From “Spider-Man” to “Blue Eye Samurai” and Snoopy, the animation community came together at the 51st Annie Awards to celebrate the 2023 season. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” caught seven awards in its web, including Best Picture. As for television, “Blue Eye Samurai” took home quite the slice of the categories with a total of six wins.
Authenticity, Seen and Heard
One of the most rewarding things to see this year was the increasing variegation of representation. With nominees from a bevy of identities, progress is eeking its way into the field.
Authenticity was also key, with projects like “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur”, “My Dad the Bounty Hunter”, “Blue Eye Samurai”, “Four Souls of Coyote” and “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” as just some of the projects that ensured there was authentic representation.
“It’s about more than populating your films and series with diverse characters. It’s about giving storytellers from different backgrounds and cultures the opportunity to tell their authentic stories, from their unique point of view. When you get a talented creator to tell a story from their perspective, it just hits differently than swapping out one actor for another, or changing the color of the brush you’re painting your main protagonist with.” – Everett Downing, Creator and Executive Producer, “My Dad the Bounty Hunter”
“Even though she’s a fire character, she’s not an Iranian-American, this was the first time I felt like I’m totally myself. She’s wonderful, I felt seen.” – Shila Ommi, Presenter and Voice Actor, “Elemental”
“I felt represented in animation I would say… [“Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur”] is about a 13 year old black girl who is a superhero protecting the Lower East Side.” – Diamond White, Presenter and Voice Actor, “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur”
“Áron (Gauder) was inspired by growing up listening to stories of indigenous culture and he wanted to make this movie and he went to indigenous leaders here in the United States and learned from them to learn about our culture and work with them to make this incredible movie. And then they wanted to cast the English version authentically so they cast us…” – Danny Kramer, Voice Actor, “Four Souls of Coyote”
“Because when you look at us you would never think we’re Native on the outset, but we’re well represented Neo-Natives and we’re having this opportunity to represent our voices and represent our people for the first time authentically without being questioned every single second about it and having to prove it when we can just be. Because we, just standing here, we’re Native. There’s nothing that we have to prove or show or validate what we carry, and that’s all we need. And that this film, not encapsulated in the writing, but saw it in the casting as well.” – Pricilla Landham, Voice Actor, “Four Souls of Coyote”
The 51st Annie Awards Nominees and Winners
| Best Feature Nimona Annapurna Animation for Netflix Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Winner) Sony Pictures Animation Suzume CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies The Boy and the Heron Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS | Best Feature-Independent Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal / Distributed by GKIDS Four Souls of Coyote Cinemon Entertainment Robot Dreams (Winner) Arcadia Motion Pictures The Inventor Curiosity Studios White Plastic Sky SALTO Films & Artichoke | Best Special Production Invincible: Atom Eve Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Entertainment Shape Island: The Winter Blues Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (Winner) WildBrain Studios in association with Apple The Smeds and The Smoos Magic Light Pictures The Velveteen Rabbit Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple |
Best Short Subject Carne de Dios Ojo Raro & Fedora Productions Daffy in Wackyland Warner Bros. Animation HUMO Outik Animation, 3rd Street Video, Mindsoup Entertainment, IMCINE PINA PUNCHLINE CINEMA / NEXT DAYS FILMS WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Winner) ElectroLeague DHK: What was the development process like for the visual style? You’ve got drawn lines but they’re obviously 3D models, there’s a bit of a Geri’s Game vibe to the characters too. Dave Mullins: Yeah that’s fantastic, I mean once we landed on the story and saw that World War One setting, you know, I studied painting in college for a long time. But we looked at painters from the era. So there’s JC Leyendecker, we looked at Norman Rockwell. We really talked to our production designer, Zac Retz, who is a badass. He’s incredible. Then Max Narciso (was) designing our characters, so within their style of how they draw and paint, you wanted those artists to influence something. You know, a lot of Zach’s paintings are right on the screen. And then you know coming from 2D, Brad (Booker) comes from 2D or traditional animation as well, we wanted to really have a sort of love letter with the outline and the quill on top of the characters. DHK: Who was your chess consultant? DM: Edward Winter was our chess historian, because if you watch the film the game plays out and you can follow the moves. It’s a very specific game from 1950.  | Best Sponsored “Video Games” by Tenacious D (Winner) Pinreel Inc. Alzheimer’s Research UK ‘Change The Ending’ Passion Pictures Laugh Track – The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) Bernard Derriman Up in smoke NOMINT | Best TV/Media – Preschool Batwheels Episode: To the Batmobile! Warner Bros. Animation Ghee Happy (Winner) Episode: Navagraha Ghee Happy Studio Playdate with Winnie the Pooh Episode: Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box Oddbot Inc. StoryBots: Answer Time Episode: Fractions JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix The Creature Cases Episode: The Forest Food Bandit Silvergate Media / TeamTO / Netflix |
