More than ever, the organization feels like one with a severe identity crisis. In order to quell backlash from the realization a few years back of a disproportionally DreamWorks-based voting membership, they have been continually tweaking their voting process to cast a very broad net. It's more of a dishonour not to be nominated! And yet they still manage to miss obvious achievements in several categories. How does Brave not get cited for storyboarding? How does Frankenweenie lose out on character design? How do Wreck-It Ralph leads John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman get passed over for Alan Tudyk's broad impersonation of Ed Wynn in Voice Acting?
All in all, take it with a grain of salt. This group is hardly an influential one when it comes to the awards race.
Also nominated here are Animated Short shortlisters Paperman, The Longest Daycare, and Head Over Heals.
Best Animated Feature
Brave – Pixar Animation Studios
Frankenweenie – The Walt Disney Studios
Hotel Transylvania – Sony Pictures Animation
ParaNorman – Focus Features
Rise of the Guardians – DreamWorks Animation
The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Aardman Animations
The Rabbi’s Cat – GKIDS
Wreck-It Ralph – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Best Animated Short Subject
Brad and Gary – Illumination Entertainment
Bydlo – National Film Board of Canada
Eyes on the Stars – StoryCorps
Goodnight Mr. Foot – Sony Pictures Animation
Kali the Little Vampire – National Film Board of Canada
Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’ – Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV
Paperman – Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Simpsons – ‘Bill Plympton Couch Gag’ – Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV
Best Student Film
Can We Be Happy Now – Tahnee Gehm
Defective Detective – Avner Geller & Steve Lewis
Head Over Heels – Timothy Reckart
I Am Tom Moody – Ainslie Henderson
Ladies Knight – Joseph Rothenberg
Origin – Jessica Poon
The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete – Karen Sullivan
Tule Lake – Michelle Ikemoto
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
ParaNorman – Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski, Grant Laker
Ice Age: Continental Drift – Andrew Schneider
Rise of the Guardians – Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton
Brave – Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn, Michael K. O’Brien
Wreck-It Ralph – Brett Albert
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – Jihyun Yoon
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Joel Aron
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
The Avengers – Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig, Mark Chataway
The Amazing Spider-Man – Stephen Marshall, Joseph Pepper, Dustin Wicke
John Carter – Sue Rowe, Simon Stanley-Clamp, Artemis Oikonomopoulou, Holger Voss, Nikki Makar, Catherine Elvidge
Battleship – Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florent Andorra, Florian Witzel, Aron Bonar
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Dan Nguyen – Brave
David Pate – Rise of the Guardians
Jaime Landes – Brave
Phillppe LeBrun – Rise of the Guardians
Pierre Perifel – Rise of the Guardians
Travis Hathaway – Brave
Travis Knight – ParaNorman
Will Becher – The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Erik de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey – Life of Pi - Orangutan
Erik de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl – Life of Pi - Tiger
Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser, Scott Benzu, Steve King, Kiran Bhat – The Avengers
Mike Beaulieu, Roger Vizard, Atushi Sato, Jackie Kochler, Derek Esparza, Richard Smith, Mac Tyrie – The Amazing Spiderman
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Bill Schwab, Lorelay Bove, Cory Loftis, Minkyu Lee – Wreck-It Ralph
Carlos Grangel – Hotel Transylvania
Carter Goodrich – Hotel Transylvania
Craig Kellman – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Heidi Smith – ParaNorman
Yarrow Cheney, Eric Guillon, Colin Stimpson – Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Genndy Tartakovsky – Hotel Transylvania
Johan Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux – The Rabbi’s Cat
Remi Bezancon, Jean-Christophe Lie – Zarafa
Rick Moore – Wreck-It Ralph
Sam Fell, Chris Butler – ParaNorman
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Alexandre Desplat – Rise of the Guardians
Bruce Retief – Adventures in Zambezia
Henry Jackman – Wreck-It Ralph
Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda – Secret of the Wings
John Powell, Adam Schlesinger, Ester Dean – Ice Age: Continental Drift
John Powell, Cinco Paul – Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Mark Mothersbaugh – Hotel Transylvania
Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel – Brave
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin, Shannon Jeffries, Lindsey Olivares, Kenard Pak – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Marcello Vignali – Hotel Transylvania
Nash Dunnigan, Arden Chen, Jon Townley, Kyle McNaughton – Ice Age: Continental Drift
Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara, Trevor Dalmer – ParaNorman
Norman Garwood, Matt Berry – The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Patrick Hanenberger, Max Boas, Jayee Borcar, Woonyoung Jung, Perry Maple, Peter Maynez, Stan Seo, Felix Yoon – Rise of the Guardians
Rick Heintzich – Frankenweenie
Steve Pilcher – Brave
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Emmanuela Cozzi – ParaNorman
Johanne Matte – Rise of the Guardians
Leo Matsuda – Wreck-It Ralph
Lissa Treiman – Wreck-It Ralph
Rob Koo – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Adam Sandler as Dracula – Hotel Transylvania
Alan Tudyk as King Candy – Wreck-It Ralph
Atticus Shaffer as "E"Gore – Frankenweenie
Catherine O'Hara as Weird Girl – Frankenweenie
Imelda Staunton as Queen Victoria – The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Jim Cummings as Budzo – Adventures in Zambezia
Jude Law as Pitch – Rise of the Guardians
Kelly MacDonald as Merida – Brave
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Chris Butler - ParaNorman
Gideon Defoe - The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Karey Kirkpatrick - From Up on Poppy Hill
John August - Frankenweenie Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi - Brave
Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee - Wreck-It Ralph
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Catherine Apple – Hotel Transylvania
Joyce Arrastia – Rise of the Guardians
Mark Rosenbaum – Secret of the Wings
Nicholas A. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE, David Suther – Brave
Tim Mertens – Wreck-It Ralph
