37th Annie Awards
The 37th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2009, were held on February 6, 2010, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Production category nominees
Nominations announced on December 1, 2009Best Animated Feature">Annie Award for Best Animated Feature">Best Animated Feature
- Up
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- The Princess and the Frog
- The Secret of Kells
Best Home Entertainment Production
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- Open Season 2
- SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One
Best Animated Short Subject
- - shadowMachine
- Pups of Liberty - Picnic Pictures
- Santa, The Fascist Years - Plymptoons
- The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky - Barley Films
- The Story of Walls - Badmash Animation Studios
Best Animated Television Commercial
- Spanish Lottery - "Deportees" - Acme Filmworks
- Goldfish - In the Dark
- Idaho Lottery - "Twiceland" - Acme Filmworks'''
- McDonald's - "Nutty Trade" - Blue Sky Studios
- The Spooning - Screen Novelties/Acne Media
Best Animated Television Production
- Prep and Landing - ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Glenn Martin, DDS - Tornante/Cuppa Coffee Studios/Rogers Communications
- Merry Madagascar - DreamWorks Animation
- The Simpsons - 20th Century Fox/Gracie Films
Best Animated Television Production for Children
- The Penguins of Madagascar - Nickelodeon Productions/DreamWorks Animation
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Disney Television Animation
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon Productions
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack - Cartoon Network Studios
- The Mighty B! - Nickelodeon Productions/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
Individual achievement category nominees
Animated Effects
- The Princess and the Frog - James Mansfield
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Tom Kluyskens
- Monsters vs. Aliens - Scott Cegielski
- 9 – Alexander Feigin
- Up - Eric Froemling
Character Animation in a Television Production
- Mark Donald - Bob's Big Break
- Mark Mitchell - Prep and Landing
- Kevan Shorey - Merry Madagascar
- Tony Smeed - Prep and Landing
- Philip To - Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space
Character Design in a Feature Production
- Coraline – Shane Prigmore
- Coraline – Shannon Tindle
- Up – Daniel Lopez Munoz
Character Design in a Television Production
- Bill Schwab - Prep & Landing
- Benjamin Balistreri - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Bryan Arnett - The Mighty B
- Craig Kellman - Merry Madagascar
Directing in a Television Production
- Bret Haaland – The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime
- Pam Cooke, Jansen Yee – American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles
- Rob Fendler – Popzilla
- John Infantino, J. G. Quintel –
- Jennifer Oxley – The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster
Directing in a Feature Production
- Pete Docter – Up
- Phil Lord and Chris Miller – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Henry Selick – Coraline
- Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Hayao Miyazaki – Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Music in a Television Production
Music in a Feature Production
- Coraline – Bruno Coulais
- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea – Joe Hisaishi
- – John Powell
- Up – Michael Giacchino
Production Design in a Television Production
Production Design in a Feature Production
- Coraline – Tadahiro Uesugi
- 9 – Christophe Vacher
- Coraline – Chris Appelhans
- The Princess and the Frog – Ian Gooding
Storyboarding in a Television Production
Storyboarding in a Feature Production
Voice Acting in a Television Production
- SpongeBob's Truth or Square - Tom Kenny
- Merry Madagascar - Danny Jacobs
- Chowder: The Dinner Theater - Nicky Jones
- Chowder: The Party Cruse - Dwight Schultz
- Merry Madagascar - Willow Smith
Voice Acting in a Feature Production
- The Princess and the Frog - Jennifer Cody
- Coraline - Dawn French
- Monsters vs. Aliens - Hugh Laurie
- - John Leguizamo
- The Princess and the Frog - Jenifer Lewis
Writing in a Television Production
Writing in a Feature Production
- Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
- Astro Boy – David Bowers and Timothy Harris
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
- Up – Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson
Juried award winners
- Special Achievement: Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
- Winsor McCay Award: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
- Ub Iwerks Award: William Reeves
- June Foray Award: Tom Sito
- Certificate of Merit: Myles Mikulic, Danny Young, and Michael Woodside