Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject
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The Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject is an Annie Award
given annually to the best animated short film, except in 1999 and 2002. It was introduced in 1995. In 1998, the award was renamed to Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short Subject, and renamed again to Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animated Short Subject in 1999, but went back to its second title in 2000. In 2005, it was again reverted to its original title, and it's remained so ever since.
Annie Award
The Annie Awards have been presented by the Los Angeles, California branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972...
given annually to the best animated short film, except in 1999 and 2002. It was introduced in 1995. In 1998, the award was renamed to Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short Subject, and renamed again to Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animated Short Subject in 1999, but went back to its second title in 2000. In 2005, it was again reverted to its original title, and it's remained so ever since.
1990s
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1995 | Dexter's Laboratory | Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century... |
Driving Mr. Pink Driving Mr. Pink Driving Mr. Pink is an animated short based on the Pink Panther series. This cartoon is meant for The Pink Panther 1993-95 TV series, but ended up as a theatrical short for theaters. It was is done by Charles Grosvenor and Byron Vaughns... |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, or MGM Animation for short, was the animation division of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture studio in Hollywood, California, USA that specializes in animated productions for theatrical features and television... |
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George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular! | Hanna-Barbera | |
Interview with Tallulah, Queen of the Universe | Queen of the Universe Productions | |
Johnny Bravo | Hanna-Barbera | |
1996 | Cow and Chicken Cow and Chicken Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them... - For episode "No Smoking" |
Hanna-Barbera |
1997 | Björk: I Miss You - Björk's music video | |
"Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture... " - For episode "The Ambiguously Gay Duo #2" |
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"Saturday Night Live" - For episode "The Ambiguously Gay Duo #3" | ||
Action League Now! Action League Now! Action League NOW! is a stop motion children's television series that was originally part of All That and then KaBlam! on Nickelodeon, and was later spun off into its own short-lived show. It was made using "chuckimation"... : Rock-a-Big Baby |
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The Big Hunt | ||
1998 | Geri's Game Geri's Game Geri's Game is a five-minute animated short film made by Pixar in 1997, written and directed by Jan Pinkava. It was the first Pixar Short created after Toy Story, the previous short being Knick Knack in 1989.... |
Pixar Animation Studios Pixar Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide... |
Redux Riding Hood Redux Riding Hood Redux Riding Hood is an animated short film produced by Disney in 1998 that received an Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Short Film.... |
Walt Disney Television Animation Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Television Animation is an American animation studio that is the TV animation production arm of the Disney-ABC Television Group, owned by The Walt Disney Company, dedicated to creating, developing and producing animated television series, films, specials and other projects.Established in... |
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T.R.A.N.S.I.T. | Illuminated Film Company Illuminated Film Company -Productions:Productions include The World of Eric Carle , T.R.A.N.S.I.T directed by Piet Kroon, A Christmas Carol - The Movie directed by Jimmy T Murakami, War Game directed by Dave Unwin and Little Princess series director Ed Foster. Two series of Little Princess were made for Channel 5's... ; Picture Start (associate) |
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Three Little Pigs | Walt Disney Television Animation | |
Titey | J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. | |
1999 | Al Tudi Tuhak Al Tudi Tuhak Al Tudi Tuhak, meaning "a long time ago" in the Lushootseed language, was a short animated film made in 1999 based on the folk culture of the people of the Northwestern coast of the U.S. It won the student academy award in 2000, and was nominated for best short film at the 2000 "Annie" awards. ... |
Tod Polson |
Living Forever | FableVision Studios FableVision FableVision is a Boston-based educational media company. FableVision creates educational software and story-based media for children and adults.... |
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More More (short) More is a 1998 short film created by Mark Osborne using stop motion animation. More has won several awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Animated Short Film in 1998.- Plot :... |
Bad Clams Productions | |
2000s
Year | Short Film | Production companies/Recipients |
