Briefly: Watch the Hollywood Reporter's roundtable discussion with the Animation contenders this awards season. Those in the discussion include Stephen J. Anderson (Winnie the Pooh), Jamie Beard (Tintin), John Lasseter (Cars 2), Chris Miller (Puss in Boots), Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2), Carlos Saldanha (Rio) and Gore Verbinski (Rango).
Make sure to watch all three parts of the discussion, which covers a range of topics, including the controversial "motion capture vs. animation" debate.
Enjoy.
Showing posts with label Annie Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Annie Awards. Show all posts
Monday, December 19, 2011
Animation Roundtable features Lasseter, 'Pooh' director, and a discussion on MoCap
Monday, February 7, 2011
Brad Bird Officially Quits Animation (...kind of)
This past Sunday, the Annie Awards, an annual ceremony for the animation community, was held in Los Angeles. And, as was feared and predicted among us Pixar-lovers, DreamWorks Animation took home almost all of the awards, leaving just one for Pixar (Best Short - Day & Night).
Bigger news than that, however, is that Brad Bird, director of The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and The Iron Giant, has officially quit the business of animation forever . . . well, sort of. Watch the hilarious video embedded above to see what I mean--it is his acceptance speech for the coveted Windsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award. (Oh, and jump to 4:30 for the actual speech.)
Great stuff!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
The 37th Annie Awards' Winners
Getting lost in the sea of celebration resulting from Up's Best Picture nomination by the Academy is the list of winners at the 37th Annual Annie Awards. The big winners were Up and Fantastic Mr. Fox:
Best Animated Feature
Up (Pixar Animation Studios)
Best Animated Television Production
Prep and Landing — (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Best Home Entertainment Production
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Best Animated Short Subject
Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5
Best Animated Television Production for Children
The Penguins of Madagascar (Nickelodeon and DreamWorks)
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Eric Goldberg for The Princess and the Frog
Character Design in a Feature Production
Shane Prigmore for Coraline
Directing in a Feature Production
Pete Docter “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
Writing in a Television Production
Daniel Chun - The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX
Writing in a Feature Production
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Go here for a complete list of winners (and nominees).
I am very surprised (and pleased) about Robot Chicken and Futurama's wins. I am also very glad that Eric Goldberg's talents were rewarded; Louis really was a great, well-designed and -animated character. Also, unexpectedly, Prep and Landing received several awards.
Congratualtions to Disney, Pixar, and all of the other winners at this year's Annie Awards!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Shatner to Host 37th Annie Awards
Briefly: ASIFA-Hollywood has announced that William Shatner will host the 37th Annual Annie Awards on February 6, 2010 at the UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA. Very cool.
Now the only question is, who will win? Will Pixar continue to sweep the awards season, or will The Princess and the Frog or Coraline or even The Fantastic Mr. Fox win a little, too? We will know soon enough...
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