The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their Golden Globe winners tonight – and included in the mix was the winner for Best Animated Feature. Pixar’s Soul won the top honor. Producer Dana Murray and director Pete Docter accepted the award and spoke remotely from home – genuinely shocked and thanking their collaborators at Pixar – Pete holding up his cel phone so co-director Kemp Powers could say a few words. The Golden Globes were awarded from a ceremony from the Beverly Hilton.

Soul’s producer Dana Murray and director Pete Docter

Per our review back in December: “great, winning performances, the most photorealistic computer animation to date, and its touching, sincere humanity.”

Animation nominees Joel Crawford, Kori Rae and Dan Scanlon, Glen Keane, Dana Murray and Pete Docter, and Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

Soul’s co-director Kemp Powers via cel phone

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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.

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