Ceremony - The 45th Annual Annie Awards : the nominations

Par Mulder, 04 décembre 2017

The 45th Annual Annie Awards will take place on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. The award ceremony begins promptly at 7:00p.m. Pre-Reception & Press Line at 5 p.m. Sharp; Ceremony at 7 p.m.; After-party immediately following the ceremony (est. 9:45 p.m).On December 4, 2017, the nominations were announced. Coco earned the most number of nominations with 13, followed by The Breadwinner with 10..

Best Animated Feature
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – DreamWorks Animation
Cars 3 – Pixar
Coco – Pixar
Despicable Me 3 – Illumination Entertainment
The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Feature — Independent
In This Corner of the World – Genco, MAPPA
Loving Vincent – BreakThru Films
Napping Princess – Nippon TV, Signal.MD
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... – Folivari, Panique, StudioCanal
The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions

Best Animated Special Production
Imaginary Friend Society "Feeling Sad" – Hornet
Olaf's Frozen Adventure – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Pig: The Dam Keeper Poems – Tonko House, Inc.
Revolting Rhymes – Magic Light Pictures
Tangled Before Ever After – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Dreamworks Trolls Holiday - Dreamworks Animation

Best Animated Short Subject
Dear Basketball – Glen Keane Productions, Kobe Studios, Believe Entertainment Group
Hedgehog's Home – National Film Board of Canada, Bonobostudio
Negative Space – IKKI Films, Manuel Cam Studio
Scavengers – Titmouse, Inc., Adult Swim
Son of Jaguar – Google Spotlight Stories, Reel FX Creative Studios

Best Animated Television / Broadcast Commercial
Biscotti. Una Storia Buona – Hornet
June – Broad Reach Pictures, Chromosphere, Lyft
League of Legends "Legends Never Die" – Passion Animation Studios
Please the Cheese – Psyop
Sainsbury's "The Greatest Gift" – Passion Animation Studios

Best Animated Television / Broadcast Production for Preschool Children
Mickey and the Roadster Racers – Episode: Goofy Gas! – Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Octonauts – Episode: Operation Deep Freeze – Vampire Squid Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media company, in association with Brown Bag Films
Peg + Cat – Episode: The Mariachi Problem – The Fred Rogers Company, 100 Chickens Productions
The Stinky & Dirty Show – Episode: HaHaHigher / The Waiting Game – Amazon Studios
Through the Woods – Episode: A Snowy Morning – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, The Fred Rogers Company, PIP Animation Services
Sesame Street – Episode: Big Bird's Song – Sesame Workshop

Best Animated Television / Broadcast Production for Children
Buddy Thunderstruck – Episode: Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production – Stoopid Buddy Studios, Netflix, American Greetings
Lost In Oz – Episode: The Pearl of Pinagree – Amazon Studios
Niko and the Sword of Light – Episode: From the Cliffs of Catastrophe to the Pools of Destiny – Titmouse, Inc., Amazon Studios
Tangled: The Series – Episode: Queen for a Day – Disney Television Animation
We Bare Bears – Episode: Panda's Art – Cartoon Network Studios
Spongebob SquarePants – Episode: Man-Ray Returns – Nickelodeon

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Big Mouth – Episode: Am I Gay? – Titmouse, Inc., Netflix
BoJack Horseman – Episode: Stupid Piece of Sh*t – Tornante Productions, LLC., Netflix
Rick and Morty – Episode: Pickle Rick – Williams Street
Robot Chicken – Episode: Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition – Stoopid Buddy Studios, Williams Street
Samurai Jack – Episode: XCIII – Williams Street, Cartoon Network Studios
Family Guy - Episode: Follow The Money - 20th Century Fox

Best Student Film
Cradle – Devon Manney
Elsewhere – Junyi Xiao
Good Night, Everybuds – Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH
Once a Hero – XiaLi
Poles Apart – Paloma Baeza

Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Richard Baneham, Thrain Shadbolt, Sam Cole, Pavani Rao Boddapati, Daniele Tosti – Avatar Flight of Passage – Walt Disney Imagineering, Weta Digital, Lightstorm Entertainment
Amit Baadkar, Greg Gladstone, Stephen Marshall, Jon Reisch, Tim Speltz – Cars 3 – Pixar
Shaun Galinak, Dave Hale, Jason Johnston, Carl Kaphan, Keith Daniel Klohn – Coco – Pixar
Bruno Chauffard, Frank Baradat, Nicolas Brack, Milo Riccarand – Despicable Me 3 – Illumination Entertainment
Christopher Hendryx, Dan Lund, Mike Navarro, Hiroaki Narita, Steven Chitwood – Olaf's Frozen Adventure – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Ben Willis – DreamWorks Trolls Holiday – DreamWorks Animation
Kevan Shorey – DreamWorks Trolls Holiday – DreamWorks Animation
Onur Yeldan – DreamWorks Trolls Holiday – DreamWorks Animation
Bruno Chiou, Yi-Fan Cho, Kevin Jong, Chun-Jung Chu – Trollhunters – DreamWorks Animation Television
Michael Granberry, Joe Heinen, Rachel Larsen, Hilary Lile, Dan McKenzie – Tumble Leaf – Amazon Studios, Bix Pix Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
John Chun Chiu Lee – Coco – Pixar
Allison Rutland – Coco – Pixar
Marco Nguyen, Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert – The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... Folivari, Panique!, StudioCanal
Bryce McGovern – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation
Rani Naamani – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Paul Story, Todd Labonte, Matthew Muntean, Cajun Hylton, Georgy Arevshatov – Game of Thrones – Beyond the Wall – Season 7 Episode 6 – HBO
Arslan Elver, Liam Russell, Alvise Avati, Alessandro Cuicci – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Jance Rubinchik, Adrian Millington, Alberto Martinez Arce, Kyle Winkelman – Kong: Skull Island – Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Tencent Pictures
Andrei Coval, Paul Story, Eric Reynolds, Olivier Lesaint, Artur Vill – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets – EuropaCorp, Fundamental Films, Gulf Film, River Road Entertainment
Daniel Barrett, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Emile Ghorayeb, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Alessandro Bonora – War for the Planet of the Apes – Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, River Road Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game
Hanna Abi-Hanna – Cuphead – StudioMDHR
Tina Nawrocki – Cuphead – StudioMDHR
Chris Goodall, Jitaik Lim, Kirill Spiridonov – Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory
Richard Oud, Kevin Quaid, Niek Neervens, Jonathan Colin, Peer Lemmers – Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games
Almundena Soria, Keith Paciello, Paul Augustus Davies – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Ryan Wiesbrock, Becky van Cleve, Rob Ronning, Nikki Rice Malki, Felicia Bleu Rose – Buddy Thunderstruck – Episode: Buddy Double / Beaver Dam Fast Pizza – Stoopid Buddy Studios, American Greetings for Netflix
Mike Owens – Danger & Eggs – Episode: Tube of Pain/Broccoli – Amazon Studios
Craig Kellman – Samurai Jack – Episode: XCVI – Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street
Shane Prigmore, Bobby Pontillas, Taylor Krahenbuhl, Mayumi Nose – Tangled: The Series – Episode: Tangled Before Ever After – Disney Television Animation
Jules Rigolle, Alfredo Torres, Linda Chen, Rustam Hasanov, Alfonso Blaas – Trollhunters – Episode: Escape from the Darklands – DreamWorks Animation Television

Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Daniel Arriaga, Daniela Strijleva, Greg Dykstra, Alonso Martinez, Zaruhi Galstyan – Coco – Pixar
Eric Guillon – Despicable Me 3 – Illumination Entertainment
Patrick Mate – Smurfs: The Lost Village – Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures
Joe Moshier – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation
Reza Riahi, Louise Bagnall, Alice Dieudonné – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions

Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Dave Wasson, Eddie Trigueros, Alonso Ramirez-Ramos – Mickey Mouse – Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney Television Animation
T. J. Sullivan – Dragons: Race to the Edge – Episode: Sandbusted – DreamWorks Animation Television
Tom Caulfield, Stephen Sandoval – Tangled: The Series – Tangled Before Ever After – Disney Television Animation
Timothy Bailey – The Simpsons – Episode: Treehouse of Horror XXVIII – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox
Andrew Schmidt – Trollhunters – Episode: Unbecoming – DreamWorks Animation Television

Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina – Coco – Pixar
Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert – The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... – Folivari, Panique!, StudioCanal
Tom McGrath – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation
Nora Twomey – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions
Chris McKay – The Lego Batman Movie – Warner Animation Group

Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Christopher Willis – Mickey Mouse – Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney Television Animation
Alex Geringas – Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh – Episode: Chercphonie – DreamWorks Animation Television
Michael Kramer – Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – Episode: Trouble on Tibalt – The Lego Group, Lucasfilm, Wil Film
Mike Reagan, Bob Boyle – The Powerpuff Girls – Episode: Home, Sweet Homesick – Cartoon Network Studios
Lisbeth Scott – Tumble Leaf – Episode: The Nature Of Friendship / The Ship Shop – Amazon Studios, Bix Pix Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
Theodore Shapiro – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – DreamWorks Animation
Michael Giacchino, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina – Coco – Pixar
Clint Mansell – Loving Vincent – BreakThru Films
Christophe Beck, Kate Anderson, Elyssa Samsel – Olaf's Frozen Adventure – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions

Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Mark Taihei, Ben Plouffe, Chris Whittier, Sylvia Filcak, Amy Chen – Big Hero 6: The Series – Episode: Baymax Returns – Disney Television Animation
Jenny Gase-Baker, Justin Martin – Mickey Mouse – Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney Television Animation
Jasmin Lai, Théo Guignard, Arthur Chaumay, Tiffany Ford, Sylvia Liu – June – Broad Reach Pictures, Chromosphere, Lyft
Scott Wills – Samurai Jack – Episode: XCIII – Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street
Amanda Rynda, Larry Murphy, Edgar Duncan, Hallie Wilson, Jared Morgan – The Loud House – Episode: "Tricked!" – Nickelodeon

Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Harley Jessup, Danielle Feinberg, Bryn Imagire, Nathaniel McLaughlin, Ernesto Nemesio – Coco – Pixar
Tom Cardone, Arden Chan, Andrew Hickson, Mike Lee, Jason Sadler – Ferdinand – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation
Florent Masurel, Pierre-Antoine Moelo, Julien Meillard, Jean-Jacques Cournoyer – Leap! – Main Journey
Tomotaka Kubo, Tomoya Imai, Satoko Nakamura – Mary and the Witch's Flower – Studio Ponoc
Ciaran Duffy, Julien Regnard, Daby Zainab Faidhi – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions

Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Eddie Trigueros – Mickey Mouse – Episode: Bee Inspired – Disney Television Animation
Ben Bury – Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh – Episode: Home for the Holidays – DreamWorks Animation Television
Kim Arndt, Alexandria Kwan – Niko and the Sword of Light – Episode: From the Phantom Woods to the Mountains of Misery – Amazon Studios, Titmouse, Inc.
David Woo – Trollhunters – Episode: "Hero with a Thousand Faces" – DreamWorks Animation Television
Hyunjoo Song – Trollhunters – Episode: "In the Hall of the Gumm-Gumm King" – DreamWorks Animation Television

Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Dean Kelly – Coco – Pixar
Madeline Sharafian – Coco – Pixar
Glenn Harmon – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation
Julien Regnard – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions
Louie del Carmen – The Star – Sony Pictures Animation, Walden Media

Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Wendie Malick as the voice of Beatrice Horseman – BoJack Horseman – Episode: Time's Arrow – Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Jeremy Rowley as the voice of Bunsen – Bunsen Is a Beast – Nickelodeon
Chris Diamantopoulos as the voice of Mickey Mouse – Mickey Mouse – Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney Television Animation
Tom Kenny as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants – SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon
Nicolas Cantu as the voice of Gumball – The Amazing World of Gumball – Episode: The Grades – Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe

Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Nick Kroll as the voice of Professor Poopypants – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – DreamWorks Animation
Anthony Gonzalez as the voice of Miguel – Coco – Pixar
Saara Chaudry as the voice of Parvana – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions
Laara Sadiq as the voice of Fattema – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions
Zach Galifianakis as the voice of the Joker – The Lego Batman Movie – Warner Animation Group

Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Adam Reed – Archer – Episode: Archer Dreamland: Jane Doe – FX Productions
Darrick Bachman – Mickey Mouse – Episode: Locked in Love – Disney Television Animation
Joshua Pruett – Milo Murphy's Law – Episode: The Island of the Lost Dakotas – Disney Television Animation
Ryan Ridley, Dan Guterman – Rick and Morty – Episode: "The Ricklantis Mixup" – Williams Street
AC Bradley, Kevin Hageman, Dan Hageman, Aaron Waltke, Chad Quandt – Trollhunters – Episode: "Escape from the Darklands" – DreamWorks Animation Television

Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich – Coco – Pixar
Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel – Loving Vincent – BreakThru Films
Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, David Freedman, Lynda Freedman – Mary and the Witch's Flower – Studio Ponoc
Anita Doron – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions

Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Mark Seymour, Chuck Smith, Eric Davidson – Bob's Burgers – Episode: Bob, Actually – 20th Century Fox Television, Bento Box Entertainment
Jose Martinez – BoJack Horseman' '– Episode: Stupid Piece of Sh*t – Tornante Productions, LLC. for Netflix
William Rinaldi, Justin Baker – Dinotrux – Episode: "Superchargers" – DreamWorks Animation Television
John Royer – Pickle and Peanut – Episode: Bear-I-cade – Disney Television Animation
Paul Douglas – Samurai Jack – Episodes: XCIII, XCIV, XCIX – Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street

Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Steve Bloom, Lee Unkrich, Greg Snyder, Tim Fox – Coco – Pixar
Harry Hitner, Tim Nordquist – Ferdinand – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation
Darragh Byrne – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions
David Burrows, Matt Villa, John Venzon – The Lego Batman Movie – Warner Animation Group
Pamela Ziegenhagen – The Star – Sony Pictures Animation, Walden Media