36th Annie Awards

The 36th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2008, were held on 30 January 2009 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Below is a list of announced nominees. Kung Fu Panda received the most awards with 11, winning nearly all of its nominations.

Production nominees

Best Animated Feature

 Kung Fu Panda
Bolt
$9.99
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir

Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment ProductionFuturama: The Beast with a Billion BacksBatman: Gotham Knight
Christmas Is Here Again
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Annie Award for Best Animated Short SubjectWallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and DeathGlago's Guest
Hot Dog
PrestoSebastian’s VoodooAnnie Award for Best Animated Television Commercial

United Airlines “Heart”
Giant Monster
Long Legs Mr. Hyde
Rotofugi: The Collectors 
Sarah

Annie Award for Best Animated Television ProductionRobot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II 
King of the Hill 
Moral Orel
Phineas and Ferb 
The Simpsons

Best Animated Television Production for ChildrenAvatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon 
A Miser Brothers' Christmas – Warner Bros. 
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network 
Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network 
The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon

Annie Award for Best Animated Video GameKung Fu PandaDead SpaceWALL-EIndividual Achievement

Animated Effects

Li-Ming Lawrence Lee - Kung Fu Panda
Alen Lai - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who  
Fangwei Lee - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 
Kevin Lee - Bolt
Enrique Vila - Wall-E

Character Animation in a Feature ProductionJames Baxter – Kung Fu PandaJeff Gabor – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who
Philippe Le Brun – Kung Fu Panda
Victor Navone – Wall-E
Dan Wagner – Kung Fu Panda

Character Animation in a Television ProductionPierre Perifel - Secrets of the Furious FiveSandro Cleuzo - Secrets of the Furious FiveJoshua A. Jennings - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IICharacter Design in an Animated Feature Production

Nico Marlet - Kung Fu Panda
Valerie Hadida - Igor (film)Sang Jun Lee - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A WhoCharacter Design in an Animated Television Production

Nico Marlet - Secrets of the Furious Five
Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! - “Bat Mitzah Crashers”
Ben Balistreri - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - “Mondo Coco”
Sean Galloway - The Spectacular Spider-ManJorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera - “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre”

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

John Stevenson and Mark Osborne - Kung Fu Panda
Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen The Tale Of DespereauxAri Folman - Waltz with BashirTatia Rosenthal - $9.99Andrew Stanton - WALL-EDirecting in an Animated Television Production

Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender - “Sozin’s Comet: Into the Inferno”
Bob Anderson - The Simpsons -  “Treehouse of Horror XIX”
Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends -  “Destination Imagination”
Chris McKay – Moral Orel - “Passing”
Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants - “Penny Foolish”

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Kevin Manthei - Batman: Gotham Knight - Warner Bros. Animation
John Powell - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
William Ross – The Tale of Despereaux (film)'' – Universal Pictures

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation 
Carl Finch & Brave Combo - Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions 
Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. 
Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation 
Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Tang Heng “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation 
Ralph Eggleston “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios 
Paul Felix “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios 
Evgeni Tomov “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures 
Raymond Zibach “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Tang Heng “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation 
Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios 
Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon 
Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios 
Raymond Zibach “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Jen Yuh Nelson – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation 
Alessandro Carloni – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation 
Ronnie Del Carmen – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios 
Joe Mateo “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios 
Rob Stevenhagen – “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios 
Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon 
Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana 
Andy Schuhler – “Secret of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation 
Eddie Trigueros “The Mighty B! “Name Shame”– Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
Ben Burtt – Voice of Wall·E – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios 
James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation 
Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation 
Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine 
Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions 
Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation 
Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” – DreamWorks Animation 
Ari Folman – “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films 
Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

 Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” – ShadowMachine
Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV 
Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon 
Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation 
Chris Williams – “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Other websites

Official Site of the Annie Awards
2008 Nominations

Annie Awards