Disney Receives 35 Nominations for 45th Annie Awards

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 45th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.

“The Annies continue to grow in the number of submissions again this year, pointing out animation’s diversity in both style and storytelling, not only from our local community, but from the industry worldwide,“ said ASIFA-Hollywood's Executive Director, Frank Gladstone. “That the Annies are now an established and important part of the ‘Award Season’ is enormously gratifying for all of us who tell our stories frame by frame.”

Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Imagineering, Lucasfilm, and Marvel Studios were all nominated for awards. The complete list of Disney nominations are below.

The winners will be announced at a black tie ceremony on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

Best Animated Feature

CARS 3

COCO

Best Animated Special Production

OLAF'S FROZEN ADVENTURE

TANGLED BEFORE EVER AFTER

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children

MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER RACERS Episode: Goofy Gas!

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children

TANGLED THE SERIRES Episode: Queen for a Day

Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production

AVATAR FLIGHT OF PASSAGE Production Company: Walt Disney Imagineering, Weta Digital, Lightstorm Entertainment Sr. VFX Supervisor: Richard Baneham VFX Supervisor: Thrain Shadbolt Compositing Supervisor: Sam Cole CG Supervisor: Pavani Rao Boddapati CG Supervisor: Daniele Tosti

CARS 3 Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Development & Effects Artist: Amit Baadkar Effects Lead: Greg Gladstone Effects Lead: Stephen Marshall Effects Supervisor: Jon Reisch Effects Lead: Tim Speltz

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Effects Artist: Shaun Galinak Effects Lead: Dave Hale Effects Artist: Jason Johnston Effects Artist: Carl Kaphan Effects Lead: Keith Daniel Klohn

OLAF'S FROZEN ADVENTURE Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios Head of Effects: Christopher Hendryx Effects Animator: Dan Lund Effects Animator: Mike Navarro Effects Animator: Hiroaki Narita Effects Animator: Steven Chitwood

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Animator: John Chun Chiu Lee Character:All characters

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Animator: Allison Rutland Character: All characters

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Production Company: Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures. Animation Supervisor: Arslan Elver Lead Animator: Liam Russell Lead Animator: Alvise Avati Lead Animator: Alessandro Cuicci

Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

TANGLED: THE SERIES Episode: Tangled Before Ever After Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Co-Executive Producer: Shane Prigmore Character: Rapunzel, Eugene, Maximus, Cassandra Character Designer: Bobby Pontillas Character: King Frederick, Queen Arianna, Landy Caine, Fidella Character Designer: Taylor Krahenbuhl Character: Pub Thugs Character Designer: Mayumi Nose Character: Pascal

Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Character Art Director: Daniel Arriaga Character: All characters Additional Character Art Direction: Daniela Strijleva Character: All characters Character Design/ Sculptor Greg Dykstra Character:All characters Character Modeller: Alonso Martinez Character: All characters Character Designer: Zaruhi Galstyan Character: All characters

Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Director: Dave Wasson Director: Eddie Trigueros Director: Alonso Ramirez-Ramo

TANGLED: THE SERIES Episode: Tangled Before Ever After Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Director: Tom Caulfield Director: Stephen Sandoval

Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Director: Lee Unkrich Co-Director: Adrian Molina

Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Composer: Christopher Willis

LEGO STAR WARS: THE FREEMAKER ADVENTURES Episode: Trouble on Tibalt Production Company: The LEGO Group, Lucasfilm, Wil Film Composer: Michael Kramer

Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Composer: Michael Giacchino Composer/Lyricist: Kristin Anderson-Lopez Composer/Lyricist: Robert Lopez Composer: Germaine Franco Lyricist: Adrian Molina

OLAF'S FROZEN ADVENTURE Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios Composer/Lyricist: Elyssa Samsel Composer/Lyricist: Kate Anderson Composer: Christophe Beck

Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

BIG HERO 6 THE SERIES Episode: Baymax Returns Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Production Design: Mark Taihei Production Design: Ben Plouffe Production Design: Chris Whittier Production Design: Sylvia Filcak Production Design: Amy Chen

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Production Design: Jenny Gase-Baker Production Design: Justin Martin

Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Production Design: Harley Jessup Production Design: Danielle Feinberg Production Design: Bryn Imagire Production Design: Nathaniel McLaughlin Production Design: Ernesto Nemesio

Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE Episode: Bee Inspired Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Storyboard Artist: Eddie Trigueros

Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Storyboard Artist: Dean Kelly

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Storyboard Artist: Madeline Sharafian

Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Voice Actor: Chris Diamantopoulos Character: Mickey Mouse

Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Cast: Anthony Gonzalez Character: Miguel

Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE Episode: Locked in Love Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation Writer: Darrick Bachman

MILO MURPHY'S LAW Episode: The Island of the Lost Dakotas Production Company: Disney Television Animation Writer: Joshua Pruett

Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Writer: Adrian Molina Writer: Matthew Aldrich

Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

PICKLE AND PEANUT Episode: Bear-I-cade Production Company: Disney Television Animation Nominee: John Roye

Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Nominee: Steve Bloom Nominee: Lee Unkrich Nominee: Greg Snyder Nominee: Tim Fox