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38th Annual Annie Nominations announced

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Alan Gardner December 7, 2010 1 minute 0 comments

The International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood) has announced the nominees for this year’s best in animation.

Here they are:

Best Animated Feature

• Despicable Me – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
• How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation
• Tangled – Disney
• The Illusionist – Django Films
• Toy Story 3 – Disney/Pixar

Best Animated Short Subject

• Coyote Falls – Warner Bros. Animation
• Day & Night – Pixar
• Enrique Wrecks the World – House of Chai
• The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger – Plymptoons Studio
• The Renter – Jason Carpenter

Best Animated Television Commercial

• Children’s Medical Center – DUCK Studios
• Frito Lay Dips "And Then There Was Salsa" – LAIKA/house
• ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Winter Olympic Interstitial "Speed Skating" – DreamWorks Animation
• McDonald’s "Spaceman Stu" – DUCK Studios
• Pop Secret "When Harry Met Sally" – Nathan Love

Best Animated Television Production

• Futurama – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday – DreamWorks Animation
• Scared Shrekless – DreamWorks Animation
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars “Arc Troopers” – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• The Simpsons “The Squirt and the Whale” – Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production for Children

• Adventure Time – Cartoon Network Studios
• Cloudbread – GIMC
• Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon, Frederator
• Regular Show – Cartoon Network Studios
• SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game

• Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream
• Kirby’s Epic Yarn – Good-Feel & HAL Laboratory
• Limbo – Playdead
• Shank – Klei Entertainment Inc.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES___________________

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

• Andrew Young Kim "Shrek Forever After" – DreamWorks Animation
• Jason Mayer "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Brett Miller "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Sebastian Quessy "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole" – Warner Bros. Pictures
• Krzysztof Rost "Megamind" – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production

• Nicolas A. Chauvelot "Scared Shrekless" – DreamWorks Animation
• Savelen Forrest "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III" – ShadowMachine
• Elizabeth Harvatine "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III" – ShadowMachine
• David Pate "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" – DreamWorks Animation
• Nideep Varghese "Scared Shrekless" – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• Mark Donald "Megamind" – DreamWorks Animation
• Anthony Hodgson "Megamind" – DreamWorks Animation
• Gabe Hordos "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Jakob Hjort Jensen "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• David Torres "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Live Action Production

• Quentin Miles – Clash of the Titans
• Ryan Page – Alice in Wonderland

Character Design in a Television Production

• Andy Bialk "The Ricky Gervais Show" – W!LDBRAIN Entertainment
• Stephan DeStefano "Sym-Bionic Titan" – Cartoon Network
• Ernie Gilbert "T.U.F.F. Puppy" – Nickelodeon
• Gordon Hammond "T.U.F.F. Puppy" – Nickelodeon
• Steve Lambe "Fanboy & Chum Chum" – Nickelodeon, Frederator

Character Design in a Feature Production

• Sylvain Chomet "The Illusionist" – Django Films
• Carter Goodrich "Despicable Me" – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
• Timothy Lamb "Megamind" – DreamWorks Animation
• Nico Marlet "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation

Directing in a Television Production

• Bob Anderson "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXI” – Gracie Films
• Peter Chung "Firebreather" – Cartoon Network Studios
• Duke Johnson "Frankenhole: Humanitas" – ShadowMachine
• Tim Johnson "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" – DreamWorks Animation
• Gary Trousdale "Scared Shrekless" – DreamWorks Animation

Directing in a Feature Production

• Sylvain Chomet "The Illusionist" – Django Films
• Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
• Mamoru Hosoda “Summer Wars” – Madhouse/Funimation
• Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
• Lee Unkrich “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar

Music in a Television Production

• J. Walter Hawkes, Billy Lopez "The Wonder Pets!" – Nickelodeon Production & Little Airplane Productions
• Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer and John Powell "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" – DreamWorks Animation
• Tim Long, Alf Clausen, Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement "The Simpsons: Elementary School Musical" – Gracie Films
• Shawn Patterson "Robot Chicken’s DP Christmas Special" – ShadowMachine
• Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker "SpongeBob SquarePants" – Nickelodeon

Music in a Feature Production

• Sylvain Chomet "The Illusionist" – Django Films
• David Hirschfelder "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole" – Warner Bros. Pictures
• John Powell "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Harry Gregson Williams "Shrek Forever After" – DreamWorks Animation
• Pharrell Williams, Heitor Pereira "Despicable Me" – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures

Production Design in a Television Production

• Alan Bodner "Neighbors From Hell" – 20th Century Fox Television
• Barry Jackson "Firebreather" – Cartoon Network Studios
• Pete Oswald "Doubtsourcing" – Badmash Animation Studios
• Richie Sacilioc "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" – DreamWorks Animation
• Scott Wills "Sym-Bionic Titan" – Cartoon Network Studios

Production Design in a Feature Production

• Yarrow Cheney "Despicable Me" – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
• Eric Guillon "Despicable Me" – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
• Dan Hee Ryu "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole" – Warner Bros. Pictures
• Pierre Olivier Vincent "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Peter Zaslav "Shrek Forever After" – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in a Television Production

• Sean Bishop "Scared Shrekless" – DreamWorks Animation
• Fred Gonzales "T.U.F.F. Puppy" – Nickelodeon
• Tom Owens "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" – DreamWorks Animation
• Dave Thomas "Fairly OddParents" – Nickelodeon

Storyboarding in a Feature Production

• Alessandro Carloni "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Paul Fisher "Shrek Forever After" – DreamWorks Animation
• Tom Owens "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Catherine Yuh Rader "Megamind" – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in a Television Production

• Jeff Bennett as The Necronomicon "Fanboy & Chum Chum" – Nickelodeon & Frederator
• Corey Burton as Baron Papanoida "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" – Cartoon Network
• Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" – Cartoon Network
• Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown "The Cleveland Show" – Fox Television Animation
• James Hong as Mr. Ping "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

• Jay Baruchel as Hiccup "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Gerard Butler as Stoick "How To Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
• Steve Carrell as Gru "Despicable Me" – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
• Cameron Diaz as Fiona "Shrek Forever After" – DreamWorks Animation
• Geoffrey Rush as Ezylryb "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole" – Warner Bros. Pictures

Writing in a Television Production

• Daniel Arkin "Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Heroes on Both Sides" – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
• Jon Colton Barry & Piero Piluso "Phineas & Ferb: Nerds of a Feather" – Disney Channel
• John Frink "The Simpsons: Stealing First Base" – Gracie Films
• Geoff Johns, Matthew Beans, Zeb Wells, Hugh Sterbakov, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick & Hugh Davidson "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III" – ShadowMachine
• Michael Rowe "Futurama" – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television

Writing in a Feature Production

• Michael Arndt  “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar
• Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
• William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders  “How to Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
• Dan Fogelman “Tangled” – Disney
• Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation

JURIED AWARDS__________________________________

Winsor McCay Award — Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening

June Foray — Ross Iwamoto

Ub Iwerks Award — Autodesk

Special Achievement — “Waking Sleeping Beauty”