Animated Academy Award Nominations

Animated Academy Award Nominations

January 22nd, 2019

Jerry Beck

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 91st Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their producers and directors:

Best Animated Feature nominees are:

THE 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.

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

In addition: Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs was nominated in the category of Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Best Original score).

The 91st Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 24th, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network.

OSCAR NOMINATION REACTIONS

Trevor Jimenez (Writer/director, “Weekends”)

“Hard to express in words, with all the feelings going on right now, but it was such a special moment watching with my wife, my mom (via skype) and our dog. Something I’ll never forget. I feel indebted to them, my family and close friends for all their support and a huge thank you to everyone that worked on ‘Weekends’ with me in and outside Pixar and to all the voters in the Academy for including us with this wonderful group of films. Mind blown.”

Alison Snowden and David Fine (“Animal Behavior”)

“We are so touched and honoured that Animal Behaviour has been recognized this way by Academy voters. We are grateful for the fantastic support the film has had from everyone who worked on it in Vancouver, Montreal and at the NFB. It’s wonderful to come back to making a short film with the NFB after so long and have this recognition. Humbling, to say the least.”

Writer/Director Louise Bagnall and Producer Nuria González Blanco (“Late Afternoon”)

“Wow!! We’re over the moon to be nominated, huge thank you to the Academy! It’s been an amazing journey and we couldn’t have done this without the support from everyone at Cartoon Saloon, Screen Ireland and RTÉ. The whole team worked so hard on the film and we wouldn’t be here without them, thank you guys! We are so excited to be heading to the Oscars, but tonight we’re going to celebrate with the crew!”

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Jerry Beck

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.