The 40th Annie Awards Winners
The 40th Annie awards hosted at the UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles saw the best the industry had to offer unite in a spectacular display of talent.
Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ won Best Animated Feature, as well as four other awards. It was an impressive night for Disney studios with “Paperman”-released online earlier this month- winning Best Animated Short award. With the Oscars coming up soon, it looks like it will be a sterling year for Disney productions.
Laika studio’s Travis Knight won the Best Character Animation in a Feature Production Award and Heidi Smith winning the Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Award for their work on ‘Paranorman’, leaving stop-motion far from empty handed.
However it was New York based animator Timothy Reckart, who won the Student film categories with his N.F.T.S produced animated short “Head Over Heels” that really stood out for us at Skwigly.
The stunning film won over the panel with its brilliant visuals and captivating narrative, the short stop-motion portrays how an elderly couple growing apart, learn to work together after years of marriage. This prestigious award can be added to an already heaving trophy shelf for Timothy Reckart. With this films long list of achievements growing ever longer, is an Oscar around the corner?
Tim Reckart from the N.F.T.S picks up his Annie from Matt Groening
Also this year, there were three winners for the prestigious Winsor McCay Award – which is given to professionals in recognition of a lifetime of contribution to the art of animation. Oscar Grillo, Terry Gilliam and Mark Henn all received the award for their extensive efforts in the animation and film making industry.
This year Annie Awards really highlight 2012 as a great year for animation. Lets hope with movies such as Pixar’s Monster’s University and Dreamworks The Croods set to be released later this year, that 2013 brings continuing success to the animation community.
See below for a full list of award winners:
Animated Feature
“Wreck-It Ralph” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Animated Special Production
“Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem” – Illumination Entertainment
Animated Short Subject
“Paperman” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
General Audience Animated TV Production For Preschool Children
“Bubble Guppies” — “A Tooth on the Looth” – Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Animated Television Production For Children
“Dragons: Riders of Berk” — “How to Pick Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
General Audience Animated Television Production
“Robot Chicken” — “DC Comics Special” – Stoopid Buddy Studios
Animated Video Game
“Journey” – Sony Computer Entertainment America
Student Film
“Head Over Heels” – Timothy Reckart
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton – “Rise of the Guardians” – DreamWorks Animation
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig, Mark Chataway “The Avengers” – Industrial Light & Magic
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Dan Driscoll “SpongeBob SquarePants: It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!” – Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Travis Knight “ParaNorman” – Focus Features
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Erik de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl ‘Life of Pi – Tiger’ – Rhythm & Hues Studio
Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Robert Valley ‘Disney Tron: Uprising: The Renegade, Part I’ – Disney TV Animation
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Heidi Smith ‘ParaNorman’ – Focus Features
Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
John Eng ‘Dragons: Riders of Berk: Animal House’ – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Rich Moore ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
John Paesano ‘Dragons: Riders of Berk: How to Pick Your Dragon’ – DreamWorks Animation
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Bruce Retief ‘Adventures in Zambezia’ – Saltzman Communications
Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Alberto Mielgo ‘Tron: Uprising: The Stranger’ – Disney TV Animation
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Steve Pilcher ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Doug Lovelace ‘Dragons: Riders of Berk: Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Man’ – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Johanne Matte ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Kristen Schaal as Mabel Pines ‘Gravity Falls: Tourist Trapped’ – Disney TV Animation
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Alan Tudyk as King Candy ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Trey Parker – “South Park: Jewpacabra” – Central Productions
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee – Wreck-It Ralph – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Editorial in an Animated Television Production
Hugo Morales, Adam Arnold, Davrik Waeden, Otto Ferraye ‘Kung Fu Panda: ‘Monkey in the Middle’ – Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Nicholas A. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE, David Suther, “Brave” – Pixar Animation Studios
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay Award
Oscar Grillo, Terry Gilliam, Mark Henn
June Foray
Howard Green
Ub Iwerks
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