ASIFA Annie Awards & Nominations 2010

Are you waiting to know about best animated films? From latest news that ASIFA has declared nominations for the 37th annual Annie Awards 2010 which was planned on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. www.annieawards.org is official website of Annie Awards. ASIFA and has announced Annie Awards 2010 nominees. The Annie Awards gives one of the most innovative stages to animation partners for taking part in these awards and advertise their goods and services.

ASIFA-Hollywood, the International Animated Film Association has offered the Annie Awards in the Los Angeles or California branch since 1972.

Annie Awards is excellence in animation field. It will be presented in twenty five categories with best animated feature, television production, home entertainment, television commercial, video game, short subject, in addition to individual success.

The list of the 2010 Annie Awards nominations is as follows:

Production Categories:

Best Animated Feature:

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

Best Home Entertainment Production:

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

Best Animated Short Subject:

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

Best Animated Television Commercial:

• Spanish Lottery “Deportees”: Acme Filmworks, Inc.
• The Spooning: Screen Novelties /Acne Media
• Idaho Lottery “Twiceland”: Acme Filmworks, Inc
• Goldfish: In The Dark: Blur Studios, Inc.
• McDonald’s Nutty Trade: Blue Sky Studios

Best Animated Television Production

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

Best Animated Television Production for Children:

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

Individual Achievement categories:

Animated Effects:

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

Character Animation in a Television Production

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

Character Animation in a Feature Production:

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

Character Design in a Television Production:

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

Character Design in a Feature Production:

• Shannon Tindle “Coraline”: Laika
• Shane Prigmore “Coraline”: Laika
• Daniel Lopez Munoz “Up”: Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in a Television Production:

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

Directing in a Feature Production:

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

Music in a Television Production:

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

Music in a Feature Production:

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

Production Design in a Television Production:

• Andy Harkness “Prep and Landing”: Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Mac George “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
• Christophe Vacher “9”: 9 L.L.C.

Storyboarding in a Television Production:

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

Storyboarding in a Feature Production:

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

Voice Acting in a Television Production:

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

Voice Acting in a Feature Production:

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

Writing in a Television Production:

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

Writing in a Feature Production

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

Juried Awards:

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

Source: http://www.annieawards.org/index.html

1. By Naida Spittler at 8th January, 2010

   Toller Beitrag, vielen Dank.