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The Annie Awards were held last night. Here is a complete list of the nominees and winners. The winners are listed in bold.

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

* Bee Movie – DreamWorks Animation
* Persepolis – Sony Pictures Classics
* Ratatouille – Pixar Animation Studios
* Surf’s Up – Sony Pictures Animation
* The Simpsons Movie – Twentieth Century Fox

Best Home Entertainment Production

* Doctor Strange – MLG Productions
* Futurama “Bender’s Big Score” – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television

Best Animated Short Subject

* Everything Will Be OK – Bitter Films
* How to Hook Up Your Home Theater – Walt Disney Feature Animation
* Shorty McShorts’ Shorts “Mascot Prep” – Walt Disney Television Animation
* The Chestnut Tree – Picnic Pictures
* Your Friend the Rat – Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Commercial

* CVS Watering Can – Acme Filmworks
* Esurance “Homeowners” – Wild Brain
* Idaho Lottery: Twister – Acme Filmworks
* Oregon Lottery “Alaska” – Laika/house
* Power Shares Escape Average – Acme Filmworks

Best Animated Television Production

* Jane and the Dragon – Weta Productions Limited & Nelvana Limited
* Creature Comforts America – Aardman Animations
* Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
* Robot Chicken Star Wars- ShadowMachine
* Kim Possible – Walt Disney Television Animation

Best Animated Television Production for Children

* Chowder – Cartoon Network Studios
* El Tigre – Nickelodeon
* Little Einsteins – Disney Channel
* Peep and the Big Wide World – Discovery Kids
* The Backyardigans – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game

* Avatar: The Last Airbender “The Burning Earth” – THQ, Inc.
* Bee Movie Game – Activision
* Ratatouille – THQ, Inc.
* Transformers: The Game – Blur Studios

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

* Gary Bruins – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Deborah Carlson – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Ryan Laney – “Spider-Man 3” – Sony Pictures Imageworks
* James Mansfield – “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
* Jon Reisch – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios

Animation Production Artist

* John Clark – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Michael Isaak – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation
* Hyun-Min Lee – “The Chestnut Tree” – Picnic Pictures
* Natasha Liberman – “Growing Up Creepie “Creepie & The Candy Factory” – Taffy Entertainment LLC, Telegrael Teoranta, Discovery Communications Inc., SunWoo Entertainment, Peach Blossom Media
* Jim Worthy – My Gym Partner’s A Monkey “Meet the Spidermonkeys” – Cartoon Network Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production

* Dave Hardin – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Alan Hawkins – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Michal Makarewicz – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Television Production

* Elizabeth Harvatine - Moral Orel “Nature 2” – ShadowMachine
* Monica Kennedy – El Tigre – Nickelodeon
* Eric Towner – Robot Chicken – ShadowMachine

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

* Sylvain Deboissy – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Carter Goodrich – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

* Jorge R. Gutierrez – El Tigre “Fistful of Collars” - Nickelodeon

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

* Brad Bird “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Ash Brannon & Chris Buck “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Chris Miller & Raman Hui – “Shrek The Third” – DreamWorks Animation
* Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics
* David Silverman – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox

Directing in an Animated Television Production

* Seth Green “Robot Chicken Star Wars” – ShadowMachine
* David Hartman - Tigger & Pooh “Turtles Need for Speed” – Walt Disney Television Animation
* Raymie Muzquiz - Squirrel Boy “Gumfight at the S’Okay Corral” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Howy Parkins – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” - Walt Disney Television Animation
* Gary Trousdale “Shrek The Halls” – DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Feature Production

* Olivier Bernet – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics
* Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright & Rob Thomas – “Meet The Robinsons” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
* Michael Giacchino – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Rupert Gregson-Williams – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation
* Amy Powers, Russ DeSalvo & Jeff Danna – “Disney Princess Enchanted Tales” – DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Video/Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Music in an Animated Television Production

* Alf Clausen & Michael Price – The Simpsons “Yokel Chords” – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox
* Evan Lurie, Robert Scull & Steven Bernstein – The Backyardigans “International Super Spy” – Nickelodeon
* Drew Neumann & Gregory Hinde – Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure – Cartoon Network Studios
* Shawn Patterson – El Tigre “Yellow Pantera” – Nickelodeon
* James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington – Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends “The Bloo Superdude and the Magic Potato Power” – Cartoon Network Studios

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

* Doug Chiang – “Beowulf” – Paramount Pictures
* Harley Jessup – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Marcelo Vignali – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

* Don Hall – ‘Meet The Robinsons’ – Walt Disney Feature Animation
* Denise Koyama – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Ted Mathot – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Sean Song – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – IMAGI Animation Studios
* Nassos Vakalis – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

* Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom “Torrent of Terror” – Nickelodeon
* Aldin Baroza – The Replacements “London Calling” – Walt Disney Television Animation
* Dave Bennett – Tom and Jerry Tales – Warner Bros. Animation
* Steve Fonti – Family Guy “No Chris Left Behind” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
* Roy Meurin – My Friends Tigger and Pooh “Good Night to Pooh” – Walt Disney Television Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

* Janeane Garofalo – Voice of Collette – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Ian Holm – Voice of Skinner – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Julie Kavner – Voice of Marge Simpson – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox
* Patton Oswalt – Voice of Remy – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Patrick Warburton – Voice of Ken – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

* Scott Adsit – Voice of Clay Puppington – “Moral Orel” – ShadowMachine
* Madison Davenport – Voice of Sophianna – “Christmas is Here Again!” – Easy To Dream Entertainment
* Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants “Spy Buddies” – Nickelodeon
* Eartha Kitt – Voice of Yzma – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” – Walt Disney Television Animation
* Eddie Murphy – Voice of Donkey – “Shrek The Halls” - DreamWorks Animation

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

* Brad Bird – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David, Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox
* Don Rhymer and Ash Brannon & Chris Buck & Christopher Jenkins – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
* Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics

Writing in an Animated Television Production

* C.H. Greenblatt & William Reiss – Chowder “Burple Nurples” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Gene Grillo – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman and Ratboy” – Nickelodeon
* Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball – The Simpsons “24 Minutes” – Gracie Films
* Christopher Painter – Squirrel Boy “I Only Have Eye For You” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Tom Sheppard – My Gym Partner’s A Monkey “The Butt of the Jake” – Cartoon Network Studios

WINSOR McCAY AWARD WINNERS (career contributions to the art of animation)

* John Canemaker

* Glen Keane

* John Kricfalusi

JUNE FORAY (significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation)

* Jerry Beck

UB IWERKS (technical achievement)

* Jonathan Gay, Gary Grossman and Robert Tatsumi – the creators of FLASH computer software

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT ANNIE AWARD

* Edwin R. Leonard - promoting the Linux open system for animation in animation studios and gaming software development

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

* Marcus Adams
* Joseph Baptista
* Steve Gattuso
* Jon Reeves
* Gemma Ross
* Woodbury University

Congratulations to all the winners. I hope to see more great animation in 2008!
-Floyd Bishop