Pinocchio, Marcel, Turning Red leads Annie noms

ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 50th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio from Netflix and A24’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On drew up nine and eight noms, respectively, with Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red next with seven.

This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red (Pixar Animation Studios), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix presents A Double Dare You! Film/A Shadowmachine production in association with The Jim Henson Company), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks Animation), The Sea Beast (Netflix) and Wendell & Wild (Netflix presents A Monkeypaw Production/A Gotham Group Production).

Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting features with a much smaller distribution footprint than major studio releases include: Charlotte (January Films, Ltd., Balthazar Productions, and Walking The Dog), Inu-Oh (Science SARU). Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be (On Classics (Mediawan) / Bidibul Productions), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Marcel the Movie LLC), and My Father’s Dragon (Cartoon Saloon for Netflix) 

“After two years of virtual awards, as much fun as they were, everyone is so eager to get back to a live, in-person event,” remarked Frank Gladstone, Annies executive producer. “This is doubly true since this is the Annie Awards 50th year, our Golden Anniversary! We are returning to UCLA’s Royce Hall for an Annies with all the trimmings, and a few surprises. It is important for all of us to be together again, celebrating our community, our accomplishments, and our love for animation and the people who create it.” 

Juried Awards will be presented during the ceremony, honoring unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award in recognition of lifetime or career contributions are being presented to three recipients – Pete Docter, animated feature writer/director and Pixar CEO; Evelyn Lambart (posthumously), early National Film Board of Canada collaborator, including her significant series of short films; and Craig McCracken, prolific, influential television series creator. The June Foray Award for significant and benevolent or charitable impact will be awarded to Mindy Johnson, author, historian and educator.

The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement affecting the animation industry will be presented to Visual Effects Reference Platform, initially developed by Nick Cannon and Francois Chardavoine to eliminate incompatibilities between digital content creation software. The Certificate of Merit Award for service to the art and industry will be presented to John Omohundro.   

See below for the 32 Annie categories:

BEST FEATURE

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red
  Pixar Animation Studios
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  DreamWorks Animation
• The Sea Beast
  Netflix
• Wendell & Wild
  Netflix Presents A Monkeypaw Production / A Gotham Group Production

BEST INDIE FEATURE

• Charlotte
  January Films, Ltd., Balthazar Productions, and Walking the Dog
• Inu-Oh
  Science SARU
• Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be
  On Classics (Mediawan) / Bidibul Productions
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  Marcel the Movie LLC
• My Father’s Dragon
  Cartoon Saloon for Netflix

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

• Prehistoric Planet
  BBC Studios in association with Apple
• Superworm
  Magic Light Pictures
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
  NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
• The House
  Nexus Studios for Netflix
• The Sandman
  A Netflix Original Series / A Warner Bros. Television Production

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

• Amok
  Boddah
• Black Slide
  The Hive Studio, in co-production with FlipBook Studio
• Ice Merchants
  COLA Animation production & Wild Stream
• Love, Dad
  13ka, in co-production with FAMU & nutprodukcia
• The Flying Sailor
  National Film Board of Canada

BEST SPONSORED

• Can’t Negotiate the Melting Point of Ice
• Minions: The Rise of Gru / The Office
  Illumination
• Save Ralph
  Arch Model Studio
• Ted Lasso: The Missing Christmas Mustache
  Apple presents a Doozer Production in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television
• Today’s Holiday Moments are Tomorrow’s Memories
  Hornet

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

• Elinor Wonders Why Episode: [Rest is Best]
  SHOE Ink. LLC
• Gabby’s Dollhouse Episode: [Cakey’s Cupcake Cousins]
  DreamWorks Animation
• Rise Up, Sing Out Episode: [Name Tag]
  Disney TV Animation
• Spirit Rangers Episode: [Thunder Mountain]
  Laughing Wild / Netflix
• The Tiny Chef Show Episode: [Pancakes] Tiny Chef Productions LLC / Imagine Entertainment

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

• Abominable and the Invisible City Episode: [Everest Returns]
  DreamWorks Animation
• Big Nate Episode: [The Legend of the Gunting]
  Nickelodeon Animation
• Moominvalley
  Episode: [Lonely Mountain]
  Gutsy Animations
• The Owl House Episode: [King’s Tide]
  Disney TV Animation
• We Baby Bears Episode: [The Real Crayon]
  Cartoon Network Studios

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BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

