# 39th Annie Awards

The 39th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2011 were held on February 4, 2012, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

## Production nominees

Nominations announced on December 5, 2011

### Best Animated Feature

Rango - Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies, Blind Wink, GK Films
* A Cat in Paris – Folimage
* Wrinkles – Perro Verde Films, S.L.
* Arthur Christmas – Columbia/Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
* Cars 2 – Disney/Pixar
* Chico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
* Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation
* Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation
* Rio - 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky Studios
* The Adventures of Tintin - Paramount, Columbia/Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies, WingNut Films

### Best Animated Special Production

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters - DreamWorks Animation
* Adventure Time: Thank You - Cartoon Network Studios
* Batman: Year One - Warner Bros. Animation
* Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas - Blue Sky Studios
* Prey 2 - Blur Studio
* Star Tours - Industrial Light & Magic

### Best Animated Short Subject

Adam and Dog – Lodge Films
* I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat – Warner Bros. Animation
* La Luna – Pixar
* (Notes on) Biology – Ornana
* Paths of Hate – Platige Image
* Sunday – National Film Board of Canada
* The Ballad of Nessie –Walt Disney Animation Studios
* The Girl and the Fox – Base14
* Wild Life – National Film Board of Canada and Studio GDS

### Best Animated Television Commercial

Twinings "Sea" – Psyop
* Audi "Hummingbird" - The Mill
* Geico "Foghorn" – Renegade Animation
* McDonald's "Apple Tree" – Duck Studios/Kompost
* McDonald's "Suzi Van Zoom" – Duck Studios/Kompost
* Norton "Stuff" – Psyop
* O2 "Niggles & Narks" – The Mill
* Statoil "Good Night" – Studio AKA
* "The Pirate" – Meindbender

### Best General Audience Animated TV Production

The Simpsons - Gracie Films
* Archer - FX Productions
* Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Warner Bros. Animation
* Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas - Hallmark
* Mad - Warner Bros. Animation
* Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 - Starburns Industries, Inc
* Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.

### Best Animated Television Production - Preschool

Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television Animation
* Chuggington – Ludorum plc
* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation
* The WotWots Season 2 – Pukeko Pictures

### Best Animated Television Production – Children

The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
* Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon and Frederator
* Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

### Best Animated Video Game

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcell
* Bumpy Road – Simogo
* Catherine – Atlus
* Gears of War 3 – Epic Games
* Gesundheit! – Konami Digital Entertainment
* Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – Capcom
* Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One – Insomniac Games
* Rayman Origins – Ubisoft Montpellier
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – Naughty Dog

## Individual Achievement Categories
### Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Kevin Romond - The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
* Can Yuksel - Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation
* Chase Cooper - Rango - Industrial Light & Magic
* Dan Lund - Winnie the Pooh - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Dave Tidgwell - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation
* Eric Froemling - Cars 2 - Pixar
* Jason Mayer - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation
* Joel Aron - Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
* Jon Reisch - Cars 2 - Pixar
* Willi Geiger - Rango - Industrial Light & Magic

### Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

Florent Andorra - Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Industrial Light & Magic
* Branko Grujcic - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Industrial Light & Magic
* Gary Wu - Cowboys & Aliens - Industrial Light & Magic
* Lee Uren - Cowboys & Aliens - Industrial Light & Magic

### Character Animation in a Television Production

Tony Smeed - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Chad Sellers - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Michael Franceschi - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* Rebecca Wilson Bresee - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Sihanouk Mariona - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 - Starburns Industries, Inc.

### Character Animation in a Feature Production

Jeff Gabor - Rio - Blue Sky Studios
* Andreas Deja - Winnie the Pooh - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Dan Wagner - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation
* Mark Henn - Winnie the Pooh - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Olivier Staphylas - Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation
* Patrik Puhala - Rio - Blue Sky Studios
* Pierre Perifel - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation

### Character Animation in a Live Action Production

Eric Reynolds - Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 20th Century Fox
* Andy Arnett - Hop - Rhythm & Hues, Illumination Entertainment
* David Lowry - Paul - Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions
* Mike Hull - Paul - Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions

### Character Design in a Television Production

Bill Schwab - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Carl Raggio Kick Buttowski – Disney Television Animation
* Chad Hurd Archer – FX Productions
* Chris Battle Dan Vs. – Starz Film Roman
* Eric Robles Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon & Frederator
* Gordon Hammond T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon
* Mike Dougherty T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon
* Robert Ryan Cory Secret Mountain Fort Awesome – Cartoon Network Studios

### Character Design in a Feature Production

Mark "Crash" McCreery - Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Blind Wink/GK films Productions
* Jay Shuster - Cars 2 – Pixar
* Patrick Mate - Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation
* Peter de Seve - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
* Sergio Pablos - Rio – Blue Sky Studios

### Directing in a Television Production

Matthew Nastuk - The Simpsons – Gracie Films
* Brian Sheesley - Dan Vs. – Starz Film Roman
* Chris Savino & Clay Morrow - Kick Buttowski – Disney Television Animation
* Dan Riba - Ben 10: Ultimate Alien – Cartoon Network Studios
* Duke Johnson - Community – 23 D Films, Inc.
* Gabe Swarr - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* Ken Bruce - T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon
* Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Mic Graves & Ben Bocquelet - The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
* Peter Hausner - Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu – Wil Film
* Steve Loter, Christo Stamboliev, Shaun Cashman, David Knott - The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and Technicolor
* Tony Craig - Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas – Hallmark

