La carrera de los premios a lo mejor de este año ha comenzado con las nominaciones a los premios Annie, galardones que premian a las mejores películas de animación, y como era de esperar, Zootrópolis de Disney ha sido la película más nominada con 11 premios, seguida de Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas con 10 y La tortuga roja de los Estudios Ghibli con 5.
MEJOR PELÍCULA ANIMADA
“Buscando a Dory” Pixar Animation Studios
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas,” Laika
“Kung Fu Panda 3,” DreamWorks Animation
“Vaiana” Walt Disney Animation
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation
MEJOR PELÍCULA ANIMADA INDEPENDIENTE
“Miss Hokusai” GKids
“La vida de Calabacín” GKids
“La tortuga roja” Studio Ghibli, Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions
“Your Name” CoMix Wave Films
MEJOR DIRECCIÓN
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika; Director: Travis Knight
“La vida de Calabacín”GKids; Director: Claude Barras
“La tortuga roja” Studio Ghibli, Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions; Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
“Your Name” CoMix Wave Films; Director: Makoto Shinkai
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Director: Byron Howard; Director: Rich Moore
MEJOR GUIÓN
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika; Writer: Marc Haimes; Writer: Chris Butler
“La vida de Calabacín” GKids; Writer: Céline Sciamma
“La tortuga roja” Studio Ghibli, Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions; Writer:Michael Dudok de Wit; Writer: Pascale Ferran
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Writer: Jared Bush; Writer: Phil Johnston
MEJOR MONTAJE
“April and the Extraordinary World” GKids, Nazim Meslem
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika, Christopher Murrie
“Vaiana” Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jeff Draheim
“La fiesta de las salchichas” Columbia Pictures, Annapurna Pictures; Kevin Pavlovic
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Fabienne Rawley, Jeremy Milton
MEJOR BANDA SONORA EN PELÍCULA ANIMADA
“Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” Warner Bros. Animation; Composer: Kristopher Carter; Composer: Lolita Ritmanis; Composer: Michael McCuistion
“¡Canta!” Illumination Entertainment; Composer: Joby Talbot
“El Principito” Netflix and On Animation Studios; Composer: Hans Zimmer; Composer: Richard Harvey; Composer/Lyricist: Camille
“La tortuga roja” Studio Ghibli, Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions; Composer: Laurent Perez del Mar
“Mascotas” Illumination Entertainment, Composer: Alexandre Desplat
MEJOR DISEÑO DE PRODUCCIÓN
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika; Production Design: Nelson Lowry; Production Design: Trevor Dalmer; Production Design: August Hall; Production Design: Ean McNamara
“Kung Fu Panda 3” DreamWorks Animation; Production Design: Raymond Zibach; Production Design: Max Boas
“El Principito” Netflix and On Animation Studio; Production Design: Lou Romano; Production Design: Alexander Juhasz; Production Design: Celine Desrumaux
“Trolls” DreamWorks Animation; Production Design: Kendal Cronkhite; Production Design: Tim Lamb
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Production Design: David Goetz; Production Design: Matthias Lechner
MEJOR INTERPRETACIÓN VOCAL
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika; Art Parkinson como Kubo
“Vaiana” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Auli’i Cravalho como Moana
“Cigüeñas” Warner Animation Group; Katie Crown como Tulip
“Trolls” DreamWorks Animation; Zooey Deschanel como Bridget
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Jason Bateman como Nick Wilde
MEJOR DISEÑO DE PERSONAJES EN UNA PELÍCULA
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika; Character Designer: Shannon Tindle, Characters: Multiple
“Vaiana” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Art Director Characters: Bill Schwab, Characters: Moana, Maui, Pua, Heihei, Tamatoa, Kakamora, Lalotai Characters (Realm of Monsters); Visual Development Artist: Jin Kim, Charactesr: Moana, Maui, Gramma Tala, Sina, Ancestor Wayfinders, Lalotai Characters (Realm of Monsters), Te Kā
“Mascotas” Illumination Entertainment; Character Design by: Eric Guillon Character: All
“Trolls” DreamWorks Animation; Art Director: Tim Lamb, Characters: Trolls; Character Designer: Craig Kellman, Characters: Bergens
