The 42nd Annie Awards – Winners
Last night the Stateside ASIFA Annie Awards announced their 2015 winners, following on from the nominations announcement in December of last year. The full list of winners is as follows:
Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks)
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks)
Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Aaron Springer, Disney Mickey Mouse (Disney Television Animation)
Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
The Simpsons (Gracie Films/Fox)
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For a Childrens Audience
Gravity Falls (Disney Television Animation)
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Tumble Leaf (Amazon Studios)
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, The Lego Movie (WB)
Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Darrick Bachman, Disney Mickey Mouse (Disney Television Animation)
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Sir Ben Kingsley, The Boxtrolls (Focus Features/Laika)
Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Bill Farmer, Mickey Mouse (Disney Television Animation)
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
Flight of the Stories (Aardman)
Best Animated Special Production|
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Voyager)
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall, The Boxtrolls (Focus Features/Laika)
Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Narina Sokolova, Mickey Shorts (Disney)
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Fabio Lignini, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks)
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Justin Nichols, Wander Over Yonder (Disney Television Animation)
Character Animation in a Video Game
Mike Mennillo, Assassins Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora & Dejan Momcilovic, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Weta Digital)
Best Animated Short Subject
Feast (Disney)
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner & Viktor Lundqvist, Edge of Tomorrow (Sony)
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt & John Kosnik, Big Hero 6 (Disney)
Music in an Animated Feature Production
John Powell & Jónsi, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks)
Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Christopher Willis, Mickey Mouse (Disney Television Animation)
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua & Jorge R. Gutierrez, The Book of Life (Reel FX)
Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Benjamin Balistreri, Wander Over Yonder (Disney Television Animation)
Best Video Game
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft)
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
John K. Carr, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks)
Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Illya Owens, Mickey Mouse (Disney)
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Truong “Tron” Son Mai, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks)
Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Joaquim Dos Santos, Legend of Korra/Venom of the Red Lotus (Nickelodeon)
Best Student Film
Jason Rayner, My Big Brother (Savannah College of Art and Design)
Winsor McCay Award
Didier Brunner
Lee Mendelson
Don Lusk
June Foray Award
Charles Solomon
Ub Iwerks Award
Apollo Software (DreamWorks)
Special Achievement Award
The Walt Disney Family Museum
What do you think of the results? Any favourites you’d had in mind that got unjustly snubbed? Get in touch via Twitter or in the comments below!