Nomimaties ANNIE AWARD 2007

'Ratatouille' de Disney-animatiefilm over een rat die topkok wil worden, is met 13 nominaties de topfavoriet voor de Annie Awards, de Oscars voor animatiefilms. Ratatouille is genomineerd in de categorieën : Best Animated Feature, directing, writing, character animation, animated effects (twee nominaties), production design, storyboarding, character design, character animation, music and voice acting (drie nominaties).

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

Bee Movie – DreamWorks Animation
Persepolis – Sony Pictures Classics
Ratatouille – Pixar Animation Studios
Surf’s Up – Sony Pictures Animation
The Simpsons Movie – Twentieth Century Fox

Best Animated Short Subject

Everything Will Be OK – Bitter Films
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Shorty McShorts’ Shorts “Mascot Prep” – Walt Disney Television Animation
The Chestnut Tree – Picnic Pictures
Your Friend the Rat – Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Production

Jane and the Dragon – Weta Productions Limited & Nelvana Limited
Creature Comforts America – Aardman Animations
Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
Robot Chicken Star Wars- ShadowMachine
Kim Possible – Walt Disney Television Animation

Best Animated Television Production for Children

Chowder – Cartoon Network Studios
El Tigre – Nickelodeon
Little Einsteins – Disney Channel
Peep and the Big Wide World – Discovery Kids The Backyardigans – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game

Avatar: The Last Airbender “The Burning Earth” – THQ, Inc.
Bee Movie Game – Activision
Ratatouille – THQ, Inc.
Transformers: The Game – Blur Studios

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

Gary Bruins – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Deborah Carlson – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Ryan Laney – “Spider-Man 3” – Sony Pictures Imageworks
James Mansfield – “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Jon Reisch – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production

Dave Hardin – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Alan Hawkins – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Michal Makarewicz – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Sylvain Deboissy – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Carter Goodrich – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Brad Bird “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Ash Brannon & Chris Buck “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Chris Miller & Raman Hui – “Shrek The Third” – DreamWorks Animation
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics
David Silverman – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox

Directing in an Animated Television Production

Seth Green “Robot Chicken Star Wars” – ShadowMachine
David Hartman - Tigger & Pooh “Turtles Need for Speed” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Raymie Muzquiz - Squirrel Boy “Gumfight at the S’Okay Corral” – Cartoon Network Studios
Howy Parkins – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” - Walt Disney Television Animation
Gary Trousdale “Shrek The Halls” – DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Olivier Bernet – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics
Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright & Rob Thomas – “Meet The Robinsons” – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Michael Giacchino – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Rupert Gregson-Williams – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation
Amy Powers, Russ DeSalvo & Jeff Danna – “Disney Princess Enchanted Tales” – DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Video/Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Doug Chiang – “Beowulf” – Paramount Pictures
Harley Jessup – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Marcelo Vignali – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Don Hall – ‘Meet The Robinsons’ – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Denise Koyama – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Ted Mathot – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Sean Song – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – IMAGI Animation Studios
Nassos Vakalis – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

Ben Balistreri – Danny Phantom “Torrent of Terror” – Nickelodeon
Aldin Baroza – The Replacements “London Calling” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Dave Bennett – Tom and Jerry Tales – Warner Bros. Animation
Steve Fonti – Family Guy “No Chris Left Behind” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
Roy Meurin – My Friends Tigger and Pooh “Good Night to Pooh” – Walt Disney Television Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Janeane Garofalo – Voice of Collette – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Ian Holm – Voice of Skinner – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Julie Kavner – Voice of Marge Simpson – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox
Patton Oswalt – Voice of Remy – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
Patrick Warburton – Voice of Ken – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

Scott Adsit – Voice of Clay Puppington – “Moral Orel” – ShadowMachine
Madison Davenport – Voice of Sophianna – “Christmas is Here Again!” – Easy To Dream Entertainment
Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants “Spy Buddies” – Nickelodeon
Eartha Kitt – Voice of Yzma – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” – Walt Disney Television Animation
Eddie Murphy – Voice of Donkey – “Shrek The Halls” - DreamWorks Animation

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Brad Bird – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David, Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox
Don Rhymer and Ash Brannon & Chris Buck & Christopher Jenkins – “Surf’s Up” – Sony Pictures Animation
Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – “Persepolis” – Sony Pictures Classics