ECCO LA LISTA DEI CONTENDENTI PER IL PREMIO DEDICATO AI MIGLIORI FILM DI ANIMAZIONE
Sono arrivati alla quarantesima edizione gli Annie awards ovvero i premi dedicati al miglior prodotto d’animazione dell’anno. La lista dei candidati è lunga: Ribelle The Brave (Pixar Animation Studios), Frankenweenie (The Walt Disney Studio), Hotel Transilvania (Sony Animation Studios), ParaNorman (Focus Features), Le 5 leggende (DreamWorks Animation), Pirati! Briganti da strapazzo (Aardman Animation), The Rabbi’s Cat (GKIDS) e Ralph Spaccatutto (Walt Disney Animation Studios). A sorpresa Mike Andrews e Peter Ramsey, registi di Brave e Le 5 leggende, non sono stati candidati alla miglior regia di un film d’animazione (la cinquina è formata da Hotel Transylvania, The Rabbi’s Cat, Zarafa, Ralph Spaccatutto e ParaNorman).
I film che hanno ottenuto il maggior numero di nomination sono Ribelle The Brave, Le 5 Leggende e Ralph Spaccatutto con 10 candidature, seguiti da Hotel Transylvania e Paranorman (8) e Frankenweenie (5). Tra le case di produzione la Disney/Pixar guida con 27 nomination, seguita a distanza dalla DreamWorks Animation (13).
Ma ecco l’elenco completo dei film con le relative categorie per cui sono in lizza:
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature Brave – Pixar Animation Studios Frankenweenie – The Walt Disney Studios Hotel Transylvania – Sony Pictures Animation ParaNorman – Focus Features Rise of the Guardians – DreamWorks Animation The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Aardman Animations The Rabbi’s Cat – GKIDS Wreck-It Ralph – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 – Warner Bros. Animation Before Orel – Trust – Starburns Industries, Inc. Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem – Illumination Entertainment Disney Tron: Uprising – Beck’s Beginning – Disney TV Animation Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury – DreamWorks Animation Justice League: Doom – Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Short Subject Brad and Gary – Illumination Entertainment Bydlo – National Film Board of Canada Eyes on the Stars – StoryCorps Goodnight Mr. Foot – Sony Pictures Animation Kali the Little Vampire – National Film Board of Canada Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’ – Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV Paperman – Walt Disney Animation Studios The Simpsons – ‘Bill Plympton Couch Gag’ – Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV
Best Student Film Can We Be Happy Now – Tahnee Gehm Defective Detective – Avner Geller & Steve Lewis Head Over Heels – Timothy Reckart I Am Tom Moody – Ainslie Henderson Ladies Knight – Joseph Rothenberg Origin – Jessica Poon The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete – Karen Sullivan Tule Lake – Michelle Ikemoto
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects in an Animated Production Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski, Grant Laker – ‘ParaNorman’ – Focus Features Andrew Schneider ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ – Blue Sky Studios Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton – Rise of the Guardians – DreamWorks Animation Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn, Michael K. O’Brien ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios Brett Albert – ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios Jihyun Yoon – ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ – DreamWorks Animation Joel Aron – ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig, Mark Chataway ‘The Avengers’ – Industrial Light & Magic Stephen Marshall, Joseph Pepper, Dustin Wicke ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ – Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation Sue Rowe, Simon Stanley-Clamp, Artemis Oikonomopoulou, Holger Voss, Nikki Makar, Catherine Elvidge ‘John Carter’ – Cinesite Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florent Andorra, Florian Witzel, Aron Bonar ‘Battleship’ – Industrial Light & Magic
Character Animation in a Feature Production Dan Nguyen ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios David Pate ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation Jaime Landes ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios Phillppe LeBrun ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation Pierre Perifel ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation Travis Hathaway ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios Travis Knight “ParaNorman’ – Focus Features Will Becher ‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’ – Aardman Animations
Character Animation in a Live Action Production Erik de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey ‘Life of Pi – Orangutan’ – Rhythm & Hues Studio Erik de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl ‘Life of Pi – Tiger’ – Rhythm & Hues Studio Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser, Scott Benzu, Steve King, Kiran Bhat ‘The Avengers’ – Industrial Light & Magic Mike Beaulieu, Roger Vizard, Atushi Sato, Jackie Kochler, Derek Esparza, Richard Smith, Mac Tyrie – Columbia Pictures – THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN – Sony Pictures Animation
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Bill Schwab, Lorelay Bove, Cory Loftis, Minkyu Lee ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios Carlos Grangel ‘Hotel Transylvania’ – Sony Pictures Animation Carter Goodrich ‘Hotel Transylvania’ – Sony Pictures Animation Craig Kellman ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ – DreamWorks Animation Heidi Smith ‘ParaNorman’ – Focus Features Yarrow Cheney, Eric Guillon, Colin Stimpson ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ – Illumination Entertainment
Directing in an Animated Feature Production Genndy Tartakovsky ‘Hotel Transylvania’ – Sony Pictures Animation Johan Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux ‘The Rabbi’s Cat – GKIDS Remi Bezancon, Jean-Christophe Lie ‘Zarafa’ – GKIDS Rick Moore ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios Sam Fell, Chris Butler ‘ParaNorman’ – Focus Features
Music in an Animated Feature Production Alexandre Desplat ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation Bruce Retief ‘Adventures in Zambezia’ – Saltzman Communications Henry Jackman ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda ‘Secret of the Wings’ – DisneyToon Studios John Powell, Adam Schlesinger, Ester Dean ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ – Blue Sky Studios John Powell, Cinco Paul ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ – Illumination Entertainment Mark Mothersbaugh ‘Hotel Transylvania’ – Sony Pictures Animation Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin, Shannon Jeffries, Lindsey Olivares, Kenard Pak ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ – DreamWorks Animation Marcello Vignali ‘Hotel Transylvania’ – Sony Pictures Animation Nash Dunnigan, Arden Chen, Jon Townley, Kyle McNaughton ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ – Blue Sky Studios Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara, Trevor Dalmer ‘ParaNorman’ – Focus Features Norman Garwood, Matt Berry ‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’ – Aardman Animation Patrick Hanenberger, Max Boas, Jayee Borcar, Woonyoung Jung, Perry Maple, Peter Maynez, Stan Seo, Felix Yoon ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation Rick Heintzich ‘Frankenweenie’ – The Walt Disney Studios Steve Pilcher ‘Brave’ – Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Emmanuela Cozzi ‘ParaNorman’ – Focus Features Johanne Matte ‘Rise of the Guardians’ – DreamWorks Animation Leo Matsuda ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios Lissa Treiman ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ – Walt Disney Ani
