Since I can't find a thread, thought I'd post the relevant nominees.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/3668/113557 has a complete list.
Best Animated Feature Film
* THE INCREDIBLES
* SHARK TALE
* SHREK 2
Best Animated Short Film
* BIRTHDAY BOY
* GOPHER BROKE
* GUARD DOG
* LORENZO
* RYAN
Achievement in Sound Editing
* THE INCREDIBLES
* THE POLAR EXPRESS
* SPIDER-MAN 2
Achievement in Sound Mixing
* THE AVIATOR
* THE INCREDIBLES
* THE POLAR EXPRESS
* RAY
* SPIDER-MAN 2
Original Song
* "Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2
* "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
* "Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS
* "Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
* "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS
Best Original Screenplay
* THE AVIATOR
* ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
* HOTEL RWANDA
* THE INCREDIBLES
* VERA DRAKE
Congrats Ed,
I hope it's three in a row- former students have animated/produced films nominated or won in the last three animated short Oscars.
Of course, not counting Lord of the Rings....
Best.
Larry
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If I can be a proud faculty member for a second...
Gopher Broke (up for Best Animated Short Film) was co-director by Jeff Fowler. Jeff graduated from our computer animation program in 2001.
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Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota Florida
RSAD kiddies pick up awards like they were groceries. What's in the water there?
Jeff both wrote and directed the short after winning an internal competition here at Blur. It was pretty clear that it had potential from the start, but it's awesome to see it got all the way to an Oscar-nomination. Too bad our other short didn't make it, but such is life.
Let's hope everybody enjoys watching it as much as we enjoyed making it :D
cheers,
~D
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I don't mean to be evil but, I actually prefer "In the rough" to "Gopher broke"... :D
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I know some people that'll be happy to hear that! ;)
cheers,
~D
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just being honest! I only got to see tiny bits of it, but it looks wonderful, and above all different from everything else.. Although I really like "gopher grove" it looks like the people that made it were trying to imitate Pixar, which is great because, the film looks lovely, but it is just more of the same usual stuff.
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Best Animated Feature:
The Incredibles (but I wouldn't be surprised if Shrek 2 takes it)
Best Animated Short:
Ryan (But I'd love to see Lorenzo take it)
Sound Editing:
The Incredibles
Sound Mixing:
The Aviator
Original Song:
"Accidntally In Love"
Best Original Screenplay:
Hotel Rwanda
Aloha,
the Ape
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