Academy To Highlight Animation Nominees At ‘Oscar Week’ Event Series

Academy To Highlight Animation Nominees At ‘Oscar Week’ Event Series

February 7th, 2019

Jerry Beck

In the week leading up to the 91st Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a series of public programs celebrating this year’s nominees in the Animated Feature Film and Animated Short Film categories. These events will be held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The Oscar Week schedule is as follows:

OSCAR WEEK: ANIMATED FEATURES
Saturday, February 23, 10:00 a.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater

The Best Animated Feature nominees are:

INCREDIBLES 2 Pixar – Director: Brad Bird. Producers: Nicole Paradis Grindle, John Walker.

ISLE OF DOGS Fox Searchlight – Director: Wes Anderson. Producers: Scott Rudin, Steve Rales, Jeremy Dawson.

MIRAI GKids – Director: Mamoru Hosoda. Producers: Genki Kawamura, Yûichirô Saitô, Takuya Itô, Yûichi Adachi

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET Disney – Directors: Rich Moore, Phil Johnston. Producer: Clark Spencer.

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE Sony Animation – Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman. Producers: Phil Lord, Chris Miller.

Hosted by Academy Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Governor Bonnie Arnold Arnold, a producer at DreamWorks Animation, produced the Oscar-nominated films “How to Train Your Dragon” and “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” Her additional producing credits include Pixar’s landmark movie “Toy Story,” Disney’s “Tarzan” and DreamWorks’ upcoming “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.” She served as co-president/president of feature animation at DreamWorks Animation from 2015 to 2017.

OSCAR WEEK: SHORTS
Wednesday, February 20, 7:00 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Hosted by Academy Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Governors Jon Bloom and Tom Sito

Best Animated Short nominees are:

Animal Behaviour – Alison Snowden and David Fine
Bao – Domee Shi
Late Afternoon – Louise Bagnall
One Small Step – Andrew Chesworth & Bobby Pontillas
Weekends – Trevor Jimenez

Co-Host Jon Bloom produced and directed the live action short Overnight Sensation, which earned him an Oscar nomination. He founded his production company, BloomFilm, in 1987 after two decades in the entertainment industry. Co-Host Tom Sito, a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, has worked on numerous films, including “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” “Shrek,” “Osmosis Jones” and “Garfield.”

Please note this event is sold out. There will be a stand-by line at the west doors of the building (nearest Almont Drive) on the evening of the program. Stand-by numbers will be given out at approximately 5 p.m. The number of stand-by tickets available (if any) will be determined shortly before the start of the event.

Tickets are now available online at Oscars.org. Tickets to the Documentaries, Shorts, Foreign Language Film and Animated Features events are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID (Shorts and Foreign Language Films tickets limited to four per person). Admission to the Saturday afternoon Makeup and Hairstyling event is free, but advance tickets are required (limited to two per person). Doors open one hour prior to each event. All ticketed seating is unreserved. For more information, visit Oscars.org

Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

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Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.