The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 96th Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their directors: Best Animated Feature nominees are: ● The Boy and The Heron – Hayao Miyazaki • Elemental – Peter Sohn • Nimona – Nick […]
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And The Oscar Goes to… Del Toro’s “Pinocchio” and “The Boy, The Mole…”
March 12th, 2023 
Jerry Beck In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. Best Animated Short was awarded to The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – […]
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No Comments » Academy Award Nominations 2023
January 24th, 2023 Jerry Beck The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 95th Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their producers and directors: Best Animated Feature nominees are: ● Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley • […]
And The Oscar Goes To… “Encanto” and “The Windshield Wiper”
March 27th, 2022 Jerry Beck In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Disney’s Encanto. Best Animated Short was awarded to The Windshield Wiper. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring films that touch the heart. Jared Bush, […]
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INTERVIEW: ShortsTV CEO On 2022 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
February 28th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Carter Pilcher is the founder and CEO of ShortsTV — the premiere outlet for short film content. I’m a frequent viewer of the popular TV channel, and since 2009, I’ve gone to a local movie theater to see the Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films on the big screen. Each year, ShortsTV presents the Animated, Live-Action […]
Gold Standard: Oscar-Winning Animated Short Subjects Celebrating Anniversaries
April 25th, 2021 Michael Lyons Good things, small packages. It is true for animated short subjects, especially those nominated for and who have won the Academy Award. Like everything else globally, this Sunday’s Academy award ceremony looked much different this year. Thankfully, the tradition of celebrating animated short subjects will continue, as it has since the first year the Academy […]
And the Oscar Goes to… Pixar’s “Soul” and “If Anything Happens I Love You”
April 25th, 2021 Jerry Beck In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s Soul. Best Animated Short was awarded to “If Anything Happens I Love You”. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring films that touch the […]
And the Oscar Goes to… Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” and Sony’s “Hair Love”
February 9th, 2020 Jerry Beck The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s Toy Story. Best Animated Short was awarded to Sony Animation’s “Hair Love”. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring the commercial studio films in competition. Director director Josh Cooley and producers Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen […]
32 Animated Features Submitted For 2019 Oscar Race
October 16th, 2019 Jerry Beck Thirty-two features – a record – have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards. Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles seven-day qualifying run. Interestingly enough SHAUN THE SHEEP FARMAGEDDON was not submitted. Also of note: Genndy Tartakovsky’s PRIMAL (a series on […]
The Academy Award Goes to… Sony’s “Spider-Man” and Pixar’s “Bao”
February 24th, 2019 Jerry Beck The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse. Directors Rodney Rothman, Peter Ramsey, and Bob Persichetti, and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller accepted the award from John Legend and Michelle Yeoh (video below). The Academy Award for Best Animated Short went to Bao. Director Domee She and producer […]
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 […]
Posted in Awards Tags: Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscars No Comments » The Academy Award Goes to… “Coco” and Kobe
March 4th, 2018 Jerry Beck The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s Coco. Directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina and producer Laura K. Anderson accepted the award (from the cast of Star Wars: Mark Hamill, BB-8, Kelly Tran and Oscar Issac). The Academy Award for Best Animated Short went to Dear Basketball. Glen Keane (director/animator) and Kobe […]
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January 23rd, 2018 Jerry Beck The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 90th Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their directors: Best Animated Feature nominees were: THE BOSS BABY Dreamworks-20th Century Fox. – Tom McGrath. THE BREADWINNER GKids/Cartoon Saloon – Nora Twomey COCO Disney/Pixar […]
26 Animated Features Submitted For The 2017 Oscar Race
November 10th, 2017 Jerry Beck Just announced this morning, the twenty-six features that have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales” “Birdboy: The Forgotten Children” “The Boss Baby” “The Breadwinner” “Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie” “Cars […]
Who Will Win the Oscar? It Depends on Who You Ask
The Academy Awards are just over a week away and with speculation reaching a fever pitch on who will take home the coveted prizes, the feature animation race is starting to look slightly more competitive than in recent years. Who will win? It depends on who you ask. Reliability is the byword for the Oscars […]