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Character Design : Cory Loftis, Characters: Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, Flash, Chief Bogo, Clawhauser, Mr. Big, Fru Fru, Koslov, Bellwether, Yax, Finnick, Doug, Mr. and Mrs. Otterton, Duke Weaselton, Misc. Characters
MEJOR ANIMACIÓN DE PERSONAJES EN PELÍCULA DE ANIMACIÓN
“Buscando a Dory” Pixar Animation Studios; Character Development and Animation: Erick Oh; Characters: All Characters
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika; Animator: Jan Maas; Characters: Multiple
“Kung Fu Panda 3” DreamWorks Animation; Animation Supervisor: Ludovic Bouancheau; Characters: Various
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Animator: Dave Hardin Charactes: Judy Hopps, Stu Hopps, Bonnie Hopps, Chief Bogo, Nick Wilde,
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Animator: Chad Sellers; Characters: Mr. Big, Koslov, Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Flash
MEJORES EFECTOS ANIMADOS EN PELÍCULA DE ANIMACIÓN
“Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas” Laika; Lead Effects Artist: David Horsley; CG Look Development Lead: Eric Wachtman; Senior Compositor: Timur Khodzhaev; Compositor: Daniel Leatherdale; Lead CG Lighter: Terrance Tomberg
“Kung Fu Panda 3” DreamWorks Animation; Effects Sequence Lead: Matt Titus; Effects Sequence Lead: Jeff Budsberg; Effects Sequence Lead: Carl Hooper; Effects Sequence Lead: Louis Flores; Effects Sequence Lead: Jason Mayer
“Vaiana” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Head of Effects Animation: Marlon West; Effects Lead: Erin V. Ramos; Effects Lead: Blair Pierpont; Foundation Effects Lead: Ian J. Coony; Effects Lead: John M. Kosnik
“La tortuga roja” Studio Ghibli, Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions; Special Effects Supervisor: Mouloud Oussid
“Zootrópolis” Walt Disney Animation Studios; Effects Lead: Thom Wickes; Effects Lead: Henrik Fält; Effects Animator: Dong Joo Byun; Effects Animator: Rattanin Sirinaruemarn; Effects Animator: Sam Klock
MEJOR ANIMACIÓN DE PERSONAJES EN UNA PELÍCULA DE ACCIÓN REAL
“Capitán América: Civil War” Marvel Studios; Spider-man; ILM Animation Supervisor: Steve Rawlins; CG Lead Artist: Ebrahim Jahromi; Associate Animation Supervisor: Cedric Lo; CG Lead Artist: Stephen King; Digital Artist: Yair Gutierrez
“Juego de Tronos” HBO, Episode: Battle of the Bastards; Visual Effects By Iloura: Nicholas Tripodi; Visual Effects By Iloura: Dean Elliott; Visual Effects By Iloura: James Hollingworth; Visual Effects By Iloura: Matt Weaver
“El libro de la selva” Walt Disney Pictures; Animation Supervisor: Andrew R. Jones; Animation Supervisor: Peta Bayley; Animation Supervisor: Gabriele Zucchelli; Character Supervisor: Benjamin Jones
“El libro de la selva” Walt Disney Pictures; Animation Supervisor: Andrew R. Jones; Senior Animation Supervisor: Paul Story; Animation Supervisor: Dennis Yoo; Motion Editor: Eteuati Tema; Senior Facial Modeller: Andrei Coval
“Warcraft” Legendary/Universal; Orcs; Animation Supervisor: Hal Hickel; Digital Artist : Jee Young Park; Digital Artist: Kai-Hua Lan; Animation Supervisor: Cedric Lo; Animation Supervisor: KimHuat Ooi
MEJORES EFECTOS ANIMADOS EN UNA PELÍCULA DE ACCIÓN REAL
“Marea negra” Lionsgate; The Rig; Effects TD Supervisor: Raul Essig; Digital Artist : Mark Chataway; Lead Digital Artist : George Kuruvilla; Digital Artist : Mihai Cioroba
“Doctor Strange” Marvel, Mirror Dimension; FX Supervisor: Georg Kaltenbrunner; Digital Artist : Michael Marcuzzi; Digital Artist : Thomas Bevan; Digital Artist: Andrew Graham; Digital Artist: Jihyun Yoon
“Cazafantasmas” Iloura; Animator: Terry Bannon; Animator: Nicholas Tripodi; Animator: Daniel Fotheringham; Animator: Matt Weaver; Animator: Julien Boudou
“Mi amigo el gigante” Amblin Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures; Lead Effects TD: Claude Schitter; Senior Previs Animator: Benjaman Folkman; Senior Effects TD: Gary Boyle; FX Supervisor: David Caeiro; CG Supervisor: Luke Millar
“Warcraft” Legendary/Universal; Magic; Legendary/ Universal; FX Supervisor: John Hansen; Lead Artist: George Kuruvilla; Lead Artist: Alexis Hall, Lead Artist: Gordon Chapman; Lead Artist: Ben O’Brien
MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE ANIMADO
“Blind Vaysha” National FilmBoard of Canada
“Deer Flower” Studio ZAZAC
“Path Title Sequence” Acme Filmworks
“Pearl” Google Spotlight Stories/Evil Eye Pictures
“Piper” Pixar Animation Studios