Tonight, January 25, 2023, is a celebration of animation’s top honors — tonight is the night of the 50th Annual Annie Awards. 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).
Pixar Animation Studios received a total of 10 nominations for Turning Red, Lightyear, and the Disney+ series Cars on the Road. (Note – We will be live-updating this post as the awards are announced, including Pete Docter’s speech. He will receive one of the 2023 Winsor McCay Awards – honoring individuals who have had a significant impact in the field of animation.)
Pete Docter – Winsor McCay Award
Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger was a perfect guest to present Pete Docter with his Winsor McCay Award. You can watch Pete’s acceptance speech, along with Bob’s warm introduction, below or directly on our YouTube channel.
Previous Pixar recipients of the award have been Ralph Eggleston, Joe Ranft, Brad Bird, and John Lasseter.
It should also be noted that Ralph Eggleston was also featured in the “In Memoriam” section of this year’s awards since he passed away in August 2022.
AWARDS
UPDATED – this post has been updated with the evening’s award recipients. Unfortunately, Pixar didn’t walk away with any awards this evening, but there were many stellar animated films this year. Congratulations to all the winners.
BEST FEATURE
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company – WINNER
- Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – DreamWorks Animation
- The Sea Beast – Netflix
- Wendell & Wild – Netflix Presents A Monkeypaw Production / A Gotham Group Production
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company: Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson – WINNER
- Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios: Domee Shi
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Marcel the Movie LLC: Dean Fleischer Camp, Kirsten Lepore, Stephen Chiodo
- My Father’s Dragon – Cartoon Saloon for Netflix: Nora Twomey
- Wendell & Wild – Netflix Presents A Monkey Paw Production / A Gotham Group Production: Henry Selick
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
- Love Death + Robots “Bad Traveling” – Blur Studio for Netflix – WINNER
- Cars on the Road “Road Rumblers” – Pixar Animation Studios
- Prehistoric Planet “Coasts” – BBC Studios in association with Apple, MPC
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production] – NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
- The House Episode: [special production] – Nexus Studios for Netflix
BEST FX – FEATURE
- Avatar: The Way of Water – 20th Century Studios / Disney Studios, Wētā FX – WINNER
- Lightyear – Pixar Animation Studios
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company, MPC
- Minions: The Rise of Gru – Illumination
- The Sea Beast – Netflix, Sony Pictures Imageworks
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company: Tucker Barrie – WINNER
- Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios: Teresa Falcone
- Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios: Eric Anderson
- The Bad Guys – DreamWorks Animation: Jorge Capote
- The Bad Guys – DreamWorks Animation: Min Hong
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company: Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale – WINNER
- Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios: Ludwig Göransson, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
- Mad God – Tippett Studio: Dan Wool
- The Bad Guys – DreamWorks Animation: Daniel Pemberton
- The Sea Beast – Netflix: Mark Mancia, Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Marcel the Movie LLC: Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm – WINNER
- Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios: Domee Shi, Julia Cho
- ETERNAL SPRING (長春) – Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc. : Jason Loftus
- Inu-Oh – Science SARU: Akiko Nogi
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Dreamworks Animation: James Ryan, ACE, Jacquelyn Karambelas, Natalla Cronembold, Joe Butler, Katie Parody – WINNER
- Lightyear – Pixar: Tony Greenberg, Katie Bishop, Chloe Kloezeman, Axel Geddes, Tim Fox
- Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios: Nicholas Smith, Steve Bloom, David Suther, Anna Wolitzky, Christopher Zuber
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company: Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein, Emily Chiu, Hamilton Barrett
- The Sea Beast – Netflix: Joyce Arrastica, ACE, Will Erokan, Vivek Sharma, Michael Hugh O’Donnell, Daniel Ortiz