| Best TV/Media – Children CURSES! Episode: The Baboon Temple DreamWorks Animation in association with Apple Hilda (Winner) Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: The Beyonder Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions My Dad the Bounty Hunter Episode: Bizarre Ride A Netflix Series Shape Island Episode: 105B Square’s Special Place Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple | Best TV/Media – Mature Big Mouth Episode: The International Show Netflix Blue Eye Samurai (Winner) Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions Bob’s Burgers Episode: Amelia 20th Television Animation Capsules Episode: Tomato Kitchen Bilibili / Studio Reflection Scavengers Reign Episode: The Signal Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street | Best TV/Media – Limited Series Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (Winner) Episode: Enkai Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: Yellowbird An Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery Pokémon: Path to the Peak Episode: 1 The Pokémon Company International |
| Best Student Film From The Top Student Director: Rich Farris Student Producer: Martina Buendia Silva School: National Film and Television School Kolaj Student Director: Besen Dilek Student Producer: Besen Dilek School: Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH La quête de l’humain Student Team: Mélina IENCO, Lucie JURIC, Caroline LEIBEL, Faustine MERLE, Claire PELLET School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image Quem Salva Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, Titouan Jaouen School: Supinfocom Rubika The Little Poet (Winner) Student Director: Justine King Student Producer: Justine King School: California Institute of the Arts | Best FX – TV/Media Blue Eye Samurai (Winner) Episode: All Evil Dreams and Angry Words Production Company: A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions FX Production Company: Blue Spirit Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, Laurent Bretonniere Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Moremi Production Company: Triggerfish Animation for Disney+ FX Production Company: Lucan Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, Emile Van Straaten Star Wars: Visions Episode: Sith Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd. FX Production Company: El Guiri Studios Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro, Rubén Hinarejos The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday Episode: The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday Production Company: DreamWorks Animation FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation and 88 Pictures Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, Kevin Rumold What If…? Episode 206, “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?” Episode: 206 Production Company: Marvel Studios FX Production Company: SDFX Studios Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, Pranil Ravindra Mahajan | Best FX – Feature Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Production Company: Netflix Presents An Aardman Production FX Production Company: Aardman Production Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann Elemental Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Winner) Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly Suzume Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita, Ryosuke Tsuda The Peasants Production Company: Breakthru Films FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak |
| Best Character Animation – TV/Media Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Episode: The Winter King Cartoon Network Studios Alex Small-Butera Blue Eye Samurai (Winner) Episode: Episodes 101, 104 and 106 A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions Alex Bard Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust Triggerfish Animation for Disney+ Andre DeVilliers Star Wars: Visions Episode: I Am Your Mother Lucasfilm Ltd. Laurie Sitzia THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: PILOT Episode: 1 Glitch Productions Kevin Temmer | Best Character Animation – Feature Elemental Pixar Animation Studios Jessica Torres Nimona Annapurna Animation for Netflix Toby Seale Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken DreamWorks Animation Prashanth Cavale Suzume CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO Kenichi Tsuchiya The Boy and the Heron (Winner) Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Takeshi Honda | Best Character Animation – Live Action Ahsoka Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd. FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic Rick O’Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, Wai Kit Wan Cocaine Bear Production Company: Wētā FX FX Production Company: Wētā FX Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Kane Elferink DHK: What was it like striking the balance of finding realism and exaggeration in this kind of ridiculous character that still has to be grounded? Wētā FX: That’s a really good question. It’s a really tricky one to answer. The director was pushing us always to make the cocaine bear feel more on cocaine right? So there were points where of course she was a bit too far and we had to take it back. But I think always starting from a realistic bear was our goal, and then layering in that extra level of “cocaine-ness” if you want. