The winners of the 35th Annual Annie Awards have been announced and Ratatouille nearly swept up all the awards it was nominated for reports Variety.
In a near-sweep, Pixar’s popular "anyone can cook" parable shut out every bigscreen contender except Sony Pictures Animation’s "Surf’s Up," which scored two individual achievement awards ,while Oscar nominee "Persepolis" went home empty-handed.
says the article. The full list of wins for Ratatouille include:
- Animated Feature (Ratatouille)
- Character Animation In A Feature Production (Michal Makarewicz)
- Character Design In An Animated Feature Production (Carter Goodrich)
- Directing In An Animated Feature Production (Brad Bird)
- Music In An Animated Feature Production (Michael Giacchino)
- Production Design In An Animated Feature Production (Harley Jessup)
- Storyboarding In An Animated Feature Production (Ted Mathot)
- Voice Acting In An Animated Feature Production (Ian Holm)
- Writing In An Animated Feature Production (Brad Bird)
THQ also won the award for "Animated Video Game" for Ratatouille and Pixar also won the award for "Animated Short Subject" for Your Friend The Rat.
Congratulations to everyone at Pixar for these well-deserved wins. Fingers crossed for the Oscars. Thanks Guido.
Last modified: February 9, 2008