Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production

The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production (or Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production) is an Annie Award, awarded annually to the best animated feature film and introduced in 1996. It rewards directing for animated feature films. The recipients are directors as well as co-directors.

Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Awarded forExcellence in direction for film animation
CountryUnited States
Presented byASIFA-Hollywood
First awarded1996 (to John Lasseter for Toy Story)
Currently held byJoaquim Dos Santos,
Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Websiteannieawards.org

History

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The award was formerly called Best Individual Achievement: Directing in 1996, Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a Feature Production in 1997,[1] and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production from 1998 to 2001.[2]

Multiple winners and nominations

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The award has matched up with the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature every year except for 1997, 2006, 2011 and 2020. It has been awarded 26 times. Pete Docter, Rich Moore, John Lasseter and Dean DeBlois have won it twice, and Brad Bird and Lee Unkrich hold a record of three wins.

Jeff Rowe, Mamoru Oshii, Nora Twomey, Ron Clements, Tim Johnson, Ash Brannon, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, David Silverman, Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha, Mark Dindal, John Musker, Sylvain Chomet, Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Sam Fell, Mamoru Hosoda, Don Hall, Tomm Moore, Genndy Tartakovsky, Chris Butler, Jennifer Lee, Benjamin Renner, Chris McKay, Byron Howard, and Makoto Shinkai have received two nominations each. Andrew Stanton, Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois, Nick Park, Henry Selick and Rich Moore have received three nominations. John Lasseter, Chris Buck and Pete Docter, were nominated four times. Brad Bird, Hayao Miyazaki, and Lee Unkrich both hold a record five nominations.

Winners and nominees

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1990s

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Year Film Director(s)
1996
(24th)
[3]
Toy Story John Lasseter
Gargoyles Frank Paur
Ghost in the Shell Mamoru Oshii
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
James and the Giant Peach Henry Selick
1997
(25th)
[4]
Hercules Ron Clements and John Musker
Cats Don't Dance Mark Dindal
Space Jam Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone
1998
(26th)
[5]
Mulan Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook
Anastasia Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin Karl Geurs
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Andy Knight
1999
(27th)
[6]
The Iron Giant Brad Bird
Tarzan Chris Buck and Kevin Lima
The Prince of Egypt Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells
Antz Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
A Bug's Life John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton

2000s

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Year Film Director(s)
2000
(28th)
[7]
Toy Story 2 John Lasseter, Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich
The Tigger Movie Jun Falkenstein
Princess Mononoke Hayao Miyazaki
Dinosaur Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag
Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park
2001
(29th)
[8]
Shrek Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
The Emperor's New Groove Mark Dindal
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Curt Geda
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Darrell Rooney and Jeannine Roussel
2002
(30th)
[9]
Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki
Treasure Planet Ron Clements and John Musker
Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich and David Silverman
Lilo & Stitch Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Ice Age Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha
2003
(31st)
[10]
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
The Triplets of Belleville Sylvain Chomet
Looney Tunes: Back in Action Eric Goldberg
Millennium Actress Satoshi Kon
2004
(32nd)
[11]
The Incredibles Brad Bird
Shrek 2 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon
Home on the Range Will Finn and John Sanford
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Stephen Hillenburg
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Mamoru Oshii
2005
(33rd)
[12][13]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park and Steve Box
Corpse Bride Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
Howl's Moving Castle Hayao Miyazaki
2006
(34th)
[14]
Over the Hedge Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick
Flushed Away David Bowers and Sam Fell
Monster House Gil Kenan
Cars John Lasseter
Ice Age: The Meltdown Carlos Saldanha
2007
(35th)
[15]
Ratatouille Brad Bird
Surf's Up Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
Shrek the Third Chris Miller and Raman Hui
Persepolis Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
The Simpsons Movie David Silverman
2008
(36th)
[16]
Kung Fu Panda Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman
$9.99 Tatia Rosenthal
WALL-E Andrew Stanton
The Tale of Despereaux Rob Stevenhagen and Sam Fell
2009
(37th)
[17]
Up Pete Docter
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
Ponyo Hayao Miyazaki
Coraline Henry Selick

2010s

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Year Film Director(s)
2010
(38th)
[18]
How to Train Your Dragon Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
The Illusionist Sylvain Chomet
Summer Wars Mamoru Hosoda
Despicable Me Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich
2011
(39th)
[19][20]
Kung Fu Panda 2 Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Gnomeo & Juliet Kelly Asbury
Winnie the Pooh Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall
Puss in Boots Chris Miller
Rio Carlos Saldanha
Rango Gore Verbinski
2012
(40th)
[21]
Wreck-It Ralph Rich Moore
Hotel Transylvania Genndy Tartakovsky
The Rabbi's Cat Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux
ParaNorman Sam Fell and Chris Butler
Zarafa Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie
2013
(41st)
[22]
Frozen Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
The Croods Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
Turbo David Soren
Epic Chris Wedge
Ernest & Celestine Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner
2014
(42nd)
[23]
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Dean DeBlois
Big Hero 6 Don Hall & Chris Williams
Cheatin' Bill Plympton
Song of the Sea Tomm Moore
The Book of Life Jorge R. Gutierrez
The Boxtrolls Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable
The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Chris McKay
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Isao Takahata
2015
(43rd)
[24][25]
Inside Out Pete Docter
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Extraordinary Tales Raul Garcia
The Prophet Roger Allers
Shaun the Sheep Movie Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
The Peanuts Movie Steve Martino
When Marnie Was There Hiromasa Yonebayashi
2016
(44th)
[26][27]
Zootopia Byron Howard and Rich Moore
Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight
My Life as a Zucchini Claude Barras
The Red Turtle Michaël Dudok de Wit
Your Name Makoto Shinkai
2017
(45th)
[28][29]
Coco Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert
The Boss Baby Tom McGrath
The Breadwinner Nora Twomey
The Lego Batman Movie Chris McKay
2018
(46th)
[30][31]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman
Early Man Nick Park
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Genndy Tartakovsky
Incredibles 2 Brad Bird
Ralph Breaks the Internet Phil Johnston & Rich Moore
2019
(47th)
[32][33]
Klaus Sergio Pablos
Missing Link Chris Butler
I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin
Frozen II Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck
Weathering with You Makoto Shinkai

2020s

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Year Film Director(s)
2020
(48th)
[34][35]
Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Calamity Jane Rémi Chayé
Over the Moon Glen Keane
Ride Your Wave Masaaki Yuasa
Soul Pete Docter
2021
(49th)
[36][37]
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe
Belle Mamoru Hosoda
Encanto Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Kenneth Ladekjær
Luca Enrico Casarosa
2022
(50th)
[38]
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Turning Red Domee Shi
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp, Kirsten Lepore, Stephen Chiodo
My Father's Dragon Nora Twomey
Wendell & Wild Henry Selick
2023
(51st)
[39][40]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki
Nimona Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Robot Dreams Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears

See also

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References

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