Today the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations for the 45th annual Annie Awards, which recognize the year’s best in the field of animation. Overall, The Walt Disney Company received 35 nominations, with Disney Television Animation earning 14 nods, including six for the Mickey Mouse shorts and four for Tangled: The Series; Pixar Animation Studios receiving 15 nominations, including 13 for Coco; and Walt Disney Animation Studios garnering three nominations for Olaf’s Frozen Adventure. Additionally, Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and the Avatar Flight of Passage attraction from Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom each received one nomination.
Best Animated FeatureCars 3Coco
Best Animated Special ProductionOlaf’s Frozen AdventureTangled Before Ever After
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool ChildrenMickey and the Roadster Racers—“Goofy Gas!”
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for ChildrenTangled: The Series—“Queen for a Day”
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated ProductionAvatar Flight of Passage
Production Company: Walt Disney Imagineering, Weta Digital, Lightstorm Entertainment
Sr. VFX Supervisor: Richard Baneham
VFX Supervisor: Thrain Shadbolt
Compositing Supervisor: Sam Cole
CG Supervisor: Pavani Rao Boddapati
CG Supervisor: Daniele Tosti
Cars 3
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
Development & Effects Artist: Amit Baadkar
Effects Lead: Greg Gladstone
Effects Lead: Stephen Marshall
Effects Supervisor: Jon Reisch
Effects Lead: Tim Speltz
Coco
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
Effects Artist: Shaun Galinak
Effects Lead: Dave Hale
Effects Artist: Jason Johnston
Effects Artist: Carl Kaphan
Effects Lead: Keith Daniel Klohn
Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Head of Effects: Christopher Hendryx
Effects Animator: Dan Lund
Effects Animator: Mike Navarro
Effects Animator: Hiroaki Narita
Effects Animator: Steven Chitwood
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco—John Chun Chiu Lee (all characters)
Coco—Allison Rutland (all characters)
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action ProductionMarvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Animation Supervisor: Arslan Elver
Lead Animator: Liam Russell
Lead Animator: Alvise Avati
Lead Animator: Alessandro Cuicci
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast ProductionTangled: The Series—Tangled Before Ever After
Co-Executive Producer: Shane Prigmore
Character: Rapunzel, Eugene, Maximus, Cassandra
Character Designer: Bobby Pontillas
Character: King Frederick, Queen Arianna, Landy Caine, Fidella
Character Designer: Taylor Krahenbuhl
Character: Pub Thugs
Character Designer: Mayumi Nose
Character: Pascal
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
Character Art Director: Daniel Arriaga
Character: All characters
Additional Character Art Direction: Daniela Strijleva
Character: All characters
Character Design/ Sculptor: Greg Dykstra
Character: All characters
Character Modeller: Alonso Martinez
Character: All characters
Character Designer: Zaruhi Galstyan
Character: All characters
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast ProductionDisney Mickey Mouse—“The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!”
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation
Director: Dave Wasson
Director: Eddie Trigueros
Director: Alonso Ramirez-Ramos
Tangled: The Series—Tangled Before Ever After
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation
Director: Tom Caulfield
Director: Stephen Sandoval
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Director: Lee Unkrich
Co-Director: Adrian Molina
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionDisney Mickey Mouse— “The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!”
Composer: Christopher Willis
Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures—“Trouble on Tibalt”
Composer: Michael Kramer
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Composer/Lyricist: Kristin Anderson-Lopez
Composer/Lyricist: Robert Lopez
Composer: Germaine Franco
Lyricist: Adrian Molina
Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
Composer/Lyricist: Elyssa Samsel
Composer/Lyricist: Kate Anderson
Composer: Christophe Beck
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast ProductionBig Hero 6 The Series—Baymax Returns
Production Design: Mark Taihei
Production Design: Ben Plouffe
Production Design: Chris Whittier
Production Design: Sylvia Filcak
Production Design: Amy Chen
Disney Mickey Mouse—“The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!”
Production Design: Jenny Gase-Baker
Production Design: Justin Martin
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Production Design: Harley Jessup
Production Design: Danielle Feinberg
Production Design: Bryn Imagire
Production Design: Nathaniel McLaughlin
Production Design: Ernesto Nemesio
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast ProductionDisney Mickey Mouse—“Bee Inspired”
Storyboard Artist: Eddie Trigueros
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Storyboard Artist: Dean Kelly
Coco
Storyboard Artist: Madeline Sharafian
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast ProductionDisney Mickey Mouse—“The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!”
Voice Actor: Chris Diamantopoulos (Mickey Mouse)
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Anthony Gonzales (Miguel)
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast ProductionDisney Mickey Mouse—“Locked in Love”
Writer: Darrick Bachman
Milo Murphy’s Law—“The Island of the Lost Dakotas”
Writer: Joshua Pruett
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Writer: Adrian Molina
Writer: Matthew Aldrich
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionPickle and Peanut—“Bear-I-Cade”
Nominee: John Royer
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature ProductionCoco
Nominee: Steve Bloom
Nominee: Lee Unkrich
Nominee: Greg Snyder
Nominee: Tim Fox
The Annie Awards will be presented on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Visit AnnieAwards.org to view the entire list of nominees.
