# 43rd Annie Awards

The 43rd Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2015 was held on February 6, 2016, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, presenting in 36 categories. This year, a new category called Best Animated Feature — Independent was introduced.

## Production categories

On December 1, 2015, the nominations for Annie Awards were announced. Inside Out earned the most number of nominations with 14, followed by The Good Dinosaur with 10. Minions earned seven nominations while Anomalisa, Shaun the Sheep Movie, and The Peanuts Movie each received five.
| Best Animated Feature | Best Animated Special Production |
| Inside Out – Pixar, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Anomalisa – Paramount Pictures Shaun the Sheep Movie – Aardman Animations The Good Dinosaur – Pixar, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures The Peanuts Movie – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation | He Named Me Malala – Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation I Am a Witness – Moonbot Studios Kite – Epic Games Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – End of Movie, LLC Niko and the Sword of Light – Titmouse, Inc. / Amazon Studios |
| Best Animated Short Subject | Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial |
| World of Tomorrow – Don Hertzfeldt Carface – National Film Board of Canada DISSONANCE – frameboX If I Was God... – National Film Board of Canada On Ice – Google/Evil Eye Pictures Sanjay's Super Team – Pixar | Coca-Cola 'Man and Dog' – Psyop Chex Party Mix: "Holiday Magic" – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Michelin Total Performance: "All the Performances In Every Tire" – Moonbot Studios We Are All Farmers – Acme Filmworks |
| Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children | Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children's Audience |
| Tumble Leaf - Episode: Mirror – Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment Bubble Guppies - Episode: 326 - "Super Guppies!" – Nickelodeon / Nelvana PAW Patrol - Episode: 213, Pups Save a MerPup – Spin Master Entertainment, Nickelodeon Productions Peter Rabbit - Episode: 216 - The Kitten and Pig Adventure – Nickelodeon Productions, Silvergate Media Sheriff Callie's Wild West - Episode: #201A "The Good, the Bad & the Yo-Yo" – Wild Canary Animation / Disney Junior Transformers: Rescue Bots - Episode: "I Have Heard The Robots Singing" – Hasbro Studios Sesame Street - Episode: "Elmo The Grouch" - Sesame Workshop | Wander Over Yonder - Episode: The Breakfast – Disney Television Animation Clarence - Episode: Turtle Hats – Cartoon Network Studios Gravity Falls - Episode: Not What He Seems – Disney Television Animation Harvey Beaks - Episode: A Day of No To-Do – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Sanjay and Craig - Episode: Street Dogg – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Episode: Blood Moon Ball – Disney Television Animation Steven Universe - Episode: Jail Break – Cartoon Network Studios |
| Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Best Animated Feature — Independent |
| The Simpsons - Episode: Halloween of Horror – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television Bob's Burgers - Episode: Can't Buy Me Math – 20th Century Fox Television, Bento Box Entertainment BoJack Horseman - Episode: Brand New Couch – The Tornante Company Moonbeam City - Episode: Quest for Aquatica – Titmouse, Inc. / Comedy Central | Boy and the World – Filme de Papel Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet – Ventanarosa The Boy and the Beast – Studio Chizu When Marnie Was There – Studio Ghibli |
| Best Student Film ||
| ed – Taha Neyestani Can I Stay? – Ringling College of Art and Design Dodoba – Yon Hui Lee Life Smartphone – Xie Chenglin Mother – Stephanie Chiew Nice To Meeteor You – Yizhou Li Shift – Maria Cecilia Puglesi The Casebook of Nips & Porkington – Melody Wang ||

