39th Annie Awards | |
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Date | February 4, 2012 |
Site | Royce Hall Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Hosted by | Patton Oswalt [1] |
Organized by | ASIFA-Hollywood |
Highlights | |
Best Animated Feature | Rango |
Best Direction | Jennifer Yuh Nelson Kung Fu Panda 2 |
Most awards | Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice and Rango (4) |
Most nominations | Kung Fu Panda 2 (12) [2] |
The 39th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2011 were held on February 4, 2012, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. [1]
Nominations announced on December 5, 2011
Rango - Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies, Blind Wink, GK Films
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters - DreamWorks Animation
Adam and Dog – Lodge Films
Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television Animation
The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcell
Kevin Romond - The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Florent Andorra - Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Industrial Light & Magic
Tony Smeed - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jeff Gabor - Rio - Blue Sky Studios
Eric Reynolds - Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 20th Century Fox
Bill Schwab - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Mark "Crash" McCreery - Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Blind Wink/GK films Productions
Matthew Nastuk - The Simpsons – Gracie Films
Jennifer Yuh Nelson - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
Grace Potter, Michael Giacchino - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Mark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson – Secret Mountain Fort Awesome – Cartoon Network Studios
Raymond Zilbach - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
Brian Kesinger – Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jeremy Spears - Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jeff Bennett as Kowalski - The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
Bill Nighy as Grandsanta - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Carolyn Omine – The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror XXII" – Gracie Films
John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit – Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Productions
Ted Machold, Jeff Adams, Doug Tiano, Bob Tomlin – Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
Craig Wood, A.C.E. – Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
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