# 31st Annie Awards

31st Annie Awards
February 7, 2004
Best Feature Film:
Finding Nemo
Best Television Program:
The Simpsons
Best Home Video Production:
The Animatrix
Best Short Subject:
Boundin'
The 31st Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2003 were held on February 7, 2004, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.

## Production nominees

| Best Animated Feature | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Home Entertainment Production |
| Finding Nemo – Pixar Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Looney Tunes: Back in Action – Warner Bros. Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures The Triplets of Belleville – Les Armateurs | The Animatrix – Silver Pictures / Warner Home Video 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure – Disneytoon Studios Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase – Nelvana Limited / Sparkling Stitch! The Movie – Walt Disney Television Animation |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short Subject | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Commercial |
| Boundin' – Pixar Ananda – Vinton Studios Boys Night Out – Barley Films Destino – Walt Disney Pictures Nibbles – Acme Filmworks | Lamisil: "It's Alive – Wild Brain Inc. Bombay "Drift" – Psyop Inc. Colorado Lottery "Woodcut" – Acme Filmworks Wisconsin Lottery "Casino" – Acme Filmworks |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced For Children |
| The Simpsons – Gracie Films Captain Sturdy – Renegade Animation The Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Samurai Jack – Cartoon Network Studios Spider-Man: The New Animated Series – Adelaide Productions | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – Nickelodeon Productions / DNA Productions ChalkZone – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks – Mike Young Productions JoJo's Circus – Cartoon Pizza / Cuppa Coffee Studios |

## Individual achievement categories

| Character Animation | Character Design in an Animated Feature Production |
| Doug Sweetland – Finding Nemo – Pixar Anthony DeRosa – Looney Tunes: Back in Action – Warner Bros. Byron Howard – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Gini Santos – Finding Nemo – Pixar | Ricky Nierva – Finding Nemo – Pixar Rune Brandt Bennicke – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Carter Goodrich – Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas – DreamWorks Animation |
| Character Design in an Animated Television Production | Directing in an Animated Feature Production |
| Andy Suriano – Samurai Jack – Cartoon Network Studios Andrew Bialk – The Powerpuff Girls – Cartoon Network Studios Matt Danner – Xiaolin Showdown – Warner Bros. Animation Shannon Tindle – The Proud Family – Jambalaya Studios / Y. R. Studio | Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich – Finding Nemo – Pixar Sylvain Chomet – The Triplets of Belleville – Les Armateurs Eric Goldberg – Looney Tunes: Back in Action – Warner Bros. Animation Satoshi Kon – Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures |
| Directing in an Animated Television Production | Effects Animation |
| Steven Dean Moore – The Simpsons – Gracie Films Mike Gasaway – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – Nickelodeon Productions / DNA Productions Rob Renzetti – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Frederator Studios Genndy Tartakovsky & Robert Alvarez – Samurai Jack – Cartoon Network Studios Darrell Van Citters – Captain Sturdy – Renegade Animation | Martin Nguyen – Finding Nemo – Pixar Justin Ritter - Finding Nemo – Pixar Dave Stephens – The Haunted Mansion – Walt Disney Pictures Jason Wolbert – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Madoka Yasuet – Piglet's Big Movie – Disneytoon Studios |
| Music in an Animated Feature Production | Music in an Animated Television Production |
| Thomas Newman – Finding Nemo – Pixar Phil Collins & Mark Mancina – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Harry Gregson-Williams – Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas – DreamWorks Animation | Alf Clausen, Ian Maxtone-Graham & Ken Keeler – The Simpsons – Gracie Films Robert Kral, Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd – Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation Ken Keeler – Futurama – The Curiosity Company Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter, Michael McCuistion & Andy Sturmer – Teen Titans – DC Entertainment / Warner Bros. Animation |
| Production Design in an Animated Television Production | Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production |
| Scott Wills – Samurai Jack – Cartoon Network Studios Seonna Hong – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Frederator Studios Joseph Holt – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Frederator Studios Mark Whiting – Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation | Sharon Forward – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Holly Forsyth – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Chris Otsuki – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Dave Prince – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Dean Roberts – 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure – Disneytoon Studios |
| Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production | Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production |
| Dave Thomas – The Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon Animation Studios Tim Divar – He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – Cartoon Network Studios Enrique Braxton May – ChalkZone – Nickelodeon Animation Studios Kyle Menke – Spider-Man: The New Animated Series – Adelaide Productions Matt Youngberg – Teen Titans – DC Entertainment / Warner Bros. Animation | Ellen DeGeneres – Finding Nemo – Pixar Joe Alaskey – Looney Tunes: Back in Action – Warner Bros. Animation Jim Cummings – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Miyoko Shoji – Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures Jeremy Suarez – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production | Writing in an Animated Feature Production |
| Jeffrey Garcia – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – DNA Productions / Nickelodeon Animation Studio Bob Bergen – Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation Janice Kawaye – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Frederator Studios / Nickelodeon Animation Studios Candi Milo – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Frederator Studios / Nickelodeon Animation Studios Tara Strong – Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks – Mike Young Productions | Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds – Finding Nemo – Pixar Sylvain Chomet – The Triplets of Belleville – Les Armateurs Satoshi Kon & Sadayuki Murai – Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures Jim Kammerud & Brian Smith – 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure – Disneytoon Studios Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich & Ron J. Friedman – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| Writing in an Animated Television Production |
| Matt Warburton - The Simpsons - Gracie Films Paul Dini - Justice League – Warner Bros. Animation Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May - King of the Hill - 20th Century Fox Television Patric Verrone - Futurama - The Curiosity Company William Waldner - Captain Sturdy - Renegade Animation |

## Juried awards

* Winsor McCay Award
* Gene Deitch, John Hench & Thurl Ravenscroft for their career contributions to the art of animation
* June Foray Award
* Martha Sigall for her significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation
* Ub Iwerks Award
* Scott Johnston for technical advancement that has made a significant impact on the art or industry of animation
* Certificate of Merit
* David Derks, Mike Judge/Don Hertzfeldt