The Annie Awards are given to an animation award show created by the International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood, and are "animation's highest honor"[1]. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing, directing, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, etc., in 1992, it began to honor animation as a whole and started the category of Best Animated Feature. New categories were subsequently added for different mediums for animation, etc. Jump to: navigation, search Animation is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... Film production stages include (very broadly) Development: script development, or purchase of a screenplay rewriting the screenplay (repeat) -- see development hell financing Pre-production: budgeting scheduling casting rehearsals set construction Production: principal photography visual effects Post-production: film editing special effects composing score sound editing sound effects Distribution marketing Merchandising... ... Jump to: navigation, search Animation is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating. ... Jump to: navigation, search Writing may refer to two activities: the inscribing of characters on a medium, with the intention of forming words and other constructs that represent language or record information, and the creation of material to be conveyed through written language. ... A voice actor (or voice artist) is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, stop motion, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated shorts), and radio and television commercials. ... Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ...

Award Categories

Production Categories

• Best Animated Feature
• Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
• Best Animated Short Subject
• Best Animated Televison Commercial
• Best Animated Television Production

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• Animated Effects
• Character Animation
• Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
• Character Design in an Animated Television Production
• Directing in an Animated Feature Production
• Directing in an Animated Television Production
• Music in an Animated Feature Production
• Music in an Animated Television Production
• Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
• Production Design in an Animated Television Production
• Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
• Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
• Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
• Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
• Writing in an Animated Feature Production
• Writing in an Animated Television Production

Juried Awards

• June Foray Award
• Ub Iwerks Award
• Winsor McCay Award
• Special Achievement in Animation
• Certificate of Merit

Source

Official Site of the Annie Awards