LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixar's
Soul received seven Annie Awards™ during the
48th virtual awards ceremony Friday evening, winning top honors for
Best Feature, Character Animation (Michal Makarewicz), Music (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste), Storyboarding (Trevor Jimenez), Writing (Pete Docter, Mike
Jones, Kemp Powers), Best FX (Tolga Göktekin,
Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique
Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller) and
Editorial (Kevin Nolting,
Gregory Amundson, Robert
Grahamjones, Amera Rizk).
Wolfwalkers (Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Productions for
Apple/GKIDS) garnered five Annies for Best Independent Feature,
Character Design (Federico
Pirovano), Direction (Tomm
Moore, Ross Stewart),
Production Design (Maria
Pareja, Ross Stewart,
Tomm Moore) and Voice Acting
(Eva Whittaker as the voice of Mebh
Óg MacTíre).
The Snail and the Whale (Magic Light
Pictures) won Best Animated Special Production; Best
Animated Short Subject – Souvenir Souvenir (Blast
Production); Best Sponsored Production – There's a
Monster in my Kitchen (Cartoon Saloon); Best General
Audience Animated TV/Media Production - Genndy
Tartakovsky's Primal: Coven of the Damned (Cartoon Network
Studios); and Best Animated TV/Media Production for Children
- Hilda: Chapter 9 – The Deerfox (Hilda
Productions Limited); Best Animated TV/Media Production for
Preschool Children - Adventures of Paddington: Paddington
Digs a Tunnel to Peru
(Blue-Zoo Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studio); and
Character Animation in a Live Action Production - The
Mandalorian (Nathan
Fitzgerald, Leo Ito,
Chris Rogers, Eung Ho Lo, Emily
Luk) (Image Engine).
"This year was a challenge, in many ways, for all of us,"
remarked Frank Gladstone, ASIFA's
executive director. "Especially after deciding to go to a virtual
award ceremony, we did not know what to expect. To our surprise, we
had more submissions this year than we have ever had and, now that
we are streaming the Annies worldwide, we are also hoping for the
biggest audience ever."
The evening's presenters included actors Josh Gad,
Matthew Rhys, Philippa Soo (Hamilton) Eva Whittaker and Patrick Warburton; Oscar™ winning composer,
Michael Giacchino; and
award winning directors Sergio
Pablos and Jill Culton;
Cartoon Saloon producer /director Nora
Twomey, producer/director Matthew A. Cherry and the cast of the web
series, Critical Role.
Juried awards were presented for the following: The
Winsor McCay Award
for career contributions to the art of animation were
presented to three recipients – animator Willie Ito, designer Sue Nichols (posthumously) and
animator/director Bruce
Smith. The June Foray Award for significant and
benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of
animation was awarded to animator and art director, Daisuke
"Dice" Tsutsumi.
The Ub Iwerks Award for
technical advancement that has made a significant impact on the art
and industry of animation was presented to Epic Games
for its Unreal Engine; and The Special
Achievement Award recognizing the unique and significant impact
on the art and industry of animation was presented to the
documentary, Howard (Stone Circle
Pictures).
Many thanks for the generous support from this year's sponsors:
Platinum Level – Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Animation,
DreamWorks Animation, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Walt Disney Animation
Studios//Pixar, and Variety; Gold Level – Disney TV
Animation; Silver Level – Apple, and Pixar Animation
Studios; Bronze Level – Epic Games, Skydance Animation and
Sony Pictures Animation; and Education/Nonprofit Level –
Animation Guild Local 839 IATSE and Sheridan
College.
The Annie Awards™ honor overall excellence as well as individual
achievement in a total of 36 categories from best feature,
best feature – independent, production design, character animation,
and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music, editing
and voice acting, and have often been a predictor of the
annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The ceremony was
streamed this year courtesy of ASIFA-Hollywood in association with
Variety - www.annieawards.org/watch-it-live.
A complete list of winners can be viewed at
www.annieawards.org. Video highlights of the ceremony will be
uploaded to the Annies website in the next few days.
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