The 40th Annual Annie Awards Winners

And the Annie goes to... Wreck-It Ralph who walked away with five big awards of the night, including picture, direction and writing.  Brave, ParaNorman and Rise of the Guardians were also honoured.  As was Richard Parker (hurray!) as the team from Rhythm & Hues walked away with the best character animation in a live action film.  Disney's Paperman also won the best short but I'm disappointed that Frankenweenie, the other Disney production, walked away empty handed.  Having already won the PGA as well, Wreck-It Ralph has great odds for the Oscar but I'd expect good competition from perennial favorite, Pixar and Brave. 

Here's the entire list of awards.





Best Animated Feature
Wreck-It Ralph – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production
Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem – Illumination Entertainment

Best Animated Short Subject
Paperman – Walt Disney Animation Studios

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 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 Feature Production
Heidi Smith ‘ParaNorman’ – Focus Features

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Rick Moore ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Music in an Animated Feature Production
Henry Jackman ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Steve Pilcher ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Johanne Matte ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Alan Tudyk as King Candy ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee – Wreck-It Ralph – Walt Disney 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 – Toon Boom Animation Pipeline