Claim: Brittany Murphy worked alongside an actor.

Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American computer-animated musical family comedy film directed , produced , and co-written by George Miller . It stars Elijah Wood , Robin Williams , Brittany Murphy , Hugh Jackman , Nicole Kidman , Hugo Weaving , and E.G. Daily . It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros. , Village Roadshow Pictures , and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released in North American theaters on November 17 , 2006 . It is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller in association with Animal Logic .   Though primarily an animated film , the film does incorporate motion capture of live action humans in certain scenes . The film was simultaneously released in both conventional theatres and in IMAX 2D format . The studio had hinted that a future IMAX 3D release was a possibility . However , Warner Bros. , the film 's production company , was on too tight a budget to release Happy Feet in IMAX digital 3D .   Happy Feet received generally positive reviews from critics , and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature , a first for Warner Bros. , as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film . It was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature and the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film .   A sequel , Happy Feet Two , was released into theaters November 18 , 2011 to mixed reviews .