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Winner) Production Company: Marvel Studios FX Production Company: Framestore Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, Chris McGaw DHK: Logistically what was the most challenging scene to get right? Fernando Herrera: There were a fair few with Rocket, but there was one with Groot fighting Adam Warlock. There’s all these tendrils wrapping around them and it’s super hard to deal with. And a few of Cosmo, the CG dog as well. Cosmo was so hard to get right because if you look at the dog and you don’t feel it’s real it’s like seeing a human. You immediately tell it’s not real. DHK: Yeah what’s the uncanny valley conversation like? FH: It’s very similar to a human because we are so close to dogs, right? They’re our best friends so it’s almost like you know dogs as much as you know a human face. So if there’s anything out of place you can tell.  The Little Mermaid Production Company: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures FX Production Company: Framestore Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, Joseph Lewis Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Production Company: Wētā FX FX Production Company: Wētā FX Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian, Richard John Moore, Joseph Leong DHK: How many greelbes are on the Transformers? What is the count? Wētā FX: ~3000 controls and the ability to animate 6000 different pieces. DHK: How many people use all 6000 and why does that person need therapy? Wētā FX: There’s still one person using all the controls. DHK: Emotionally what was the hardest scene to animate? Because obviously you have these not humanoid but humanoid characters and you have to give them a sense of appeal and realtability. Wētā FX: I think it’s basically what you said, it’s trying to make robots emote and let us feel as humans was one of the toughest things. So subtlety, subtlety was a very tricky things with the robotic face. So I’d say the emotional stuff in the cold open. The emotional stuff with Mirage. DHK: Which rig has the longest load time? Wētā FX: Optimus. DHK: How many gigabytes?! Wētā FX: Four! |
| Best Character Animation – Video Game Atomic Heart Mundfish Mundfish Animation Team Hogwarts Legacy Avalanche Software The Hogwarts Legacy Animation Team Let’s! Revolution! BUCK BUCK Animation Team Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Winner) Insomniac Games Insomniac Games Animation Team Teslagrad 2 Rain Games Aslak Helgesen | Best Character Design – TV/Media Clone High Episode: Let’s Try This Again Max in association with Lord Miller, Doozer, ShadowMachine, and MTV Entertainment Tara Billinger Jessica’s Big Little World Episode: Bedtime Routine Cartoon Network Studios Nick Winn Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: You Give Me Heart Triggerfish Animation for Disney+ Lesego Vorster Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Winner) Episode: 515M-106 (The Beyonder) Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions Jose Lopez Spirit Rangers Episode: Water Protectors Laughing Wild / Netflix Marie Delmas | Best Character Design – Feature Elemental Pixar Animation Studios Maria Yi Merry Little Batman Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment Nikolas Ilic Nimona Annapurna Animation for Netflix Aidan Sugano Robot Dreams Arcadia Motion Pictures Daniel Fernandez Casas Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Winner) Sony Pictures Animation Jesús Alonso Iglesias |
| Best Direction – TV/Media Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Moremi Triggerfish Animation Studio & Lucan Studio Shofela Coker, Andrew McNally My Dad the Bounty Hunter Episode: Bizarre Ride A Netflix Series Kenji Ono, Kai Akira, Patrick Harpin Pokémon Concierge Episode: #2 What’s on Your Mind, Psyduck? dwarf studios for Netflix Iku Ogawa Scavengers Reign Episode: The Fall Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street Diego Porral Star Wars: Visions (Winner) Episode: Screecher’s Reach Lucasfilm Ltd. Paul Young | Best Direction – Feature Nimona Annapurna Animation for Netflix Nick Bruno, Troy Quane Robot Dreams Arcadia Motion Pictures Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Winner) Sony Pictures Animation Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears The Boy and the Heron Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Hayao Miyazaki | Best Music – TV/Media Animaniacs Episode: Talladega Mice Warner Brothers Animation/Amblin Entertainment/HULU Originals Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein Babylon 5: The Road Home Special Production Warner Bros. Animation Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis Pacemaker Short Film A Running Commentary Christopher Lennertz Star Wars: Visions (Winner) Episode: Aau’s Song Lucasfilm Ltd. Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, Dineo du Toit The Smeds and The Smoos Short Film Magic Light Pictures René Aubry |
