The movie Over the Hedge – based on Michael Fry and T. Lewis’ strip of the same name – has been nominated for eight Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature. Steve Moore creator of In The Bleachers has two animated features also up for awards. Steve was the executive producer of Open Season which is up for six awards (including Best Animated Feature) and he also wrote the original treatment for Flushed Away which is up for nine different awards. Annie Awards are the animation industry’s highest honor.
Here’s the breakdown on the awards:
| Category | Movie |
|---|---|
| Best Animated Feature | Open Season – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation |
| Best Animated Video Game | Flushed Away The Game – D3 Publisher of America, Inc. |
| Individual Achievement Categories | Scott Cegielski – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features David Stephens – “Open Season” – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures |
| Character Animation in a Feature Production | Line Andersen – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features Gabe Hordos – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features Kristof Serrand – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation |
| Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Carter Goodrich – “Open Season” – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures Nicolas Marlet – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation |
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | David Bowers & Sam Fell – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation |
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Andy Harkness – “Open Season” – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures Michael Humphries – “Open Season” – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures Paul Shardlow – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation Pierre-Olivier Vincent – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features |
| Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Thom Enriquez “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation Gary Graham “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation Kris Pearn “Open Season” – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures Simon Wells “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features |
| Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Ian McKellen – Voice of the Toad – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features Wanda Sykes – Voice of Stella – “Over The Hedge” – DreamWorks Animation |
| Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais and Chris Lloyd & Joe Keenan and Will Davies – “Flushed Away” – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features |
Winners will be announced February 11.