41st Annie Awards

41st Annie Awards
Date	February 1, 2014
Site	Royce Hall Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host	Patrick Warburton[1]
Organizer	ASIFA-Hollywood
Highlights
Best Animated Feature	Frozen[2]
Best Direction	Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Frozen
Most awards	Frozen (5)
Most nominations	Monsters University and Frozen (10)

The 41st Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2013 were held on February 1, 2014 at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, presenting in 35 categories.^[3]

Production nominees

Best Animated Feature	Best Animated Special Production
Frozen – Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios A Letter to Momo – GKIDS Despicable Me 2 – Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment Ernest & Celestine – GKIDS Monsters University – Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios The Croods – DreamWorks Animation The Wind Rises – Studio Ghibli / Touchstone Pictures	Chipotle Scarecrow – Chipotle Creative Department, Moonbot Studios, CAA Marketing Listening Is an Act of Love – StoryCorps Room on the Broom – Magic Light Pictures Toy Story OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios
Best Animated Short Subject	Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial
Get a Horse! – Walt Disney Animation Studios Despicable Me 2 - Puppy – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Gloria Victoria – National Film Board of Canada My Mom is an Airplane – Acme Filmworks The Numberlys – Moonbot Studios	Despicable Me 2 – Cinemark – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Pictures Sound of the Woods – Acme Filmworks The Polar Bears Movie – Scott Free Productions/RSA Films, Animal Logic, CAA Marketing
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children	Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children's Audience
Disney's Sofia the First – Disney Television Animation Bubble Guppies – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana Doc McStuffins – Brown Bag Films Justin Time – Guru Studio Peter Rabbit – Nickelodeon Productions/Silvergate Media	Adventure Time – Cartoon Network Studios Beware the Batman – Warner Bros. Animation Disney's Gravity Falls – Disney Television Animation Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Regular Show – Cartoon Network Studios Scaredy Squirrel – Nelvana Ltd. Teen Titans Go! – Warner Bros. Animation The Legend of Korra – Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production	Best Animated Video Game
Futurama – 20th Century Fox Television Archer – FX Networks Bob's Burgers – Bento Box Entertainment Disney's Tron Uprising – Disney Television Animation Motorcity – Titmouse Inc.	The Last of Us – Naughty Dog Diggs Nightcrawler – Moonbot Studios, Sony London Studio, Exient Tiny Thief – 5 ANTS
Best Student Film
Wedding Cake РFilmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Chicken or the Egg РRingling College of Art and Design Kellerkind РFilmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Miss Todd РKristina Yee Move Mountain РKirsten Lepore SEM̥FORO РUniversity of Southern California The Final Straw РRingling College of Art and Design Trusts & Estates РCalArts

