Netflix hauled it big at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 47th annual Annie Awards on 25 January, Saturday night, with Klaus and I Lost My Body bagging awards for Best Feature and Best Indie Feature respectively.
In fact, Sergio Pablos’ innovative 2D Santa origin story led the pack with seven Annies, including – direction, character animation, character design, production design, story-boarding, and editing), while Jérémy Clapin’s existential French thriller about a severed hand took home three awards – writing and the amazing score by Dan Levy.
Both Klaus and I Lost My Body, are competing against Pixar’s frontrunning Toy Story 4 in the Oscar race, which had to return bare-handed at the Annies. Only Disney’s Frozen 2, which was shockingly left out of the Oscar race, earned two Annies for Feature FX and Voice Acting for Josh Gad’s lovable Olaf.
Disney also won if for Avengers: Endgame taking Best Live Action Character Animation from Weta Digital. This provides a boost for Marvel’s VFX Oscar hopes, with Wednesday’s VES Awards as the next stop.
Here’s the full list of nominations:
Best Feature
Klaus – Netflix, The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine production
Best Indie Feature
I Lost My Body – Xilam for Netflix
Best Direction – Feature
Klaus – Netflix, The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine production
Director: Sergio Pablos
Best Writing – Feature
I Lost My Body Xilam for Netflix
Writers : Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant
Best Character Animation – Animated Feature
Klaus – Netflix, The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine production
Animation Supervisor: Sergio Martins Character: Alva
Best Character Design – Feature
Klaus – Netflix, The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine production
Character Designer: Torsten Schrank Character: All Characters
Best Production Design – Feature
Klaus – Netflix, The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine production
Production Design: Szymon Biernaki Production Design: Marcin Jakubowski
Best Storyboarding – Feature
Klaus – Netflix, The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine production
Storyboard Artist: Sergio Pablos
Best Editorial – Feature
Klaus – Netflix, The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine production
Pablo García Revert
Best Music – Feature
I Lost My Body – Xilam for Netflix Composer: Dan Levy
Best FX for Feature
Frozen 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Benjamin Fiske, Alex Moaveni, Jesse Erickson, Dimitre Berberov, Kee Nam Suong
Best Character Animation – Live Action
Avengers: Endgame – Weta Digital
Animation Supervisor: Sidney Kombo- Kintombo
Best Voice Acting – Feature
Frozen 2 Walt Disney Animation Studios
Josh Gad for Olaf
Best Special Production
How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming – DreamWorks Animation
Best Short Subject
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days – Ciclope Filmes, National Film Board of Canada, Les Armateurs
Best VR
Bonfire – Baobab Studios
Best Commercial
The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 – Telecaster Nexus Studios
Best TV/Media – Preschool
Ask the Storybots Episode: Why Do We Have To Recycle? – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
Best TV/Media – Children
Disney Mickey Mouse Episode: Carried Away Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel
Best TV/Media – General Audience
BoJack Horseman Episode: The Client – Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Best Student Film
The Fox & The Pigeon – Michelle Chua
Best FX for TV/Media
Love, Death & Robots Episode: The Secret War Blur for Netflix
FX Artist: Viktor Németh FX Artist: Szabolcs Illés FX Artist: Ádám Sipos FX Artist: Vladimir Zhovna
Best Character Animation – TV/Media
His Dark Materials Episode: 8 BBC Studios
Lead Animator: Aulo Licinio Character: Iroek
Best Character Animation – Video Game
Unruly Heroes Magic Design Studios
Character Animator: Sebastien Parodi Character: Heroes Kid version, Underworld NPC Lead Animator: Nicolas Leger Character: Heroes (Wukong, Kihong, Sandmonk, Sanzang), All enemies (except Underworld levels) and cinematics
Best Character Design – TV/Media
Carmen Sandiego Episode: The Chasing Paper Caper Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media for Netflix
Character Designer: Keiko Murayama Character: Carmen Sandiego, Paper Star, Player, Shadowsan, Chief, Julia Argent, Chase Devineaux
Best Direction – TV/Media
Disney Mickey Mouse Episode: For Whom the Booth Tolls – Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel
Director: Alonso Ramirez Ramos
Best Music – TV/Media
Love, Death & Robots Episode: Sonnie’s Edge Blur for Netflix
Composer/Lyricist: Rob Cairns
Best Production Design – TV/Media
Love, Death & Robots Episode: “The Witness” Blur for Netflix
Production Design: Alberto Mielgo
Best Storyboarding – TV/Media
Carmen Sandiego Episode: Becoming Carmen Sandiego: Part 1 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media for Netflix
Storyboard Artist: Kenny Park
Best Voice Acting – TV/Media
Bob’s Burgers Episode: Roamin’ Bob-iday 20th Century FOX / Bento Box Entertainment
Cast: H. Jon Benjamin Character: Bob
Best Writing – TV/Media
Tuca & Bertie Episode: The Jelly Lakes – Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Writer: Shauna McGarry
Best Editorial – TV/Media
Love, Death & Robots Episode: Alternate Histories Blur for Netflix
Bo Juhl Nominee: Stacy Auckland Nominee: Valerian Zamel
