Watch the 37th Annual Annie Award Webcast
Click here to watch the 37th Annual Annie Awards ceremony webcast, hosted by
Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, director, producer and one of pop culture’s
most recognizable figures, William Shatner. Presenters include animation legend June
Foray, actors Seth Green, John Leguizamo, Sean Astin who along with industry
notables Pete Docter, Ed Catmull and Henry Selick provide a lively show honoring the year’s best animated productions and outstanding individual achievements in the field of animation.
The webcast also features a special tribute to the late Roy Disney and the
presentation of the Winsor McCay Award to three industry leaders Jeffrey
Katzenberg, Tim Burton and Bruce Timm.
The 37th Annual Annie Awards were presented on February 6, 2010 at UCLA’s
Royce Hall. The Best Feature Annie Award went to Pixar's "Up", and the film's
director, Pete Doctor won the Individual Achievement Award for Feature
Direction. 20th Century Fox's Futurama was presented with the Annie for Best
Home Entertainment Production and ShadowMachine's Robot Chicken won Best
Short Subject for "Star Wars 2.5". The Best Animated Television Commercial
Annie Award went to Acme Filmworks for their spot "Deportees" for the Spanish
Lottery. Disney's TV special, "Prep and Landing" won the Annie for Best
Animated Television Production, as well as the Individual Achievement Awards
for Character Design (Bill Schwab) and Production Design (Andy Harkness).
Dreamworks' "Penguins of Madagascar" won Best Animated Television
Production for Children; and its director, Bret Haaland won the award for
Direction in a Television Production.
Laika's "Coraline" was honored for its character design (Shane Prigmore), music
(Bruno Coulais) and Production Design (Tadahiro Uesugi). The Voice Acting
Annies went to Tom Kenny for his work as Sponge Bob on Nickelodeon, and Jen
Cody, the voice of Charlotte in Disney's "Princess and the Frog". The prestigious
Character Animation Annies went to Eric Goldberg for "Princess and the Frog"
and Phillip To for Dreamworks' "Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from
Outer Space." Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach were honored for Writing in a
Feature Production for "Fantastic Mr. Fox".
The Winsor McCay Award, for career achievement in animation went to Tim
Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Tom Sito won the June Foray
Award for Benevolent Impact on Animation, and William T. Reeves took home
the Ub Iwerks Award for Technical Achievement. Martin Meunier and Brian
McLean were honored with a Special Achievement Award for their work on
Laika's "Coraline".
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