Individual achievement categories

Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production	Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation Alen Lai, David Quirus, Diego Garzon Sanchez, Ilan Gabai – Epic – Blue Sky Studios David Jones – Dragons: Defenders of Berk – DreamWorks Animation Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling, Enrique Vila – Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios Greg Gladstone, Nikita Pavlov, Allen Ruilova, Matt Titus, Can Yuksel – Turbo – DreamWorks Animation	Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel – Pacific Rim – Industrial Light & Magic Jonathan Paquin, Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet – Man Of Steel – Weta Digital Ben O'Brien, Karin Cooper, Lee Uren, Chris Root – Star Trek: Into Darkness – Industrial Light & Magic Dan Pearson, Jay Cooper, Jeff Grebe, Amelia Chenoweth – Star Trek: Into Darkness – Industrial Light & Magic
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production
Kureha Yokoo – Toy Story OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios Brad Schaffer – Friendship All-Stars of Friendship: Wrong Number – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Eric Urban – Ubermansion – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios JC Tran Quang Thieu – Toy Story OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios David DeVan – Toy Story OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios Keith Kellogg – Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation	Jakob Jensen – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation Thom Roberts – Epic – Blue Sky Studios Jonathan Del Val – Despicable Me 2 – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures John Chun Chiu Lee – Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios Kitaro Kosaka – The Wind Rises - Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures Tony Smeed – Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios Patrick Imbert – Ernest & Celestine – GKIDS
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production	Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Jeff Capogreco, Jedrzej Wojtowicz, Kevin Estey, Alessandro Bonora, Gino Acevedo – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Gollum – Weta Digital Dave Clayton, Simeon Duncombe, Jung Min Chang, Matthew Cioffi, Guillame Francois – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Goblin King – Weta Digital Hal Hickel, Chris Lentz, Derrick Carlin, Steve Rawlins, Kyle Winkelman – Pacific Rim – Industrial Light & Magic	Paul Rudish – Disney's Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Craig McCracken – Disney's Wander Over Yonder – Disney Television Animation Andy Bialk – The Awesomes – Bento Box Entertainment Ben Adams – Regular Show – Cartoon Network Studios Danny Hynes, Colin Howard – Steven Universe – Cartoon Network Studios
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production	Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Carter Goodrich, Takao Noguchi, Shane Prigmore – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation Sylvain Deboissy, Shannon Tindle – Turbo – DreamWorks Animation Craig Kellman – Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 – Sony Pictures Animation Chris Sasaki – Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios Christophe Lourdelet – A Monster in Paris – Shout! Factory Eric Guillon – Despicable Me 2 – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Bill Schwab – Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios	Angus MacLane – Toy Story OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios Colin Heck – The Legend of Korra – Nickelodeon Animation Elaine Bogan – Dragons: Defenders of Berk – DreamWorks Animation Stephan Franck – The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow – Sony Pictures Animation John Aoshima – Disney's Gravity Falls – Disney Television Animation Aaron Springer – Disney's Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Harold Harris – Justin Time – Guru Studio
Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production	Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee – Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation David Soren – Turbo – DreamWorks Animation Chris Wedge – Epic – Blue Sky Studios Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier – Ernest & Celestine – GKIDS	Christopher Willis – Disney's Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Alan Williams – Estefan – BYU Center for Animation Guy Moon – T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Peter Lurye, Stuart Kollmorgen, Peter Zizzo – Peter Rabbit – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Kevin Kliesch, Craig Gerber, John Kavanaugh – Disney's Sofia the First – Disney Television Animation Andy Bean – Disney's Wander Over Yonder – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production	Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck – Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios Alan Silvestri – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation Henry Jackman – Turbo – DreamWorks Animation Mark Mothersbaugh – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – Sony Pictures Animation Heitor Pereira, Pharrell Williams – Despicable Me 2 – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Danny Elfman – Epic – Blue Sky Studios Randy Newman – Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios Dominic Lewis – Free Birds – Reel FX	Angela Sung, William Niu, Christine Bian, Emily Tetri, Frederic Stewart – The Legend of Korra – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Liz Artinian, Ray Feldman, Chris Fisher, George Fort – The Venture Bros. "What Color is Your Cleansuit?" – Titmouse Inc. Steven Sugar, Emily Walus, Sam Bosma, Elle Michalka, Amanda Winterstein – Steven Universe "Gem Glow" – Cartoon Network Studios Lynna Blankenship, Dima Malanitchev, Debbie Peterson, Charles Ragins, Jefferson R. Weekley – The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV Christophe Vacher – Transformers Prime 'Beast Hunters' – Hasbro Studios Nick Jennings, Sandra Calleros, Teri Shikasho, Ron Russell, Martin Ansolebehere – Adventure Time – Cartoon Network Studios