## Individual achievement categories

| Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production | Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production |
| Jon Reisch, Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall, Michael K. O'Brien – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar Greg Gladstone, Tim Hoff, Mark Newport, Jason Rickwald, Stephen Wood – Home – DreamWorks Animation Chris Logan, Brian Casper, Gavin Baxter, William Eckroat – Hotel Transylvania 2 – Sony Pictures Animation Amit Baadkar, Dave Hale, Vincent Serritella, Paul Mendoza – Inside Out – Pixar Frank Baradat, Antonin Seydoux, Milo Riccarand, Nicolas Brack – Minions – Illumination Entertainment Brice Mallier, Paul Buckley, Brent Droog, Alex Whyte, Jonothan Freisler – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – Paramount Animation | Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Florent Andorra, George Kaltenbrunner – Avengers: Age of Ultron – Marvel Studios Raul Essig, Roman Schmidt, Mark Chataway, Ryan Hopkins – Jurassic World – Universal Studios / Legendary Pictures Ronnie Menahem, Pavani Rao Boddapati, Francois Sugny, Leslie Chan, Nicolas Petit – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – Gotham Group / 20th Century Fox Ronnie Menahem, Brian Goodwin, Jason Lazaroff, Paul Harris, James Ogle – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Metro Goldwyn Mayer / New Line Cinema / WingNut Films / 3Foot7 |
| Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production |
| Chi-Ho Chan – Dragons: Race to the Edge - Episode: Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1 – DreamWorks Animation Television Yong-Zhi Sun – Dragons: Race to the Edge - Episode: Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 2 – DreamWorks Animation Television Alfonso Estrada – Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Episode: Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties / Warner Bros. Animation Scott DaRos – Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Episode: Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties / Warner Bros. Animation Maurizio Parimbelli – Peter Rabbit - Episode: 216 - The Kitten and Pig Adventure – Nickelodeon Productions / Silvergate Media Ryan MacNeil – Turbo FAST - Episode: "Turboldly Go" – DreamWorks Animation Television Justin Nichols – Wander Over Yonder - Episode: The Good Bad Guy – Disney Television Animation | Allison Rutland – Inside Out – Pixar Mark Donald – Home – DreamWorks Animation Travis Hathaway – Inside Out – Pixar Hichem Arfaoui – Minions – Illumination Entertainment Mark C. Harris – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar K.C. Roeyer – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar BJ Crawford – The Peanuts Movie – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation |
| Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Video Game |
| Matthew Shumway, Adrian Millington, Blaine Toderian, Alexander Poei, Kevin Lan – The Revenant – The Bear – Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Anonymous Content, M Productions, Appian Way, RatPac-Dune Entertainment Glen McIntosh, Kevin Martel, Kyle Winkelman, Rodrick Fransham, Kaori Ogino – Jurassic World – Indominus Rex – Universal Studios / Legendary Pictures Jakub Pistecky, Gang Trinh, Craig Penn, Mickael Coedel, Yair Gutierrez – Avengers: Age of Ultron – The Hulk – Marvel Studios Peter Tan, Boonyiki Lim, Sachio Nishiyama, Byounghee Cho, Roy Tan – Avengers: Age of Ultron– Ultron – Marvel Studios Aaron Gilman, Howard Sly, Matthew Riordan, Kevin Kelm, Guillaume Francois – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies– Azog – Metro Goldwyn Mayer / New Line Cinema / WingNut Films / 3Foot7 David Clayton, Gios Johnston, Andreja Vuckovic, Guillaume Francois, Daniel Zettl – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Smaug – Metro Goldwyn Mayer / New Line Cinema / WingNut Films / 3Foot7 | David Gibson – Evolve – 2K Games Mike Dietz – Armikrog – Pencil Test Studios, Inc. Bruce Chang – Invisible, Inc. – Klei Entertainment |
| Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production |
| Craig Kellman – Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Episode: Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties / Warner Bros. Animation Junpei Takayama – Breadwinners - Episode: Wrath of the Pizza Lord – Nickelodeon in association with Titmouse Canada Animation, Inc. David Tilton – Harvey Beaks - Episode: Night Club Night – Nickelodeon Tapan Gandhi – Pickle and Peanut - Episode: Swim Lessons – Disney Television Animation Dave Cooper, Steve Hirt – Pig Goat Banana Cricket - Episode: Pig Goat Banana Cricket High Five! – Nickelodeon Gordon Hammond, Steve Hirt, Jennifer Wood, Mike Dougherty – Pig Goat Banana Cricket - Episode: Miss Cutesy Meow Meows – Nickelodeon Chris Mitchell, Keiko Murayama – The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show - Episode: "New Sponsor/Cleopatra" – DreamWorks Animation Television | Albert Lozano, Chris Sasaki – Inside Out – Pixar Craig Kellman, Stephen DeStefano – Hotel Transylvania 2 – Sony Pictures Animation Eric Guillon – Minions – Illumination Entertainment Matt Nolte – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar |
| Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production |
| Matt Braly – Gravity Falls - Episode: Northwest Mansion Mystery – Disney Television Animation Bryan Fordney – Archer - Episode: Edie's Wedding – FX Productions Dave Wasson – Mickey Mouse - Episode: Coned – Disney Television Animation TJ Sullivan – Dragons: Race to the Edge - Episode: "Reign of Fireworms" – DreamWorks Animation Television Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh – Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Episode: Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties / Warner Bros. Animation Heiko Dregenberg – Mickey Mouse - Episode: Bottle Shocked – Disney Television Animation Ken Wong – Pickle and Peanut - Episode: Pickle the Falcon Master – Disney Television Animation Ian Jones-Quartey – Steven Universe - Episode: The Test – Cartoon Network Studios | Pete Docter – Inside Out – Pixar Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson – Anomalisa – Paramount Pictures Raul Garcia – Extraordinary Tales – Melusine Productions and R&R Communications Roger Allers – Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet – Ventanarosa Mark Burton and Richard Starzak – Shaun the Sheep Movie – Aardman Animations Steve Martino – The Peanuts Movie – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation Hiromasa Yonebayashi – When Marnie Was There – Studio Ghibli |
| Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production |
| Christopher Willis – Mickey Mouse - Episode: ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! – Disney Television Animation Matthew Sklar, Christopher Guardino – Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Episode: Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties / Warner Bros. Animation Einar Tonsberg – Puffin Rock - Episode: Night Lights – Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears, Penguin Books Nick Bachman, Neil Graf, Matt Mahaffey, Jonathan Hylander – Sanjay and Craig - Episode: Street Dogg – Nickelodeon Mike Himelstein, Joe Ansolabehere, Mike Barnett – Sheriff Callie's Wild West - Episode: #201A "The Good, the Bad & the Yo-Yo" – Wild Canary Animation, Disney Junior J.G. Thirlwell – The Venture Bros: All This And Gargantua-2 – Titmouse, Inc. / Adult Swim Andy Bean – Wander Over Yonder - Episode: The Black Cube – Disney Television Animation | Michael Giacchino – Inside Out – Pixar Carter Burwell – Anomalisa – Paramount Pictures Kevin Riepl – Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem – Warner Bros. Animation Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat, GEM Grupo Experimental de Música, Emicida – Boy and the World – Filme de Papel Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar |
| Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production |
| Kevin Dart, Sylvia Liu, Chris Turnham, Eastwood Wong – The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show - Episode: Peabody's Parents/Galileo – DreamWorks Animation Television Jonathan Pyun, Aaron Spurgeon, Baptiste Lucas, Margaret Wuller, Ethan Becker – Dawn of the Croods - Episode: "Garden of Eaten" – DreamWorks Animation Television Ernie Gilbert, Kristin Donner, Steve Meyers, Fred Gardner, David Cole – Fresh Beat Band of Spies - Episode: 107, Singing Pirate – Nickelodeon Productions / 6 Point 2 / Nelvana Ian Worrel, Jeffrey Thompson – Gravity Falls - Episode: Xpcveaoqfoxso (Weirdmageddon) – Disney Television Animation Dave Cooper, Mike Dougherty, Francis Giglio – Pig Goat Banana Cricket - Episode: Happy Chalawunga! – Nickelodeon Dave Cooper, Mike Dougherty, Francis Giglio – Pig Goat Banana Cricket - Episode: Prank Thy Neighbor – Nickelodeon Lily Bernard, Marie Thorhauge, Stefano Scapolan – Puffin Rock - Episode: Night Lights – Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears, Penguin Books | Ralph Eggleston – Inside Out – Pixar Alê Abreu – Boy and the World – Filme de Papel Jasin Carpenter – He Named Me Malala – Parkes-MacDonald / Little Room Emil Mitev – Home – DreamWorks Animation Eric Guillon – Minions – Illumination Entertainment Matt Perry, Gavin Lines – Shaun the Sheep Movie – Aardman Animations Harley Jessup, Sharon Calahan, Bryn Imagire, Noah Klocek, Huy Nguyen – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar |
| Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production |
