36th Annie Awards Nominations

From Animated-News:

The nominations for the 36th Annie Awards were announced today, and Kung Fu Panda leads all films with 17 nominations. Bolt was second with 9 nods, and WALL-E third with 8.

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature
Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
$9.99 - Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
Waltz With Bashir - Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films
D’ici, Razor Films

Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
Batman: Gotham Knight - Warner Bros. Animation
Christmas Is Here Again - Easy To Dream Entertainment
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs - The Curiosity
Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Justice League: The New Frontier - Warner Bros. Animation
The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning - DisneyToon
Studios

Best Animated Short Subject
Glago’s Guest - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Hot Dog - Bill Plympton Studio
Presto - Pixar Animation Studios
Sebastian’s Voodoo - Joaquin Baldwin
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death - Aardman Animations Ltd.

Best Animated Television Commercial
Giant Monster - Curious Pictures
Long Legs Mr. Hyde - Curious Pictures
Rotofugi: The Collectors - Screen Novelties
Sarah - Z Animation
United Airlines “Heart” - Duck Studios

Best Animated Television Production
King of the Hill - 20th Century Fox TV
Moral Orel - ShadowMachine
Phineas and Ferb - Disney Television Animation
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II - ShadowMachine
The Simpsons - Gracie Films/Fox TV

Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children
A Miser Brothers Christmas - Warner Bros. Animation
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Nickelodeon
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” - Cartoon Network Studios
The Mighty B! - Nickelodeon
Underfist: Halloween Bash - Cartoon Network Studios

Best Animated Video Game
Dead Space - Electronic Arts
Kung Fu Panda - Activision
WALL-E - Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects
Alen Lai Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
Li-Ming Lawrence Lee Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
Fangwei Lee Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - DreamWorks Animation
Kevin Lee Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Enrique Vila WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production
James Baxter Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
Jeff Gabor Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
Philippe Le Brun Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
Victor Navone WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
Dan Wagner Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form
Sandro Cleuzo Secrets of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation
Joshua A. Jennings Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II - ShadowMachine
Pierre Perifel Secrets of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Valerie Hadida Igor - Exodus Film Group
Sang Jun Lee Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
Nico Marlet Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Bryan Arnett - Mighty B! “Bat Mitzah Crashers” - Nickelodeon
Ben Balistreri - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Mondo Coco” - Cartoon Network Studios
Sean Galloway The Spectacular Spider-Man - Sony Pictures Television
Jorge Gutierrez - El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” - Nickelodeon
Nico Marlet Secrets of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen The Tale Of Despereaux - Universal Pictures
Ari Folman Waltz With Bashir - Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
Tatia Rosenthal 9.99 - Sherman Pictures/ Lama Films
John Stevenson & Mark Osborne Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
Andrew Stanton WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Bob Anderson - The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XIX ” - Gracie Films/Fox TV
Joaquim Dos Santos - Avatar: The Last Airbender “Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3” - Nickelodeon
Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” - Cartoon Network Studios
Chris McKay - Moral Orel “Passing” - ShadowMachine
Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish ” - Nickelodeon

Music in an Animated Feature Production
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 - Universal Pictures
Hans Zimmer & John Powell - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Carl Finch & Brave Combo - Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” - CTTV Productions
Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell - Secrets of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation
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
Ralph Eggleston WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
Paul Felix Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Tang Heng Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
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
Andy Harkness Glago’s Guest - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Tang Heng Secrets of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation
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
Alessandro Carloni - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
Ronnie Del Carmen - WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
Joe Mateo Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jen Yuh Nelson - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
Rob Stevenhagen - The Tale Of Despereaux - Universal Pictures

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Butch Hartman - Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible ” - Nickelodeon
Andy Kelly - Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” - Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
Andy Schuler - Secret of the Furious Five - DreamWorks Animation
Eddie Trigueros The Mighty B! “Name Shame“- Nickelodeon
Chris Williams Glago’s Guest - Walt Disney Animation
Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Ben Burtt - Voice of WALL-E - WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
Dustin Hoffman - Voice of Shifu - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
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
Jon 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
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
Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II - ShadowMachine
Chris Williams - Glago’s Guest - Walt Disney Animation Studios

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay recipients - Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park for career contributions to the art of animation.

June Foray award - - Bill Turner for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.

Certificate of Merit award - Amir Avini, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, Alex Vassilev.