• Bob’s Burgers
  Episode: [Some Like it Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner]
  20th Television/Bento Box Entertainment
• Harley Quinn
  Episode: [Batman Begins Forever]
  Warner Bros. Animation
• Rick and Morty Episode: [Night Family]
  Rick and Morty LLC
• The Simpsons – Treehouse of Horror XXXIII Episode: [Treehouse of Horror XXXIII]
  A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation
• Tuca & Bertie
  Episode: [The Pain Garden]
  The Tornante Company

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

• BAYMAX! Episode: [Sofia]
  Walt Disney Animation Studios
• El Deafo
  Episode: [Everybody Sounds So Weird]
  Lighthouse Studios in association with Apple
• HouseBroken
  Episode: [Who’s Having A Merry Trashmas?]
  Kapital Entertainment and FOX Entertainment
• Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
  Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises]
  A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
• Undone
  Episode: [Rectify]
  Tornante Company and Amazon Studios

BEST STUDENT FILM

• Au revoir Jérôme !
  Student director: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet & Chloé Farr
  School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image
• Birdsong
  Student director: Michelle Cheng
  Student producer: Michelle Cheng
• School: California Institute of the Arts
• Synchronie Passagère
  Student director: Julia Le Bras-Juarez
  School: Supinfocom Rubika
• The Most Boring Granny in the Whole World
  Student director: Damaris Zielke
  Student producer: Jiayan Chen
  School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
• The Soloists
  Student director: Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck & Yi Liu
  School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

• Cars on the Road Episode: [Road Rumblers]
  Pixar Animation Studios
  Christopher Foreman, Elana Lederman, John Lockwood, Jae Jun Yi, Justin Ritter
• Love Death + Robots Episode: [Bad Traveling]
  Blur Studio for Netflix
  FX Production Company: Blur Studio
  Kirby Miller, Igor Zanic, Joseph H. Coleman, Steven Dupuy, Josh Schwartz
• Prehistoric Planet Episode: [Coasts]
  BBC Studios in association with Apple
  FX Production Company: MPC
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production]
  NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
  FX Production Company: NoneMore Productions
  Peter Baynton, Raymond Pang, Martial Coulon
• The House
  Episode: [special production]
  Nexus Studios for Netflix
  FX Production Company: Nexus Studios
  Germán Díez, Álvaro Alonso Lomba, Hugo Vieites Caamaño

BEST FX – FEATURE

• Avatar: The Way of Water
  20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
  FX Production Company: Wētā FX
  Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian, Alex Nowotny
• Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear
  Pixar Animation Studios
  FX Production Company: Pixar
  Carl Kaphan, Cody Harrington, Hope Schroers, Jon Barry, Nate Skeen
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  FX Production Company: MPC
  Aaron Weintraub, Warren Lawtey, Alireza Malmiri, Baptiste Malbranque, Mikhail
  Donchenko
• Minions: The Rise of Gru
  Illumination
  Frank Baradat, Simon Pate, Milan Voukassovitch, Milo Riccarand
• The Sea Beast
  Netflix
  FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
  Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Kiel Gnebba, Oleksandr (Alex) Loboda,
  Jeremy Hoey

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

• Entergalactic
  Episode: [special production]
  Netflix / Mad Solar / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang
  Aziz Kocanagullari
• Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
  Episode: [The Mighty Storm Gods]
  A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
  Toshihiro Nakamura
• StoryBots: Answer Time
• Episode: [Taste]
  JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
  Henrique Baron
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production]
  NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
  Tim Watts
• The House
  Episode: [special production]
  Nexus Studios for Netflix
  Kecy Salangad

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red
  Pixar Animation Studios
  Teresa Falcone
• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red
  Pixar Animation Studios
  Eric Anderson
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  Tucker Barrie
• The Bad Guys
  DreamWorks Animation
  Jorge Capote
• The Bad Guys
  DreamWorks Animation
  Min Hong

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

• Avatar: The Way of Water
  Production Company: 20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
  FX Production Company: Wētā FX
• Daniel Barrett, Stuart Adcock, Todd Labonte, Douglas McHale, Stephen Cullingford
• Beast
  Production Company: Universal Pictures, RVK Studios, Will Packer Productions
  FX Production Company: Framestore
  Alvise Avati, Chris McGaw, Bora Şahin, Krzysztof Boyoko, Laurent Benhamo
• Finch
  Production Company: Amblin Partners Apple Original Films
  FX Production Company: MPC
  Simon Allen, Harinarayan Rajeev, Paul Nelson, Matthias Schoenegger
• Jurassic World Dominion
  Production Company: Amblin Entertainment & Universal Pictures
  FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic
  Jance Rubinchik, Alexander Lee, Rich Bentley, Antoine Verney Carron, Sally Wilson
• Peacemaker
  Production Company: HBO Max
  FX Production Company: Wētā FX
  Michael Cozens, Mark Smith, Kai-Hua Lan, Selene McLean, Richard John Moore

