Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production

Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production
Awarded for	Excellence in film animation
Country	United States
Presented by	ASIFA-Hollywood
First awarded	1991
Currently held by	Takeshi Honda – The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Website	http://annieawards.org

The Annie Award for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production is an Annie Award awarded annually to the best character animator and introduced in 1995. It rewards animation of characters for animated feature films.

Up until the creation of both the Annie Award for Character Animation in a TV Production and Live Action Production categories, live-action films, TV series, animated shorts, and non-theatrical releases were eligible for nomination in this category.

Winners and nominees

‡= special award
*= non-feature nominee
†=live-action nominee

1990s

Best Individual Achievement for Artistic Excellence in the Field of Animation

Year	Recipient(s)	Film
1994 (22nd) [1]
	Deane Taylor (art director)	The Nightmare Before Christmas
	Andy Gaskill (art director)	The Lion King
	Mark Henn (supervising animator)
	Scott F. Johnston (artistic supervisor)
	Paul Rudish (art director)	Super Secret Squirrel

Best Individual Achievement for Animation

Year	Animator	Notes	Film
1995 (23rd) [2]
	Nik Ranieri	Supervising Animator: Meeko	Pocahontas
	Dominique Monféry	Animation Supervisor	A Goofy Movie
	Chris Buck	Supervising Animator: Grandmother Willow, Percy, and Wiggins	Pocahontas
	David Pruiksma	Supervising Animator: Flit
	Cynthia Wells	Animator	Interview with Tallulah, Queen of the Universe
1996 (24th) [3]
	Pete Docter	Supervising Animator	Toy Story
	Rob Coleman		Dragonheart
	James Baxter	Supervising Animator: Quasimodo	The Hunchback of Notre Dame
	Russ Edmonds	Supervising Animator: Captain Phoebus
	Kathy Zielinski	Supervising Animator: Judge Claude Frollo

Best Individual Achievement for Character Animation

Year	Animator	Notes	Film
1997 (25th) [4]
	Nik Ranieri	Supervising Animator: Hades	Hercules
	Frans Vischer	Supervising Animator: Darla Dimple and Max	Cats Don't Dance
	Ken Duncan	Supervising Animator: Meg	Hercules
	Bob Baxter*	Episode: "Beethoven's Whiff"	Timon & Pumbaa *
1998 (26th) [5]
	Ruben Aquino	Supervising Animator: Captain Li Shang	Mulan
	T. Woody Yokum	Animator	Genie's Great Minds*
	Tom Bancroft	Supervising Animator: "Mushu"	Mulan
	Mark Henn	Supervising Animator: "Fa Mulan"
1999 (27th) [6]
	Steve Markowski	Supervising Animator	The Iron Giant
	Ken Duncan	Supervising Animator: Jane Porter	Tarzan
	Glen Keane	Supervising Animator: Tarzan
	Jim Van der Keyl	Animator	The Iron Giant
	Dean Wellins	Supervising Animator

