DreamWorks Animation’s “How To Train Your Dragon” won top honors as the Best Animated Feature at the 38th Annual Annie Awards on Saturday, February 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Best Animated Short Subject was presented to Pixar’s ‘Day & Night’; Best Animated Television Commercial to Duck Studios ‘Children’s Medical Center’; Nickelodeon’s ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ was honored as Best Animated Television Production for Children and Playdead’s ‘Limbo’ won Best Animated Video Game. A new category, Character Animation in a Live Action Production was presented to Sony Pictures’ ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ The Winsor McCay award was presented to three animation industry leaders – Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg and Matt Groening. Brad Bird is currently filming in Vancouver and accepted his Winsor via a videotaped message. Entries submitted for consideration were from productions that originally aired, were exhibited in an animation festival or commercially released between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010:
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
- How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation
- Day & Night – Pixar
Best Animated Television Commercial
- Children’s Medical Center – DUCK Studios
Best Animated Television Production
- Kung Fu Panda Holiday – DreamWorks Animation
Best Animated Television Production for Children
- SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon
Best Animated Video Game
- Limbo – Playdead
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
- Brett Miller “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Television Production
- David Pate “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Feature Production
- Gabe Hordos “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
- Ryan Page – Alice in Wonderland – Sony Pictures
Character Design in a Television Production
- Ernie Gilbert “T.U.F.F. Puppy” – Nickelodeon
Character Design in a Feature Production
- Nico Marlet “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in a Television Production
- Tim Johnson “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in a Feature Production
- Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois “How To Train Your Dragon” ��� DreamWorks Animation
Music in a Television Production
- Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker “SpongeBob SquarePants” – Nickelodeon
- John Powell “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in a Television Production
- Richie Sacilioc “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in a Feature Production
- Pierre Olivier Vincent “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in a Television Production
- Fred Gonzales “T.U.F.F. Puppy” – Nickelodeon
Storyboarding in a Feature Production
- Tom Owens “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Television Production
- 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
Writing in a Television Production
- 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
Writing in a Feature Production
- William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders “How to Train Your Dragon”– DreamWorks Animation
JURIED AWARDS__________________________________
Winsor McCay Award — Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening
Special Achievement — “Waking Sleeping Beauty”
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