45th Annie Awards Winners: ‘Coco’ Dominates with 11, ‘Samurai Jack’ is Top in TV
Disney/Pixar’s Coco completely dominated the 45th Annie Awards tonight, winning 11 of its 13 nominations including Animated Feature, Directing and Writing. The winner of Animated Feature has gone on to win the Oscar 11 out of the last 16 years and Coco is far and away the favorite to win there too.
Disney Mickey Mouse, Samurai Jack and Rick & Morty were the big winners for television.
Here is the full list of winners for Animated Feature, Independent and Television.
Best Animated Feature
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Best Animated Feature-Independent
The Breadwinner
Cartoon Saloon / Aircraft Pictures / Melusine Productions
Best Animated Special Production
Revolting Rhymes
Magic Light Pictures
Tangled Before Ever After
Walt Disney Television Animation
Best Animated Short Subject
Dear Basketball
Glen Keane Productions, Kobe Studios, Believe
Entertainment Group
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
June
Broad Reach Pictures/Chromosphere/Lyft
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Octonauts
Episode: Operation Deep Freeze
Vampire Squid Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media company, in association with Brown Bag Films
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children
We Bare Bears
Episode: Panda’s Art
Cartoon Network Animation Studios
Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Rick and Morty
Episode: 303 – “Pickle Rick”
Williams Street Productions
Best Student Film
Poles Apart
Director: Paloma Baeza, Producer: Ser En Low, All Student Crew
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Effects Artist: Shaun Galinak
Effects Lead: Dave Hale
Effects Artist: Jason Johnston
Effects Artist: Carl Kaphan
Effects Lead: Keith Daniel Klohn
Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Trollhunters
Episode: 205 – “Homecoming”
DreamWorks Animation Television
Character Animator: Bruno Chiou Character:
Blinky, Dictatious, Aaarrrgghh!!
Character Animator: Yi-Fan Cho Character:
Blinky, Dictatious, Aaarrrgghh!!
Lead Animator: Kevin Jong Character: Blinky,
Dictatious, Aaarrrgghh!!
Lead Animator: Chun-Jung Chu Character:
Blinky, Dictatious, Aaarrrgghh!!
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Animator: John Chun Chiu Lee
Character: All characters
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
War for the Planet of the Apes
Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, River Road Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Animation Supervisor: Daniel Barrett
Animation Supervisor: Sidney Kombo-Kintombo
Animation Supervisor: Emile Ghorayeb
Lead Motion Editor: Luisma Lavin Peredo
Lead Facial Modeller: Alessandro Bonora
Character Animation in a Video Game
Cuphead
StudioMDHR
Lead Animator: Hanna Abi-Hanna
Character: The Devil, Grim Matchstick, Beppi The Clown, Werner Werman
Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Samurai Jack
Episode: XCVI
Adult Swim
Character Design: Craig Kellman
Character: Various
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Character Art Director: Daniel Arriaga
Character: All characters
Additional Character Art Direction: Daniela Strijleva
Character: All characters
Character Design/ Sculptor: Greg Dykstra
Character: All characters
Character Modeller: Alonso Martinez
Character: All characters
Character Designer: Zaruhi Galstyan
Character: All characters
Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse
Halloween Spooktacular!
Walt Disney Television Animation
Director: Dave Wasson
Director: Eddie Trigueros
Director: Alonso Ramirez-Ramos
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Director: Lee Unkrich
Co-Director: Adrian Molina
Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse
Halloween Spooktacular!
Walt Disney Television Animation
Composer: Christopher Willis
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Composer/Lyricist: Kristin Anderson-Lopez
Composer/Lyricist: Robert Lopez
Composer: Germaine Franco
Lyricist: Adrian Molina
Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Samurai Jack
Episode: XCIII
Adult Swim
Production Design: Scott Wills
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Production Design: Harley Jessup
Production Design: Danielle Feinberg
Production Design: Bryn Imagire
Production Design: Nathaniel McLaughlin
Production Design: Ernesto Nemesio
Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: Bee Inspired
Walt Disney Television Animation
Storyboard Artist: Eddie Trigueros
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboard Artist: Dean Kelly
Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
SpongeBob SquarePants
Episode: n/a
Nickelodeon
Voice Actor: Tom Kenny
Character: SpongeBob SquarePants
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Cast: Anthony Gonzalez
Character: Miguel
Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Rick and Morty
Episode: 307 – “The Ricklantis Mixup”
Williams Street Productions
Writer: Ryan Ridley
Writer: Dan Guterman
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Writer: Adrian Molina
Writer: Matthew Aldrich
Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Samurai Jack
Episode: XCIII, XCIV, XCIX
Adult Swim
Nominee: Paul Douglas
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Coco
Pixar Animation Studios
Nominee: Steve Bloom
Nominee: Lee Unkrich
Nominee: Greg Snyder
Nominee: Tim Fox
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