ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, December 11, 2004
I am back from Silverado Canyon Craft Fair. I sold most of my monster musicboxes and the last Gigantor 40th Anniversary T-shirts left over from last year`s Fred Ladd presentation at Comic Con. (I finally broke even on those shirts Fred and even made a little for ASIFA at last year`s comic con so everything is cool).
You know something Fred, there are some people in Silverado Canyon that sure love your work. I had someone wanting to know where she could get a Kimba T-shirt. I know you don`t have the rights to that but you sure started something when you started bringing early Anime over here and there are a lot of people who still love the early stuff.
Next week I have 2 colleges ending their semesters and then the Brad Bird showing on Thursday and the ASIFA party on Friday. Going to be busy. More later.
You know something Fred, there are some people in Silverado Canyon that sure love your work. I had someone wanting to know where she could get a Kimba T-shirt. I know you don`t have the rights to that but you sure started something when you started bringing early Anime over here and there are a lot of people who still love the early stuff.
Next week I have 2 colleges ending their semesters and then the Brad Bird showing on Thursday and the ASIFA party on Friday. Going to be busy. More later.
I'm off to the Silverado Canyon Craft Fair today. A very un-animation type place where I will try to sell t-shirts and hand crafted knifes, and homemade candy, and musicboxes painted like classic Universal movie monsters.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Just finished editing the Martha & Sol Interview DVD. It is hand held with some real jerky movement but the info and Sol & Martha are great. It is only for my use and the use of the school and of course I am sending Martha & Sol a copy and will put one in the ASIFA archives. I had fun doing the cover.
Pixar Sends Incredibles Script to ASIFA-Hollywood Members
The other day I told you that something was coming that was way cool. Here it is, a bound copy of the script of the Incredibles. Pixar is making this a very nice Christmas around my house.
The other day I told you that something was coming that was way cool. Here it is, a bound copy of the script of the Incredibles. Pixar is making this a very nice Christmas around my house.
Okay, time for me to eat some words. Back in October I mouthed off on how un-useable Disney's "On the Front Lines" DVD is in a classroom setting with limited time. over-protective-on-front-lines
I believe everything I said then is still true, the user interface is hard to use, they force you to watch a disclaimer before each cartoon but Jerry Beck put me into the right prospective when he said that he doesn`t care who he has to listen to for what kind of disclaimer before getting to watch Education For Death. He`s just glad that they opened the vault.
He`s right, he`s right. The only way to see the stuff on this DVD use to be to find a bootleg 16mm print up some dark alley.
This year ASIFA-Hollywood is giving a Special Achievement award to Disney's "On the Front Lines" DVD.
The things on this disk set are amazing. My god, Victory Through Air Power. I didn`t have that before. And this film may have changed the very outcome of the war. It shifted the US war effort from Sea Power to Air Power.
And Der Feuhrer`s Face, before this disk all that we could find out there is Milt Neal on Cartoons at War talking about this Oscar(R) winning short animation.
I`m sorry for badmouthing the interface with its forced disclaimers. I was just mad that I couldn`t show my class more of the treasures from the Disney vault. I should be grateful like Jerry just to see these films to have them to show my students. And if I am going to have to set through a disclaimer to get to the good stuff then Leonard Maltin is the guy I would chose to listen to.
This is a great set of disks and Disney done good! (sic) Thanks for opening the vaults guys.
Thursday, December 09, 2004
I hear tell that another package is in the mail for ASIFA-Hollywood members. I promised not to tell what it is or even who it is from but it is so very cool.
I know that this is a nah, nah, nah, nah, nah I know something and you don`t kind of message. But it is so, so, very cool. Keep an eye on your mailbox.
I know that this is a nah, nah, nah, nah, nah I know something and you don`t kind of message. But it is so, so, very cool. Keep an eye on your mailbox.
I just discovered this cool Pixar Animation Blog http://pixaranimation.blogspot.com/. The first thing I see when I click in is a scan of the Incredibles DVD case that I posted here last Monday with a link back to this ASIFA blog. I guess people really are reading my blog. And here I am setting in my pajamas thinking that I am pontificating to myself. I think maybe I should go comb my beard before I blog again.
Martha and Sol Interview
Digital video is such a great thing. It just snuck up on us or at least me. Back in October I had Sol and Martha Sigall in as guest speakers at my Cal State Fullerton History of animation class.
I am currently editing down the tapes and yesterday I burned the first DVD of their interview. Last night when I came home from teaching at another college I popped in the disk and there they were.