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

• Cuphead – The Delicious Last Course
  Studio MDHR
  Chad Moldenhauer, Hanna Abi-Hanna
• God of War Ragnarök
  Santa Monica Studio
• Horizon Forbidden West
  Guerrilla
  Richard Oud, Jan-Erik Sjovall, Guerrilla Animation Team
• Moss: Book II
  Polyarc
  Richard Lico
• Potionomics
  Voracious Games
• Emily Lattanavong , Anguel Bogoev

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

• Amphibia
  Episode: [The Hardest Thing]
  Disney TV Animation
  Joe Sparrow
• Entergalactic
  Episode: [special production]
  Netflix / Mad Solar / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang
  Meybis Ruiz Cruz
• Love Death + Robots Episode: [Jibaro]
  Blur Studio for Netflix
  Alberto Mielgo
• Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
  Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises]
  A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
  Rebecca Chan
• Spirit Rangers
  Episode: [Belly of the Beast]
  Laughing Wild / Netflix
  Marie Delmas

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

For a complete list of nominations, please visit www.annieawards.org/nominations.

• Luck
  Skydance LLC
  Massimiliano Narciso
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  DreamWorks Animation
  Jesús Alonso Iglesias
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
  – Nickelodeon Animation Studio
  Ida Hem
• The Bad Guys
• DreamWorks Animation
  Taylor Krahenbuhl
• Wendell & Wild
  Netflix Presents A Monkey Paw Production / A Gotham Group Production
  Pablo Lobato

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

• BAYMAX! Episode: [Sofia]
  Walt Disney Animation Studios
  Lissa Treiman
• exception / エクセプション
  Episode: [Misprint]
  Studio 5 / Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. for Netflix
  Yûzô Satô | サトウユーゾー
• More Than I Want To Remember Episode: [short subject]
  Mugeni Film LLC, MTV Entertainment Studios
  Amy Bench , Maya Edelman
• Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
  Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises]
  A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
  Daisuke ” Dice” Tsutsumi
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production]
  NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
  Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red
  – Pixar Animation Studios
  Domee Shi
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  Marcel the Movie LLC
  Dean Fleischer Camp, Kirsten Lepore, Stephen Chiodo
• My Father’s Dragon
  Cartoon Saloon for Netflix
  Nora Twomey
• Wendell & Wild
  – Netflix Presents A Monkey Paw Production / A Gotham Group Production
  Henry Selick

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

• Love Death + Robots
  Episode: [The Very Pulse of the Machine]
  Blur Studio for Netflix
  Rob Cairns
• Oni: Thunder God’s Tale Episode: [Onari’s Kushi Power]
  A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
  Zach Johnston, Matteo Roberts
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production]
  NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
  Isobel Waller-Bridge, Charlie Mackesy
• The Cuphead Show! Episode: [Carn-Evil]
  Netflix Animation
  Ego Plum
• The House
  Episode: [special production]
  Nexus Studios for Netflix
  Gustavo Santaolalla

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red
  Pixar Animation Studios
• Ludwig Göransson, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
• Mad God
  Tippett Studio
  Dan Wool
• The Bad Guys
  DreamWorks Animation
  Daniel Pemberton
• The Sea Beast
  Netflix
  Mark Mancia, Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

• Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal Episode: [Echoes of Eternity]
  Adult Swim
  Scott Wills
• Mall Stories – Atilla the Grilla Episode: [short subject]
  Chromosphere / Kikutowne
  Jasmin Lai, Lauren Zurcher, Junyi Wu
• Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
  Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises]
  A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
  Robert Kondo, Rachel Tiep-Daniels, Lia Tin, Yohei Hashizume, Masa Inada
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production]
  NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
  Mike McCain
• The House
  Episode: [special production]
  Nexus Studios for Netflix
• Niklas Nilsson, Alexandra Walker

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  Curt Enderle, Guy Davis
• Mad God
  Tippett Studio
  Phil Tippett
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  DreamWorks Animation
  Nate Wragg, Joseph Feinsilver, Claire Keane, Wayne Tsay, Naveen Selvanathan
• The Bad Guys
  DreamWorks Animation
  Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix
• The Sea Beast
  Netflix
  Matthias Lechner, Jung Woonyoung

