How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation) earned Best Animated Feature distinction at the 42nd annual Annie Awards recognizing the best in the field of animation in 2014. Held last night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, the Annie Awards cover varied categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Special Production, Commercials, Short Subjects and Outstanding Individual Achievements.
For the animated feature honor, How to Train Your Dragon 2 topped a field of nominated films that also consisted of Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Cheatin’ (Plymptoons Studio), Song of the Sea (GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon), The Book of Life (Reel FX), The Boxtrolls (Focus Features/Laika), The Lego Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures), and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (GKIDS/Studio Ghibli).
How to Train Your Dragon 2 also topped four other Annie categories: Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production; Editorial in an Animated Feature Production; Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production; and Music in an Animated Feature Production.
Here’s a rundown of Annie Award winners:
Best Animated Feature
___ ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
– DreamWorks Animation
Best Animated Special Production
___ ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ – Voyager Pictures LLC
Best Animated Short Subject
___ ‘Feast’ –
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
___ ‘Flight of the Stories’ – Aardman Animations
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
___ ‘Tumble Leaf’ – Amazon Studios
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For a Children’s Audience
___ ‘Gravity Falls’
– Disney Television Animation
Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
___ ‘The Simpsons’ –
Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television
Best Video Game
___ ‘Valiant Hearts: The Great War’ – Ubisoft
Best Student Film
___ Jason Rayner – ‘My Big Brother’ – Savannah College of Art and Design
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
___ Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik – ‘Big Hero 6’
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
___ Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist – ‘Edge of Tomorrow’
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
___ Justin Nichols – ‘Wander Over Yonder’ – Disney Television Animation
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
___ Fabio Lignini – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
___ Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ – Weta Digital
Character Animation in a Video Game
___ Mike Mennillo – ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’
- Ubisoft
Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Benjamin Balistreri – ‘Wander Over Yonder’
- Disney Television Animation
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
___ Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez – ‘The Book of Life’ –
Reel FX
Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Aaron Springer – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’
– Disney Television Animation
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
___ Dean DeBlois – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
– DreamWorks Animation
Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Christopher Willis – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’
– Disney Television Animation
Music in an Animated Feature Production
___ John Powell, Jónsi – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Narina Sokolova – ‘Mickey Shorts’
– Disney
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
___ Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure, August Hall – ‘The Boxtrolls’
– Focus Features/Laika
Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Joaquim Dos Santos – ‘Legend of Korra, Venom of the Red Lotus’
– Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
___ Truong “Tron” Son Mai – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
– DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Bill Farmer as the voice of Goofy and Grandma – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ –
Disney Television Animation
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
___ Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher – ‘The Boxtrolls’ – Focus Features/Laika
Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Darrick Bachman – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – Disney Television Animation
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
___ Phil Lord, Christopher Miller – ‘The LEGO Movie’ – Warner Bros. Pictures
Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Illya Owens – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ –
Disney Television Animation
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
___John K. Carr – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation
