List of animated feature films nominated for Academy Awards

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This page highlights the animated feature films nominated for or won Academy Awards aside from the Best Animated Feature category.

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Feature film categories

Best Picture

Animated feature films were nominated for Best Picture in only three cases: 1991, 2009 and 2010. Beauty and the Beast is the only animated-feature film Best Picture nominee before the inception of Best Animated Feature and in the five-nominee format. Up and Toy Story 3 were both nominated after the inception of the animated feature category and in the expanded ten-nominee format.

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
1991
(64th)
Beauty and the Beast Don Hahn Disney Nominated
2009
(82nd)
Up Jonas Rivera Disney, Pixar Nominated
2010
(83rd)
Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson Nominated

Best International Feature Film

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
2008
(81st)
Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film ProduktionNominated [1] [2]
2021
(94th)
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Neon Nominated

Best Documentary Feature

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
2021
(94th)
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie Neon Nominated

Writing (screenplay) categories

Best Original Screenplay

All films are distributed/produced by Disney/Pixar.

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)Result
1995
(68th)
Toy Story Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft (story)Nominated
2003
(76th)
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay)Nominated
2004
(77th)
The Incredibles Brad Bird Nominated
2007
(80th)
Ratatouille Brad Bird (screenplay and story), Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco (story)Nominated
2008
(81st)
WALL-E Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story)Nominated
2009
(82nd)
Up Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Tom McCarthy (story)Nominated
2015
(88th)
Inside Out Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley (screenplay), Ronnie del Carmen (story)Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
2001
(74th)
Shrek Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images Nominated
2010
(83rd)
Toy Story 3 Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (story)Disney, PixarNominated

Music categories

Best Original Score

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
1937
(10th)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Harline and Paul Smith)DisneyNominated
1939
(12th)
Gulliver's Travels Victor Young Fleischer Studios Nominated
1940
(13th)
Pinocchio Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith (composers); Ned Washington (lyricist)DisneyWon
1941
(14th)
Dumbo Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace Won
1942
(15th)
Bambi Frank Churchill, Edward H. Plumb Nominated
1950
(23rd)
Cinderella Oliver Wallace, Paul SmithNominated
1951
(24th)
Alice in Wonderland Oliver WallaceNominated
1959
(32nd)
Sleeping Beauty George BrunsNominated
1963
(36th)
The Sword in the Stone George BrunsNominated
1970
(43rd)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown music by Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez; Al Shean; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi Cinema Center Films, Lee Mendelson Films, Melendez Features, United Feature Syndicate Nominated
1989
(62nd)
The Little Mermaid Alan Menken DisneyWon
1991
(64th)
Beauty and the Beast Alan MenkenWon
1992
(65th)
Aladdin Alan MenkenWon
1994
(67th)
The Lion King Hans Zimmer Won
1995
(68th)
Pocahontas Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by MenkenWon
Toy Story Randy Newman Disney, Pixar Nominated
1996
(69th)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestra Score by MenkenDisneyNominated
1997
(70th)
Anastasia Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral Score by David Newman 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios Nominated
1998
(71st)
A Bug's Life Randy NewmanDisney, PixarNominated
Mulan Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith DisneyNominated
The Prince of Egypt Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer DreamWorks Animation Nominated
2001
(74th)
Monsters, Inc. Randy NewmanDisney, PixarNominated
2003
(76th)
Finding Nemo Thomas Newman Nominated
2007
(80th)
Ratatouille Michael Giacchino Nominated
2008
(81st)
WALL-E Thomas NewmanNominated
2009
(82nd)
Up Michael GiacchinoWon
Fantastic Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat 20th Century Fox Animation, Indian Paintbrush, Regency Enterprises, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Dune Entertainment Nominated
2010
(83rd)
How to Train Your Dragon John Powell DreamWorks Animation Nominated
2011
(84th)
The Adventures of Tintin John Williams Nickelodeon Movies, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, WingNut Films, Hemisphere Media CapitalNominated
2018
(91st)
Isle of Dogs Alexandre Desplat 20th Century Fox Animation, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Babelsberg Nominated
2020
(93rd)
Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste Disney, PixarWon
2021
(94th)
Encanto Germaine Franco DisneyNominated

Best Original Song

Since the category's inception in 1934, twelve animated films have won this music category, with Disney winning eleven (three with Pixar), and DreamWorks winning one. Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994) both had three nominations in this category, the first and second films to do so.

Wet Blanket Policy , a 1948 Woody Woodpecker short cartoon, was also nominated for Best Original Song. "The Woody Woodpecker" song was written by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriess and was nominated for the 21st Academy Awards (21st). It is the only animated short subject to be nominated in a traditionally feature film category.

In addition of outside of Disney and Pixar theatrical films, The Prince of Egypt (1998) marks their first time and is the only film for DreamWorks Animation to win an award category as of 2024.

YearFilmSong/Award Recipient(s)StudioResult
1939
(12th)
Gulliver's Travels "Faithful/Forever"
Ralph Rainger (Music), Leo Robin (Lyric)
Fleischer Studios Nominated
1940
(13th)
Pinocchio "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Leigh Harline (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric)
DisneyWon
1941
(14th)
Dumbo "Baby Mine"
Frank Churchill (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric)
Nominated
1942
(15th)
Bambi "Love Is a Song"
Frank Churchill (Music), Larry Morey (Lyric)
Nominated
1950
(23rd)
Cinderella "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
Nominated
1967
(40th)
The Jungle Book "The Bare Necessities"
Terry Gilkyson
Nominated
1973
(46th)
Robin Hood "Love"
George Bruns (Music), Floyd Huddleston (Lyric)
Nominated
1977
(50th)
The Rescuers "Someone's Waiting for You"
Sammy Fain (Music), Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins (Lyric)
Nominated
1986
(59th)
An American Tail "Somewhere Out There"
James Horner and Barry Mann (Music), Cynthia Weil (Lyric)
Sullivan Bluth Studios, Amblin EntertainmentNominated
1989
(62nd)
The Little Mermaid "Under the Sea"
Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
DisneyWon
"Kiss the Girl"
Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1991
(64th)
Beauty and the Beast "Beauty and the Beast"
Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
"Be Our Guest"
Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
"Belle"
Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1992
(65th)
Aladdin "A Whole New World"
Alan Menken (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
"Friend Like Me"
Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1994
(67th)
The Lion King "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
"Circle of Life"
Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Nominated
"Hakuna Matata"
Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Nominated
1995
(68th)
Pocahontas "Colors of the Wind"
Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Won
Toy Story "You've Got a Friend in Me"
Randy Newman
Disney, PixarNominated
1997
(70th)
Hercules "Go the Distance"
Alan Menken (Music), David Zippel (Lyric)
DisneyNominated
Anastasia "Journey to the Past"
Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyric)
20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation StudiosNominated
1998
(71st)
The Prince of Egypt "When You Believe"
Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics)
DreamWorks AnimationWon
Quest for Camelot "The Prayer"
David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager (Music), David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager and Alberto Testa (Lyric)
Warner Bros. Feature Animation Nominated
1999
(72nd)
Tarzan "You'll Be in My Heart"
Phil Collins (Music and Lyrics)
DisneyWon
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut "Blame Canada"
Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyric)
Comedy Central Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Braniff Productions Nominated
Toy Story 2 "When She Loved Me"
Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, PixarNominated
2000
(73rd)
The Emperor's New Groove "My Funny Friend and Me"
David Hartley and Sting (Music), Sting (Lyric)
DisneyNominated
2001
(74th)
Monsters, Inc. "If I Didn't Have You"
Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, PixarWon
2002
(75th)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie "Father and Daughter"
Paul Simon (Music and Lyric)
Nickelodeon Movies, Klasky Csupo Nominated
2003
(76th)
The Triplets of Belleville "Belleville Rendez-Vous"
Benoît Charest (Music), Sylvain Chomet (Lyric)
Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma Nominated
2004
(77th)
Shrek 2 "Accidentally in Love"
Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück and Matthew Malley (Music), Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey (Lyric)
DreamWorks AnimationNominated
The Polar Express "Believe"
Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri (Music and Lyric)
Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers Nominated
2006
(79th)
Cars "Our Town"
Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, PixarNominated
2008
(81st)
WALL-E "Down to Earth"
Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (Music), Peter Gabriel (Lyric)
Nominated
2009
(82nd)
The Princess and the Frog "Almost There"
Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
DisneyNominated
"Down in New Orleans"
Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
2010
(83rd)
Toy Story 3 "We Belong Together"
Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, PixarWon
Tangled "I See the Light"
Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyric)
DisneyNominated
2011
(84th)
Rio "Real in Rio"
Carlinhos Brown and Sérgio Mendes (Music), Siedah Garrett (Lyric)
Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox AnimationNominated
2013
(86th)
Frozen "Let It Go"
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Music and Lyric)
DisneyWon
Despicable Me 2 "Happy"
Pharrell Williams (Music and Lyric)
Illumination Entertainment Nominated
2014
(87th)
The Lego Movie "Everything Is Awesome"
Shawn Patterson (Music and Lyric)
Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Animation Group Nominated
2016
(89th)
Trolls "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster (Music and Lyric)
DreamWorks AnimationNominated
Moana "How Far I'll Go"
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyric)
DisneyNominated
2017
(90th)
Coco "Remember Me"
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez (Music and Lyric)
Disney, PixarWon
2019
(92nd)
Toy Story 4 "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away"
Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
Frozen II "Into the Unknown"
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Music and Lyric)
DisneyNominated
2021
(94th)
Encanto "Dos Oruguitas"
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyric)
Nominated