| Best Music – Feature Elemental Pixar Animation Studios Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Winner) Sony Pictures Animation Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin Suzume CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross The Boy and the Heron Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Joe Hisaishi | Best Production Design – TV/Media Blue Eye Samurai (Winner) Episode: The Great Fire of 1657 A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions Toby Wilson, James Wilson, Emil Mitev Scavengers Reign Episode: The Storm Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Pauline Mauvière, Hugo Moreno, Jon Juarez Star Wars: Visions Episode: Sith Lucasfilm Ltd. Carlos Salgado What If…? Episode: What if… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? Marvel Studios Paul Lasaine, Kristina Vardazaryan, Cynthia Halley, Ryan Magno, Simon Dunsdon | Best Production Design – Feature Elemental Pixar Animation Studios Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, Laura Meyer Nimona Annapurna Animation for Netflix Aidan Sugano, Jeff Turley Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Winner) Sony Pictures Animation Patrick O’Keefe, Dean Gordon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Yashar Kassai, Arthur Fong, Tiffany Lam The Boy and the Heron Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Yoji Takeshige |
| Best Storyboarding – TV/Media Craig Before The Creek Episode: Craig Before The Creek Cartoon Network Studios Erik Fountain Fright Krewe Episode: The Blood Awakening, Part 1 DreamWorks Animation Leah Artwick Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Episode: Never Give Up Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television Kristine Lee Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Episode: Apok-ta-pokalypse Now, Part II DreamWorks Animation Grace Liu Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Winner) Episode: 515M-107 (“Goodnight Moon Girl”) Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions Ben Juwono | Best Storyboarding – Feature Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Netflix Presents An Aardman Production Richard Phelan Nimona Annapurna Animation for Netflix Esteban Bravo Robot Dreams Arcadia Motion Pictures Maca Gil Suzume CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO Makoto Shinkai The Boy and the Heron (Winner) Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Hayao Miyazaki  | Best Voice Acting – TV/Media Archer Episode: Keys Open Doors FX Productions Aisha Tyler (Character: Lana Kane) Craig Before The Creek Episode: Craig Before The Creek Cartoon Network Studios Vico Ortiz (Character: Serena) Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Winner) Episode: Moon Girl Landing Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl) Solar Opposites Episode: The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse 20th Television Animation Dan Stevens (Character: Korvo) The Velveteen Rabbit Episode: The Velveteen Rabbit Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple Alex Lawther (Character: Velveteen Rabbit) |
| Best Voice Acting – Feature Merry Little Batman Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment David Hornsby (Character: Joker) Migration Illumination Tresi Gazal (Character: Gwen) Nimona (Winner) Annapurna Animation for Netflix Chloë Grace Moretz (Character: Nimona) Suzume CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO Hokuto Matsumura (Character: Souta Munakata) The Super Mario Bros. Movie Illumination Jack Black (Character: Bowser)  | Best Writing – TV/Media Blue Eye Samurai (Winner) Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions Amber Noizumi Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: Yellowbird An Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North Rock, Paper, Scissors Episode: Birthday Police Nickelodeon Animation Studios Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott, Mike Trapp Rosie’s Rules Episode: Time Trouble 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films Leyani Diaz, Maria Escobedo, Jennifer Hamburg Scavengers Reign Episode: The Reunion Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street Sean Buckelew | Best Writing – Feature Nimona (Winner) Annapurna Animation for Netflix Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor Robot Dreams Arcadia Motion Pictures Pablo Berger Suzume CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO Makoto Shinkai Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit The Boy and the Heron Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Hayao Miyazaki |
| Best Editorial – TV/Media Blue Eye Samurai (Winner) Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions Yuka Shirasuna Hilda Episode: Chapter 6: The Forgotten Lake Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks John Mckinnon, Mike Stefanelli I Am Groot Episode: Groot’s Snow Day Marvel Studios Dan Urrutia Star Wars: Visions Episode: Screecher’s Reach Lucasfilm Ltd. Richie Cody, ACE, BFE The Legend of Vox Machina Episode: The Sunken Tomb Amazon MGM Studios, Critical Role Productions, Titmouse Todd Raleigh, Joelle Kristy | Best Editorial – Feature Elemental Pixar Animation Studios Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, Kevin Rose-Williams Leo Happy Madison for Netflix Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, Brian Robinson Nimona Annapurna Animation for Netflix Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, Ashley Calle Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Winner) Sony Pictures Animation Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David Croomes, Myra Owyang | Juried Awards Windsor McCay Award (in recognition of lifetime or career contributions): Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger (posthumous) Joe Hisaishi Marcy Page June Foray Award (for significant and benevolent or charitable impact): BRIC Foundation, Alison Mann and Nicole Hendrix, co-founders. Ub Iwerks Award ( for technical advancement affecting the animation industry): John Oxberry (posthumous) Special Achievement Award (recognizing unique and outstanding achievement not recognized within the existing award category structure): The Artists of Walt Disney Animation |
