‘Up’ Wins Best Animated Feature at Annies

Published by Jeff Leins on February 7, 2010

Pixar’s Up took home the top prize for Best Feature at the 37th Annual Annie Awards, an event that honors the best in animated movies and TV.

The soaring adventure is the favorite for the “Best Animated Feature” Oscar next month, especially since the Annies have predicted the winner seven out of nine times since the category was created in 2002.

Last year DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda pulled an upset over Pixar’s Wall-E, but this year the award went to the expected recepient and the only animated film nominated for “Best Picture.”  In fact, Up is only the second entirely animated movie nominated for the top Academy prize since 1991’s Beauty and the Beast.   It’s also nominated for original screenplay, sound editing, and musical score.

Complete list of Annie Award winners for movies and television:

Best Animated Feature
“Up” — Pixar Animation Studios

Best Home Entertainment Production
“Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder” — The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best Animated Short Subject
“Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5″ — ShadowMachine

Best Animated Television Commercial
“Spanish Lottery ‘Deportees’” — Acme Filmworks, Inc.

Best Animated Television Production
“Prep and Landing” — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Production for Children
“The Penguins of Madagascar” — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

Animated Effects
James Mansfield, “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Television Production
Phillip To, “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space” — DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production
Eric Goldberg, “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Television Production
Bill Schwab, “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production
Shane Prigmore, “Coraline” — Laika

Directing in a Television Production
Bret Haaland, “The Penguins of Madagascar: Launchtime” — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

Directing in a Feature Production
Pete Docter, “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios

Music in a Television Production
Guy Moon, “The Fairly OddParents: Wishology: The Big Beginning” — Nickelodeon

Music in a Feature Production
Bruno Coulais, “Coraline” — Laika

Production Design in a Television Production
Andy Harkness, “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Production Design in a Feature Production
Tadahiro Uesugi, “Coraline — Laika

Storyboarding in a Television Production
Robert Koo, “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in a Feature Production
Tom Owens, “Monsters vs. Aliens” — DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in a Television Production
Tom Kenny (voice of SpongeBob), “SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square” — Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in a Feature Production
Jen Cody (voice of Charlotte ), “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Television Production
Daniel Chun, “The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX” — Gracie Films

Writing in a Feature Production
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” — 20th Century Fox