Of course there I was too but that is another story. I think Brad Bird directed that one. Now all I have to do is get out to a train yard and get in shape by lifting a few boxcars.
Digital video is such a great thing. It just snuck up on us or at least me. Back in October I had Sol and Martha Sigall in as guest speakers at my Cal State Fullerton History of animation class.
I am currently editing down the tapes and yesterday I burned the first DVD of their interview. Last night when I came home from teaching at another college I popped in the disk and there they were.
Of course there I was too but that is another story. I think Brad Bird directed that one. Now all I have to do is get out to a train yard and get in shape by lifting a few boxcars.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
This Year`s June Foray Winner
ASIFA likes to honor the living but some times we just can`t. We get there too late. Bill Moritz left us far too soon. This man was too important to go quietly into that goodnight. To find out more about the life of this great friend to animtion follow this link: http://www.deneroff.com/Commentary/2004/0402.htm
ASIFA likes to honor the living but some times we just can`t. We get there too late. Bill Moritz left us far too soon. This man was too important to go quietly into that goodnight. To find out more about the life of this great friend to animtion follow this link: http://www.deneroff.com/Commentary/2004/0402.htm
I have not posted anything on the up coming ASIFA party for a week or two. We are getting closer to the day and I thought I would give you another heads up.
December 17th, 2004 - 7:30pm
ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites you to its annual XMAS PARTY!
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, will be holding its annual animated Xmas Party at the new ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center in Burbank on Friday December 17th. Refreshments will be served. All are invited.
This will also be the first public viewing of our new headquarters in Burbank. Before we move our archives, library and offices into the space, while it's still empty, it's a perfect place for a Holiday Season bash!
Live music! Food! Cartoons! Fun!
Join us!
December 17th, 2004 - 7:30pm
The New ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center
2114 Burbank Blvd.
Burbank (4 blocks east of Buena Vista on the South side of the street)
December 17th, 2004 - 7:30pm
ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites you to its annual XMAS PARTY!
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, will be holding its annual animated Xmas Party at the new ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center in Burbank on Friday December 17th. Refreshments will be served. All are invited.
This will also be the first public viewing of our new headquarters in Burbank. Before we move our archives, library and offices into the space, while it's still empty, it's a perfect place for a Holiday Season bash!
Live music! Food! Cartoons! Fun!
Join us!
December 17th, 2004 - 7:30pm
The New ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center
2114 Burbank Blvd.
Burbank (4 blocks east of Buena Vista on the South side of the street)
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
I just got off the phone with Rob Ankor at Techicolor, the people that created and shipped the screeners for Pixar`s Incredibles. It is really nice for a change to deal with a company that knows the meaning of customer service.
That`s cool, that`s friendly.
(rant) Why can`t my bank be this cool? They have my money and I can`t get an answer out of them without a pack of lawyers and hellhounds. The banks of the world could sure use a lesson in manners from folks like Techicolor. (/rant)
So here is the skinny from Rob. The DVD screeners they send out are DVD R`s. Each one is burned separately. This makes sense. How else are they going to put a tracking code on each disk. (Don't lend it to your friends)
This means that there is going to be a small percent that are defective. But most of the problems come from compatibility issues stemming from the nature of a DVD R. Some systems just will not play them. So if you are having trouble with your screener try it on a couple of systems. A least you will know if it is the system or the disk.
Whatever the reason is that you can`t view your screener, Techicolor will replace it. Just call their toll free number 1-800-993-4567 and then select option #2. You will get to a real live human.
They will ask you for your tracking number from the shipping package, what guild you are a member of, your name, and maybe what type of DVD player you have. If you want the screener in VHS they can do that too.
They told me that they would work on it until you got a screener that will play. I believe them too. I just wish my bank would say anything like that when I call with a problem.
Sure, we will replace it right now. Oh, you need to ask a question about general replacement policy. Here is the number.
That`s cool, that`s friendly.
(rant) Why can`t my bank be this cool? They have my money and I can`t get an answer out of them without a pack of lawyers and hellhounds. The banks of the world could sure use a lesson in manners from folks like Techicolor. (/rant)
So here is the skinny from Rob. The DVD screeners they send out are DVD R`s. Each one is burned separately. This makes sense. How else are they going to put a tracking code on each disk. (Don't lend it to your friends)
This means that there is going to be a small percent that are defective. But most of the problems come from compatibility issues stemming from the nature of a DVD R. Some systems just will not play them. So if you are having trouble with your screener try it on a couple of systems. A least you will know if it is the system or the disk.
