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During last night’s 81st Academy Awards, Pixar’s WALL-E took home the award for Best Animated Feature, marking Andrew Stanton’s second win in the category. In case you’re wondering, he also won for Finding Nemo. WALL-E was a huge hit for Disney/Pixar, raking in over $534MM worldwide and receiving a movie critic review average of 96% on RottenTomatoes.
Also announced at last night’s awards ceremony was the winner for Best Animated Short. The winner was “La Maison En Petits Cubes,” directed by Kunio Kato, which you can watch in its entirety here.
Check out this interview with Andrew Stanton, the writer and director of Wall-E and Finding Nemo.
The morning it was announced that Pixar’s WALL-E had been nominated for six Academy Awards, including best Animated Feature. Competing against WALL-E are Disney’s Bolt and DreamWorks Animations’ Kung Fu Panda.
The other awards WALL-E was nominated for are:
Original Screenplay
Score
Song (Down to Earth)
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing.
WALL-E tied Beauty Beast as the animated movie with the most Oscar nominations. Rounding out the animated movie nominees were Waltz With Bashir for Foreign Language Film and La Maison de Petits Cubes, Lavatory – Lovestory, Oktapodi, Presto, and This Way Up for Animated Short Film.
The BAFTA nominees have been announced, and here are the nominations that matter, to us at least:
Animated Film:
– PERSEPOLIS
– WALL-E
– WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Film Not In The English Language:
– THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
– GOMORRAH
– I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
– PERSEPOLIS
– WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Music:
– THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
– THE DARK KNIGHT
– MAMMA MIA!
– SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
– WALL-E
Congrats go out to everyone at Pixar and Sony Pictures Classics for winning Golden Globes at last night’s ceremony. Pixar’s Wall-E nabbed the Best Animated Feature Film award, while Sony Pictures Classics’s Waltz with Bashir won Best Foreign Language Film.
There’s no stopping Pixar’s little robot as he receives another award. At the 14th Critics’ Choice Awards, WALL-E won the award for Best Animated Feature. Waltz with Bashir, which was competing against WALL-E in the animation category, won Best Foreign Language Film. The rest of the animation nominees were Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
With many awards already claimed, WALL-E nabbed two more over the weekend.
The New York Film Critics Online awarded WALL-E its Best Animated Feature of the Year award and also picked the film as one of the year’s Best Pictures.
The second award came from AFI via their annual Top 10 Movies Of The Year awards. Below are the films that AFI named the Top 10 of the year.
(Alphabetical Order)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL-E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
The 66th Annual Golden Globe nominees have been announced and Kung Fu Panda, WALL-E and Bolt were nominated for Best Animated Film. Both WALL-E and Bolt were also nominated for Best Original Song. The nominated WALL-E song was co-written by Peter Gabriel and the “Bolt” song was co-written by Miley Cyrus.
The Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 at 8 PM EST on NBC.
And the nominations just keep coming for Pixar’s masterpiece, WALL-E. This time around the film was nominated for three Grammys. The awards will be broadcast early next year.
1) Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
WALL-E, Thomas Newman, composer
2) Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Down To Earth (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters
3) Best Instrumental Arrangement
Define Dancing (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
AWN reports that The National Board of Review has picked their “best of” list for 2008 and among the winners are two animated movies, including: “Wall-e” for Best Animated Feature and “Waltz with Bashir” as one of five Top Foreign Language Films. Wall-e was also named one of the Top Ten Films of the year.
The 36th annual Annie Awards nominations have been announced. Leading the pack is Kung Fu Panda with 17 nominations, followed by Bolt with 9 and WALL-E with 8.
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
* Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* $9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
* WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
* Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
* Christmas Is Here Again – Easy To Dream Entertainment
* Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
* Justice League: The New Frontier – Warner Bros. Animation
* The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning – DisneyToon Studios
Best Animated Short Subject
* Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Hot Dog – Bill Plympton Studio
* Presto – Pixar Animation Studios
* Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin
* Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Aardman Animations Ltd.
Best Animated Television Commercial
* Giant Monster – Curious Pictures
* Long Legs Mr. Hyde – Curious Pictures
* Rotofugi: The Collectors – Screen Novelties
* Sarah – Z Animation
* United Airlines ‘Heart’ – Duck Studios
Best Animated Television Production
* King of the Hill – 20th Century Fox TV
* Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
* Phineas and Ferb – Disney Television Animation
* Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* The Simpsons – Gracie Films/Fox TV
Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children
* A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation
* Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
* Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
* The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon
* Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network Studios
Best Animated Video Game
* Dead Space – Electronic Arts
* Kung Fu Panda – Activision
* WALL-E – Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
* Alen Lai Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Li-Ming Lawrence Lee Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Fangwei Lee Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
* Kevin Lee Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Enrique Vila WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Feature Production
* James Baxter Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Jeff Gabor Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Philippe Le Brun Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Victor Navone WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Dan Wagner Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form
* Sandro Cleuzo Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Joshua A. Jennings Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Pierre Perifel Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Valerie Hadida Igor – Exodus Film Group
* Sang Jun Lee Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Nico Marlet Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! “Bat Mitzah Crashers” – Nickelodeon
* Ben Balistreri – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Mondo Coco” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Sean Galloway The Spectacular Spider-Man – Sony Pictures Television
* Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” – Nickelodeon
* Nico Marlet Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
* Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Ari Folman Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* Tatia Rosenthal 9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
* John Stevenson & Mark Osborne Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Andrew Stanton WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Bob Anderson – The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XIX” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
* Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender “Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3” – Nickelodeon
* Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Chris McKay – Moral Orel “Passing” – ShadowMachine
* Alan Smart – SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish” – Nickelodeon
Music in an Animated Feature Production
* Kevin Manthei – Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
* John Powell – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* William Ross – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Carl Finch & Brave Combo – Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions
* Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
* Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation
* Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Ralph Eggleston WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Paul Felix Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tang Heng Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Evgeni Tomov The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Raymond Zibach Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Andy Harkness Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tang Heng Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon
* Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Raymond Zibach Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
* Alessandro Carloni – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Ronnie Del Carmen – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Joe Mateo Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Jen Yuh Nelson – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Rob Stevenhagen – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon
* Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
* Andy Schuler – Secret of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Eddie Trigueros The Mighty B! “Name Shame” – Nickelodeon
* Chris Williams Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
* Ben Burtt – Voice of WALL-E – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
* Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
* Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
* Ari Folman – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
* Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon
* Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Chris Williams – Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay recipients – Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park for career contributions to the art of animation.
June Foray award – Bill Turner for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
Certificate of Merit award – Amir Avini, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, Alex Vassilev.
Disney has released 20 art and production photos for WALL-E, scheduled for DVD and Blu-ray release on November 18th.