Sound categories

Best Sound Editing

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
1992
(65th)
Aladdin Mark Mangini DisneyNominated
2001
(74th)
Monsters, Inc. Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers Disney, PixarNominated
2003
(76th)
Finding Nemo Gary Rydstrom and Michael SilversNominated
2004
(77th)
The Incredibles Michael Silvers and Randy ThomWon [3] [4]
The Polar Express Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMoversNominated
2007
(80th)
Ratatouille Randy Thom and Michael SilversDisney, PixarNominated
2008
(81st)
WALL-E Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood Nominated
2009
(82nd)
Up Michael Silvers and Tom Myers Nominated
2010
(83rd)
Toy Story 3 Tom Myers and Michael SilversNominated

Best Sound Mixing

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
2004
(77th)
The Incredibles Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, and Doc KaneDisney, PixarNominated
The Polar Express Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, and William B. Kaplan Castle Rock Entertainment

Shangri-La Entertainment ImageMovers

Nominated
2007
(80th)
Ratatouille Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc KaneDisney, PixarNominated
2008
(81st)
WALL-E Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt Nominated

Best Sound

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
1942
(15th)
Bambi Sam Slyfield DisneyNominated
1950
(23rd)
Cinderella C. O. Slyfield Nominated
1991
(64th)
Beauty and the Beast Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane Nominated
1992
(65th)
Aladdin Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc KaneNominated
2020
(93rd)
Soul Ren Klyce, Coya Elliot and David Parker Disney, PixarNominated

Visual Effects

With the nomination of The Lion King in 2019, three animated films are nominated for Best Visual Effects.

YearFilmAward Recipient(s)StudioResult
1993
(66th)
The Nightmare Before Christmas Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw and Gordon BakerDisney, Skellington Productions Nominated
2016
(89th)
Kubo and the Two Strings Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff Laika, Focus Features Nominated
2019
(92nd)
The Lion King Robert Legato, Adam Veldez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot NewmanDisneyNominated

Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Awards

Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Award are given to celebrate noted achievements in motion picture arts.

Honorary Awards

A handful of the honorary award recipients are awarded in their achievements in animated feature films.

YearAward Recipient(s)Citation
1931/1932
(5th)
Walt Disney "for the creation of Mickey Mouse"
1938
(11th)
Disney"for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon"
1941
(14th)
Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company "for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia
Leopold Stokowski and his associates"for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia , thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form"
1943
(16th)
George Pal "for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons "
1978
(51st)
Walter Lantz "for bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures" [5] [6]
2014
(87th)
Hayao Miyazaki "has deeply influenced animation forever, inspiring generations of artists to work in our medium and illuminate its limitless potential..."