2000s

Year	Animator	Notes	Film
2000 (28th) [7]
	Eric Goldberg	Lead Animator: Carnival of the Animals Segment	Fantasia 2000
	David Brewster	Supervising Animator: Miguel	The Road to El Dorado
	Rodolphe Guenoden	Supervising Animator: Chel
	Sean P. Mullen†	Character VFX Animator	Stuart Little
	Doug Sweetland	Animator	Toy Story 2
2001 (29th) [8]
	Dale Baer	Supervising Animator: Yzma	The Emperor's New Groove
	Paul Chung	Animator	Shrek
	Raman Hui	Animator
	Jason Reisig	Animator
	Dean Wellins	Supervising Animator: Thrax	Osmosis Jones
2002 (30th) [9]
	Doug Sweetland	Directing Animator	Monsters, Inc.
	Mike Thurmeier	Lead Animator	Ice Age
	Alex Kuperschmidt	Supervising Animator: Stitch	Lilo and Stitch
	John Kahrs	Animator: James P. "Sulley" Sullivan	Monsters, Inc.
	Sergio Pablos	Supervising Animator: Dr. Delbert Doppler	Treasure Planet
2003 (31st) [10]
	Doug Sweetland	Animator	Finding Nemo
	Byron Howard	Supervising Animator: Kenai-Bear	Brother Bear
	Dave Devan	Animator	Finding Nemo
	Gini Santos	Animator
	Anthony DeRosa	Lead Animator	Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2004 (32nd) [11]
	Angus MacLane	Animator	The Incredibles
	Ken Duncan	Supervising Animator	Shark Tale
	John Kahrs	Animator	The Incredibles
	Peter Sohn	Animator
	Kureha Yokoo	Animator
2005 (33rd) [12] [13]
	Claire Billet	Key Animator	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
	Matt Shumway†	VFX Animator	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
	Spike Brandt *	Animator	The Karate Guard
	Jay Grace	Key Animator	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
	Christopher Sadler	Key Animator
2006 (34th) [14]
	Gabe Hordos	Animator	Flushed Away
	Carlos Baena	Animator	Cars
	Bobby Podesta	Directing Animator
	Line Anderson	Animator	Flushed Away
	Kristof Serrand	Supervising Animator	Over the Hedge
2007 (35th) [15]
	Michal Makarewicz	Animator	Ratatouille
	Dave Hardin	Animator	Surf's Up
	Alan Hawkins	Animator
2008 (36th) [16]
	James Baxter	Animation Supervisor: Po's Dream Sequence	Kung Fu Panda
	Jeff Gabor	Lead Animator: Councilmen of Whoville	Horton Hears a Who!
	Phillippe Le Brun	Supervising Animator	Kung Fu Panda
	Dan Wagner	Head of Character Animation
	Victor Navone	Animator	WALL-E
2009 (37th) [17]
	Eric Goldberg	Supervising Animator: Louis the Alligator and "Almost There" Fantasy Sequence	The Princess and the Frog
	Travis Knight	Lead Animator	Coraline
	Andreas Deja	Supervising Animator "Mama Odie"	The Princess and the Frog
	Bruce W. Smith	Supervising Animator "Dr. Facilier"
	Daniel Nguyen	Animator	Up

