# Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production

The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production (or Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production) is an Annie Award awarded annually, except in 1997, to the best animated feature film and introduced in 1996. It rewards screenwriting for animated feature films.
Awards for Best Writing were awarded in 1994 and 1995, but were also rewarding animated series. The award was formerly called Best Individual Achievement: Writing in 1996, and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production from 1998 to 2002,.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s
#### Best Individual Achievement for Story Contribution in the Field of Animation

| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
| 1994 (22nd) |
| 1994 (22nd) | The Lion King | Brenda Chapman (Head of Story) |
| 1994 (22nd) | Batman: The Animated Series | Paul Dini (Writer/Story Editor) |
| 1994 (22nd) | Flintstones Family Christmas | David Feiss (Story Artist) |
| 1994 (22nd) | Mighty Max | Gary Graham (Story Artist) |
| 1994 (22nd) | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby | Iwao Takamoto (Story Artist) |

#### Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
| 1996 (24th) |
| 1996 (24th) | Toy Story | Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow |
| 1996 (24th) | Gargoyles (for episode "Avalon") | Lydia Marano |
| 1996 (24th) | Ghost in the Shell | Kazunori Itō |
| 1996 (24th) | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Jonathan Roberts |
| 1996 (24th) | James and the Giant Peach | Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom |
| 1997 (25th) |
| Not awarded ||
| 1998 (26th) |
| 1998 (26th) | Mulan | Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer |
| 1998 (26th) | Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin | Karl Geurs, Carter Crocker |
| 1998 (26th) | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Flip Kobler, Cindy Marcus, Bill Motz, Bob Roth |
| 1998 (26th) | Anastasia | Eric Tuchman, Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White |
| 1998 (26th) | FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue | Richard Tulloch |
| 1999 (27th) |
| 1999 (27th) | The Iron Giant | Brad Bird, Tim McCanlies |
| 1999 (27th) | Antz | Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz |
| 1999 (27th) | A Bug's Life | John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw |
| 1999 (27th) | Tarzan | Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White |
| 1999 (27th) | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
| 2000 (28th) |
| 2000 (28th) | Toy Story 2 | John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb |
| 2000 (28th) | Chicken Run | Karey Kirkpatrick |
| 2000 (28th) | Stuart Little | M. Night Shyamalan, Greg Brooker |
| 2001 (29th) |
| 2001 (29th) | Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman |
| 2001 (29th) | The Emperor's New Groove | Mark Dindal, Chris Williams, David Reynolds |
| 2001 (29th) | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | Paul Dini, Glen Murakami, Bruce Timm |
| 2001 (29th) | Osmosis Jones | Marc Hyman |
| 2002 (30th) |
| 2002 (30th) | Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2002 (30th) | Ice Age | Michael Berg, Michael J. Wilson, Peter Ackerman |
| 2002 (30th) | Lilo & Stitch | Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders |
| 2002 (30th) | Monsters, Inc. | Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson |
| 2003 (31st) |
| 2003 (31st) | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds |
| 2003 (31st) | The Triplets of Belleville | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2003 (31st) | 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith |
| 2003 (31st) | Millennium Actress | Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai |
| 2003 (31st) | Brother Bear | Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman |
| 2004 (32nd) |
| 2004 (32nd) | The Incredibles | Brad Bird |
| 2004 (32nd) | Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss |
| 2004 (32nd) | Shark Tale | Michael J. Wilson, Rob Letterman |
| 2005 (33rd) |
| 2005 (33rd) | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Steve Box, Nick Park, Mark Burton |
| 2005 (33rd) | Kronk's New Groove | Anthony Leondis, Michael LaBash, Tom Rogers |
| 2005 (33rd) | Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2006 (34th) |
| 2006 (34th) | Flushed Away | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan, William Davies |
| 2006 (34th) | Brother Bear 2 | Rick Burns |
| 2006 (34th) | Cars | Dan Fogelman |
| 2006 (34th) | Monster House | Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler |
| 2006 (34th) | Happy Feet | George Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman |
| 2007 (35th) |
| 2007 (35th) | Ratatouille | Brad Bird |
| 2007 (35th) | The Simpsons Movie | James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti |
| 2007 (35th) | Surf's Up | Don Rhymer, Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, Chris Jenkins |
| 2007 (35th) | Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud |
| 2008 (36th) |
| 2008 (36th) | Kung Fu Panda | Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger |
| 2008 (36th) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath |
| 2008 (36th) | Waltz with Bashir | Ari Folman |
| 2008 (36th) | Horton Hears a Who! | Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio |
| 2009 (37th) |
| 2009 (37th) | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach |
| 2009 (37th) | Up | Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy |
| 2009 (37th) | Astro Boy | Timothy Harris, David Bowers |
| 2009 (37th) | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord and Chris Miller |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
| 2010 (38th) |
| 2010 (38th) | How to Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders, Will Davies, Dean DeBlois |
| 2010 (38th) | Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt |
| 2010 (38th) | The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2010 (38th) | Tangled | Dan Fogelman |
| 2010 (38th) | Megamind | Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons |
| 2011 (39th) |
| 2011 (39th) | Rango | James Ward Byrkit, John Logan, Gore Verbinski |
| 2011 (39th) | Arthur Christmas | Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith |
| 2011 (39th) | Gnomeo & Juliet | Mark Burton, Rob Sprackling, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, John R. Smith, Kathy Greenberg, Emily Cook, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton Shaw |
| 2011 (39th) | The Adventures of Tintin | Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish, Edgar Wright |
| 2011 (39th) | Winnie the Pooh | Jeremy Spears, Don Hall, Clio Chiang, Don Dougherty, Kendelle Hoyer, Brian Kesinger, Stephen J. Anderson, Nicole Mitchell |
| 2012 (40th) |
| 2012 (40th) | Wreck-It Ralph | Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee |
| 2012 (40th) | Brave | Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi |
| 2012 (40th) | Frankenweenie | John August |
| 2012 (40th) | From Up on Poppy Hill | Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Karey Kirkpatrick |
| 2012 (40th) | ParaNorman | Chris Butler |
| 2012 (40th) | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Gideon Defoe |
| 2013 (41st) |
| 2013 (41st) | The Wind Rises | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2013 (41st) | Ernest & Celestine | Daniel Pennac |
| 2013 (41st) | Monsters University | Dan Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon |
| 2013 (41st) | Frozen | Jennifer Lee |
| 2014 (42nd) |
| 2014 (42nd) | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller |
| 2014 (42nd) | Big Hero 6 | Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson, Jordan Roberts |
| 2014 (42nd) | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois |
| 2014 (42nd) | Song of the Sea | Will Collins |
| 2014 (42nd) | The Boxtrolls | Irena Brignull, Adam Pava |
| 2015 (43rd) |
| 2015 (43rd) | Inside Out | Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley |
| 2015 (43rd) | Shaun the Sheep Movie | Mark Burton, Richard Starzak |
| 2015 (43rd) | When Marnie Was There | Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando, Hiromasa Yonebayashi |
| 2016 (44th) |
| 2016 (44th) | Zootopia | Jared Bush, Phil Johnston |
| 2016 (44th) | Kubo and the Two Strings | Marc Haimes, Chris Butler |
| 2016 (44th) | My Life as a Zucchini | Céline Sciamma |
| 2016 (44th) | The Red Turtle | Michael Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran |
| 2017 (45th) |
| 2017 (45th) | Coco | Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich |
| 2017 (45th) | Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel |
| 2017 (45th) | Mary and the Witch's Flower | Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, David Freedman, Lynda Freedman |
| 2017 (45th) | The Breadwinner | Anita Doron |
| 2018 (46th) |
| 2018 (46th) | Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse | Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman |
| 2018 (46th) | Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird |
| 2018 (46th) | Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda, Stephanie Sheh |
| 2018 (46th) | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Phil Johnston, Pamela Ribon |
| 2018 (46th) | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath |
| 2019 (47th) |
| 2019 (47th) | I Lost My Body | Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant |
| 2019 (47th) | Frozen II | Jennifer Lee |
| 2019 (47th) | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois |
| 2019 (47th) | Toy Story 4 | Andrew Stanton, Stephany Folsom |
| 2019 (47th) | Weathering with You | Makoto Shinkai |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
| 2020 (48th) |
| 2020 (48th) | Soul | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers |
| 2020 (48th) | A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | Mark Burton, Jon Brown |
| 2020 (48th) | Onward | Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley, Keith Bunin |
| 2020 (48th) | Over the Moon | Audrey Wells |
| 2020 (48th) | Wolfwalkers | Will Collins |
| 2021 (49th) |
| 2021 (49th) | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe |
| 2021 (49th) | Belle | Mamoru Hosoda |
| 2021 (49th) | Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi |
| 2021 (49th) | Luca | Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones |
| 2021 (49th) | Raya and the Last Dragon | Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim |
| 2022 (50th) |
| 2022 (50th) | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm |
| 2022 (50th) | Turning Red | Domee Shi, Julia Cho |
| 2022 (50th) | Eternal Spring | Jason Loftus |
| 2022 (50th) | Inu-Oh | Akiko Nogi |
| 2023 (51st) |
| 2023 (51st) | Nimona | Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor |
| 2023 (51st) | The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2023 (51st) | Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger |
| 2023 (51st) | Suzume | Makoto Shinkai |
| 2023 (51st) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit |
| 2024 (52nd) |
| 2024 (52nd) | Flow | Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža |
| 2024 (52nd) | Inside Out 2 | Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein |
| 2024 (52nd) | Kensuke's Kingdom | Frank Cottrell-Boyce |
| 2024 (52nd) | Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot |

## Multiple wins and nominations

The following nominees have earned at least two wins:

### Multiple wins

3 wins
* Brad Bird
* Pete Docter
* Andrew Stanton
2 wins
* Rita Hsiao
* Phil Johnston
* Phil Lord
* Hayao Miyazaki
* Chris Sanders

### Multiple nominations

6 nominations
* Andrew Stanton
5 nominations
* Hayao Miyazaki
4 nominations
* Brad Bird
* Mark Burton
* Dean DeBlois
* Pete Docter
3 nominations
* Robert L. Baird
* Phil Johnston
* Karey Kirkpatrick
* Jennifer Lee
* Phil Lord
* Tab Murphy
* Chris Sanders
* Bob Tzudiker
* Noni White
2 nominations
* Ash Brannon
* Chris Butler
* Brenda Chapman
* Sylvain Chomet
* Will Collins
* William Davies
* Paul Dini
* Dan Fogelman
* Dan Gerson
* Mamoru Hosoda
* Rita Hsiao
* Mike Jones
* John Lasseter
* Meg LeFauve
* Irene Mecchi
* Christopher Miller
* Keiko Niwa
* Bob Peterson
* David Reynolds
* Jonathan Roberts
* Jeff Rowe
* Dan Scanlon
* Makoto Shinkai
* Joe Stillman
* Michael J. Wilson
* Hiromasa Yonebayashi