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production	Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Michael Giaimo, Lisa Keene, David Womersley – Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios Christophe Lautrette, Paul Duncan, Dominique R. Louis – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation Yarrow Cheney, Eric Guillon – Despicable Me 2 – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Michael Knapp, Greg Couch, William Joyce – Epic – Blue Sky Studios Zaza, Zyk – Ernest & Celestine – GKIDS Ricky Nierva, Robert Kondo, Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi – Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios	Daniel Chong – Toy Story of TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios Piero Piluso – Monsters vs. Aliens – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Douglas Lovelace – Dragons: Riders of Berk – DreamWorks Animation Adam Ford, Deke Wightman, Kevin Mellon, Justin Wagner, Benji Williams – Archer – FX Networks Alonso Ramos-Ramirez – Disney's Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Alonso Ramos-Ramirez – Gravity Falls – Disney Television Animation Guillermo Del Toro, Guy Davis, Ralph Sosa – The Simpsons -- "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" -- Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV Paul Watling – Justin Time – Guru Studio
Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production	Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Dean Kelly - Monsters University - Pixar Animation Studios Steven MacLeod - The Croods - DreamWorks Animation Eric Favela – Despicable Me 2 - Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Jason Hand - Planes - Disneytoon Studios John Ripa - Frozen - Walt Disney Animation Studios	Tom Kenny as the voice of Ice King - Adventure Time - Cartoon Network Studios Eric Bauza as the voice of Foop - Fairly Odd Parents - Nickelodeon Animation Studio Bill Farmer as the voice of Goofy - Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation Chris Diamantopoulos as the voice of Mickey Mouse - Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation Mark Hamill as the voice of Skips and Walks - Regular Show - Cartoon Network Studios
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Josh Gad as the voice of Olaf - Frozen - Walt Disney Animation Studios Paul Giamatti as the voice of Chet - Turbo - DreamWorks Animation Terry Crews as the voice of Earl – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Sony Pictures Animation Kristen Wiig as the voice of Lucy – Despicable Me 2 - Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Steve Carell as the voice of Gru – Despicable Me 2 - Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Pierre Coffin as the voice of Minions - Despicable Me 2 - Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Billy Crystal as the voice of Mike – Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios	Lewis Morton - Futurama - 20th Century Fox Television Katie Mattila - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Nickelodeon Animation Studio Ian Maxtone-Graham and Billy Kimball - The Simpsons - "Dark Knight Court" – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Matt Price, John Infantino, Mike Roth, Michele Cavin, and Sean Szeles - Regular Show - Cartoon Network Studios Michael Price - The Simpsons - "Dangers on a Train" – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production	Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Hayao Miyazaki - The Wind Rises - Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures/The Walt Disney Studios Daniel Pennac - Ernest & Celestine - GKIDS Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon - Monsters University - Pixar Animation Studios Jennifer Lee - Frozen - Walt Disney Animation Studios	Illya Owens - Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation Adam Arnold, Hugo Morales, and Davrick Waltjen - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Nickelodeon Animation Studio Myra Lopez, Ana Adams, and Justin Baker - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Nickelodeon Animation Studio Lynn Hobson - Dragons: Defenders of Berk - DreamWorks Animation Axel Geddes, Kathy Graves, and Chloe Kloezeman - Toy Story OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios Paul D. Calder - Futurama - 20th Century Fox Television Paul Douglas - Adventure Time - Cartoon Network Studios Jason W.A. Tucker - Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lucasfilm Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, and Steve Bloom - Monsters University - Pixar Animation Studios Darren Holmes - The Croods - DreamWorks Animation James Ryan - Turbo - DreamWorks Animation Fabienne Alvarez-Giro - Ernest & Celestine - GKIDS Jeff Draheim - Frozen - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Awards

Winsor McCay Award
Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg, and Phil Tippett
June Foray Award
Alice Davis
Ub Iwerks Award
DZED Systems for Dragonframe stop-motion animation software
Special Achievement Award
Creative Talent Network (CTN) Animation eXpo
Certificate of Merit
I Know That Voice

References

1. "Patrick Warburton To Host Annie Awards". Deadline. November 15, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
2. "41st Annual Annie Awards Live Blog: ‘Frozen’ Wins Best Animated Feature". February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
3. "41st Annual Awards Rules and Categories". annieawards.org. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Annie Awards 2014 at Internet Movie Database