Annie Awards: The Winners

The Annie Awards honor and celebrate the people working in animation. Awards are given to movies, television, video games, short subjects, and exceptional student projects. The 41st Annie Awards ceremony was held on January 1, 2014 at the University of California in Los Angeles. The ceremony was hosted by actor/voice-over artist Patrick Warburton, whose contributions to animation include providing the voices of Joe Swanson in Family Guy and Kronk in The Emperor’s New Groove.

Best Animated Feature

Winner: Frozen

Other Nominees:

• A Letter to Momo
• Despicable Me 2
• Ernest & Celestine
• Monsters University
• The Croods
• The Wind Rises

Best Animated Special Production
Winner: Chipotle Scarecrow

Other Nominees:

• Listening Is an Act of Love 
• Room on the Broom
  
• Toy Story OF TERROR!

Best Animated Short Subject
Winner: Get A Horse!

Other Nominees:

• Gloria Victoria
• My Mom is an Airplane
• The Numberlys
• Despicable Me 2 – Puppy

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial
Winner: Despicable Me 2

Other Nominees:

• Sound of the Woods
• The Polar Bears Movie

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Winner: Sofia the First


Other Nominees:

• Doc McStuffins
• Justin Time
• Peter Rabbit
• Bubble Guppies

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience
Winner: Adventure Time

Other Nominees:

• Beware the Batman
• Gravity Falls
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
• Regular Show
• Scaredy Squirrel
• Teen Titans Go!
• The Legend of Korra

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Futurama

Other Nominees:

• Archer
• Bob’s Burgers
• Disney Tron Uprising
• Motorcity

Best Animated Video Game
Winner: The Last of Us

Other Nominees:

• Diggs Nightcrawler
• Tiny Thief

Best Student Film
Winner: Wedding Cake

Other Nominees:

• Chicken or the Egg
• Kellerkind
• Miss Todd
• Move Mountain
• SEMÕFORO
• The Final Straw
• Trusts & Estates

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Winner: Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer, The Croods

Other Nominees:

• Alen Lai, David Quirus, Diego Garzon Sanchez, Ilan Gabai – Epic
• David Jones – Dragons: Defenders of Berk
• Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling, Enrique Vila – Monsters University
• Greg Gladstone, Nikita Pavlov, Allen Ruilova, Matt Titus, Can Yuksel – Turbo

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Winner: Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel, Pacific Rim

Other Nominees:

• Jonathan Paquin, Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet – Man Of Steel
• Ben O’Brien, Karin Cooper, Lee Uren, Chris Root – Star Trek: Into Darkness
• Dan Pearson, Jay Cooper, Jeff Grebe, Amelia Chenoweth – Star Trek: Into Darkness

Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Winner: Kureha Yokoo, Toy Story of Terror!

Other Nominees:

• Brad Schaffer – Friendship All-Stars of Friendship: Wrong Number
• Eric Urban – Ubermansion
• JC Tran Quang Thieu – Toy Story OF TERROR!
• David DeVan – Toy Story OF TERROR!
• Keith Kellogg – Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Jakob Jensen, The Croods

Other Nominees:

• ohn Chun Chiu Lee – Monsters University
• Kitaro Kosaka – The Wind Rises
• Tony Smeed – Frozen
• Patrick Imbert – Ernest & Celestine
• Thom Roberts – Epic
• Jonathan Del Val – Despicable Me 2

Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Winner: Jeff Capogreco, Jedrzej Wojtowicz, Kevin Estey, Alessandro Bonora, Gino Acevedo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Other Nominees:

• Dave Clayton, Simeon Duncombe, Jung Min Chang, Matthew Cioffi, Guillame Francois – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Hal Hickel, Chris Lentz, Derrick Carlin, Steve Rawlins, Kyle Winkelman – Pacific Rim

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Paul Rudish, Disney Mickey Mouse

Other Nominees:

• Andy Bialk – The Awesomes
• Ben Adams – Regular Show
• Danny Hynes, Colin Howard – Steven Universe
• Craig McCracken – Wander Over Yonder

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Carter Goodrich, Takao Noguchi, Shane Prigmore, The Croods

Other Nominees:

• Sylvain Deboissy, Shannon Tindle – Turbo
• Craig Kellman – Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2
• Chris Sasaki – Monsters University
• Christophe Lourdelet – A Monster in Paris
• Eric Guillon – Despicable Me 2
• Bill Schwab – Frozen

Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Angus MacLane, Toy Story of Terror!

