| Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in direction for film animation |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | ASIFA-Hollywood |
| First awarded | 1996 (to John Lasseter for Toy Story ) |
| Currently held by | Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
| Website | annieawards |
The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production (or Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production) is an Annie Award, awarded annually to the best animated feature film and introduced in 1996. It rewards directing for animated feature films. The recipients are directors as well as co-directors.
The award was formerly called Best Individual Achievement: Directing in 1996, Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a Feature Production in 1997, [1] and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production from 1998 to 2001. [2]
The award has matched up with the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature every year except for 1997, 2006, 2011 and 2020. It has been awarded 26 times. Pete Docter, Rich Moore, John Lasseter and Dean DeBlois have won it twice, and Brad Bird and Lee Unkrich hold a record of three wins.
Jeff Rowe, Mamoru Oshii, Nora Twomey, Ron Clements, Tim Johnson, Ash Brannon, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, David Silverman, Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha, Mark Dindal, John Musker, Sylvain Chomet, Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Sam Fell, Mamoru Hosoda, Don Hall, Tomm Moore, Genndy Tartakovsky, Chris Butler, Jennifer Lee, Benjamin Renner, Chris McKay, Byron Howard, and Makoto Shinkai have received two nominations each. Andrew Stanton, Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois, Nick Park, Henry Selick and Rich Moore have received three nominations. John Lasseter, Chris Buck and Pete Docter, were nominated four times. Brad Bird, Hayao Miyazaki, and Lee Unkrich both hold a record five nominations.
| Year | Film | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (48th) [34] [35] | ||
| Wolfwalkers | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart | |
| Calamity Jane | Rémi Chayé | |
| Over the Moon | Glen Keane | |
| Ride Your Wave | Masaaki Yuasa | |
| Soul | Pete Docter | |
| 2021 (49th) [36] [37] | ||
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe | |
| Belle | Mamoru Hosoda | |
| Encanto | Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith | |
| Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Kenneth Ladekjær | |
| Luca | Enrico Casarosa | |
| 2022 (50th) [38] | ||
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson | |
| Turning Red | Domee Shi | |
| Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp, Kirsten Lepore, Stephen Chiodo | |
| My Father's Dragon | Nora Twomey | |
| Wendell & Wild | Henry Selick | |
| 2023 (51st) [39] [40] | ||
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson | |
| The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Nimona | Nick Bruno, Troy Quane | |
| Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears |
The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature is an Annie Award introduced in 1992, awarded annually to the best animated feature film.
The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best music in an animated feature film, theatrical or direct-to-video. It began in 1997 as the Annie Award for "Best Individual Achievement: Music in a Feature/Home Video Production". Throughout the following years, the title was renamed "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score in an Animated Feature Production", and "Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production" before changing to its current title in 2005. It was retitled "Best Music in an Animated Feature Production" in 2006 for three years before being reverted to "Music in an Animated Feature Production" in 2009.
The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production is an Annie Award awarded annually, except in 1997, to the best animated feature film and introduced in 1996. It rewards screenwriting for animated feature films.
The Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production is an Annie Award, given annually to a non-theatrical animated production since 2011.
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.
The Annie Award for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production is an Annie Award awarded annually to the best character designer and introduced in 2002. It rewards the design and look of characters for animated feature films.
The Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production is an Annie Award first presented in 1994. Since then, it is annually awarded to the animation industry's best or excellent work performed in the areas of overall production design and art direction for sets of animated feature films.
The Annie Award for Storyboard in an Animated Feature Production is an Annie Award awarded annually to the best storyboard artist and introduced in 1995. It rewards animation of characters for animated feature films.
The Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production for Preschool is an Annie Award, awarded annually to the best animated television/broadcasting productions for preschool audiences.
The Annie Award for Best Animated Television Commercial is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated television commercials. The category was first presented at the 20th Annie Awards.
The Annie Award for Best Student Film is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated films by students, the category was first presented at the 40th Annie Awards.
The Annie Awardfor Editorial in a Feature Production is presented annually to recognize excellence in the work of editors and editing teams in animated feature films. It was first presented at the 40th Annie Awards.
The Annie Award for Animated Effects in an Animated Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated effects in animation feature productions. It was first presented at the 25th Annie Awards.
The Annie Award for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated direction in animated television or broadcast productions. Directing for television productions was first recognized at the 24th Annie Awards alongside feature film in the Best Achievement in Directing, though the next year a separate category would be created resulting in two directing categories, one for television/broadcasting productions and another for animated feature films.
The Annie Award for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcasting Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best music composed for animated television or broadcasting productions. It was first given at the 25th Annie Awards, initially the category included both scores and songs from television productions.
The Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcasting Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best voice acting in an animated television or broadcasting production. The category was gone through some name changes and divisions:
The Annie Award for Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best character animation for television or broadcasting productions. It was first presented at the 34th Annie Awards.
The Annie Award for Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best production design in animated television or broadcasting productions. Prior to the creation of the category in 1997, television productions competed alongside feature films in the Best Individual Achievement for Artistic Excellence in the Field of Animation award, presented in 1994, later renamed Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in the Field of Animation to for 1995 and 1996.
The Annie Award for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best storyboarding in animated television or broadcasting productions. It was first presented at the 25th Annie Awards.
The Annie Award for Editorial in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best editing in a television, or broadcast productions. It was first presented at the 39th Annie Awards with the name Best Editing in a Television Production, the name was changed to its current name the following year.