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2000 | For the Birds | Pixar Animation Studios |
Ghost of Stephen Foster | Matthew Nastuk Matthew Nastuk Matthew Nastuk is an animation director on The Simpsons. He started directing during the tenth season, and has since directed over a dozen episodes and continues to direct today.-Season Ten:... ; Raymond S. Persi Raymond S. Persi Raymond S. Persi is a director for episodes of The Simpsons. His directing credits include season sixteen's "Mobile Homer", several episodes from season seventeen including "The Girl Who Slept Too Little", the Emmy-award winning "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", and "The Monkey Suit", the season... |
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John Henry | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney... |
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Little Go Beep | Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros... |
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Quick Draw El Kabong | Wild Brain Wild Brain Wild Brain is an award-winning entertainment company that develops and produces television programming, motion pictures, commercial content and licensed merchandise... , Inc. |
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2001 | Hubert's Brain | Wild Brain, Inc. |
Mr. Digital Tokoro #1542 | Nippon Television Nippon Television is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,... |
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Rejected Rejected Rejected is an animated short comedy film by Don Hertzfeldt that was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2000. It received 27 awards from film festivals around the world.... |
Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including the Academy-Award nominated Rejected and Everything Will Be OK. His animated films have received over 150 awards and have been presented around the world. Before the age of thirty, his films were already the subject of several... |
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Stubble Trouble Stubble Trouble "Stubble Trouble" is an animated short film produced under Calabash Animation and was directed by Joseph E. Merideth, a former animator for Calabash and a teacher of animation for and Columbia College Chicago. The short is about a caveman who tries to impress a woman, however is rejected... |
Calabash Animation | |
Tenacious D Tenacious D Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny... : Fuck Her Gently |
Spümcø Spümcø Spümcø, Inc. was an American animation production company based in Los Angeles, California. The studio produced three traditionally animated series, two Flash-animated cartoon series, two music videos, five animated shorts, and a comic book. The company also went on to produce content for a few... |
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VAP | Polygon Pictures Polygon Pictures is a Japanese 3DCG anime studio.They have animated a wide variety of content, from commercials for Shiseido, which included numerous of their original characters, such as the two penguins , to the 3DCG anime TV series Digital Tokoro-san and their upcoming 3DCG anime film Samuroid Zero.In 2004,... ; TV Club; Hakuhodo Hakuhodo is Japan's second largest advertising agency, with gross sales of approximately 700 hundred million yen. It has its headquarters at Akasaka Biz Tower in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.... |
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2003 | The Story of "The Tortoise and the Hare" | Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator... ; Screen Novelties Screen Novelties Screen Novelties is a collective of film directors, specializing in stop motion animation. It was formed in 2003 by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Chris Finnegan.... International |
The Groovenians | Cartoon Network Studios Cartoon Network Studios Cartoon Network Studios is an American animation studio. A subsidiary of the Turner Broadcasting System , Cartoon Network Studios focuses on producing and developing animated programs only for and related to Cartoon Network... |
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Night of the Living Doo Night of the Living Doo Night of the Living Doo is a 2001 Scooby-Doo animated special. The cartoon was a comedic parody of a typical episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, complete with unlikely guests and a retro style. The special was produced by Cartoon Network and broadcast in small segments during commercial breaks of... |
Cartoon Network Cartoon Network (United States) Cartoon Network is an American cable television network owned by Turner Broadcasting which primarily airs animated programming. The channel was launched on October 1, 1992 after Turner purchased the animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1991... |
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2004 | Boundin' Boundin' Boundin' is a 2003 Pixar short film, shown at the start of the film The Incredibles. The film was written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of PIXAR animator Bud Luckey.-Plot:... |
Pixar Animation Studios |
Amanda | Vinton Studios | |
Boys Night Out | Barley Films, LTD. | |
Destino Destino Destino is an animated short film released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion... |
Walt Disney Pictures | |
Nibbles | Acme Filmworks | |