| Alonso Ramirez Ramos – Mickey Mouse - Episode: ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! – Disney Television Animation Tom Herpich – Adventure Time - Episode: Walnuts & Rain – Cartoon Network Studios Heidi Jo Gilbert – Dragons: Race to the Edge - Episode: Eye of the Beholder (Part 1 and 2) – DreamWorks Animation Sung Jin Ahn, Ben Juwono, David Woo, Donna Lee – Niko and the Sword of Light — Episode: (pilot) – Titmouse, Inc. / Amazon Studios Joe Johnston, Jeff Liu, Rebecca Sugar – Steven Universe - Episode: Jail Break – Cartoon Network Studios Ben Juwono – The Adventures of Puss in Boots - Episode: Hidden – DreamWorks Animation Television Justin Nichols – Wander Over Yonder - Episode: The Breakfast – Disney Television Animation Madeline Sharafian, Manny Hernandez, Bert Youn – We Bare Bears - Episode: Burrito – Cartoon Network Studios | Tony Rosenast – Inside Out – Pixar Antonio Santamaria – Extraordinary Tales – Melusine Productions and R&R Communications Mike Smukavic – Hotel Transylvania 2 – Sony Pictures Animation Domee Shi – Inside Out – Pixar Habib Louati – Minions – Illumination Entertainment Bill Presing – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar Rosana Sullivan – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar J.P. Vine, Tony Rosenast, Enrico Casarosa – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar |
| Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production |
| Kristen Schaal as the voice of Louise Belcher – Bob's Burgers - Episode: Hawk & Chick – 20th Century Fox Television / Bento Box Entertainment Eric Bauza as the voice of Buhdeuce – Breadwinners - Episode: Movie Ducks – Nickelodeon in association with Titmouse Canada Animation, Inc. Grey Griffin as the voice of Lerk – Dawn of the Croods - Episode: “The First Picture Show”, “School of Hard Rocks” – DreamWorks Animation Television Laraine Newman as the voice of Amber – Dawn of the Croods - Episode: “The First Picture Show”, “Mom Genes” – DreamWorks Animation Television Matt Jones as the voice of Pig – Pig Goat Banana Cricket - Episode: Underpants-Palooza – Nickelodeon Alan Tudyk as the voice of Ludo – Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Episode: Compilation from Series – Disney Television Animation Eric Bauza as the voice of Puss in Boots – The Adventures of Puss in Boots - Episode: Various – DreamWorks Animation Television Kevin Michael Richardson as the voice of Mr. Gus – Uncle Grandpa - Episode: Uncle Grandpa at the Movies – Cartoon Network Studios | Phyllis Smith as the voice of Sadness – Inside Out – Pixar Jennifer Jason Leigh as the voice of Lisa Hesselman – Anomalisa – Paramount Pictures Amy Poehler as the voice of Joy – Inside Out – Pixar Pierre Coffin as the voice of The Minions – Minions – Illumination Entertainment Jon Hamm as the voice of Herb Overkill – Minions – Illumination Entertainment Alex Garfin as the voice of Linus – The Peanuts Movie – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation Hadley Belle Miller as the voice of Lucy – The Peanuts Movie – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation Tom Kenny as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – Paramount Animation |
| Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production |
| Steven Davis, Kelvin Yu – Bob's Burgers - Episode: The Hauntening – 20th Century Fox Television, Bento Box Entertainment Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Jack Pendarvis, Jillian Tamaki, Adam Muto – Adventure Time - Episode: The Diary – Cartoon Network Studios Alex Hirsch, Shion Takeuchi, Josh Weinstein, Jeff Rowe, Matt Chapman – Gravity Falls - Episode: Not What He Seems – Disney Television Animation Al Jean – The Simpsons - Episode: I Won't Be Home for Christmas – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television | Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out – Pixar Mark Burton, Richard Starzak – Shaun the Sheep Movie – Aardman Animations Hiromasa Yonebayashi – When Marnie Was There – Studio Ghibli |
| Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production |
| Illya Owens – Mickey Mouse - Episode: Coned – Disney Television Animation David Graig, Jeff Adams – All Hail King Julien - Episode: "Body Double" – DreamWorks Animation Television John Laus – Dragons: Race to the Edge - Episode: "Dragon Eye of the Beholder, Part 1" – DreamWorks Animation Television Mike Wright – Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Episode: Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties / Warner Bros. Animation Nolan Southerland, William Kessler, Benjamin Rush – Lost Treasure Hunt — Episode: Columbus Voyage Revisited – Argosy Film Group Anne Harting, Shawn Lemmonier, Lauren Crist, Carmen Woods – Phineas and Ferb - Episode: Last Day of Summer – Disney Television Animation Ted Supa – Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Episode: Storm the Castle – Disney Television Animation | Kevin Nolting – Inside Out – Pixar Garret Elkins – Anomalisa – Paramount Pictures Jennifer Dolce – Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet – Ventanarosa Sim Evan-Jones – Shaun the Sheep Movie – Aardman Animations |

