
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for its 41st Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best in the field of animation.
The Annie Awards cover 30 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Special Production, Commercials, Short and Outstanding Individual Achievements.
The slate of nominations for Best Animated Features this year include: A Letter to Momo (GKIDS), Despicable Me 2 (Universal Pictures), Ernest & Celestine (GKIDS), Frozen (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Monsters University (Pixar Animation Studios), The Croods (DreamWorks Animations), and The Wind Rises (Studio Ghibli and The Walt Disney Studios).
I am very excited about this years slate of nominees! remarked ASIFA-Hollywood President Frank Gladstone. We had more submissions to choose from this year running the gamut from big-studio features to indie films, television series to Internet shows, games, shorts and student films, as well as a wonderful group of juried award recipients, all showcasing the huge variety of venues, creativity, technical innovation and storytelling that our art form has to offer.
Juried awards, honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation, will also be presented. Three Winsor McCay recipients have been selected by the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors: Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg, and Phil Tippett for their career contributions to the art of animation. The June Foray Award will be given to Alice Davis for her significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation. A Certificate of Merit will go to I Know That Voice (documentary).
Winners will be announced at the 41st Annual Annie Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at UCLAs Royce Hall, in Los Angeles.
ASIFA-Hollywood is the worlds first and foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the art of animation and celebrating the people who create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA, supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the animation archive, animation film preservation, special events, classes and screenings.
Created in 1972 by veteran voice talent June Foray, the Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for four decades.
2013 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS PRODUCTION CATEGORIES 1 - Best Animated Feature
A Letter to Momo - GKIDS
Despicable Me 2 - Universal Pictures
Ernest & Celestine - GKIDS
Frozen - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Monsters University - Pixar Animation Studios
The Croods - DreamWorks Animation
The Wind Rises - The Walt Disney Studios
2 - Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production
Chipotle Scarecrow - Moonbot Studios
Listening Is an Act of Love - StoryCorps
Room on the Broom - Magic Light Pictures
Toy Story OF TERROR! - Pixar Animation Studios
3 - Best Animated Short Subject
Despicable Me 2 - Puppy - Universal Pictures
Get A Horse! - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Gloria Victoria - National Film Board of Canada
My Mom is an Airplane - Acme Filmworks
The Numberlys - Moonbot Studios
4 - Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial
Despicable Me 2 - Cinemark - Universal Pictures
Sound of the Woods - Acme Filmworks
The Polar Bears Movie - CAA Marketing
5 - Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Bubble Guppies - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Disney Sofia the First - Disney Television Animation
Doc McStuffins - Disney Television Animation
Justin Time - Guru Studio
Peter Rabbit - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
6 - Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Childrens Audience
Adventure Time - Cartoon Network Studios
Beware the Batman - Warner Bros. Animation
Disney Gravity Falls - Disney Television Animation
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Regular Show - Cartoon Network Studios
Scaredy Squirrel - Nelvana Ltd.
Teen Titans Go! - Warner Bros. Animation
The Legend of Korra - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
7 - Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Archer - FX Networks
Bobs Burgers - Bento Box Entertainment
Disney Tron Uprising - Disney Television Animation
Futurama - 20th Century Fox Television
Motorcity - Titmouse Inc.
8 - Best Animated Video Game
Diggs Nightcrawler - Moonbot Studios
Tiny Thief - 5 ANTS
The Last of Us - Naughty Dog
9 - Best Student Film
Chicken or the Egg - Ringling College of Art and Design
Kellerkind - Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Miss Todd - Kristina Yee
Move Mountain - Kirsten Lepore
SEM FORO - University of Southern California
The Final Straw - Ringling College of Art and Design
Trusts & Estates - CalArts
Wedding Cake - Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
10 - Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Alen Lai, David Quirus, Diego Garzon Sanchez, Ilan Gabai - Epic - Blue Sky Studios
David Jones - Dragons: Defenders of Berk - DreamWorks Animation
Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling, Enrique Vila - Monsters University - Pixar Animation Studios
Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer - The Croods - DreamWorks Animation
Greg Gladstone, Nikita Pavlov, Allen Ruilova, Matt Titus, Can Yuksel - Turbo - DreamWorks Animation
11 - Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Jonathan Paquin, Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet - Man Of Steel - Weta Digital
Ben OBrien, Karin Cooper, Lee Uren, Chris Root - Star Trek: Into Darkness - Industrial Light & Magic
Dan Pearson, Jay Cooper, Jeff Grebe, Amelia Chenoweth - Star Trek: Into Darkness - Industrial Light & Magic
Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel - Pacific Rim - Industrial Light & Magic
12 - Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
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