2005 | Lorenzo Lorenzo (film) Lorenzo is a 2004 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation about a cat, Lorenzo, who is "dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own." The short was directed by Mike Gabriel and produced by Baker Bloodworth... |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Agricultural Report | Barley Films | |
It's the Cat | Mark Kausler | |
Rockfish | Blur Studio | |
Ryan Ryan (film) Ryan is a 2004 animated documentary by Chris Landreth about the Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.... |
Copper Heart Entertainment; National Film Board of Canada National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions... |
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2006 | The Fan and the Flower | Atomic Television; Plymptoons Productions |
Life in Transition | Stretch Films | |
Milch | Klasky Csupo Klasky Csupo Klasky Csupo, Inc. is a multimedia entertainment production company located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, founded by artist/producer, Arlene Klasky and animator, Gábor Csupó.- History :... |
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The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation is a 2005 animated short film.On March 5, 2006 it won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film.... |
John Canemaker John Canemaker John Cannizzaro Jr. , better known as John Canemaker, is an independent animator, animation historian, author, teacher and lecturer. In 1980, he began teaching and developing the animation program at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts', Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Department... Productions |
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Moongirl | Laika | |
2007 | No Time for Nuts No Time for Nuts No Time for Nuts is a computer animated short film from Blue Sky Studios , starring Scrat of Ice Age fame, premiering on the DVD release of Ice Age: The Meltdown, much in the same vein as Gone Nutty on the previous movie's DVD release... |
Blue Sky Studios Blue Sky Studios Blue Sky Studios is an American CGI-animation studio which specializes in high-resolution, computer-generated character animation and rendering. It is owned by 20th Century Fox and located in Greenwich, Connecticut... |
Adventure Time | Nickelodeon | |
Don't Download This Song | Acme Filmworks | |
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot | Thunderbean Animation | |
2008 | Your Friend the Rat Your Friend the Rat Your Friend the Rat is Pixar's first short film to feature traditional animation. At 11 minutes, it is also the longest Pixar short to date. Along with 2D animation, the short also includes stop-motion animation, computer generated imagery and live action, much like the children's television... |
Pixar Animation Studios |
"Shorty McShorts' Shorts Shorty McShorts' Shorts Shorty McShorts' Shorts is a Disney Channel animated anthology series, which consists of 5-minute shorts. The first episode aired on July 28, 2006. In Latin America, it is broadcast on Jetix.- Summary :... " - For episode "Mascot Prep" |
Walt Disney Television Animation | |
The Chestnut Tree The Chestnut Tree The Chestnut Tree is a short film which made its debut at the Laemmle Sunset 5 and then showed in the Austin Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival. It is a 2-D hand-drawn short film about a little girl and her mother that revisit memories under the chestnut tree... |
Picnic Pictures | |
Everything Will Be OK Everything Will Be OK Everything Will Be OK is a 2006 animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is the first chapter of a planned three-part story about Bill, the protagonist. Hertzfeldt released the second film in the series, titled I am so proud of you, in 2008.... |
Bitter Films | |
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater How to Hook Up Your Home Theater How to Hook Up Your Home Theater is a 2007 theatrical cartoon from Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Kevin Deters and co-directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton. This is the first theatrical Goofy solo cartoon short made in 46 years, since Aquamania... |
Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
2009 | A Matter of Loaf and Death A Matter of Loaf and Death A Matter of Loaf and Death is an animated television short created by Nick Park, and the fourth of his shorts to star his characters Wallace and Gromit... |
Aardman Animations Aardman Animations Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit... |
Glago's Guest Glago's Guest Glago's Guest is a 2008 Walt Disney Animation Studios computer animated short film directed by Chris Williams. The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2008..... |
Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Hot Dog | Bill Plympton Bill Plympton William "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in... Studios |
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Presto Presto (film) Presto is a 2008 American Pixar computer-animated short film shown in theaters before their feature length film WALL-E. The short is about a magician trying to perform a show with his uncooperative rabbit and is a gag-filled homage to classic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes... |
Pixar Animation Studios | |
Cookie Blues | Luke Rosin (eLuko Productions) | |