2005 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

Chicken Little - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Corpse Bride - Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Howl`s Moving Castle - Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Madagascar - DreamWorks Animation
Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Aardman Features

Best Home Entertainment Production

Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows - Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc.
Kronk`s New Groove - DisneyToon Studios
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch - DisneyToon Studios
Tarzan II - DisneyToon Studios
The Batman vs Dracula - Warner Bros. Animation

Best Animated Short Subject

The Fan and The Flower - Atomic Television/Plymptoons Productions
Life in Transition - Stretch Films, Inc.
Milch - Klasky Csupo
Moongirl - Laika
The Moon and The Sun: An Imagined Conversation - John Canemaker Productions

Best Animated Television Commercial

Conoco '1975' - Ring of Fire
Bastard Wants to Hit Me - Laika/House
Coke "Futbol" - Laika/House
GE "Tower"- Quiet Man Inc.
United Airlines "Mr. Pants" - Acme Filmworks

Best Animated Television Production

AVATAR: The Last Airbender - Nickelodeon
Foster`s Home for Imaginary Friends - Cartoon Network Studios
My Life As A Teenage Robot - Nickelodeon/Frederator
Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 - Cartoon Network Studios
The Batman - Warner Bros. Animation

Best Animated Video Game

Psychonauts - Double Fine Productions, Inc.
Resident Evil 4 - Capcom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS! - THQ, Inc.
Tak The Great Juju Challenge - THQ, Inc.
Ultimate Spider-Man - Activision

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

Matt Baer - "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation
Rick Glumac - "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation
Dale Mayeda - "Chicken Little" - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Jason Wen - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Martin Usiak - "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation

Claire Billett - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Spike Brandt - Tom & Jerry - "The Karate Guard" - Warner Bros. Animation
Jay Grace - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Christopher Sadler - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Matt Shumway - "The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe" - Rhythm and Hues

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Carlos Grangel - "Corpse Bride" - Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
William Joyce - "Robots" - 20th Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
Craig Kellman - "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation
Joe Moshier - "Chicken Little" - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Nick Park - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

Bryan Arnett - My Life As A Teenage Robot "Escape From Cluster Prime" - Nickelodeon
Ernie Gilbert - The Fairly OddParent "The Good Old Days" - Nickelodeon
Jorge Guiterrez - The Buzz on Maggie "Bella Con Carny" - Walt Disney Television Animation
Luther McLaurin - "Catscratch" - Nickelodeon
Shannon Tindle - Foster`s Home for Imaginary Friends "Go Goo Go" - Cartoon Network Studios

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Mike Johnson, Tim Burton "Corpse Bride" - Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Hayao Miyazaki "Howl`s Moving Castle" - Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Nick Park, Steve Box - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features

Directing in an Animated Television Production

Gary Conrad - The Fairly OddParents "The Good Old Days" - Nickelodeon
Craig McCracken - Foster`s Home for Imaginary Friends "Duchess of Wails" - Cartoon Network Studios
Dan Povenmire - Family Guy "PTV" - Fox TV Animation
Dan Riba - Justice League Unlimited "Clash" - Warner Bros. Animation
Peter Shin - Family Guy "North by North Quahog" - Fox TV Animation

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Julian Nott - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"- Aardman Features
Hans Zimmer - "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Television Production

Jeff Dana - Zula Patrol "Case of the Missing Rings" - Zula USA LLC
Thomas Chase Jones - The Batman "The Laughing Bat" - Warner Bros. Animation
James L. Venable - Foster`s Home For Imaginary Friends "Duchess of Wails" - Cartoon Network Studios

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Ian Gooding, Dan Cooper, David Womersley, Mac George - "Chicken Little" - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Dennis A. Greco "Lilo & Stitch 2" - DisneyToon Studios
Yoriko Ito "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation
William Joyce & Steve Martino "Robots" - 20th Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
Phil Lewis "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"- Aardman Features

Production Design in an Animated Television Production

Alan Bodner - The Life and Times of Juniper Lee "Enter Sandman" - Cartoon Network Studios
Michael Giaimo "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi" - Renegade Animation
Alex Kirwan "My Life as a Teenage Robot" - Nickelodeon
Mike Moon, Craig McCracken, Dave Dunnet, Martin Ansolabehere - Foster`s Home for Imaginary Friends "A Lost Claus" - Cartoon Network Studios
Nadia Vurbenova - Kim Possible "So The Drama" - Walt Disney Television Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Tom McGrath - "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation
Chris Otsuki - "Kronk`s New Groove" - DisneyToon Studios
Bob Persichetti - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Catherine Yuh Rader - "Madagascar" - DreamWorks Animation
Michael Salter - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

Troy Adomitis - Kim Possible "So The Drama" - Walt Disney Television Animation
Ben Balistreri - Danny Phantom "Identity Crisis" - Nickelodeon
Dave Bullock - Kim Possible "So The Drama" - Walt Disney Television Animation
Lauren MacMullan - AVATAR:The Last Airbender "The Deserter" - Nickelodeon
Andrew Tan - Miss Spider`s Sunny Patch Friends "A Froggy Day in Sunny Patch" - Nelvana Ltd.

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Helena Bonham Carter - Voice of Lady Campanula Tottington "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Ralph Fiennes - Voice of Victor Quartermaine "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Peter Sallis - Voice of Wallace "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Nicholas Smith - Voice of Reverend Clement Hedges "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

Grey Delisle - Voice of Kitty - Danger Rangers "Fires & Liars" - Educational Adventures
Johnny Hardwick - Voice of Dale Gribble - King of the Hill "Smoking and the Bandit" - 20th Century Fox Television
Tony Jay - Voice of Spiderus - Miss Spider`s Sunny Patch Friends "A Froggy Day in Sunny Patch"- Nelvana Ltd.
Seth MacFarlane - Voice of Stewie - Family Guy "Brian the Bachelor"- Fox TV Animation
Rob Paulsen - Voice of Eubie "The Happy Elf" - Film Roman

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Steve Box, Nick Park, Mark Burton "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - Aardman Features
Tony Leondis, Michael LaBash, Tom Rogers "Kronk`s New Groove" - DisneyToon Studios
Hayao Miyazaki, Donald H. Hewitt, Cindy Davis Hewitt "Howl`s Moving Castle" - Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli

Writing in an Animated Television Production

Aaron Ehasz, John O`Bryan - AVATAR: The Last Airbender "The Fortune Teller" - Nickelodeon
C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, Tim Hill - SpongeBob "Fear of a Krabby Patty" - Nickelodeon
Christopher Painter - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius "The Tomorrow Boys" - DNA Productions
Johanna Stein, Jack Ferraiolo - O`Grady III "Old Cold" - Soup 2 Nuts
Larry Swerdlove - Jakers! "Wish Upon A Story Part 1" - Mike Young Productions

JURIED AWARDS

June Foray Award - Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.

* Mark Kausler

Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.

* Cornelius Cole
* Tyrus Wong
* Fred Crippen

Ub Iwerks Award

* Corpse Bride (New Stop Motion Technology)

Certificate of Merit

* Larry Loc
* "Dream on Silly Dreamer"  ¶ 6:54 AM