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Episode: [Let You Down]
  CD Projekt Red in association with Netflix
  Kaneko Yoshiyuk
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Episode: [The Knight’s Code]
  DreamWorks Animation
  Grace Liu
• Looney Tunes Cartoons Episode: [Hex Appeal]
  Warner Bros. Animation
  Mike Ruocco
• Love Death + Robots
  Episode: [The Very Pulse of the Machine]
• Blur Studio for Netflix
  Emily Dean
• The Cuphead Show!
  Episode: [A Very Devil Christmas]
  Netflix Animation
  Karl Hadrika

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

• Minions: The Rise of Gru
  Illumination
  Nima Azarba
• Minions: The Rise of Gru
  – Illumination
  Dave Feiss
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  DreamWorks Animation
  Anthony Holden
• Strange World
  Walt Disney Animation Studios
  Jeff Snow
• Strange World
  Walt Disney Animation Studios
  Javier Ledesma Barboll

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

• Looney Tunes Cartoons Episode: [Hex Appeal]
  Warner Bros. Animation
  Candi Milo (character: Witch Hazel)
• StoryBots: Answer Time Episode: [Glue]
  JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
  Fred Tatsciore (character: Bang)
• Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls Mayhem in the Multiverse
  Episode: [special production]
  Warner Bros Animation
  Tara Strong (character: Harley Quinn)
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Episode: [New Kids On The Block]
  Disney TV Animation
  Karen Malina White (character: Dijonay Jones)
• Zootopia+
  Episode: [The Godfather of the Bride]
  Walt Disney Animation Studios
  Maurice LaMarche (Character: Mr.Big)

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  David Bradley (character: Geppetto)
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  Gregory Mann (character: Pinocchio)
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  Marcel the Movie LLC
  Jenny Slate (character: Marcel)
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  DreamWorks Animation
  Wagner Moura (character: Wolf)
• The Sea Beast
  Netflix
  Zaris-Angel Hator (character: Maisie Brumble)

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

• BAYMAX! Episode: [Sofia]
  Walt Disney Animation Studios
  Cirocco Dunlap
• Big Nate
  Episode: [The Legend of the Gunting]
  Nickelodeon Animation Studio
  Mitch Watson, Emily Brundige, Ben Lapides, Sarah Allan
• Love Death + Robots Episode: [Bad Traveling]
  Blur Studio for Netflix
  Andrew Kevin Walker
• The House
  Episode: [special production]
  Nexus Studios for Netflix
  Enda Walsh
• Tuca & Bertie
  Episode: [The Pain Garden]
  The Tornante Company
  Lisa Hanawalt

BEST WRITING – FEATURE

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red
  Pixar Animation Studios
  Domee Shi, Julia Cho
• ETERNAL SPRING (長春)
  Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
  Jason Loftus
• Inu-Oh
  Science SARU
  Akiko Nogi
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  Marcel the Movie LLC
  Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

• Amphibia Episode: [All In]
  Disney TV Animation
  Andrew Sorcini, Yoonah Yim, Jennifer Calbi, Julie Anne Lau, Louis Russell
• Green Eggs and Ham
  Episode: [The Sam Who Came In From The Cold]
  Gulfstream Pictures/ A Stern Talking To/ A Very Good Production in association with Warner Bros. Animation for Netflix
  Margaret Hou
• Karma’s World
  Episode: [Keys, The Inventor]
  9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films and Karma’s World Entertainment for Netflix
  Damien Dunne, Ultan Murphy, Emma O’Brien, Fred O’Connor, Aiden McKenna
• Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode: [The Stars At Night]
  CBS’s Eye Animation Productions, Titmouse; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment
  Andy Maxwell, Zach Lamplugh, Brandon Brocker, Paul Mazzotta
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production]
  NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
  Daniel Budin

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

• Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear
  Pixar
  Tony Greenberg, Katie Bishop, Chloe Kloezeman, Axel Geddes, Tim Fox
• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red
  Pixar Animation Studios
  Nicholas Smith, Steve Bloom, David Suther, Anna Wolitzky, Christopher Zuber
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
  Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein, Emily Chiu, Hamilton Barrett
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  Dreamworks Animation
  James Ryan, ACE, Jacquelyn Karambelas, Natalla Cronembold, Joe Butler, Katie Parody
• The Sea Beast
  Netflix
  Joyce Arrastica, ACE, Will Erokan, Vivek Sharma, Michael Hugh O’Donnell, Daniel Ortiz

This year’s ceremony is scheduled to return Live on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Pre-reception and Red Carpet at 4:30 p.m., followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m., and after party immediately following the ceremony. 

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