### Directing in a Feature Production

Jennifer Yuh Nelson - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
* Carlos Saldanha - Rio – Blue Sky Studios
* Chris Miller Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation
* Don Hall & Stephen J. Anderson - Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Gore Verbinski - Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, Blind Wink/GK films Productions
* Kelly Asbury - Gnomeo & Juliet – Touchstone Pictures

### Music in a Television Production

Grace Potter, Michael Giacchino - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Adam Berry, Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle - The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* Ben Locket - The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
* Frederik Wiedmann - Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Warner Bros. Animation
* Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda - Pixie Hollow Games – DisneyToon Studios
* Kevin Kliesch - Thundercats – Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network
* Shawn Patterson, Zeb Wells - Robot Chicken – ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim

### Music in a Feature Production

John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
* Henry Jackman - Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation
* Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell - Rio – Blue Sky Studios
* Zooey Deschanel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez - Winnie The Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios

### Production Design in a Television Production

Mark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson – Secret Mountain Fort Awesome – Cartoon Network Studios
* Peter Martin Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas – Hallmark

### Production Design in a Feature Production

Raymond Zilbach - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
* Harley Jessup - Cars 2 – Pixar
* Paul Felix - Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Thomas Cardone, Kyle MacNaughton & Peter Chan Rio – Blue Sky Studios

### Storyboarding in a Television Production

Brian Kesinger – Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Barry W. Johnson Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Benton Connor Regular Show – Cartoon Network Studios
* Dave Thomas T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon
* Fred Gonzalez T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon
* Joe Mateo Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Justin Nichols Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon & Frederator
* Katie Rice Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon & Frederator
* Rebecca Sugar Adventure Time – Cartoon Network Studios

### Storyboarding in a Feature Production

Jeremy Spears - Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Bob Logan - Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation
* Delia Gosman - Rango – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
* Gary Graham - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
* Josh Hayes - Rango – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
* Kris Pearn - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
* Nelson Yokota - Gnomeo & Juliet – Touchstone Pictures
* Philip Craven - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
* Scott Morse - Cars 2 – Pixar

### Voice Acting in a Television Production

Jeff Bennett as Kowalski - The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker - Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon
* Dan Harmon as Jekyll - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc.
* Daran Norris as Cosmo - Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon
* Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers - Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
* Diedrich Bader as Batman - Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Warner Bros. Animation
* H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer - Archer – FX Productions
* Jeff B. Davis as Victor Frankenstein - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc.
* Jessica Walter as Malory Archer - Archer – FX Productions
* Judy Greer as Cheryl Tunt - Archer – FX Productions
* Logan Grove as Gumball - The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
* Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress - Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
* Scott Adsit as the Creature - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc.
* Tara Strong as Timmy Turner - Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon

### Voice Acting in a Feature Production

Bill Nighy as Grandsanta - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
* Ashley Jensen as Bryony - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
* Gary Oldman as Shen - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
* James Hong as Mr. Ping - Kung Fu Panda 2 DreamWorks Animation
* Jemaine Clement as Nigel - Rio – Blue Sky Studios
* Jim Cummings as Featherstone - Gnomeo & Juliet – Touchstone Pictures
* Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Alexander Dumpty - Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation

### Best Writing in an Animated Television Production

Carolyn Omine – The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror XXII" – Gracie Films
* Blake Lemons, William Reiss, C.H. Greenblatt, Derek Evanick, Diana Lafyatis, Neil Graf Disney Fish Hooks – Fish School Musical – Disney Television Animation
* Dani Michaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier, Paul Tibbitt SpongeBob SquarePants - "Patrick's Staycation" – Nickelodeon
* Josh Weinstein Futurama - "All the Presidents' Heads" – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television
* Ray DeLaurentis, Will Schifrin, Kevin Sullivan T.U.F.F. Puppy – "Thunder Dog" – Nickelodeon
* Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 – "The Creditor" – Williams Street Studios, Adult Swim
* Ray DeLaurentis, Will Schifrin, Kevin Sullivan The Fairly OddParents – "Invasion of the Dads" – Nickelodeon
* Steve Wermers-Skelton, Kevin Deters Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios

### Writing in a Feature Production

John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit – Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Productions
* Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Mark Burton, Kathy Greenberg, Emily Cook, Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton Shaw Gnomeo & Juliet – Touchstone Pictures
* Brian Kesinger, Kendelle Hoyer, Don Dougherty, Clio Chiang, Don Hall, Stephen Anderson, Nicole Mitchell, Jeremy Spears Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
* Steve Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cronish The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn– Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films, and Kennedy/Marshall

### Editing in Television Production

Ted Machold, Jeff Adams, Doug Tiano, Bob Tomlin – Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* Garret Elkins Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburn Industries, Inc.
* Hugo Morales, Davrick Waltjen, Adam Arnold, and Otto Ferrene Kung Fu Panda Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
* Jason W.A. Tucker Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
* Paul D. Calder Futurama – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television

### Editing in a Feature Production

Craig Wood, A.C.E. – Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
* Clare Knight, A.C.E. Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
* Eric Dapkewicz Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation
* Michael Kahn The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn– Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
* Stephen Schaffer, A.C.E. Cars 2 – Pixar

## Juried awards
### Winsor McCay Award

    Walt Peregoy, Borge Ring, and Ronald Searle

### June Foray

    Art Leonardi

### Special Achievement

    Depth Analysis