Whatever the reason is that you can`t view your screener, Techicolor will replace it. Just call their toll free number 1-800-993-4567 and then select option #2. You will get to a real live human.
They will ask you for your tracking number from the shipping package, what guild you are a member of, your name, and maybe what type of DVD player you have. If you want the screener in VHS they can do that too.
They told me that they would work on it until you got a screener that will play. I believe them too. I just wish my bank would say anything like that when I call with a problem.
Incredibles Screener Poblems?
There are 3 members of ASIFA-Hollywood in my family. That means that 3 Pixar packages came to my door yesterday. The problem is that my daughter`s DVD of the Incredibles will not play at all. My disk and my son`s disk are fine but Raven`s disk comes up with a DISK ERROR.
I don`t want to look at any gift horse mouths. The Incredibles screener was an incredibly nice gesture on the part of Pixar. I know that they really had to rush the production of this screener to get it out to the membership of ASIFA and other Award voting guilds.
So there are 3 of us with disks in my house and 1 DVD player. No problem until my daughter goes away to school or something. Then I got the following e-mail from a friend.
My question now is are these isolated incidents? If anybody else has had problems with this pressing of the Incredibles screener please let me know at: larry@agni-animation.com
I can`t promise anything to anybody but if there are a lot of bad disks I will look into it and see if anything can be done.
More News on Screener Troubles From Steve, Long Time ASIFA Volunteer:
More Info:
I don`t want to look at any gift horse mouths. The Incredibles screener was an incredibly nice gesture on the part of Pixar. I know that they really had to rush the production of this screener to get it out to the membership of ASIFA and other Award voting guilds.
So there are 3 of us with disks in my house and 1 DVD player. No problem until my daughter goes away to school or something. Then I got the following e-mail from a friend.
Hi Larry,
As an ASIFA member I am now a very proud owner of an Incredibles screener DVD.
However I`m bummed to say that the quality on this particular disc is really bad. Its got pixles flying all over the place and the audio is skipping out, I've checked various chapters but no luck, still a mess. I plan to contact the company that sent the DVD out but just wanted to give you a heads up should other ASIFA members receive bad discs. I hope not.
Sorry to bother you with this but you`re the goto guy.
I hope I can get a disc to replace this one but at the same time I've seen
the movie three times and on the 16th it will be my fourth sitting.
Cheers.
My question now is are these isolated incidents? If anybody else has had problems with this pressing of the Incredibles screener please let me know at: larry@agni-animation.com
I can`t promise anything to anybody but if there are a lot of bad disks I will look into it and see if anything can be done.
More News on Screener Troubles From Steve, Long Time ASIFA Volunteer:
I will see what can be done about this and post it here.
Nope, you and the other people aren't alone. I had to get a fresh one myself after a quick check. Tried mine in three different machines and none of them could read it. Ah well. That's what you get when you do a rush job....
Steve Gattuso
More Info:
Hi Larry,I tried my daughter`s DVD on both my player and a couple at work. Even tried a computer DVD and still nothing. DISK ERROR. So I will be making that call myself.
I had a very pleasant conversation with the people at Technicolor in regards to the disc not playing correctly. They asked for all my information and what kind of player I was using. They plan to send me out a new disc. If people should contact you I think its safe to point them in the direction of the security number that comes with the DVD its 909-974-2290,. They will need to say their a member of ASIFA Hollywood, Name, tracking number from the shipping label and what kind of DVD player they are using.
Now on a side note I tried a DVD player at work and it looks fine so maybe if people try a different player it will work fine. Maybe some DVD players are not compatible with the screener?
Thanks again Larry.
...Ira
Monday, December 06, 2004
Membership has it privileges
I love being a member of ASIFA-Hollywood. I was just taking a bath and the postman came to the door. As luck would have it my wife was home to answer the door and then she brings me in this package.
Sure the DVD has an anti-piracy water mark that can be traced right back to me and then Mickey and his lawyers will show up and brand a letter P into my forehead.
So I can`t let anybody borrow the disk. Good, now I have an easy out when they ask. I never let anybody borrow my Iron Giant tape when I had it 6 months before the video release. But I did have to took an awful lot of flack from people who wanted to. I don`t have to take the flack anymore.
I like this anti-piracy system much better than last year when they just did`t send out any movies and we had to guess when it came to voting.
