TheAnnie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production (orAnnie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production ) is anAnnie Award , awarded annually to the bestanimated feature film and introduced in 1996. It rewardsdirecting for animated feature films. The recipients are directors as well as co-directors.
The award was formerly calledBest Individual Achievement: Directing in 1996,Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a Feature Production in 1997,[ 1] andOutstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production from 1998 to 2001.[ 2]
Multiple winners and nominations [ edit ] The award has matched up with theAcademy 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 andDean DeBlois have won it twice, andBrad Bird andLee 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 , andMakoto Shinkai have received two nominations each.Andrew Stanton ,Chris Sanders ,Dean DeBlois ,Nick Park ,Henry Selick andRich Moore have received three nominations.John Lasseter ,Chris Buck andPete Docter , were nominated four times.Hayao Miyazaki , andLee Unkrich both hold a record five nominations.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Year Film Director(s) 2020(48th ) [ 34] [ 35] Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross StewartCalamity 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 LadekjærLuca 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 FeroumontTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Jeff Rowe , Kyler Spears2024(52nd ) [ 41] [ 42] The Wild Robot Chris Sanders Chicken for Linda! Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach Flow Gints Zilbalodis That Christmas Simon Otto Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park , Merlin Crossingham
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