## Juried awards

* Winsor McCay Award
* Joe Ranft, Phil Roman and Isao Takahata for their career contributions to the art of animation
* June Foray Award
* Charles Solomon for his significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation

## Multiple awards and nominations
### Films

| Nominations | Film |
| 14 | Inside Out |
| 10 | The Good Dinosaur |
| 7 | Minions |
| 5 | Anomalisa |
| 5 | The Peanuts Movie |
| 5 | Shaun the Sheep Movie |
| 3 | Avengers: Age of Ultron |
| 3 | Boy and the World |
| 3 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| 3 | Home |
| 3 | Hotel Transylvania 2 |
| 3 | Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet |
| 3 | When Marnie Was There |
| 2 | Extraordinary Tales |
| 2 | He Named Me Malala |
| 2 | Jurassic World |
| 2 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water |
| Wins | Film |
| 10 | Inside Out |

### Television/Broadcast

| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas |
| 5 | Dragons: Race to the Edge |
| 5 | Mickey Mouse |
| 5 | Pig Goat Banana Cricket |
| 4 | Gravity Falls |
| 4 | Wander Over Yonder |
| 3 | Bob's Burgers |
| 3 | Dawn of the Croods |
| 3 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil |
| 3 | Steven Universe |
| 2 | The Adventures of Puss in Boots |
| 2 | Adventure Time |
| 2 | Breadwinners |
| 2 | Harvey Beaks |
| 2 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show |
| 2 | Niko and the Sword of Light |
| 2 | Peter Rabbit |
| 2 | Pickle and Peanut |
| 2 | Puffin Rock |
| 2 | Sanjay and Craig |
| 2 | Sheriff Callie's Wild West |
| 2 | The Simpsons |
| Wins | Film |
| 3 | Mickey Mouse |
| 2 | Bob's Burgers |