Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films. An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first awarded in 2002 for films made in 2001.
The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award's inception. If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category, the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films, which has happened nine times, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist. Additionally, eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.
== History ==
For much of the Academy Awards' history, AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular Oscar for animated features, considering there were simply too few produced to justify such consideration. Instead, the Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually for Walt Disney Pictures, such as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1938, and the Special Achievement Academy Award for the live action/animated hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988 and Toy Story in 1995. In fact, prior to the creation of the award, only one animated film was nominated for Best Picture: 1991's Beauty and the Beast, also by Walt Disney Pictures.
By 2001, the rise of sustained competitors to Disney in the feature animated film market, such as DreamWorks Animation (founded by former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg), created an increase of film releases of significant annual number enough for AMPAS to reconsider. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was debuted at the 74th Academy Awards, held on March 24, 2002. The Academy included a rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year in which fewer than eight eligible films opened in theaters. It recently got rid of that rule on April 23, 2019, to make voting for animated films more acceptable. People in the animation industry and fans expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features.
In 2009, when the nominee slots for Best Picture were doubled to ten, Up was nominated for both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, the first film to do so since the inception of the Animated Feature category. This feat was repeated the following year by Toy Story 3.
==Criticism==
===Best Picture criticism===
Some members and fans have criticized the award, however, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning Best Picture. DreamWorks had advertised heavily during the holiday 2001 season for Shrek, but was disappointed when the rumored Best Picture nomination did not materialize, though it was nominated for and ultimately won the inaugural Best Animated Feature award.
==Winners and nominees==
===2000s===
Year	Film 	Nominees
2001	Shrek 	Aron Warner
2001	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 	Steve Oedekerk & John A. Davis
2001	Monsters Inc. 	Pete Docter & John Lasseter
2002	Spirited Away 	Hayao Miyazaki
2002	Ice Age 	Chris Wedge
2002	Lilo & Stitch 	Chris Sanders
2002	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 	Jeffrey Katzenberg
2002	Treasure Planet 	Ron Clements
2003	Finding Nemo 	Andrew Stanton
2003	Brother Bear 	Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker
2003	The Triplets of Belleville 	Sylvain Chomet
2004	The Incredibles 	Brad Bird
2004	Shark Tale 	Bill Damaschke
2004	Shrek 2 	Andrew Adamson
2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Nick Park & Steve Box
2005	Howl's Moving Castle 	Hayao Miyazaki
2005	Corpse Bride 	Mike Johnson & Tim Burton
2006	Happy Feet 	George Miller
2006	Cars 	John Lasseter
2006	Monster House 	Gil Kenan
2007	Ratatouille 	Brad Bird
2007	Persepolis 	Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
2007	Surf's Up 	Ash Brannon & Chris Buck
2008	WALL-E 	Andrew Stanton
2008	Bolt 	Chris Williams & Byron Howard
2008	Kung Fu Panda 	John Stevenson & Mark Osborne
2009	Up 	Pete Docter
2009	Coraline 	Henry Selick
2009	Fantastic Mr. Fox 	Wes Anderson
2009	The Princess and the Frog 	John Musker & Ron Clements
2009	The Secret of Kells 	Tomm Moore
===2010s===
Year	Film 	Nominees
2010	Toy Story 3 	Lee Unkrich
2010	How to Train Your Dragon 	Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
2010	The Illusionist 	Sylvain Chomet
2011	Rango 	Gore Verbinski
2011	A Cat In Paris 	Alain Gagnol & Jean-Loup Felicioli
2011	Chico and Rita 	Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2 	Jennifer Yuh Nelson
2011	Puss In Boots 	Chris Miller
2012	Brave 	Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman
2012	Frankenweenie 	Tim Burton
2012	ParaNorman 	Sam Fell & Chris Butler
2012	The Pirates! Band of Misfits 	Peter Lord
2012	Wreck-It Ralph 	Rich Moore
2013	Frozen 	Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Peter Del Vecho
2013	The Croods 	Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco & Kristine Belson
2013	Despicable Me 2 	Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin & Chris Meledandri
2013	Ernest & Celestine 	Benjamin Renner & Didier Brunner
2013	The Wind Rises 	Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki
2014	Big Hero 6 	Don Hall, Chris Williams & Roy Conli
2014	The Boxtrolls 	Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable & Travis Knight
2014	How to Train Your Dragon 2 	Dean DeBlois & Bonnie Arnold
2014	Song of the Sea 	Tomm Moore & Paul Young
2014	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 	Isao Takahata & Yoshiaka Nishimura
2015	Inside Out 	Pete Docter & Jonas Rivera
2015	Anomalisa 	Charlie Kauffman, Duke Johnson & Rosa Tran
2015	Boy and the World 	Alê Abreu
2015	Shaun the Sheep Movie 	Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
2015	When Marnie Was There 	Hiromasa Yonebayashi & Yoshiaki Nishimura
2016	Zootopia 	Byron Howard, Rich Moore & Clark Spencer
2016	Kubo and the Two Strings 	Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner
2016	Moana 	John Musker, Ron Clements & Osnat Shurer
2016	My Life as a Zucchini 	Claude Barras & Max Karli
2016	The Red Turtle 	Michaël Dudok de Wit & Toshio Suzuki
2017	Coco 	Lee Unkrich & Darla K. Anderson
