The nominations for the 47th Annual Annie Awards have been revealed with Pixar Animation Studios receiving a total of 6 nominations for Toy Story 4. The Annie Awards are presented to those who excel in the animation field and are voted upon by professionals of ASIFA Hollywood (International Animated Film Association). Unfortunately, there were no nominations for any Pixar SparkShort film, though the Academy Award Animated Short List of 10 semi-finalists will be announced on December 16, 2019.
If you recall, Pixar Animation Studios received 11 nominations for Incredibles 2 at last years’ 46th Annie Awards. Michael Giacchino was honored with the win for Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature and one of our very favorite storyboard artists, Dean Kelly was honored with the win for Outstanding Storyboarding in an Animated Feature. Academy Award-winning director, animator and art director, Ralph Eggleston was also the recipient of the Winsor McCay award.
In addition, during the 46th Annie Awards, The June Foray Award, which is given to individuals in recognition of a significant and benevolent impact within the industry of animation, was presented by director Brad Bird who gave an eloquent speech about the late Adam Burke. The 26-year veteran of the animation industry, Adam, worked on several hand-drawn films before his career brought him to Pixar Animation Studios (2003), where he worked on Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Monsters University and Incredibles 2.
47th Annual Annie Awards — Pixar Nominations
BEST FEATURE
- Frozen 2 — Walt Disney Animation Studios
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World — DreamWorks Animation
- Klaus — Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine
- Missing Link — LAIKA, LLC
- Toy Story 4 — Pixar Animation Studios
BEST FX FOR FEATURE
- Abominable — DreamWorks Animation. Nominees: Amaury Aubel, James Jackson, Domin Lee, Michael Losure, Alex Timchenko
- Frozen 2 — Walt Disney Animation Studios. Nominees: Benjamin Fiske, Alex Moaveni, Jesse Erickson, Dimitre Berberov, Kee Nam Suong
- Missing Link — LAIKA, LLC. Nominees: Eric Wachtman, David Horsley, Peter Stuart, Timur Khodzhaev, Joe Strasser
- Toy Story 4 — Pixar Animation Studios. Nominees: Alexis Angelidis, Amit Ganapati Baadkar, Greg Gladstone, Kylie Wijsmuller, Matthew Kiyoshi Wong
- Weathering With You — GKIDS. Nominees: Hidetsugu Ito, Yuko Nakajima, Jumi Lee, Ryosuke Tsuda
BEST MUSIC — FEATURE
- AWAY — Dream Well Studios. Nominees: Gints Zilbalodis
- Frozen 2 — Walt Disney Animation Studios. Nominees: Christophe Beck, Frode Fjellheim, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
- I Lost My Body — Xilam for Netflix. Nominees: Dan Levy
- Spies in Disguise — Blue Sky Studios. Nominees: Mark Ronson, Theodore Shapiro
- Toy Story 4 — Pixar Animation Studios. Nominees: Randy Newman
BEST VOICE ACTING — FEATURE
- Abominable — DreamWorks Animation / Pearl Studio. Nominees: Tenzing Norgay Trainor
- Frozen 2 — Walt Disney Animation Studios. Nominees: Josh Gad
- Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus — CJ Entertainment and Nickelodeon Animation Studios for Netflix. Nominees: Richard Horvitz
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 — Illumination. Nominees: Jenny Slate
- Toy Story 4 — Pixar Animation Studios. Nominees: Tony Hale
BEST WRITING — FEATURE
- Frozen 2 — Walt Disney Animation Studios. Nominees: Jennifer Lee
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World — DreamWorks Animation. Nominees: Dean DeBlois
- I Lost My Body — Xilam for Netflix. Nominees: Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant
- Toy Story 4 — Pixar Animation Studios. Nominees: Andrew Stanton, Stephany Folsom
- Weathering With You — Toho Co., Ltd. / STORY Inc. / CoMix Wave Films. Nominees: Makoto Shinkai, Makoto Shinkai
BEST EDITORIAL — FEATURE
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World — DreamWorks Animation. Nominees: John K. Carr, Mark Hester, Mary Blee
- Klaus — Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine. Nominees: Pablo García Revert
- Missing Link — LAIKA, LLC. Nominees: Stephen Perkins
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 — Illumination. Nominees: Tiffany Hillkurtz
- Toy Story 4 — Pixar Animation Studios. Nominees: Axel Geddes, Torbin Xan Bullock, Greg Snyder
The 47th Annual Annie Awards will take place Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time.
Pixar Post — Julie