Special Achievement Awards

YearAward Recipient(s)Citation
1988
(61st)
Richard Williams "for the animation direction of Who Framed Roger Rabbit " [7] [8]
1995
(68th)
John Lasseter [9] "for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film" [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Live-action/animated films

Live-action animated film blends various traditional animation or computer animation in live action films.

Competitive awards

YearFilmCategoryAward Recipient(s)Result
1943
(16th)
Saludos Amigos Best Scoring of a Musical Picture Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott Nominated
Best Song "Saludos Amigos"
Charles Wolcott (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Sound Recording C. O. Slyfield, Walt Disney Studio Sound Department Nominated
Victory Through Air Power Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Oliver Wallace Nominated
1945
(18th)
Anchors Aweigh Best Motion Picture Joe Pasternak Nominated
Best Actor Gene Kelly Nominated
Best Cinematography, Color Robert Planck and Charles P. Boyle Nominated
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture Georgie Stoll Won
Best Song "I Fall in Love Too Easily"
Jule Styne (Music), Sammy Cahn (Lyric)
Nominated
The Three Caballeros Best Scoring of a Musical Picture Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles WolcottNominated
Best Sound Recording C. O. Slyfield, Walt Disney Studio Sound Department Nominated
1947
(20th)
Song of the South Best Scoring of a Musical Picture Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith and Charles WolcottNominated
Best Song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
Allie Wrubel (Music), Ray Gilbert (Lyric)
Won
1948
(22nd)
So Dear to My Heart Best Song "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)"
Eliot Daniel (Music), Larry Morey (Lyric)
Nominated
1964
(37th)
Mary Poppins Best Picture Walt Disney and Bill Walsh Nominated
Best Director Robert Stevenson Nominated
Best Actress Julie Andrews Won
Best Screenplay - Based on Material from Another Medium Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi Nominated
Best Art Direction, Color Carroll Clark and William H. Tuntke (Art Direction), Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman (Set Decoration)Nominated
Best Cinematography, Color Edward Colman Nominated
Best Costume Design, Color Tony Walton Nominated
Best Film Editing Cotton Warburton Won
Best Original Song "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (Music and Lyric)
Won
Best Music Score - Substantially Original Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. ShermanWon
Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment Irwin Kostal Nominated
Best Sound Robert O. Cook Nominated
Best Special Visual Effects Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske and Eustace Lycett Won
1971
(44th)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Best Art Direction John B. Mansbridge and Peter Ellenshaw (Art Direction), Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman (Set Decoration)Nominated
Best Costume Design Bill Thomas Nominated
Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (songs) Irwin Kostal (adaptation score)Nominated
Best Original Song "The Age of Not Believing"
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
Best Special Visual Effects Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny LeeWon
1977
(50th)
Pete's Dragon Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha (songs), Irwin Kostal (adaptation score)Nominated
Best Original Song "Candle on the Water"
Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
1988
(61st)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Best Art Direction Elliot Scott (Art Decoration), Peter Howitt (Set Decoration)Nominated
Best Cinematography Dean Cundey Nominated
Best Film Editing Arthur Schmidt Won
Best Sound Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo and Tony Dawe Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing Charles L. Campbell and Louis Edemann Won
Best Visual Effects Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Ed Jones and George Gibbs Won
1996
(69th)
James and the Giant Peach Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Randy Newman Nominated
2007
(80th)
Enchanted Best Original Song "Happy Working Song"
Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
"So Close"
Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
"That's How You Know"
Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyrics)
Nominated
2013
(86th)
Saving Mr. Banks Best Original Score Thomas Newman Nominated
2018
(91st)
Mary Poppins Returns Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Nominated
Best Original Score Marc Shaiman Nominated
Best Original Song "The Place Where Lost Things Go"
Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyric), Scott Wittman (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Production Design John Myhre (Production Design), Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)Nominated

Honorary awards

YearAward Recipient(s)Citation
1946
(20th)
James Baskett "for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world in Walt Disney's Song of the South "
1949
(22nd)
Bobby Driscoll "as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949" (for his roles in So Dear to My Heart and The Window )

Multiple numbers

There are at least two nominations of a single film appeared in a list.