Other Nominees:

• Colin Heck – The Legend of Korra
• Elaine Bogan – Dragons: Defenders of Berk
• Stephan Franck – The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
• John Aoshima – Gravity Falls
• Aaron Springer – Mickey Mouse
• Harold Harris – Justin Time

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Frozen

Other Nominees:

• Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco – The Croods
• David Soren – Turbo
• Chris Wedge – Epic
• Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier – Ernest & Celestine

Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Christopher Willis, Disney Mickey Mouse

Other Nominees:

• Alan Williams – Estefan
• Guy Moon – T.U.F.F. Puppy
• Peter Lurye, Stuart Kollmorgen, Peter Zizzo – Peter Rabbit
• Kevin Kliesch, Craig Gerber, John Kavanaugh – Sofia the First
• Andy Bean – Wander Over Yonder

Music in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck, Frozen

Other Nominees:

• Alan Silvestri – The Croods
• Henry Jackman – Turbo
• Mark Mothersbaugh – Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2
• Heitor Pereira, Pharrell Williams – Despicable Me 2
• Danny Elfman – Epic
• Randy Newman – Monsters University
• Dominic Lewis – Free Birds

Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Angela Sung, William Niu, Christine Bian, Emily Tetri, Frederic Stewart, The Legend of Korra

Other Nominees:

• Liz Artinian, Ray Feldman, Chris Fisher, George Fort – The Venture Bros.
• Steven Sugar, Emily Walus, Sam Bosma, Elle Michalka, Amanda Winterstein – Steven Universe
• Lynna Blankenship, Dima Malanitchev, Debbie Peterson, Charles Ragins, Jefferson R. Weekley – The Simpsons
• Christophe Vacher – Transformers Prime
• Nick Jennings, Sandra Calleros, Teri Shikasho, Ron Russell, Martin Ansolebehere – Adventure Time

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Michael Giaimo, Lisa Keene, David Womersley, Frozen

Other Nominees:

• Christophe Lautrette, Paul Duncan, Dominique R. Louis – The Croods
• Yarrow Cheney, Eric Guillon – Despicable Me 2
• Michael Knapp, Greg Couch, William Joyce – Epic
• Zaza, Zyk – Ernest & Celestine
• Ricky Nierva, Robert Kondo, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi – Monsters University

Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Daniel Chong, Toy Story of Terror!

Other Nominees:

• Piero Piluso – Monsters vs. Aliens
• Douglas Lovelace – Dragons: Riders of Berk
• Adam Ford, Deke Wightman, Kevin Mellon, Justin Wagner, Benji Williams – Archer
• Alonso Ramos-Ramirez – Disney Mickey Mouse
• Alonso Ramos-Ramirez – Gravity Falls
• Guillermo Del Toro, Guy Davis, Ralph Sosa – The Simpsons — “Treehouse of Horror XXIV”
• Paul Watling – Justin Time

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Dean Kelly, Monsters University

Other Nominees:

• Steven MacLeod – The Croods
• Eric Favela – Despicable Me 2
• Jason Hand – Planes
• John Ripa – Frozen

Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Tom Kenny, Adventure Time

Other Nominees:

• Eric Bauza – Fairly Odd Parents
• Bill Farmer – Disney Mickey Mouse
• Chris Diamantopoulos – Disney Mickey Mouse
• Mark Hamill – Regular Show

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Josh Gad, Frozen

Other Nominees:

• Paul Giamatti – Turbo
• Terry Crews – Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2
• Kristen Wiig – Despicable Me 2
• Steve Carell – Despicable Me 2
• Pierre Coffin – Despicable Me 2
• Billy Crystal – Monsters University

Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Lewis Morton, Futurama

Other Nominees:

• Katie Mattila – Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
• Ian Maxtone-Graham, Billy Kimball – The Simpsons
• Matt Price, John Infantino, Mike Roth, Michele Cavin, Sean Szeles – Regular Show
• Michael Price – The Simpsons

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises

Other Nominees:

• Daniel Pennac – Ernest & Celestine
• Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon – Monsters University
• Jennifer Lee – Frozen

Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Winner: Illya Owens, Disney Mickey Mouse

Other Nominees:

• Adam Arnold, Hugo Morales, Davrick Waltjen – Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
• Myra Lopez, Ana Adams, Justin Baker – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Lynn Hobson – Dragons: Defenders of Berk
• Axel Geddes, Kathy Graves, Chloe Kloezeman – Toy Story OF TERROR!
• Paul D. Calder – Futurama
• Paul Douglas – Adventure Time
• Jason W.A. Tucker – Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Winner: Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom, Monsters University

Other Nominees:

• Darren Holmes – The Croods
• James Ryan – Turbo
• Fabienne Alvarez-Giro – Ernest & Celestine
• Jeff Draheim – Frozen