The 39th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2011 were held on February 4, 2012, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Production nominees Nominations announced on December 5, 2011
Best Animated Feature Rango - Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies, Blind Wink, GK Films A Cat in Paris – Folimage Wrinkles – Perro Verde Films, S.L. Arthur Christmas – Columbia/Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Cars 2 – Disney/Pixar Chico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation Rio - 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky Studios The Adventures of Tintin - Paramount, Columbia/Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies, WingNut Films
Best Animated Special Production Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters - DreamWorks Animation Adventure Time: Thank You - Cartoon Network Studios Batman: Year One - Warner Bros. Animation Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas - Blue Sky Studios Prey 2 - Blur Studio Star Tours - Industrial Light & Magic
Best Animated Short Subject Adam and Dog – Lodge Films I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat – Warner Bros. Animation La Luna – Pixar (Notes on) Biology – Ornana Paths of Hate – Platige Image Sunday – National Film Board of Canada The Ballad of Nessie –Walt Disney Animation Studios The Girl and the Fox – Base14 Wild Life – National Film Board of Canada and Studio GDS
Best Animated Television Commercial Twinings "Sea" – Psyop Audi "Hummingbird" - The Mill Geico "Foghorn" – Renegade Animation McDonald's "Apple Tree" – Duck Studios/Kompost McDonald's "Suzi Van Zoom" – Duck Studios/Kompost Norton "Stuff" – Psyop O2 "Niggles & Narks" – The Mill Statoil "Good Night" – Studio AKA "The Pirate" – Meindbender
Best General Audience Animated TV Production The Simpsons - Gracie Films Archer - FX Productions Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Warner Bros. Animation Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas - Hallmark Mad - Warner Bros. Animation Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 - Starburns Industries, Inc Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
Best Animated Television Production - Preschool Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television Animation Chuggington – Ludorum plc Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation The WotWots Season 2 – Pukeko Pictures
Best Animated Television Production – Children The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon and Frederator Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
Best Animated Video Game Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcell Bumpy Road – Simogo Catherine – Atlus Gears of War 3 – Epic Games Gesundheit! – Konami Digital Entertainment Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – Capcom Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One – Insomniac Games Rayman Origins – Ubisoft Montpellier Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – Naughty Dog
Individual Achievement Categories
Animated Effects in an Animated Production Kevin Romond - The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company Can Yuksel - Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation Chase Cooper - Rango - Industrial Light & Magic Dan Lund - Winnie the Pooh - Walt Disney Animation Studios Dave Tidgwell - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation Eric Froemling - Cars 2 - Pixar Jason Mayer - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation Joel Aron - Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd. Jon Reisch - Cars 2 - Pixar Willi Geiger - Rango - Industrial Light & Magic
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production Florent Andorra - Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Industrial Light & Magic Branko Grujcic - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Industrial Light & Magic Gary Wu - Cowboys & Aliens - Industrial Light & Magic Lee Uren - Cowboys & Aliens - Industrial Light & Magic
Character Animation in a Television Production Tony Smeed - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios Chad Sellers - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios Michael Franceschi - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation Rebecca Wilson Bresee - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice - Walt Disney Animation Studios Sihanouk Mariona - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 - Starburns Industries, Inc.
Character Animation in a Feature Production Jeff Gabor - Rio - Blue Sky Studios Andreas Deja - Winnie the Pooh - Walt Disney Animation Studios Dan Wagner - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation Mark Henn - Winnie the Pooh - Walt Disney Animation Studios Olivier Staphylas - Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation Patrik Puhala - Rio - Blue Sky Studios Pierre Perifel - Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Live Action Production Eric Reynolds - Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 20th Century Fox Andy Arnett - Hop - Rhythm & Hues, Illumination Entertainment David Lowry - Paul - Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions Mike Hull - Paul - Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions
Character Design in a Television Production Bill Schwab - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios Carl Raggio Kick Buttowski – Disney Television Animation Chad Hurd Archer – FX Productions Chris Battle Dan Vs. – Starz Film Roman Eric Robles Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon & Frederator Gordon Hammond T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon Mike Dougherty T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon Robert Ryan Cory Secret Mountain Fort Awesome – Cartoon Network Studios
Character Design in a Feature Production Mark "Crash" McCreery - Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Blind Wink/GK films Productions Jay Shuster - Cars 2 – Pixar Patrick Mate - Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation Peter de Seve - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Sergio Pablos - Rio – Blue Sky Studios
Directing in a Television Production Matthew Nastuk - The Simpsons – Gracie Films Brian Sheesley - Dan Vs. – Starz Film Roman Chris Savino & Clay Morrow - Kick Buttowski – Disney Television Animation Dan Riba - Ben 10: Ultimate Alien – Cartoon Network Studios Duke Johnson - Community – 23 D Films, Inc. Gabe Swarr - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation Ken Bruce - T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios Mic Graves & Ben Bocquelet - The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi Peter Hausner - Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu – Wil Film Steve Loter, Christo Stamboliev, Shaun Cashman, David Knott - The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and Technicolor Tony Craig - Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas – Hallmark
Directing in a Feature Production Jennifer Yuh Nelson - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation Carlos Saldanha - Rio – Blue Sky Studios Chris Miller Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation Don Hall & Stephen Anderson - Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios Gore Verbinski - Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, Blind Wink/GK films Productions Kelly Asbury - Gnomeo & Juliet – Touchstone Pictures
Music in a Television Production Grace Potter, Michael Giacchino - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios Adam Berry, Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle - The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation Ben Locket - The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi Frederik Wiedmann - Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Warner Bros. Animation Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda - Pixie Hollow Games – DisneyToon Studios Kevin Kliesch - Thundercats – Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Shawn Patterson, Zeb Wells - Robot Chicken – ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim
Music in a Feature Production John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company Henry Jackman - Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell - Rio – Blue Sky Studios Zooey Deschanel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez - Winnie The Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Production Design in a Television Production Mark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson – Secret Mountain Fort Awesome – Cartoon Network Studios Peter Martin Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas – Hallmark
Production Design in a Feature Production Raymond Zilbach - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation Harley Jessup - Cars 2 – Pixar Paul Felix - Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios Thomas Cardone, Kyle MacNaughton & Peter Chan Rio – Blue Sky Studios
Storyboarding in a Television Production Brian Kesinger – Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios Barry W. Johnson Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios Benton Connor Regular Show – Cartoon Network Studios Dave Thomas T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon Fred Gonzalez T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon Joe Mateo Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios Justin Nichols Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon & Frederator Katie Rice Fanboy & Chum Chum – Nickelodeon & Frederator Rebecca Sugar Adventure Time – Cartoon Network Studios
Storyboarding in a Feature Production Jeremy Spears - Winnie the Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios Bob Logan - Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation Delia Gosman - Rango – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production Gary Graham - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation Josh Hayes - Rango – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production Kris Pearn - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Nelson Yokota - Gnomeo & Juliet – Touchstone Pictures Philip Craven - Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation Scott Morse - Cars 2 – Pixar
Voice Acting in a Television Production Jeff Bennett as Kowalski - The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker - Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon Dan Harmon as Jekyll - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc. Daran Norris as Cosmo - Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers - Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd. Diedrich Bader as Batman - Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Warner Bros. Animation H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer - Archer – FX Productions Jeff B. Davis as Victor Frankenstein - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc. Jessica Walter as Malory Archer - Archer – FX Productions Judy Greer as Cheryl Tunt - Archer – FX Productions Logan Grove as Gumball - The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress - Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd. Scott Adsit as the Creature - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc. Tara Strong as Timmy Turner - Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon
Voice Acting in a Feature Production Bill Nighy as Grandsanta - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Ashley Jensen as Bryony - Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations