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THE ANNIE AWARDS : Animation’s Highest Honor

Komunitas animasi internasional, The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, mengadakan ‘36th Annual Annie Awards’yang memberikan penghargaan hasil karya atau individu dalam 24 kategori penghargaan mulai dari production design, character animation dan effects animation hingga storyboarding, writing, music dan voice acting. Hasil karya yang dapat mengikuti adalah hasil karya yang diproduksi, ditampilkan dalam festival maupun yang direlease secara komersial dari 1 januari hingga 31 desember 2008.

Untuk tahun 2008 ini, upacara penerimaan penghargaan akan diselenggaran pada tanggal 30 Januari 2009 di Gedung Royce Hall didalam kampus the campus UCLA, yang dalam perayaannya akan menampilkan lively mix of animation luminaries, presenter yang dibawakan oleh para selebriti dan komedianterkenal.

The Annie Awards dilaksanakan pertama kali pada tahun 1972, yang dipelopori oleh aktor suara legendaris yaitu June Foray, namun saat ini acara penghargaan ini didukung oleh studio-studio dan perusahaan animasi besar dunia. Bisa dibilang bahwa ajang ini merupakan event untuk melakukan sebuah penilaian awal, perbandingan dan prediksi menuju ajang the Academy Award untuk kategori Best Animated Feature.

Even ini juga dipelopori oleh organisasi ASIFA-Hollywood, Association Internationale du Film D’Animation di Hollywood, sebuah organisasi non profit yang dibentuk oleh beberapa animator tahun 1957 diperancis, yang memiliki misi untuk menggiatkan komunitas internasional dalam bidang art of animation serta memiliki jaringan internasional dan tersebar dilebih dari 30 negara diseluruh dunia.

Kategori yang dinominasikan adalah sebagai berikut :

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
* Best Animated Feature
* Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
* Best Animated Short Subject
* Best Animated Television Commercial
* Best Animated Television Production
* Best Animated Television Production Produced For Children
* Best Animated Video Game

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
* Animated Effects
* Character Animation in an a Feature Production
* Character Animation in an a Television Production or Short Form
* Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Directing in an Animated Feature Production
* Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Music in an Animated Feature Production
* Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
* Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
* Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Writing in an Animated Feature Production
* Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

JURIED AWARDS
* June Foray Award
* Ub Iwerks Award
* Winsor McCay Award
* Annie Award for Special Achievement in Animation
* Certificate of Merit

Dalam penyeleanggaraan tahun 2007, penghargaan yang diberikan sebagai berikut:

2007 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature
Pemenang : Ratatouille – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
* Bee Movie – DreamWorks Animation
* Persepolis – Sony Pictures Classics
* Surf’s Up – Sony Pictures Animation
* The Simpsons Movie – Twentieth Century Fox

Best Home Entertainment Production
Pemenang : Futurama “Bender’s Big Score” – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television*
Nominator :
* Doctor Strange – MLG Productions

Best Animated Short Subject
Pemenang : Your Friend the Rat – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
* Everything Will Be OK – Bitter Films
* How to Hook Up Your Home Theater – Walt Disney Feature Animation
* Shorty McShorts’ Shorts “Mascot Prep” – Walt Disney Television Animation
* The Chestnut Tree – Picnic Pictures

Best Animated Television Commercial
Pemenang : Power Shares Escape Average – Acme Filmworks
Nominator :
* CVS Watering Can – Acme Filmworks
* Esurance “Homeowners” – Wild Brain
* Idaho Lottery: Twister – Acme Filmworks
* Oregon Lottery “Alaska” – Laika/house

Best Animated Television Production
Pemenang : Creature Comforts America – Aardman Animations
Nominator :
* Jane and the Dragon – Weta Productions Limited & Nelvana Limited
* Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
* Robot Chicken Star Wars- ShadowMachine
* Kim Possible – Walt Disney Television Animation

Best Animated Television Production for Children
Pemenang : El Tigre – Nickelodeon
Nominator :
* Chowder – Cartoon Network Studios
* Little Einsteins – Disney Channel
* Peep and the Big Wide World – Discovery Kids
* The Backyardigans – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game
Pemenang : Ratatouille – THQ, Inc
Nominator :
*Avatar: The Last Airbender “The Burning Earth” – THQ, Inc.
*Bee Movie Game – Activision
*Transformers: The Game – Blur Studios

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects
Pemenang : Deborah Carlson – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Nominator :
*Gary Bruins – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
*Ryan Laney – “Spider-Man 3” – Sony Pictures Imageworks
*James Mansfield – “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
*Jon Reisch – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios

Animation Production Artist
Pemenang : John Clark – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Nominator :
*Michael Isaak – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation
*Hyun-Min Lee – “The Chestnut Tree” – Picnic Pictures
*Natasha Liberman – “Growing Up Creepie “Creepie & The Candy Factory” – Taffy Entertainment LLC, Telegrael Teoranta, Discovery Communications Inc., SunWoo Entertainment, Peach Blossom Media
*Jim Worthy – My Gym Partner’s A Monkey “Meet the Spidermonkeys” – Cartoon Network Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production
Pemenang : Michal Makarewicz – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*Dave Hardin – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
*Alan Hawkins – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production
Pemenang : Eric Towner – Robot Chicken – ShadowMachine
Nominator :
*Elizabeth Harvatine – Moral Orel “Nature 2” – ShadowMachine
*Monica Kennedy – El Tigre – Nickelodeon

