34th Annie Awards

The ceremony for the 34th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation in 2006, was held on February 11, 2007 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.

The nominations were announced on December 4, 2006.

Winners are marked in bold text.

Production nominees

Best Animated Feature 

Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
Open Season
Over the Hedge

Best Home Entertainment Production 

Bambi II
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes

Best Animated Short Subject 

Adventure Time
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
No Time For Nuts
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Don't Download This Song"

Best Animated Television Commercial 

Candy Factory - "Ka-chew!"
ESPN - "Believe"
Hilton Hotels - "Dancing Couple"
St. Louis Zoo - "Giraffe"
United Airlines - "Dragon"

Best Animated Television Production 

Charlie and Lola
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
King of the Hill
The Fairly OddParents
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Best Animated Video Game 

Flushed Away: The Game
Monster House
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

Individual achievement

Animated Effects

 Scott Cegielski – Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
 Keith Klohn – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 David Stephens – Open Season – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
 Erdem Taylan – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 John David Thornton – Ice Age: The Meltdown – Blue Sky Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production

 Line Andersen – Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
 Carlos Baena – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 Gabe Hordos – Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
 Bobby Podesta – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 Kristof Serrand – Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production

 Joshua Jennings – Moral Orel – ShadowMachine Films
 Eileen Kohlhepp – Family Guy – Fox TV
 Sihanouk Mariona – Robot Chicken – ShadowMachine Films
 Yu Jae Myung – Avatar: The Last Airbender "The Blind Bandit" – Nickelodeon

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

 Peter de Sève – Ice Age: The Meltdown – Blue Sky Studios
 Carter Goodrich – Open Season – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
 Nicolas Marlet – Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

 Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom "King Tuck" – Nickelodeon
 Mike Kunkel – The Life & Times of Juniper Lee "Party Monsters" – Cartoon Network Studios
 Carlos Ramos – The X’s "Homebody" – Nickelodeon
 Eric Robles – The X’s "You Only Sneeze Twice" – Nickelodeon

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

 David Bowers & Sam Fell – Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
 Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick – Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation
 Gil Kenan – Monster House – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
 John Lasseter – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 Carlos Saldanha – Ice Age: The Meltdown – Blue Sky Studios

Directing in an Animated Television Production

 Shaun Cashman – The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy “Hill Billy” – Cartoon Network Studios
 Craig McCracken – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Bus the Two of Us” – Cartoon Network Studios
 Guy Vasilovich – Growing Up Creepie “The Tell-Tale Poem” – Mike Young Productions
 Giancarlo Volpe – Avatar: The Last Airbender “The Drill” – Nickelodeon

Music in an Animated Feature Production

 John Debney – The Ant Bully – Warner Bros. Pictures Presents in Association with Legendary Pictures, a Playtone Production in Association with DNA Productions
 Gordon Goodwin – Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation
 Laura Karpman – A Monkey’s Tale – Dedica Group
 Randy Newman – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 John Powell – Ice Age: The Meltdown – Blue Sky Studios

Music in an Animated Television Production

 Brad Benedict, Mark Fontana & Erik Godal – Squirrel Boy: "A Line in the Sandwich" (Cartoon Network Studios)
 John King – Shorty McShorts' Shorts: "Boyz on Da Run Part 1" (Walt Disney Television Animation)
 Steve Marston – Jakers!: "The Gift" (Mike Young Productions)
 James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington – Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "One False Movie" (Cartoon Networks Studios)

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

 William Cone – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 Andy Harkness – Open Season – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
 Michael Humphries – Open Season – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
 Paul Shardlow – Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation
 Pierre-Olivier Vincent – Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features

Production Design in an Animated Television Production

 Martin Ansolabehere – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Good Wilt Hunting” – Cartoon Network Studios
 Alan Bodner - The Life and Times of Juniper Lee “Water We Fighting For” - Cartoon Network Studios
 Bob Boyle – Wow! Wow! Wubbzy – “Tale of Tails” – Produced by Bolder Media, Inc. in association with Film Roman, a Starz Company.
 Dan Krall – My Gym Partner’s A Monkey “Grub Drive” – Cartoon Network Studios
 Sue Mondt – Camp Lazlo “Hard Days Samson” – Cartoon Network Studios

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

 Thom Enriquez Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation
 William H. Frake III Ice Age: The Meltdown – Blue Sky Studios
 Gary Graham Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation
 Kris Pearn Open Season – Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
 Simon Wells Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

 Troy Adomitis - American Dragon: Jake Long “Breakout” – Walt Disney Television Animation
 Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom “Urban Jungle” – Nickelodeon
 Li Hong – The X’s “You Only Sneeze Twice” – Nickelodeon
 Shaut Nigoghossian – Danny Phantom “Reality Trip” – Nickelodeon
 Adam Van Wyk – Hellboy “Sword of Storms” – Film Roman, a Starz Media Co.

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

 Maggie Gyllenhaal – Voice of Zee – Monster House – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
 Sam Lerner – Voice of Chowder – Monster House – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
 Spencer Locke – Voice of Jenny – Monster House – Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
 Ian McKellen – Voice of the Toad – Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
 Wanda Sykes – Voice of Stella – Over The Hedge – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

 Keith Ferguson – Voice of Blooregard – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Squeeze the Day” – Cartoon Network Studios
 Eartha Kitt – Voice of Yzma – The Emperor’s New School “Kuzclone” – Walt Disney Television Animation
 Mila Kunis – Voice of Meg Griffin – Family Guy “Barely Legal” – Fuzzy Door Productions
 Russi Taylor – Voice of Ferny – Jakers! “Mi Galeon” – Mike Young Productions
 Patrick Warburton – Voice of Kronk – The Emperor’s New School “Kuzclone” – Walt Disney Television Animation

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

 Rich Burns – Brother Bear 2 – DisneyToon Studios
 Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais and Chris Lloyd & Joe Keenan and Will Davies – Flushed Away – DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features Dan Harman, Rob Schrab & Pamela Pettler – Monster House – Columbia Pictures Presents an ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
 Dan Fogelman – Cars – Pixar Animation Studios
 George Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris & Warren Coleman – Happy Feet – Warner Bros. Pictures Presents in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, A Kennedy Miller Production in Association with Animal Logic Film

Writing in an Animated Television Production

 Kirker Butler – Family Guy “Barely Legal” – Fuzzy Door Productions
 Ian Maxtone-Graham – The Simpsons “The Seemingly Neverending Story” – Gracie Films
 Tom Sheppard – My Gym Partner’s a Monkey “Nice Moustache” – Cartoon Network Studios
 Dan Vebber – American Dad “American Dad Afterschool Special” – Fuzzy Door Productions/Underdog Productions
 John Viener – Family Guy “The Griffin Family History” – Fuzzy Door Productions

Juried awards

June Foray Award

Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
 Stephen Worth

Winsor McCay Award

Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.

 Bill Plympton
 Genndy Tartakovsky
 Andreas Deja

Ub Iwerks Award

 None

Special Achievement

 None

Certificate of Merit

 Bill Matthews
 Michael Fallik
 Marc Deckter
 Eric Graf

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