52nd Annie Awards – Winners from the Walt Disney Company Updated LIVE!
Tonight is the big night for those in the animation industry as ASIFA-Hollywood is hosting the 52nd Annie Awards. An Annie Award is animation’s highest honor. Tonight, February 8th, the industry will descend upon UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. A number of projects have been nominated this year representing The Walt Disney Company, and all winners will be featured below.
Disney fans should buckle up though. If you’re in the camp that Disney should win everything, hang on tight - this year’s dominating project comes from Dreamworks Animation - The Wild Robot, directed by Disney alum, Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch).
The Wild Robot has 10 nominations across a number of categories and fans and critics were expecting the project to walk home with a number of those awards - and it did.
The world of TV and Media, Arcane took home the award for every category in which it was nominated, leaving most other television animated projects in the dust.
Meanwhile, Pixar Animation Studio’s Inside Out 2 and a number of television projects, including Marvel’s Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Iwaju, and Big City Greens The Movie: Spacecation, round out Disney’s noms this year, though some were ousted by the aforementioned Robot and Arcane.
Check out the winners from the Walt Disney Company below.
BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
Dream Productions
“A Night to Remember"
Pixar Animation Studios
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
“They Slug Horses, Don’t They?"
20th Television Animation
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
“The Molecular Level"
Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
Dream Productions
“Out of Body"
Pixar Animation Studios
Paula Pell (Character: Paula)
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA PRODUCTION
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
“The Molecular Level"
Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions
Jose Lopez
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Directing at Disney: The Original Directors of Walt’s Animated Films
Authors Don Peri and Pete Docter
After a talk at the Walt Disney Family Museum in 2014 on Disney animation directors during Walt’s time, Peri and Docter decided to write a book on this topic. They hope their book fills a gap in Disney history, not only by defining the evolution of the animation director at the Walt Disney Studios, but also by bringing much deserved attention to Walt’s original group of directors.
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Production Company: 20th Century Studios
FX Production Company: Wētā FX
Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, Howard Sly