Pixar’s Up Wins Big at the Annies

AJ tips us off the Variety story:

‘Up’ took the top prize at the 37th annual Annie Awards Saturday, as well as directing honors for helmer Pete Doctor.

Meanwhile, Laika’s ‘Coraline’ and Disney’s hand-drawn film ‘The Princess and the Frog’ led feature wins with three each, while Wes Anderson’s stop-motion toon ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ picked up writing kudos for Anderson and Noah Baumbach.

Full list after the cut – from Alt Film Guide:

2010 Annie Award winners: UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2010

(“*” denotes the winner in each category)

Up by Pete Docter

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
Coraline — Laika
Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Secret of Kells — Cartoon Saloon
* Up — Pixar Animation Studios

Best Home Entertainment Production
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas — Universal Animation Studios
* Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder — The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Green Latern: First Flight — Warner Bros. Animation
Open Season 2 — Sony Pictures Animation
SpongeBob vs. The Big One — Nickelodeon

Best Animated Short Subject
Pups of Liberty — Picnic Pictures
* Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 — ShadowMachine
Santa, The Fascist Years — Plymptoons
The Rooster, The Crocodile and The Night Sky — Barley Films
The Story of Walls — Badmash Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Commercial
Goldfish: In The Dark — Blur Studios, Inc.
Idaho Lottery Twiceland — Acme Filmworks, Inc.
Nutty Trade — Blue Sky Studios
* Spanish Lottery Deportees — Acme Filmworks, Inc.
The Spooning — Screen Novelties /Acne Media

Best Animated Television Production
Glenn Martin, DDS — Tornante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications
Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
* Prep and Landing — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Simpsons — Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production for Children
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse — Disney Television Animation
SpongeBob SquarePants — Nickelodeon
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack — Cartoon Network Studios
The Mighty B! — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
* The Penguins of Madagascar — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects
Scott Cegielski Monsters vs. Aliens — DreamWorks Animation
Alexander Feigin 9 — 9 L.L.C.
Eric Froemling Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Tom Kluyskens Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
* James Mansfield The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Television Production
Mark Donald B.O.B.’s Big Break — DreamWorks Animation
Mark Mitchell Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kevan Shorey Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Tony Smeed Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Phillip To Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space — DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production
Andreas Deja The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Eric Goldberg The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Travis Knight Coraline — Laika
Daniel Nguyen Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Bruce Smith The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Television Production
Bryan Arnett The Mighty B! – Catatonic — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
Ben Balistreri Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends — Cartoon Network Studios
Craig Kellman Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
* Bill Schwab Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production
Daniel Lopez Munoz Up — Pixar Animation Studios
* Shane Prigmore Coraline — Laika
Shannon Tindle Coraline — Laika

Directing in a Television Production
Pam Cooke & Jansen Yee American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles — 20th Century Fox/Fuzzy Door/Underdog
Rob Fendler Popzilla — Animax
John Infantino, J.G. Quintel The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova — Cartoon Network Studios
* Bret Haaland The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
Jennifer Oxley The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster — Nickelodeon/Little Airplane Productions

Directing in a Feature Production
Wes Anderson Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
* Pete Docter Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Christopher Miller, Phil Lord Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo — Studio Ghibli
Henry Selick Coraline — Laika

Music in a Television Production
Michael Giacchino Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kevin Kiner Star Wars: The Clone Wars Weapons Factory — Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
* Guy Moon The Fairly OddParents: Wishology-The Big Beginning — Nickelodeon

Music in a Feature Production
* Bruno Coulais Coraline — Laika
Michael Giacchino Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Joe Hisaishi Ponyo — Studio Ghibli
John Powell Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs — Blue Sky Studios

Production Design in a Television Production
Mac George Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Andy Harkness Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Janice Kubo Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends — Cartoon Network Studios

Production Design in a Feature Production
Christopher Appelhans Coraline — Laika
Ian Gooding The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tadahiro Uesugi Coraline — Laika
Christophe Vacher 9 — 9 L.L.C.

Storyboarding in a Television Production
Sunil Hall The Mighty B!: Catatonic — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper
Brandon Kruse The Fairly OddParents: Fly Boy — Nickelodeon
* Robert Koo Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Joe Mateo Prep and Landing — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios Kite Productions
Adam Van Wyk The Spectacular Spider-Man: Final Curtain — Culver Entertainment

Storyboarding in a Feature Production
Sharon Bridgeman Astro Boy — Imagi Studios
Chris Butler Coraline — Laika
Ronnie Del Carmen Up — Pixar Animation Studios
* Tom Owens Monsters vs. Aliens — DreamWorks Animation
Peter Sohn Up — Pixar Animation Studios

Voice Acting in a Television Production
Danny Jacobs – Voice of King Julien – Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Nicky Jones – Voice of Chowder – Chowder: The Dinner Theatre — Cartoon Network Studios
* Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants — Truth or Square — Nickelodeon
Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder:The Party Cruise — Cartoon Network Studios
Willow Smith – Voice of Abby – Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in a Feature Production
* Jen Cody – Voice of Charlotte – The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Dawn French – Voice of Miss Forcible – Coraline — Laika
Hugh Laurie – Voice of Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. – Monsters vs. Aliens — DreamWorks Animation
John Leguizamo – Voice of Sid – Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur — Blue Sky Studios
Jenifer Lewis – Voice of Mama Odie – The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Television Production
Daniel Chun – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX — Gracie Films
Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton – Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Valentina L. Garza – The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure — Gracie Films
Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham – The Simpsons: Gone Maggie Gone — Gracie Films
Billy Lopez – The Wonder Pets – Save the Honey Bears — Nickelodeon Productions/Little Airplane Productions

Writing in a Feature Production
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy – Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers – Astro Boy — Imagi Studios
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg

June Foray: Tom Sito

Ub Iwerks Award: William T. Reeves

Special Achievement: Martin Meunier and Brian McLean

Certificate of Merit: Myles Mikulic, Danny Young and Michael Woodside