The 50th Annual Annie Awards took place on Saturday night at the UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, which saw Disney’s “Zootopia+” and “Avatar: The Way Of Water” pick up awards.  The event was dominated by Pinocchio winning five awards, but unfortunately for Disney, it wasn’t for their recent Disney+ Original, but for Guillermo del Toro’s version of Netflix.

Also, during the event, Pixar CEO Pete Docter received the Winsor McCay Award, which was presented to him by Disney CEO Bob Iger, saying:

“one of the greatest animation filmmakers of his generation. It’s hard to think of anyone who has left a bigger mark, both literally and figuratively, on animation over the past three decades.”

Pete Doctor said during his acceptance speech that

“It’s moments like this that make real realize how truly wonderful it has been.  The only thing that would make it better was if there were other nominees so I could feel like I beat someone.”

The Disney+ Original short series, “Zootopia”, picked up the award for Best Voice Acting, for the short, “The Godfather of the Bride”, which saw Maurice LaMarche playing the character, Mr. Big.

“Avatar: The Way Of Water” won two awards for Best FX and Character Animation, Live Action.

Here are the winners at the 2023 Annie Awards:

BEST FEATURE

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company

BEST INDIE FEATURE

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Marcel the Movie LLC

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: [special production]
NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
DreamWorks Animation
Anthony Holden

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

Love Death + Robots
Episode: “The Very Pulse of the Machine”

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
Episode: “The Demon Moon Rises”
A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

Bob’s Burgers
Episode: “Some Like it Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner”
20th Television/Bento Box Entertainment

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

Abominable and the Invisible City Episode: “Everest Returns”
DreamWorks Animation

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

The Tiny Chef Show Episode: “Pancakes”
Tiny Chef Productions LLC / Imagine Entertainment

BEST WRITING – FEATURE

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Marcel the Movie LLC
Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

Love Death + Robots Episode: “Bad Traveling”
Blur Studio for Netflix
Andrew Kevin Walker

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Marcel the Movie LLC
Jenny Slate (character: Marcel)

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

Zootopia+
Episode: “The Godfather of the Bride”
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Maurice LaMarche (Character: Mr. Big)

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

James Ryan ACE, Jacquelyn Karambelas, Natalla Cronembold, Joe Butler, Katie Parody
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
DreamWorks Animation

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

Daniel Budin
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
A NoneMore and Bad Robot Production for Apple TV+ and BBC

BEST FX – FEATURE

Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian, Alex Nowotny
Avatar: The Way of Water
20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
Wētā FX</p

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

Love Death + Robots Episode: “Bad Traveling”
Blur Studio for Netflix
FX Production Company: Blur Studio
Kirby Miller, Igor Zanic, Joseph H. Coleman, Steven Dupuy, Josh Schwartz

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

Tucker Barrie
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Episode: (special production)
NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
Tim Watts

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

Avatar: The Way of Water
Production Company: 20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
FX Production Company: Wētā FX

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

Cuphead – The Delicious Last Course
Studio MDHR
Chad Moldenhauer, Hanna Abi-Hanna

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

Taylor Krahenbuhl
The Bad Guys
DreamWorks Animation

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Alberto Mielgo
Love Death + Robots Episode: “Jibaro”
Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

The Cuphead Show! Episode: “Carn-Evil”
Netflix Animation
Ego Plum

BEST SPONSORED

Save Ralph
Arch Model Studio

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
A NoneMore and Bad Robot Production for Apple TV+ and BBC

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

Curt Enderle, Guy Davis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Robert Kondo, Rachel Tiep-Daniels, Lia Tin, Yohei Hashizume, Masa Inada
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
Episode: “The Demon Moon Rises”
A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

Ice Merchants
COLA Animation production & Wild Stream

BEST STUDENT FILM

The Soloists
Student directors: Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck & Yi Liu
School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image

Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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