36th Annie Awards

Production nominees

Nominations announced on December 1, 2008.

[[Annie Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]]

• Kung Fu Panda
  • Bolt
  • $9.99
  • WALL-E
  • Waltz with Bashir

Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment Production

• Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
  • Batman: Gotham Knight
  • Christmas Is Here Again
  • Justice League: The New Frontier
  • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject

• Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
  • Glago's Guest
  • Hot Dog
  • Presto
  • Sebastian's Voodoo

Annie Award for Best Animated Television Commercial

• United Airlines "Heart"
  • Giant Monster
  • Long Legs Mr. Hyde
  • Rotofugi: The Collectors
  • Sarah

Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production

• Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
  • King of the Hill
  • Moral Orel
  • Phineas and Ferb
  • The Simpsons

Best Animated Television Production for Children

• Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
  • A Miser Brothers' Christmas – Warner Bros.
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network
  • Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network
  • The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon

Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game

• Kung Fu Panda
  • Dead Space
  • WALL-E

Individual Achievement

Animated Effects

• '*Li-Ming Lawrence Lee – *Kung Fu Panda'''''
  • Alen Lai – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who
  • Fangwei Lee – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  • Kevin Lee – Bolt
  • Enrique Vila – WALL-E

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• '*James Baxter – *Kung Fu Panda'''''
  • Jeff Gabor – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who
  • Philippe Le Brun – Kung Fu Panda
  • Victor Navone – WALL-E
  • Dan Wagner – Kung Fu Panda

Character Animation in a Television Production

• '*Pierre Perifel – *Secrets of the Furious Five'''''
  • Sandro Cleuzo – Secrets of the Furious Five
  • Joshua A. Jennings – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

• '*Nico Marlet – *Kung Fu Panda'''''
  • Valerie Hadida – Igor
  • Sang Jun Lee – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

• '*Nico Marlet – *Secrets of the Furious Five'''''
  • Bryan Arnett – Mighty B!: "Bat Mitzah Crashers"
  • Ben Balistreri – Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "Mondo Coco"
  • Sean Galloway – The Spectacular Spider-Man
  • Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera: "The Good, The Bad, The Tigre"

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

• '*John Stevenson and Mark Osborne – *Kung Fu Panda'''''
  • Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen – The Tale Of Despereaux
  • Ari Folman – Waltz with Bashir
  • Tatia Rosenthal – $9.99
  • Andrew Stanton – WALL-E

Directing in an Animated Television Production

• Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Sozin’s Comet: Into the Inferno"
  • Bob Anderson – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
  • Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti – Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "Destination Imagination"
  • Chris McKay – Moral Orel: "Passing"
  • Alan Smart – SpongeBob SquarePants: "Penny Foolish"

Music in an Animated Feature Production

• Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Kevin Manthei – Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
  • John Powell – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
  • Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
  • William Ross – The Tale of Despereaux (film) – Universal Pictures

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
  • Carl Finch & Brave Combo – Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns – CTTV Productions
  • Kevin Kiner – Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
  • Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard Cowman: The Uddered Avenger – Nickelodeon/Omation
  • Guy Michelmore – Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie – Taffy Entertainment LLC

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

• Tang Heng Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ralph Eggleston WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Paul Felix Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Evgeni Tomov The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
  • Raymond Zibach Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Tang Heng Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
  • Andy Harkness Glago's Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! "Bee Patients" – Nickelodeon
  • Dan Krall – Chowder "The Heavy Sleeper" – Cartoon Network Studios
  • Raymond Zibach Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

• Jennifer Yuh Nelson – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Alessandro Carloni – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ronnie Del Carmen – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Joe Mateo Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Rob Stevenhagen – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Chris Williams Glago's Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents "Mission: Responsible" – Nickelodeon
  • Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan "Twirly Whirly Flyers" – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
  • Andy Schuhler – Secret of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
  • Eddie Trigueros The Mighty B! "Name Shame"– Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

• Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ben Burtt – Voice of WALL-E – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
  • James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
  • Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy "I Dream of Jesus" – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
  • Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder "Apprentice Games" – Cartoon Network Studios

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

• Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ari Folman – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
  • Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• ** Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine**
  • Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons "The Debarted" – Gracie Films/Fox TV
  • Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera "Mustache Love" – Nickelodeon
  • Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
  • Chris Williams – Glago's Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Juried award winners

• Winsor McCay Award — Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park
• June Foray Award — Bill Turner
• Certificate of Merit — Amir Avni, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner and Alex Vassilev

References

References

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