Rango took Best Animated Feature and The Simpsons was named Best General Audience Animated TV Production tonight at the 39th Annual Annie Awards, hosted by Patton Oswalt and held at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Jennifer Yuh Nelson was voted Best Director of a Feature Production for Kung Fu Panda 2. The Simpsons also earned Matthew Nastuk the prize for Best Directing in a TV Production. Paramount’s Rango took four other awards as well, for feature writing, editing, character design and the Members Favorite. Complete list of winners follows:
Annie Award Winners
Animated Feature
Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
Directing in a Television Production
Matthew Nastuk “The Simpsons” – Gracie FilmsDirecting in a Feature Production
Jennifer Yuh Nelson “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks AnimationGeneral Audience Animated TV Production
The Simpsons – Gracie FilmsVoice Acting in a Television Production
Jeff Bennett as Kowalski “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks AnimationVoice Acting in a Feature Production
Bill Nighy as Grandsanta “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman AnimationsWriting in a Television Production
Carolyn Omine “The Simpsons -Treehouse of Horror XXII” – Gracie FilmsWriting in a Feature Production
John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films ProductionsEditing in Television Production
Ted Machold, Jeff Adams, Doug Tiano, Bob Tomlin “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks AnimationEditing in a Feature Production
Craig Wood, A.C.E. “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films ProductionAnimated Television Production – Preschool
Disney Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television AnimationAnimated Television Production – Children
The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio SoiAnimated Special Production
Kung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters – DreamWorks AnimationAnimated Short Subject
Adam and Dog – Minkyu LeeAnimated Television Commercial
Twinings “Sea” – PsyopAnimated Video Game
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/FuelcellMusic in a Television Production
Grace Potter, Michael Giacchino “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosMusic in a Feature Production
John Williams “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/MarshallProduction Design in a Television Production
Mark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” – Cartoon Network StudiosProduction Design in a Feature Production
Raymond Zibach “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks AnimationStoryboarding in a Television Production
Barry W. Johnson “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosStoryboarding in a Feature Production
Jeremy Spears “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosAnimated Effects in an Animated Production
Kevin Romond “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/MarshallAnimated Effects in a Live Action Production
Florent Andorra “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Industrial Light & MagicCharacter Animation in a Television Production
Chad Sellers “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosCharacter Animation in a Feature Production
Jeff Gabor “Rio” – Blue Sky StudiosCharacter Animation in a Live Action Production
Eric Reynolds “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” – 20th Century FoxCharacter Design in a Television Production
Bill Schwab “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosCharacter Design in a Feature Production
Mark “Crash” McCreery “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films ProductionMembers Favorite Award
RangoJune Foray Award
Art LeonardiWinsor McCay Award
Walt Peregoy
Ronald Searle
Børge Ring



Sorry, but “Adventure Time” is some of the funniest and most creative animated television I’ve seen in ages. Definitely should have won/been nominated.
Thanks for pulling a Kanye
You need to get out more.
I was about the post the same thing: The Amazing World of Gumball is funny but Adventure Time blows it out the water in creativity, depth, and hilarity.
Good to see “Rango” getting some well-deserved attention. I thought it one of the best films of the year. (Much more so than the vastly overrated “The Artist”, “Midnight in Paris”, and (gag) “War Horse”.)
While I’m sure there are talented people working on “Jake and the Never Land Pirates,” I cannot support the show, as the only Caucasian characters are bumbling villains and a fat kid. Good job, Disney.