2010s

Year	Animator	Notes	Film
2010 (38th) [18]
	Gabe Hordos	Supervising Animator: Toothless	How to Train Your Dragon
	Mark Donald	Supervising Animator	Megamind
	Anthony Hodgson	Supervising Animator
	Jakob Njort Jensen	Supervising Animator	How to Train Your Dragon
	David Torres	Supervising Animator: Hiccup
2011 (39th) [19] [20]
	Jeff Gabor	Lead Animator	Rio
	Pierre Perifel	Lead Animator: Lord Shen	Kung Fu Panda 2
	Dan Wagner	Head of Character Animation
	Olivier Staphylas	Supervising Animator	Puss in Boots
	Patrik Puhala	Lead Animator	Rio
	Andreas Deja	Supervising Animator: Tigger	Winnie the Pooh
	Mark Henn	Supervising Animator: Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin
2012 (40th) [21]
	Travis Knight	Lead Animator	ParaNorman
	Travis Hathaway	Animator	Brave
	Daniel Nguyen	Animator
	Jaime Landes Roe	Animator
	Will Becher	Character Lead Animator	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
	Phillippe Le Brun	Lead Character Animator: Bunny	Rise of the Guardians
	David Pate	Lead Character Animator: Jack
	Pierre Perifel	Lead Character Animator: North
2013 (41st) [22]
	Jakob Njort Jensen	Lead Animator: Guy	The Croods
	Jonathan du Vai	Animator	Despicable Me 2
	Thom Roberts	Animator	Epic
	Patrick Imbert	Animator	Ernest & Celestine
	Tony Smeed	Animation Supervisor: Queen Elsa	Frozen
	Kitarô Kôsaka	Animator	The Wind Rises
2014 (42nd) [23]
	Fabio Lignini	Supervising Animator	How to Train Your Dragon 2
	Travis Knight	Lead Animator	The Boxtrolls
	Michael Lamont	Lead Animator
	Jason Stalman	Animator
	Thomas Grummt	Lead Animator	How to Train Your Dragon 2
	Steven Hornby	Supervising Animator
	Ravi Kamble Govind	Lead Animator	Penguins of Madagascar
2015 (43rd) [24] [25]
	Allison Rutland	Animator [26]	Inside Out
	Mark C. Harris	Animator	The Good Dinosaur
	K.C Roeyer	Animator
	Mark Donald	Animator	Home
	Travis Hathaway	Animator	Inside Out
	Hichem Arfaoui	Animation Supervisor: Herb, Scarlet Overkill, Kevin, Stuart", and Bob.	Minions
	B. J. Crawford	Animator	The Peanuts Movie
2016 (44th) [27] [28]
	Jan-Erik Maas	Animator	Kubo and the Two Strings
	Erick Oh	Animator: Hank and Dory	Finding Dory
	Ludovic Bouancheau	Animator	Kung Fu Panda 3
	Dave Hardin	Animator: Judy Hopps, Stu & Bonnie Hopps, Chief Bogo, Nick Wilde	Zootopia
	Chad Sellers	Animator: Mr. Big, Koslov, Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Flash
2017 (45th) [29] [30]
	John Chun Chiu Lee	Animator: Miguel, Ernesto de la Cruz, Hector, Dante, Mama Coco [31]	Coco
	Marco Nguyen, Benjamin Renner, and Patrick Imbert	Animator	The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales...
	Bryce McGovern	Animation Supervisor	The Boss Baby
	Rani Naamani	Animation Supervisor: Boss Baby [32]
	Allison Rutland	Animator	Coco
2018 (46th) [33] [34]
	David Han	Animator	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
	Laurie Sitzia	Lead Animator: Goona, Dug, Chief Bobnar, the Tribe, the rabbit and Lord Nooth	Early Man
	Lance Fite	Animator	Incredibles 2
	Jason Stalman	Lead Animator: Chief and Nutmeg	Isle of Dogs
	Vitor Vilela	Animator: Wreck-It Ralph, Fix-It Felix, Double Dan, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Ralphzilla, Yesss, Root Beer Tapper Patrons, Pancake Bunny, Milkshake Kitty, Baby Mo, Mo's Mom	Ralph Breaks the Internet
2019 (47th) [35] [36]
	Sergio Martins	Animation Supervisor: Alva	Klaus
	Andrew Ford	Animator	Frozen II
	Dane Stogner	Supervising Animator: Toothless	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
	Rani Naamani	Supervising Animator
	Rachelle Lambden	Animator	Missing Link

2020s

Year	Animator	Notes	Film
2020 (48th) [37] [38]
	Michal Makarewicz	Animator	Soul
	Shaun Chacko	Animator	Onward
	Rani Naamani	Supervising Animator	The Croods: A New Age
	Andrés Bedate Martin	Animator	The Willoughbys
	Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart	Animator	Wolfwalkers
2021 (49th) [39] [40]	Dave Hardin	Animator	Encanto
	Tarun Lak	Animator	Luca
	Jennifer Hager	Animation Supervisor	Raya and the Last Dragon
	Ravi Kamble Govind	Supervising Animator	The Boss Baby: Family Business
	Ketan Shankar Adikhari	Animator	Wish Dragon
2022 (50th) [41]
	Tucker Barrie	Animator	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
	Teresa Falcone	Animator	Turning Red
	Eric Anderson	Animator
	Jorge A. Capote	Lead Animator	The Bad Guys
	Min Hong	Animator
2023 (51st) [42] [43]
	Takeshi Honda	Animation Director	The Boy and the Heron
	Jessica Torres	Animator	Elemental
	Toby Seale	Animator	Nimona
	Prashanth Cavale	Lead Animator	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
	Kenichi Tsuchiya	Supervising Animator	Suzume

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External links

• Annie Awards: Legacy