# 37th Annie Awards

The 37th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2009, were held on February 6, 2010, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

## Production category nominees

Nominations announced on December 1, 2009

### Best Animated Feature

* Up
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
* Coraline
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Princess and the Frog
* The Secret of Kells

### Best Home Entertainment Production

* Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
* Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
* Green Lantern: First Flight
* Open Season 2
* SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One

### Best Animated Short Subject

* Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 - shadowMachine
* Pups of Liberty - Picnic Pictures
* Santa, The Fascist Years - Plymptoons
* The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky - Barley Films
* The Story of Walls - Badmash Animation Studios

### Best Animated Television Commercial

* Spanish Lottery - "Deportees" - Acme Filmworks
* Goldfish - In the Dark
* Idaho Lottery - "Twiceland" - Acme Filmworks'
* McDonald's - "Nutty Trade" - Blue Sky Studios
* The Spooning - Screen Novelties/Acne Media

### Best Animated Television Production

* Prep and Landing - ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Glenn Martin, DDS - Tornante/Cuppa Coffee Studios/Rogers Communications
* Merry Madagascar - DreamWorks Animation
* The Simpsons - 20th Century Fox/Gracie Films

### Best Animated Television Production for Children

* The Penguins of Madagascar - Nickelodeon Productions/DreamWorks Animation
* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Disney Television Animation
* SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon Productions
* The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack - Cartoon Network Studios
* The Mighty B! - Nickelodeon Productions/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions

## Individual achievement category nominees
### Animated Effects

* The Princess and the Frog - James Mansfield
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Tom Kluyskens
* Monsters vs. Aliens - Scott Cegielski
* 9 – Alexander Feigin
* Up - Eric Froemling

### Character Animation in a Television Production

* Mark Donald - Bob's Big Break
* Mark Mitchell - Prep and Landing
* Kevan Shorey - Merry Madagascar
* Tony Smeed - Prep and Landing
* Philip To - Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space

### Character Design in a Feature Production

* Coraline – Shane Prigmore
* Coraline – Shannon Tindle
* Up – Daniel Lopez Munoz

### Character Design in a Television Production

* Bill Schwab - Prep & Landing
* Benjamin Balistreri - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
* Bryan Arnett - The Mighty B
* Craig Kellman - Merry Madagascar

### Directing in a Television Production

* Bret Haaland – The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime
* Pam Cooke, Jansen Yee – American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles
* Rob Fendler – Popzilla
* John Infantino, J. G. Quintel – The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova
* Jennifer Oxley – The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster

### Directing in a Feature Production

* Pete Docter – Up
* Phil Lord and Chris Miller – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
* Henry Selick – Coraline
* Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
* Hayao Miyazaki – Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo)

### Music in a Television Production

Michael Giacchino - Prep & Landing
Kevin Kiner - Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Weapons Factory
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### Music in a Feature Production

* Coraline – Bruno Coulais
* Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo) – Joe Hisaishi
* Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – John Powell
* Up – Michael Giacchino

### Production Design in a Television Production

Mac George - Prep & Landing
Andy Harkness - Prep & Landing
Janice Kubo - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
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### Production Design in a Feature Production

* Coraline – Tadahiro Uesugi
* 9 – Christophe Vacher
* Coraline – Chris Appelhans
* The Princess and the Frog – Ian Gooding

### Voice Acting in a Television Production

* SpongeBob's Truth or Square - Tom Kenny
* Merry Madagascar - Danny Jacobs
* Chowder: The Dinner Theater - Nicky Jones
* Chowder: The Party Cruse - Dwight Schultz
* Merry Madagascar - Willow Smith

### Voice Acting in a Feature Production

* The Princess and the Frog - Jennifer Cody
* Coraline - Dawn French
* Monsters vs. Aliens - Hugh Laurie
* Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - John Leguizamo
* The Princess and the Frog - Jenifer Lewis

### Writing in a Feature Production

* Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
* Astro Boy – David Bowers and Timothy Harris
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
* Up – Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson

## Juried award winners

* Special Achievement: Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
* Winsor McCay Award: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
* Ub Iwerks Award: William Reeves
* June Foray Award: Tom Sito
* Certificate of Merit: Myles Mikulic, Danny Young, and Michael Woodside