50th Annie Awards

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50th Annie Awards
DateFebruary 25, 2023 (2023-02-25)
Site Royce Hall
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Organized by ASIFA-Hollywood
Highlights
Best Animated
Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Best Direction Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Most awardsGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (5)
Most nominationsGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (9)

The 50th ceremony of the Annie Awards, honoring excellence in the field of animation for the year of 2022, was held on February 25, 2023, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California in a live ceremony after two years as a virtual event. [1] [2]

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The nominees were announced on January 17, 2023, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio led the nominations with nine, followed by Turning Red with seven. [3] [4]

Winners and nominees

Productions Categories

Best Animated Feature Best Animated Feature — Independent
Best Animated Special Production Best Animated Short Subject
Best Sponsored Production Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Best Animated Limited Series Best Student Film

Individual achievement categories

Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production
  • Avatar: The Way of Water – Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian, Alex Nowotny
    • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Aaron Weintraub, Warren Lawtey, Alireza Malmiri, Baptiste Malbranque, Mikhail Donchenko
    • Lightyear – Carl Kaphan, Cody Harrington, Hope Schroers, Jon Barry, Nate Skeen
    • Minions: The Rise of Gru – Frank Baradat, Simon Pate, Milan Voukassovitch, Milo Riccarand
    • The Sea Beast – Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Kiel Gnebba, Oleksandr (Alex) Loboda, Jeremy Hoey
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game
  • Avatar: The Way of Water – Daniel Barrett, Stuart Adcock, Todd Labonte, Douglas McHale, Stephen Cullingford
    • Beast – Alvise Avati, Chris McGaw, Bora Şahin, Krzysztof Boyoko, Laurent Benhamo
    • Finch – Simon Allen, Harinarayan Rajeev, Paul Nelson, Matthias Schoenegger
    • Jurassic World Dominion – Jance Rubinchik, Alexander Lee, Rich Bentley, Antoine Verney Carron, Sally Wilson
    • Peacemaker – Michael Cozens, Mark Smith, Kai-Hua Lan, Selene McLean, Richard John Moore
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Juried awards

June Foray Award

The Certificate of Merit Award

Ub Iwerks Award

Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Awards

Multiple awards and nominations

Films

Television/Broadcast

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