FilmWinsNominations
Beauty and the Beast 26
WALL-E 1
Aladdin 25
Toy Story 3
Up
Ratatouille 1
The Incredibles 24
The Lion King
Finding Nemo 1
Monsters, Inc.
The Little Mermaid 23
Soul
Encanto 1
Bambi 0
Cinderella
Flee
The Polar Express
The Princess and the Frog
Toy Story
Coco 22
Frozen
Pinocchio
Pocahontas
Dumbo 1
Inside Out
The Prince of Egypt
Shrek
Toy Story 4
Anastasia 0
Cars
Fantastic Mr. Fox
How to Train Your Dragon
Kubo and the Two Strings
Isle of Dogs
Moana
Shrek 2
The Triplets of Belleville

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Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that creates animated features and short films for The Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene from its first synchronized sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (1928). Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney after the closure of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, it is the oldest-running animation studio in the world. It is currently organized as a division of Walt Disney Studios and is headquartered at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California. Since its foundation, the studio has produced 62 feature films, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to Wish (2023), and hundreds of short films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pete Docter</span> American filmmaker (born 1968)

Peter Hans Docter is an American filmmaker and animator who has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar since 2018. He is credited as director for the company's animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020). From his nine Academy Award nominations, he is a record-three time recipient of Best Animated Feature for Up, Inside Out and Soul. Docter has also won six Annie Awards from nine nominations, a BAFTA Children's Film Award and a Hochi Film Award. He describes himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Stanton</span> American filmmaker (born 1965)

Andrew Ayers Stanton is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998), directing Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), WALL-E (2008), and the live-action film, Disney's John Carter (2012), and co-writing all four and directing the upcoming fifth in Toy Story films (1995–2026) and Monsters, Inc. (2001).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Annie Awards</span> Film award

The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in American cinema and television. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation, the award has been given to individual works since 1992.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Ranft</span> American screenwriter (1960–2005)

Joseph Henry Ranft was an American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor. He worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar films.

William Everett "Bud" Luckey was an American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, musician, singer and voice actor. He worked at the animation studio Pixar, where he worked as a character designer on a number of films, including Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars and Ratatouille. Luckey was also the voice of Rick Dicker in The Incredibles, Chuckles the Clown in Toy Story 3 and as Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh (2011).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Buck</span> American filmmaker (born 1958)

Christopher James Buck is an American film director, animator, and screenwriter known for co-directing Tarzan (1999), Surf's Up (2007), Frozen (2013), which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2014, Frozen II (2019), and Wish (2023). He also worked as a supervising animator and story artist on Pocahontas (1995) and Home on the Range (2004).

The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film is a Golden Globe Award that was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment. The nominations are announced in January and an awards ceremony is held later in the month. Initially, only three films were nominated for best animated film, in contrast to five nominations for the majority of other awards. The Pixar film Cars was the first recipient of the award.

<i>Toy Story</i> (franchise) Disney media franchise created by Pixar

Toy Story is an American media franchise created by Pixar Animation Studios and owned by The Walt Disney Company. It centers on toys that, unknown to humans, are secretly living, sentient creatures. It began in 1995 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, which focuses on a diverse group of toys featuring a classic cowboy doll named Sheriff Woody and a modern spaceman action figure named Buzz Lightyear.

<i>Toy Story 4</i> 2019 Pixar film

Toy Story 4 is a 2019 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in Pixar's Toy Story series and the sequel to Toy Story 3 (2010). It was directed by Josh Cooley from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom; the three also conceived the story alongside John Lasseter, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Valerie LaPointe, and Martin Hynes. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jeff Pidgeon, Laurie Metcalf, John Morris, Joan Cusack, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff Garlin, Kristen Schaal, Timothy Dalton, and Lori Alan reprise their character roles from the first three films and Carl Weathers reprised his role from Toy Story of Terror! with Madeleine McGraw replacing Emily Hahn as Bonnie and they are joined by Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, and Ally Maki, who voice new characters introduced in this film. Set after the third film, Toy Story 4 follows Woody (Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Allen) as the pair and the other toys go on a road trip with Bonnie (McGraw), who creates Forky (Hale), a spork made with recycled materials from her school. Meanwhile, Woody is reunited with Bo Peep (Potts), and must decide where his loyalties lie.

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