‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Marcel the Shell’ wins big at the Annies

The 50th annual Annie Awards from ASIFA-Hollywood, which recognize overall excellence and individual achievement in animation, were presented Feb. 25 at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus.

Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” took home the award for best play, as well as the award for a feature film in the categories of best character animation, best direction, best music and best production design. “Marcel the Shell Shoehorned” won best independent film, co-creator Jenny Slate for best acting, and best written film.

In the TV categories, “Bob’s Burgers,” “Love Death + Robots” and “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” all won. See the full list of winners below.

The previously announced Winsor McCay Award, in recognition of lifetime or professional contributions, was presented to three recipients: Pete Docter, animation writer-director and CEO of Pixar; Evelyn Lambart (posthumous), an early associate of the National Film Board of Canada, including her significant series of shorts; and Craig McCracken, creator of the prolific, influential television series. The June Foray Award for Significant and Benevolent or Beneficial Impact went to author, historian and educator Mindy Johnson.

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The Ub Iwerks Award for Technical Advancement in the Animation Industry was awarded to the Visual Effects Reference Platform, which was originally developed by Nick Cannon and Francois Chardavoine to eliminate incompatibilities between digital content creation software. John Omohundro received a certificate of merit for services to art and industry.

ITS BEST ASSETS
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Netflix presents Double Dare You! Film / The Shadowmachine production in
partnered with The Jim Henson Company

BEST INDIE FEATURE
“Marcel the Shell with shoes”
Marcel the Movie LLC

BEST SPECIALTY PRODUCT
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
A NoneMore and Bad Robot production for Apple TV+ and the BBC

BEST SHORT SUBJECT
“Ice Merchants”
COLA Animation Production and Wild Stream

BEST SPONSORED
“Save Ralph”
Arch Model Studio

BEST TV/MEDIA – KINDERGARTEN
“The Tiny Chef Show” Episode: “Pancakes”
Tiny Chef Productions LLC / Imagine Entertainment

BEST TV/MEDIA – KIDS
“Abominable and Invisible City” episode: “Everest Returns”
DreamWorks Animation

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
“Bob’s Burgers” Episode: “Some Like It, Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner”
20. Television / Bento Box Entertainment

BEST OF TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
“Oni: Thunder God’s Tale” Episode: “The Demon Moon Rises”
A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production

BEST STUDENT FILM
“The Soloists”
Student directors: Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehwariat, Razahk
Issaka, Celeste Jamneck and Yi Liu
School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
Kirby Miller, Igor Zanic, Joseph H. Coleman, Steven Dupuy, Josh Schwartz
“Love Death + Robots” Episode: “Bad Traveling”
Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST FX – FEATURE
Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro
Cebrian, Alex Nowotny
“Avatar: The Path of Water”
20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
Wētā FX

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
Tim Watts
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
A NoneMore and Bad Robot production for Apple TV+ and the BBC

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
Tucker Barry
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Netflix presents Double Dare You! Film / The Shadowmachine production in
partnered with The Jim Henson Company

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
Actors: Daniel Barrett, Stuart Adcock, Todd Labonte, Douglas McHale, Stephen
Cullingford
“Avatar: The Path of Water”
20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
Wētā FX

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
Chad Moldenhauer, Hanna Abi-Hanna
“Cuphead – The Delicious Last Course”
Studio MDHR

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Alberto Mielgo
“Love Death + Robots” Episode: “Jibaro”
Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
Taylor Krahenbuhl
“The Bad Boys”
DreamWorks Animation

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
A NoneMore and Bad Robot production for Apple TV+ and the BBC

BEST DIRECTION – FUNCTION
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Netflix presents Double Dare You! Film / The Shadowmachine production in
partnered with The Jim Henson Company

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
Ego Plum, Dave Wasson, Cosmo Segurson
“The Cuphead Show!” Episode: “Carn-Evil”
Netflix animation

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Netflix presents Double Dare You! Film / The Shadowmachine production in
partnered with The Jim Henson Company

BEST DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Cast: Robert Kondo, Rachel Tiep-Daniels, Lia Tin, Yohei Hashizume, Masa Inada
“Oni: Thunder God’s Tale” Episode: “The Demon Moon Rises”
A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FUNCTION
Curt Enderle, Guy Davis
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Netflix presents Double Dare You! Film / The Shadowmachine production in
partnered with The Jim Henson Company

BEST STORY REPORTING – TV/MEDIA
Emily Dean
“Love Death + Robots” episode: “The Very Pulse of the Machine”
Blur Studio for Netflix

THE BEST STORY TRAINING – FEATURE
Anthony Holden
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
DreamWorks Animation

BEST ACTOR – TV/MEDIA
Maurice LaMarche (Character: Mr. Big)
“Zootopia+” Episode: “The Godfather of the Bride”
Walt Disney Animation Studios

BEST VOICE ACTOR – FEATURE
Jenny Slate (character: Marcel)
“Marcel the Shell with shoes”
Marcel the Movie LLC

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
Andrew Kevin Walker
“Love Death + Robots” Episode: “Bad Traveling”
Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST WRITING – FEATURED
Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm
“Marcel the Shell with shoes”
Marcel the Movie LLC

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
Daniel Budin
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
A NoneMore and Bad Robot production for Apple TV+ and the BBC

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
James Ryan ACE, Jacquelyn Karambelas, Natalla Cronembold, Joe Butler,
Katie Parody
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
Dreamworks animation

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