Pixar Turns The Annies Inside Out
The Annies really like Pixar. A lot. In pretty well every category that the Pixar film Inside Out competed in, it won. Except for Animated Effects, where it was beat by The Good Dinosaur, also from Pixar. The 43rd Annie Awards, which are put on by ASIFA-Hollywood, recognize the best- yearly- in animation and related fields.This year, the powers that bee seem to think Disney was all that, giving that studio and it’s related companies over three quarters of all the awards for the year.
This years awards ceremony unfolded Saturday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, with such luminaries as Edward James Olmos, Rita Moreno, Tom Kenny, Laraine Newman, Alexander Garfin, Hadley Belle Miller, Kristen Schaal, Michael-Leon Wooley, Sharlto Copely, Phyllis Smith, Andreas Deja and John Musker presenting over the evening.
What makes the near-total Disney-Pixar sweep even more ironic is the fact that the two studios pulled out of the 2010 Annie Awards for precisely this same reason. Disney Animation and Pixar president Ed Catmull and Pixar director John Lasseter pulled out to protest DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda sweeping the awards in 2009. Something tells us that Disney will nor pull out next year because of this years sweep.
A full list of the winners follow:
Best Animated Feature
Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Best Animated Special Production
He Named Me Malala – Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door
Best Animated Short Subject
Don Hertzfeldt – World of Tomorrow
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
“Man and Dog” – Psyop
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children
Tumble Leaf – Episode: Mirror – Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children
Wander Over Yonder – Episode: The Breakfast – Disney Television Animation
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for a General Audience
The Simpsons – Episode: Halloween of Horror – Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television
Best Animated Feature-Independent
O Menino E O Mundo (The Boy and the World – Some Dreams Survive)– Filme de Papel
Best Student Film
ed – Taha Neyestani, Sheridan College
Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Jon Reisch and Stephen Marshall – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Florent Andorra and Georg Kaltenbrunner –Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron – Sokovia Destruction – Marvel Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Television/Broadcast Production
Chi-Ho Chan – Dragons: Race to the Edge – Episode: “Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1” –DreamWorks Animation Television
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production
Allison Rutland – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Matthew Shumway, Adrian Millington, Blaine Toderian, Alexander Poei and Kevin Lan – The Revenant – The Bear (Judy) – Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Anonymous Content, M Productions, Appian Way, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game
David Gibson – Evolve –2K Games
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a TV/Broadcast Production
Craig Kellman – Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties and Warner Bros. Animation
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Albert Lozano and Chris Sasaki – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Matt Braly – Gravity Falls – Episode: Northwest Mansion Mystery – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Pete Docter – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Music in a TV/Broadcast Production
Christopher Willis – Disney Mickey Mouse – Episode: ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
Michael Giacchino – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Kevin Dart, Sylvia Liu, Chris Turnham and Eastwood Wong – The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show – Episode: “Peabody’s Parents/Galileo” – DreamWorks Animation Television
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Ralph Eggleston – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a TV/Broadcast Production
Alonso Ramirez Ramos – Disney Mickey Mouse – Episode: ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Tony Rosenast – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Kristen Schaal – Bob’s Burgers – Episode: Hawk & Chick – Twentieth Century Fox Television and Bento Box Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Phyllis Smith – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Steven Davis and Kelvin Yu – Bob’s Burgers – Episode: The Hauntening – Twentieth Century Fox Television Bento Box Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in a TV/Broadcast Production
Illya Owens – Disney Mickey Mouse – Episode: Coned –Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Kevin Nolting – Inside Out –Pixar Animation Studios
