2009 Annie Award Nominees announced

Alan Gardner December 2, 2009 1 minute 0 comments

The 2009 Annie Awards nominations have been announced by ASIFA-Hollywood. The award recognizes the year’s best achievements in animation. The features competing for Best Animated Feature include: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells and Pixar’s Up. Here is the full list of the nominations:

Best Animated Feature

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Sony Pictures Animation
Coraline – Laika
Fantastic Mr. Fox – 20th Century Fox
The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Secret of Kells – Cartoon Saloon
Up – Pixar Animation Studios

Best Home Entertainment Production

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas – Universal Animation Studios
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Green Latern: First Flight – Warner Bros. Animation
Open Season 2 – Sony Pictures Animation
SpongeBob vs. The Big One – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Short Subject

Pups of Liberty – Picnic Pictures
Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 – ShadowMachine
Santa, The Fascist Years – Plymptoons
The Rooster, The Crocodile and The Night Sky – Barley Films
The Story of Walls – Badmash Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Commercial

Goldfish: In The Dark – Blur Studios, Inc.
Idaho Lottery Twiceland – Acme Filmworks, Inc.
Nutty Tales – Blue Sky Studios
Spanish Lottery Deportees – Acme Filmworks, Inc.
The Spooning – Screen Novelties /Acne Media

Best Animated Television Production

Glenn Martin, DDS – Torante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications
Merry Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Prep and Landing – ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Simpsons – Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production for Children

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation
SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack – Cartoon Network Studios
The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

Individual Achievement Categories

Animated Effects

Scott Cegielski Monsters vs. Aliens – DreamWorks Animation
Alexander Feigin 9 – 9 L.L.C.
Eric Froemling Up – Pixar Animation Studios
Tom Kluyskens Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Sony Pictures Animation
James Mansfield The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Television Production

Mark Donald B.O.B.’s Big Break – DreamWorks Animation
Mark Mitchell Prep and Landing – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kevan Shorey Merry Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Tony Smeed Prep and Landing – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Phillip To Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production

Andreas Deja The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Eric Goldberg The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Travis Knight Coraline – Laika
Daniel Nguyen Up – Pixar Animation Studios
Bruce Smith The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Television Production

Bryan Arnett The Mighty B! – Catatonic – Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
Ben Balistreri Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network Studios
Craig Kellman Merry Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Bill Schwab Prep and Landing – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production

Daniel Lopez Munoz Up – Pixar Animation Studios
Shane Prigmore Coraline – Laika
Shannon Tindle Coraline – Laika

Directing in a Television Production

Pam Cooke & Jansen Yee American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles – 20th Century Fox/Fuzzy Door/Underdog
Rob Fendler Popzilla – Animax
John Infantino, J.G. Quintel The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova – Cartoon Network Studios
Bret Haaland The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
Jennifer Oxley The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster – Nickelodeon/Little Airplane Productions

Directing in a Feature Production

Wes Anderson Fantastic Mr. Fox – 20th Century Fox
Pete Docter Up – Pixar Animation Studios
Christopher Miller, Phil Lord Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Sony Pictures Animation
Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo – Studio Ghibli
Henry Selick Coraline – Laika

Music in a Television Production

Michael Giacchino Prep and Landing – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kevin Kiner Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Weapons Factory – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
Guy Moon The Fairly OddParents: Wishology-The Big Beginning – Nickelodeon

Music in a Feature Production

Bruno Coulais Coraline – Laika
Michael Giacchino Up – Pixar Animation Studios
Joe Hisaishi Ponyo – Studio Ghibli
John Powell Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – Blue Sky Studios

Production Design in a Television Production

Mac George Prep and Landing – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Andy Harkness Prep and Landing – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Janice Kubo Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network Studios

Production Design in a Feature Production

Christopher Appelhans Coraline – Laika
Ian Gooding The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Tadahiro Uesugi Coraline – Laika
Christopher Vacher 9 – 9 L.L.C.

Storyboarding in a Television Production

Sunil Hall The Mighty B!: Catatonic – Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper
Brandon Kruse The Fairly OddParents: Fly Boy – Nickelodeon
Robert Koo Merry Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Joe Mateo Prep and Landing – ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios Kite Productions
Adam Van Wyk The Spectacular Spider-Man: Final Curtain – Culver Entertainment

Storyboarding in a Feature Production

Sharon Bridgeman Astro Boy – Imagi Studios
Chris Butler Coraline – Laika
Ronnie Del Carmen Up – Pixar Animation Studios
Tom Owens Monsters vs. Aliens – DreamWorks Animation
Peter Sohn Up – Pixar Animation Studios

Voice Acting in a Television Production

Danny Jacobs – Voice of King Julien – Merry Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Nicky Jones – Voice of Chowder – Chowder: The Dinner Theatre – Cartoon Network Studios
Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants – Truth or Square – Nickelodeon
Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder:The Party Cruise – Cartoon Network Studios
Willow Smith – Voice of Abby – Merry Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

Jen Cody – Voice of Charlotte – The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Dawn French – Voice of Miss Forcible – Coraline – Laika
Hugh Laurie – Voice of Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. – Monsters vs. Aliens – DreamWorks Animation
John Leguizamo – Voice of Sid – Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur – Blue Sky Studios
Jennifer Lewis – Voice of Mama Odie – The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Television Production

Daniel Chun – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX – Gracie Films
Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton – Prep and Landing – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Valentina L. Garza – The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure – Gracie Films
Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham – The Simpsons: Gone Maggie Gone – Gracie Films
Billy Lopez – The Wonder Pets – Save the Honey Bears – Nickelodeon Productions/Little Airplane Productions

Writing in a Feature Production

Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr. Fox – 20th Century Fox
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy – Up – Pixar Animation Studios
Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers – Astro Boy – Imagi Studios
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Sony Pictures Animation

Juried Awards

Winsor McCay Award – Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
June Foray – Tom Sito
Ub Iwerks Award – William T. Reeves
Special Achievement – Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
Certificate of Merit – Myles Mikulic, Danny Young and Michael Woodside