2017	The Boss Baby 	Tom McGrath & Ramsey Naito
2017	The Breadwinner 	Nora Twomey & Anthony Leo
2017	Ferdinand 	Carlos Saldanha & Lori Forte
2017	Loving Vincent 	Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman & Ivan Mactaggart
2018	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 	Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
2018	Incredibles 2 	Brad Bird, John Walker & Nicole Paradis Grindle
2018	Isle of Dogs 	Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson
2018	Mirai 	Mamoru Hosoda & Yuichiro Saito
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet 	Rich Moore, Phil Johnston & Clark Spencer
2019	Toy Story 4 	Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen & Jonas Rivera
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis & Bonnie Arnold
2019	I Lost My Body 	Jérémy Clapin & Marc du Pontavice
2019	Klaus 	Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh & Marisa Román
2019	Missing Link 	Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner & Travis Knight
===2020s===
Year 	Film 	Nominees
2020 	Soul 	Pete Docter & Dana Murray
Onward 	Dan Scanlon & Kori Rae 	
Over the Moon 	Glen Keane, Gennie Rim & Peilin Chou 	
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon	Richard Phelan, Will Becher & Paul Kewley 	
Wolfwalkers 	Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young & Stéphan Roelants	
2021 	Encanto 	Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino & Clark Spencer
2021 	Raya and the Last Dragon 	Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Osnat Shurer & Peter Del Vecho
2021 	The Mitchells vs. The Machines 	Mike Rianda, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller & Kurt Albrecht
2021 	Luca 	Enrico Casarosa & Andrea Warren
2021 	Flee 	Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström & Signe Byrge Sørensen
2022 	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 	Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar & Alex Bulkley
2022 	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 	Dean Fleischer Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan & Paul Mezey
2022 	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 	Joel Crawford & Mark Swift
2022 	The Sea Beast 	Chris Williams & Jed Schlanger
2022 	Turning Red 	Domee Shi & Lindsey Collins
2023 	The Boy and the Heron 	Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki
2023 	Elemental 	Peter Sohn & Denise Ream
2023 	Nimona 	Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan & Julie Zackary
2023 	Robot Dreams 	Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé & Sandra Tapia Diaz
2023 	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 	Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal
2024 	De Blob 	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2024 	Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse 	Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal
2024 	Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: The Movie 	Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
2024 	Team Umizoomi: The Movie 	James Gunn
2024 	The Boondocks Movie 	Ryan Coogler & Aaron McGruder
2024 	Ava 	Mamoru Hosoda & Yuichiro Saito
2025 	Little Einsteins: The Movie 	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller & Darla K. Anderson
2025 	My Little Pony: Across the Multiverse 	Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2025 	Bubble Guppies: The Movie 	Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
2025 	Ena 	Mamoru Hosoda & Yuichiro Saito
2025 	Phantom Investigators: The Movie 	Genndy Tartakovsky
2025 	Caelum 	Genndy Tartakovsky
2026 	Lilly 	Genndy Tartakovsky
2026 	Miles From Tomorrowland: The Movie 	Chris McKay, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2026 	Rainbow Rangers: The Movie 	Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
2026 	Push 	Brad Bird
2026 	Snowman 	Andrew Stanton
2027 	Ava 2 	Mamoru Hosoda & Yuichiro Saito
2027 	The Sky Movie 	Adam Dahlberg
2027 	Kreto 	Chris McKay, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2027 	Avems 	Genndy Tartakovsky, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2027 	Light 	Bryan Andrews & Genndy Tartakovsky
2028 	The Last Omnihuman 	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio & Chris Meledandri
2028 	Nullus Mottus 	Genndy Tartakovsky
2028 	PJ Masks: The Movie 2 	Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
2028 	Shimmer and Shine: The Movie 	Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
2028 	The Pebble and the Penguin 	Nolan Massey & Nicholas Stoller
2029 	Anya's Ghost 	Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti
2029 	Grow 	Pete Docter & Jonas Rivera
2029 	Wishenpoof! 	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio & Chris Meledandri
2029 	De Blob 2: The Second Part 	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2029 	The Nicktoons Movie 	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2029 	Divided 	Nyla Inuksukk & Osnat Shurer
=== 2030s ===
Year	Film 	Nominee(s)
2030	War of the Toons 	Mamoru Hosoda & Yuichiro Saito
2030	Banshee 	Shawn Levy & Jerry Bruckheimer
2030	The Queen 	Byron Howard & Clark Spencer
2030	Blue's Clues: The Movie 	Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
2031	The Last Omnihuman: Beyond Earth	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio & Chris Meledandri
2031	Serken High: The Movie 	Goro Miyazaki
2032	It's Fine in Space 	Mamoru Hosoda & Yuichiro Saito
2032	The Sky Movie 2 	Adam Dahlberg
2033	Dell and Gary: The Movie 	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2033	Colour 	C.M. & Chris Sanders
2033	Altercore: A Deathspider Story 	Mamoru Hosoda & Yuichiro Saito
2034	The Last Omnihuman: Universe 	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio & Chris Meledandri
===Multiple wins===
====4 wins====
* Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
* Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
====3 wins====
* Mamoru Hosoda
* Pete Docter
====2 wins====
* Hayao Miyazaki
* Brad Bird
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