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Pemenang : Carter Goodrich – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*Sylvain Deboissy – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation

Character Design in an Animated Television Production
Pemenang : Jorge R. Gutierrez – El Tigre “Fistful of Collars” – Nickelodeon

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Pemenang : Brad Bird “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*Ash Brannon & Chris Buck “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
*Chris Miller & Raman Hui – “Shrek The Third” – DreamWorks Animation
*Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics
*David Silverman – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox

Directing in an Animated Television Production
Pemenang : Seth Green “Robot Chicken Star Wars” – ShadowMachine
Nominator :
*David Hartman – Tigger & Pooh “Turtles Need for Speed” – Walt Disney Television Animation
*Raymie Muzquiz – Squirrel Boy “Gumfight at the S’Okay Corral” – Cartoon Network Studios
*Howy Parkins – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” – Walt Disney Television Animation
*Gary Trousdale “Shrek The Halls” – DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Feature Production
Pemenang : Michael Giacchino – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*Olivier Bernet – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics
*Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright & Rob Thomas – “Meet The Robinsons” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
*Rupert Gregson-Williams – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation
*Amy Powers, Russ DeSalvo & Jeff Danna – “Disney Princess Enchanted Tales” – DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Video/Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Music in an Animated Television Production
Pemenang : Alf Clausen & Michael Price – The Simpsons “Yokel Chords” – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox
Nominator :
*Evan Lurie, Robert Scull & Steven Bernstein – The Backyardigans “International Super Spy” – Nickelodeon
*Drew Neumann & Gregory Hinde – Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure – Cartoon Network Studios
*Shawn Patterson – El Tigre “Yellow Pantera” – Nickelodeon
*James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington – Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends “The Bloo Superdude and the Magic Potato Power” – Cartoon Network Studios

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Pemenang : Harley Jessup – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*Doug Chiang – “Beowulf” – Paramount Pictures
*Marcelo Vignali – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Pemenang : Ted Mathot – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*Don Hall – ‘Meet The Robinsons’ – Walt Disney Feature Animation
*Denise Koyama – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
*Sean Song – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – IMAGI Animation Studios
*Nassos Vakalis – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
Pemenang : Steve Fonti – Family Guy “No Chris Left Behind” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
Nominator :
*Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom “Torrent of Terror” – Nickelodeon
*Aldin Baroza – The Replacements “London Calling” – Walt Disney Television Animation
*Dave Bennett – Tom and Jerry Tales – Warner Bros. Animation
*Roy Meurin – My Friends Tigger and Pooh “Good Night to Pooh” – Walt Disney Television Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Pemenang : Ian Holm – Voice of Skinner – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*Janeane Garofalo – Voice of Collette – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
*Julie Kavner – Voice of Marge Simpson – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox
*Patton Oswalt – Voice of Remy – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
*Patrick Warburton – Voice of Ken – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Pemenang : Eartha Kitt – Voice of Yzma – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Nominator :
*Scott Adsit – Voice of Clay Puppington – “Moral Orel” – ShadowMachine
*Madison Davenport – Voice of Sophianna – “Christmas is Here Again!” – Easy To Dream Entertainment
*Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants “Spy Buddies” – Nickelodeon
*Eddie Murphy – Voice of Donkey – “Shrek The Halls” -  DreamWorks Animation

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Pemenang : Brad Bird – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Nominator :
*James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David, Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox
*Don Rhymer and Ash Brannon & Chris Buck & Christopher Jenkins – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
*Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics

Writing in an Animated Television Production
Pemenang : Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball – The Simpsons “24 Minutes” – Gracie Films
Nominator :
*C.H. Greenblatt & William Reiss – Chowder “Burple Nurples” – Cartoon Network Studios
*Gene Grillo – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman and Ratboy” – Nickelodeon
*Christopher Painter – Squirrel Boy “I Only Have Eye For You” – Cartoon Network Studios
*Tom Sheppard – My Gym Partner’s A Monkey “The Butt of the Jake” – Cartoon Network Studios

WINSOR McCAY AWARD WINNERS (career contributions to the art of animation)
*John Canemaker
*Glen Keane
*John Kricfalusi

JUNE FORAY (significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation)
*Jerry Beck

UB IWERKS (technical achievement)
*Jonathan Gay, Gary Grossman and Robert Tatsumi – the creators of FLASH computer software

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT ANNIE AWARD
*Edwin R. Leonard – promoting the Linux open system for animation in animation studios and gaming software development

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
*Marcus Adams
*Joseph Baptista
*Steve Gattuso
*Jon Reeves
*Gemma Ross
*Woodbury University

source : www.annieawards.org