After being defeated last year ("Kung Fu Panda" topped "WALL-E"), Pixar returned to the throne of the Annie Awards this time around, with Pete Docter's "Up" taking best animated feature at the ceremony last night. The Annies did spread the wealth quite significantly for the landmark year in animated cinema, with "Coraline," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Princess and the Frog" and "Monsters vs. Aliens" each taking home trophies as well.
The full list of Annie Award winners in the film categories:
Best Animated Feature
Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Best Home Entertainment Production
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder — The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Best Animated Short Subject
Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 — ShadowMachine
Animated Effects
James Mansfield The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Eric Goldberg The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Design in a Feature Production
Shane Prigmore Coraline — Laika
Directing in a Feature Production
Pete Docter Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Music in a Feature Production
Bruno Coulais Coraline — Laika
Production Design in a Feature Production
Tadahiro Uesugi Coraline — Laika
Storyboarding in a Feature Production
Tom Owens Monsters vs. Aliens — DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Feature Production
Jen Cody – Voice of Charlotte – The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Writing in a Feature Production
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
Winsor McCay Awards:
Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
June Foray Award:
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
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pegu | February 7, 2010
Congrats to Up - a fantastic film. It has more emotion in the first 15 minutes than most other films - animated or live action.