51st Annie Awards: The Winners

ASIFA-Hollywood is recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation during tonight’s 51st Annie Awards at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

I’ll be providing live updates throughout the ceremony.

Voice artist Eric Bauza was in character as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. “I hate to be political but release Coyote vs. Acme! Now that that’s over and by that I mean my career…”

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse took home seven Annie Awards tonight. It won every award in every category that it was nominated.

Best Student Film: The Little Poet

Student Director: Justine King
Student Producer: Justine King
School: California Institute of the Arts

Best Short Subject: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (ElectroLeague)

Best Production Design – TV/Media: Blue Eye Samurai

Episode: The Great Fire of 1657
A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Toby Wilson, James Wilson, Emil Mitev

Best Production Design – Feature: Patrick O’Keefe and Dean Gordon, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)

Best Special Production: Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (WildBrain Studios in association with Apple)

Best Sponsored: “Video Games” by Tenacious D (Pinreel Inc.)

Ub Iwerks Award for Technical Achievement: John Oxberry

Special Achievement Award: The Artists of Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Music – TV/Media: Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, Dineo du Toit, Star Wars: Visions – Episode: Aau’s Song (Lucasfilm Ltd.)

Best Music – Feature: Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)

Best Character Design – TV/Media: Jose Lopez, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Episode: 515M-106 (The Beyonder) (Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions)

Best Character Design – Feature: Jesús Alonso Iglesias, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)

June Foray Award: BRIC Foundation; Allison Mann and Nicole Hendrix, co-founders

Best Character Animation – Video Game: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games Animation Team (Insomniac Games)

Best Character Animation – Live Action: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Production Company: Marvel Studios
FX Production Company: Framestore
Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, Chris McGaw

Best Character Animation – TV/Media: Alex Bard, Blue Eye Samurai – Episodes 101, 104 and 106 (A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions)

Best Character Animation – Feature: Takeshi Honda, The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS)

Best FX – TV/Media: Blue Eye Samurai

Episode: All Evil Dreams and Angry Words
Production Company: A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
FX Production Company: Blue Spirit

Best FX – Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation
FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly

Best Editorial – TV/Media: Yuka Shirasuna, Blue Eye Samurai – Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride (A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions)

Best Editorial – Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)

Winsor McCay Award: Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger, Joe Hisaishi, Marcy Page

Best Voice Acting – TV/Media: Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl), Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Episode: Moon Girl Landing (Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation)

Best Voice Acting – Feature: Chloë Grace Moretz (Character: Nimona), Nimona (Annapurna Animation for Netflix)

Best Writing – TV/Media: Amber Noizumi, Blue Eye Samurai – Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride (A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions)

Best Writing – Feature: Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor, Nimona (Annapurna Animation for Netflix)

Best TV/Media – Preschool: Ghee Happy – Episode: Navagraha (Ghee Happy Studio)

Best TV/Media – Children: Hilda – Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle (Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks)

Best TV/Media – Mature: Blue Eye Samurai – Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale (A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions)

Best TV/Media – Limited Series: Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire – Episode: Enkai (Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink)

Best Storyboarding – TV/Media: Ben Juwono, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Episode: 515M-107 “Run the Rink” (Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions)

Best Storyboarding – Feature: Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS)

Best Direction – TV/Media: Paul Young, Star Wars: Visions – Episode: Screecher’s Reach (Lucasfilm Ltd.)

Best Direction – Feature: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)

Best Feature-Independent: Robot Dreams (Arcadia Motion Pictures)

Best Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)