Los Angeles Times - The Envelope - December 5, 2007

2007 Annie Awards nominations

The Envelope

Animated feature: "Cars," "Happy Feet," "Monster House," "Open Season," "Over the Hedge."

Home entertainment production: "Bambi II" (DisneyToon Studios); "The Adventures of Brer Rabbit" (Universal Animation Studios); "Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes" (DisneyToon Studios).

Animated short subject: "Adventure Time" (Nickelodeon); "Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot" (Thunderbean Animation); "No Time for Nuts" (Blue Sky Studios); "Weird Al Yankovic: 'Don't Download This Song' " (Acme Filmworks).

Animated television commercial: "Candy Factory" (Kachen/Screen Novelties); "ESPN 'Believe' " (Laika/house); "Hilton 'Dancing Couple' " (Acme Filmworks); "St. Louis Zoo 'Giraffe' " (Z Animation); "United Airlines 'Dragon' " (DUCK Studios).

Animated television production: "Charlie and Lola" (Tiger Aspect Productions); "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" (Cartoon Network Studios); "King of the Hill" (20th Century Fox TV); "The Fairly OddParents" (Nickelodeon); "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!" (Film Roman, a Starz Media Co.).

Best animated video game: "Flushed Away the Game" (D3 Publisher of America Inc.); "Monster House" (THQ Inc.); "SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab" (THQ Inc.).

Animated effects: Scott Cegielski, "Flushed Away"; Keith Klohn, "Cars"; David Stephens, "Open Season"; Erdem Taylan, "Cars"; John David Thornton, "Ice Age: The Meltdown."

Character animation in a feature production: Line Andersen, "Flushed Away"; Carlos Baena, "Cars"; Gabe Hordos, "Flushed Away"; Bobby Podesta, "Cars"; Kristof Serrand, "Over the Hedge."

Character animation in a television production: Joshua Jennings, "Moral Orel"; Eileen Kohlhepp, "Family Guy"; Sihanouk Mariona, "Robot Chicken"; Yu Jae Myung, "Avatar" ("The Blind Bandit").

Character design in an animated feature production: Peter DeSeve, "Ice Age: The Meltdown"; Carter Goodrich, "Open Season"; Nicolas Marlet, "Over the Hedge."

Character design in an animated television production: Ben Balistreri, "Danny Phantom" ("King Tuck"); Mike Kunkel, "The Life & Times of Juniper Lee" ("Party Monsters"); Carlos Ramos, "The X's" ("Homebody"); Eric Robles, "The X's" ("You Only Sneeze Twice").

Directing in an animated feature production: David Bowers & Sam Fell, "Flushed Away"; Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick, "Over the Hedge"; Gil Kenan, "Monster House"; John Lasseter, "Cars"; Carlos Saldanha, "Ice Age: The Meltdown."

Directing in an animated television production: Shaun Cashman, "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" ("Hill Billy"); Craig McCracken, "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" ("Bus the Two of Us"); Guy Vasilovich, "Growing Up Creepie" ("The Tell-Tale Poem"); Giancarlo Volpe, "Avatar" ("The Drill").

Music in an animated feature production: John Debney, "The Ant Bully"; Gordon Goodwin, "Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas"; Laura Karpman, "A Monkey's Tale"; Randy Newman, "Cars"; John Powell, "Ice Age: The Meltdown."

Music in an animated television production: Brad Benedict, Mark Fontana & Erik Godal, "Squirrel Boy" ("A Line in the Sandwich"); John King, "Shorty McShorts' Shorts" ("Boyz on Da Run Part 1"); Steve Marston, "Jakers!" ("The Gift"); James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington, "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" ("One False Movie").

Production Design in an animated feature production: William Cone, "Cars"; Andy Harkness, "Open Season"; Michael Humphries, "Open Season"; Paul Shardlow, "Over the Hedge"; Pierre-Olivier Vincent, "Flushed Away."

Production design in an animated television production: Martin Ansolabehere, "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" ("Good Wilt Hunting"); Alan Bodner, "The Life and Times of Juniper Lee" ("Water We Fighting For"); Bob Boyle, "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy" ("Tale of Tails"); Dan Krall, "My Gym Partner's a Monkey" ("Grub Drive"); Sue Mondt, "Camp Lazlo" ("Hard Days Samson").

Storyboarding in an animated feature production: Thom Enriquez, "Over the Hedge"; William H. Frake III, "Ice Age: The Meltdown"; Gary Graham "Over the Hedge"; Kris Pearn, "Open Season"; Simon Wells, "Flushed Away."

Storyboarding in an animated television production: Troy Adomitis, "American Dragon: Jake Long" ("Breakout"); Ben Balistreri, "Danny Phantom" ("Urban Jungle"); Li Hong, "The X's" ("You Only Sneeze Twice"); Shaut Nigoghossian, "Danny Phantom" ("Reality Trip"); Adam Van Wyk, "Hellboy" ("Sword of Storms").

Voice acting in an animated feature production: Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Monster House"; Sam Lerner, "Monster House"; Spencer Locke, "Monster House"; Ian McKellen, "Flushed Away"; Wanda Sykes, "Over the Hedge."

Voice acting in an animated television production: Keith Ferguson, "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" ("Squeeze the Day"); Eartha Kitt, "The Emperor's New School" ("Kuzclone"); Mila Kunis, "Family Guy" ("Barely Legal"); Russi Taylor, "Jakers!" ("Mi Galeon"); Patrick Warburton, "The Emperor's New School" ("Kuzclone").

Writing in an animated feature production: Rich Burns, "Brother Bear 2"; Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais and Chris Lloyd & Joe Keenan and Will Davies, "Flushed Away"; Dan Harman, Rob Schrab & Pamela Pettler, "Monster House"; Dan Fogelman, "Cars"; George Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris & Warren Coleman, "Happy Feet."

Writing in an animated television production: Kirker Butler, "Family Guy" ("Barely Legal"); Ian Maxtone-Graham "The Simpsons" ("The Seemingly Neverending Story"); Tom Sheppard, "My Gym Partner's a Monkey" ("Nice Moustache"); Dan Veber, "American Dad" ("American Dad Afterschool Special"); John Viener, "Family Guy" ("The Griffin Family History").

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