ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominees for the 2003 Annie Awards, which will be held Feb. 7, 2004 in Glendale, California. Leading the features was FINDING NEMO with 12 nods, followed by BROTHER BEAR with eight. International sensations MILLENNIUM ACTRESS and TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE took home four and three nominations respectively. DreamWorks� SINBAD, which was not entered for Oscar consideration, garnered four Annie noms. On the television front, MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT led others with five nominations without garnering a nod in the Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced For Children category. Tied for second with four nominations apiece were SAMURAI JACK, THE SIMPSONS and DUCK DODGERS.
The complete list of nominations:
PRODUCTION CATEGORIESOutstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical FeatureBROTHER BEAR - Walt Disney PicturesFINDING NEMO - Pixar Animation StudiosLOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION - Warner Bros.MILLENNIUM ACTRESS - Go Fish PicturesTRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE - Les Armateurs
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Home Entertainment Production101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH'S LONDON ADVENTURE - DisneyToon StudiosTHE ANIMATRIX - Silver Pictures/Warner Home VideoROLIE POLIE OLIE: THE BABY BOT CHASE - Nelvana Limited/SparklingDISNEY'S STITCH! THE MOVIE - Walt Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short SubjectANANDA - Vinton StudiosBOUNDIN� - Pixar Animation StudiosBOYS NIGHT OUT - Barley Films LTDDESTINO - Walt Disney PicturesNIBBLES - Acme Filmworks
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television CommercialBombay DRIFT - Psyop Inc.Colorado Lottery WOODCUT - Acme FilmworksLamisil: IT'S ALIVE - Wild Brain Inc.Wisconsin Lottery CASINO - Acme Filmworks
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television ProductionCAPTAIN STURDY - Renegade AnimationTHE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS - NickelodeonSAMURAI JACK - Cartoon Network StudiosTHE SIMPSONS - Gracie FilmsSPIDER-MAN ANIMATED SERIES - Adelaide Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced For ChildrenCHALKZONE - NickelodeonDUCK DODGERS - Warner Bros. AnimationJAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS - Mike Young Productions, Inc.JOJO'S CIRCUS - Cartoon Pizza, Inc. and Cuppa Coffee StudiosTHE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON, BOY GENIUS - Nickelodeon & DNA Productions
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIESCharacter AnimationAnthony DeRosa - LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTIONDave DeVan - FINDING NEMOByron Howard - BROTHER BEARGini Santos - FINDING NEMODoug Sweetland - FINDING NEMO
Character Design in an Animated Feature ProductionRune Brandt Bennicke - BROTHER BEARCarter Goodrich - SINBADRicky Nierva - FINDING NEMO
Character Design in an Animated Television ProductionAndrew Bialk - THE POWERPUFF GIRLS �Save Mojo�Matt Danner - XIAOLIN SHOWDOWNAndy Suriano - SAMURAI JACK �Episode XXXV�Shannon Tindle - THE PROUD FAMILY "Culture Shock"
Directing in an Animated Feature ProductionSylvain Chomet - TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLEEric Goldberg - LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTIONSatoshi Kon - MILLENNIUM ACTRESSAndrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich - FINDING NEMO
Directing in an Animated Television ProductionMike Gasaway - THE ADVENTURES JIMMY NEUTRON "Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion!"Steven Dean Moore - THE SIMPSONS "'Scuse Me While I Miss The Sky"Rob Renzetti - MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT "Ragged Android"Genndy Tartakovsky - SAMURAI JACK "The Birth of Evil"Darrell Van Citters - CAPTAIN STURDY "The Originals"
Effects AnimationMartin Nguyen - FINDING NEMOJustin Ritter - FINDING NEMODave Stephens - HAUNTED MANSIONJason Wolbert - BROTHER BEARMadoka Yasuet - PIGLET'S BIG MOVIE
Music in an Animated Feature ProductionPhil Collins & Mark Mancina - BROTHER BEARHarry Gregson-Williams - SINBAD Thomas Newman - FINDING NEMO
Music in an Animated Television ProductionAlf Clausen, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Ken Keeler - THE SIMPSONS "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"Robert Kral, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd - DUCK DODGERS "Shiver Me Dodgers"Ken Keeler - FUTURAMA "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter, Michael McCuistion, Andy Sturmer - TEEN TITANS "Divide & Conquer"
Production Design in an Animated Feature ProductionRalph Eggleston - FINDING NEMOSeth Engstrom - SINBADBill Perkins - 101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH'S LONDON ADVENTURERobh Ruppel - BROTHER BEARRaymond Zibach - SINBAD
Production Design in an Animated Television ProductionSeonna Hong - MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOTJoseph Holt - MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOTScott Wills - SAMURAI JACK "The Birth of Evil�Mark Whiting - DUCK DODGERS
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature ProductionHolly Forsyth - THE JUNGLE BOOK 2Sharon Forward - THE JUNGLE BOOK 2Chris Otsuki - THE JUNGLE BOOK 2Dean Roberts - 101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH'S LONDON ADVENTURE
Storyboarding in an Animated Television ProductionTim Divar - HE MAN & THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE �Power of Grayskull" Enrique Braxton May - CHALKZONE "Pumpkin Love"Kyle Menke - SPIDER-MAN "Keeping Secrets"Dave Thomas - THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS �Pipe Down"Matt Youngberg - TEEN TITANS "Switched"
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature ProductionJoe Alaskey as the voice of Daffy Duck - LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTIONJim Cummings as the voice of Kaa - THE JUNGLE BOOK 2Ellen DeGeneres as the voice of Dory - FINDING NEMOMiyoko Shoji as the voice of Chiyoko Fujiwara - MILLENNIUM ACTRESSJeremy Suarez as the voice of Koda - BROTHER BEAR
Voice Acting in an Animated Television ProductionBob Bergen as the voice of Eager Young Space Cadet - DUCK DODGERSJeff Garcia as the voice of Sheen Estevez - THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON �Nightmare in Retroville"Janice Kawaye as the voice of Jenny - MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOTCandi Milo as the voice of Mrs. Wakeman - MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOTTara Strong as the voice of Dannon O'Mallard - JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS
Writing in an Animated Feature ProductionSylvain Chomet - TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLESatoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai - MILLENNIUM ACTRESSJim Kammerud, Brian Smith - 101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH'S LONDON ADVENTURETab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman - BROTHER BEARAndrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, Dave Reynolds - FINDING NEMO
Writing in an Animated Television ProductionPaul Dini - JUSTICE LEAGUE �Comfort & Joy"Tony Gama-Lobo, Rebecca May - KING OF THE HILL �Reborn to be Wild"Patric Verrone - FUTURAMA "The Sting"William Waldner - CAPTAIN STURDY �The Originals"Matt Warburton - THE SIMPSONS "Three Gays of the Condo"
JURIED AWARDSJune Foray Award - For significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.Martha Sigall
Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.Gene DeitchJohn HenchThurl Ravenscroft
Ub Iwerks AwardScott Johnston
Certificate of MeritDavid DerksMike Judge/Don Hertzfeldt (Team)
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