVD Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Won
World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Song Written for Film,
for the song "Our Town"
Randy Newman & James Taylor Won
2007 Academy Awards[Cars 3] Best Animated Feature Film John Lasseter Nominated
Best Original Song
(for the song "Our Town")
Randy Newman Nominated
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Best Animated Film Won
Annie Awards[Cars 4] Best Animated Effects Keith Klohn Nominated
Best Animated Effects Erdem Hamsi Taylan Nominated
Best Animated Feature Won
Best Character Animation in a Feature Production Carlos Baena Nominated
Best Character Animation in a Feature Production Bobby Podesta Nominated
Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production John Lasseter Nominated
Best Music in an Animated Feature Production Randy Newman Won
Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production William Cone Nominated
Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production Dan Fogelman Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Won
BAFTA Awards Best Animated Feature Film John Lasseter Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature Won
Best Soundtrack Nominated
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Won
Golden Globes Best Animated Film Won
Grammy Awards Best Song]]
(for the song "Our Town")
Randy Newman Won
*Best Compilation Soundtrack Album Chris Montan & Randy Newman Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Animated Movie Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film Animation Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Jonathan Null, Bruno Coon, Teresa Eckton, Shannon Mills, Dee Selby, Steve Slanec, Christopher Barrick, Jana Vance, Dennie Thorpe & Ellen Heuer Won
Online Film Critics Society Best Animation Nominated
PGA Awards Motion Picture Producer of the Year, Animated Motion Picture Darla K. Anderson Won
People's Choice Awards Favorite Family Movie Won
Favorite Movie Nominated
Favorite Song from a Movie
(for "Life on the Highway")
Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus & JoeDon Rooney Won
Favorite Song from a Movie
(for "Real Gone")
Sheryl Crow Nominated
Satellite Awards[Cars 5] Best Youth DVD (2nd nomination) Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture (for the character, "Mater") Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Krummhoefener, Tom Sanocki & Nancy Kato Won

Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a computer-animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was released on June 29, 2007 in the United States as the eighth movie produced by Pixar. It was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005. The plot follows Remy, a rat who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant's garbage boy. Ratatouille was released to both critical acclaim and box office success, opening in 3,940 theaters domestically and debuting at #1 with $47 million,[1] grossing further $206,445,654 in North America and a total of $624,445,654 worldwide.[2] The film is on the 2007 top ten lists of multiple critics, including Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun as number one, A.O. Scott of The New York Times, Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times and Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal as number two.[3]

It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Original Score, Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing, Original Screenplay and Animated Feature Film, winning the last one.[4] Ratatouille was nominated for 13 Annie Awards, twice for the Best Animated Effects, where it lost to Surf's Up, and three times in the Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm and Patton Oswalt, where Ian Holm won the nomination.[5] It won the Best Animated Feature Award from multiple associations including the Chicago Film Critics, the National Board of Review,the Annie Awards, the Broadcast Film Critics, the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) and the Golden Globes. And won Favorite Animated Movie at the 2008 Kids Choice Awards.

WALL-E

WALL-E (promoted with an interpunct as WALL·E) was released in 2008 and directed by Andrew Stanton. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a polluted Earth far in the future. He eventually falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure.

After directing Finding Nemo, Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film set in space. Most of the characters do not have actual human voices, but instead communicate with body language and robotic sounds, designed by Ben Burtt, that resemble voices. In addition, it is the first animated feature by Pixar to have segments featuring live-action characters.

Walt Disney Pictures released it in the United States and Canada on June 27, 2008. The film grossed $23.1 million on its opening day, and $63 million during its opening weekend in 3,992 theaters, ranking #1 at the box office. This ranks the third highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film as of July 2008. Following Pixar tradition, WALL-E was paired with a short film, Presto, for its theatrical release. WALL-E has achieved highly positive reviews with an approval rating of 96% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed $531 million worldwide, won the 2009 Best Animated Film Golden Globe Award and is nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature.

Up

Up is a 2009 computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film premiered on May 29, 2009, in North America, and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film to do so.[6] It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Bob Peterson, and produced by Jonas Rivera.[7] The film centers on an elderly widower, named Carl Fredricksen, and a young Wilderness Explorer, named Russell, who fly to South America in a house suspended by helium balloons. The movie was released with both critical acclaim and box office success, opening in 3,766 theaters domestically, debuting at number one with $68,108,790 dollars, and grossing $731,342,724 worldwide.[8] and receiving the Golden Tomato, from the website Rotten Tomatoes, for highest rating feature in 2009,[9] with an approval of 98% from film critics, based on 259 reviews.[10]

It garnered various awards and nominations, most of them for the "Best Animated Picture" category and for the film's score. Up was nominated for five Academy Awards at the 2010 Ceremony, winning two of them, for Best Animated Feature and for Best Original Score. It is the second fully animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, the other being Beauty and the Beast,[11] and also become the third consecutive Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Animated Feature, after Ratatouille and WALL-E.[12] The film also won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score and the Best Animated Feature Film at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. The movie received nine nominations for the Annie Awards in eight categories, winning two awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Directing in a Feature Production. It also was selected as the Summer Movie Comedy at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, and was also nominated for three Grammys at 52nd Grammy Awards, winning two of them. Rivera received the Motion Pictures Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, for Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, given by the Producers Guild of America, while Docter and Peterson were honored by the British Academy Film Awards with the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, and Giacchino the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. Furthermore the film was nominated at the 2009 Satellite Awards in the categories "Best Animated or Mixed Media Film", "Best Original Screenplay" and "Best Original Score". And won Favorite Animated Movie at The 2010 Kids Choice Awards.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 is a computer animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The films produced by John Lasseter and Darla K. Anderson and directed by Lee Unkrich. The Film Stars Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. The film also stars Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Blake Clark, Ned Beatty, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn and Michael Keaton.

The film opened on June 18, 2010 and became a box office success and received universal acclaim by critics grossing $1,063,171,911 and became the 7th highest-grossing film of all time and the highest grossing animated film of all time, surpassing Shrek 2, and Pixar's highest grossing film of all time, surpassing Finding Nemo.

Toy Story 3 was nominated for five Oscars and won two: Best Picture, Best Animated Feature (won), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Original Song (won). The film won awards from the Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards. It lost all three of its Annie Awards nominations to How to Train Your Dragon.

The film also received nominations at the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, 2011 Kids' Choice Awards , 2010 Peoples Choice Awards , 2010 Scream Awards and 2011 MTV Movie Awards. The film also won awards for BFCA Critics Choice Awards, Satellite Awards, Saturn Awards, and Washington Area Film Critics Association Awards.

Randy Newman won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album

Cars 2

Cars 2 is a computer animated film produced by Pixar and disributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The films produced by Denise Ream and directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. The film stars Owen Wilson, Larry The Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, and Jason Issacs.

The film released on June 24, 2011. The film was a box office success, but received mixed reviews from critics. The film earned a total of $521,960,986 dollars.

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References

General

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Toy Story

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A Bug's Life

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Toy Story 2

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Monsters, Inc.

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Finding Nemo

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The Incredibles

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Cars

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Ratatouille

WALL-E

Up

Toy Story 3

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