I love being a member of ASIFA-Hollywood. I was just taking a bath and the postman came to the door. As luck would have it my wife was home to answer the door and then she brings me in this package.
Sure the DVD has an anti-piracy water mark that can be traced right back to me and then Mickey and his lawyers will show up and brand a letter P into my forehead.
So I can`t let anybody borrow the disk. Good, now I have an easy out when they ask. I never let anybody borrow my Iron Giant tape when I had it 6 months before the video release. But I did have to took an awful lot of flack from people who wanted to. I don`t have to take the flack anymore.
I like this anti-piracy system much better than last year when they just did`t send out any movies and we had to guess when it came to voting.
2004 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS
Just got this e-mail so I guess it is time to post the:
2004 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence - Go Fish Pictures
The Incredibles - Pixar Animation Studios
Shrek 2 - DreamWorks Animation
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - Peanut Worm Productions
Best Home Entertainment Production
The Lion King 1 1/2 - DisneyToon Studios
Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three Musketeers" - DisneyToon Studios
Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster - Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Short Subject
Agricultural Report - Barley Films
It's The Cat - Mark Kausler
Lorenzo - Walt Disney Pictures
Rockfish - Blur Studio
Ryan/Copper Heart Entertainment - Nat'l Film Board of Canada
Best Animated Television Commercial
Looney Tunes AFLCA - Warner Bros. Animation
Nintendo Freeboy - Asylum
Quaker Chewy Bars Three Bears - Hornet Inc.
Reebok - Blur Studio
United Airlines Interview - Acme Filmworks
Best Animated Television Production
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Cartoon Network Studios
My Life As A Teenage - Frederator/Nickelodeon
SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon
Star Wars: Clone Wars - Cartoon Network Studios
The Batman - Warner Bros. Animation
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
Scott Cegielski - "Shark Tale"
Hisashi Ezura - "Ghost In The Shell 2"
Matt Hausman - "The Polar Express"
Martin Nguyen - "The Incredibles"
Jonathon Gibbs - Shrek 2
Character Animation
Ken Duncan - "Shark Tale"
John Kahrs - "The Incredibles"
Angus MacLane - "The Incredibles"
Peter Sohn - "The Incredibles"
Kureha Yokoo - "The Incredibles"
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Tony Fucile - "The Incredibles"
Carlos Grangel - "Shark Tale"
Joe Moshier - "Home on the Range"
Teddy Newton - "The Incredibles"
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
Ben Balistreri - The Fairly OddParents "Crash Nebula"
Shakeh Haghnazarian - "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi"
Patrick Mat'e - "Father of the Pride"
Lynn Naylor-Reccardi/Pilot "House of Bloo's" Foster's Home for Imaginary
Friends
Chris Reccardi - Powerpuff Girls - "West in Pieces"
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon & Kelly Ashbury - "Shrek 2"
Brad Bird - "The Incredibles"
Will Finn & John Sanford - "Home on the Range"
Stephen Hillenburg - "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
Mamoru Oshi - "Ghost in the Shell 2"
Directing in an Animated Television Production
Keith Alcorn - "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius - Love Potion
#976/3"
Shaun Cashman & Phil Cummings - "Attack of the Clowns"
Eric Pringle - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - "Who Let The Dogs In"
Brian Sheesley - "Nursery Crimes"
Genndy Tartakovsky - Samurai Jack - "Tale of X-49"
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Michael Giacchino - "The Incredibles"
Harry Gregson-Williams - "Shrek 2"
Don Harper, Martin Erskine & Seth J. Friedman - "The Lion King
1 1/2"
Kenji Kawai - "Ghost in the Shell 2"
Gregor Narholz - "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
Music in an Animated Television Production
Steve D'Angelo & Terry Tompkins - "Peep"
Jeff Danna & Steve Sullivan - "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends"
Yoko Kanno - "Wolf's Rain"
Robert J. Kral - "Duck Dodgers"
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Lou Romano - The Incredibles
Pierre-Olivier Vincent - Shark Tale
Sam Michlap - Shark Tale
Armand Balthazar - Shark Tale
Scott Fassett - Winnie the Pooh, Springtime with Roo
Production Design in an Animated Television Production
RIchard Daskas, - Samurai Jack "Season of Death"
Michael Giaimo - Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi "Episode 1"
Alex Kirwan, - "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
John Over - "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
Mark Whiting - "Duck Dodgers"
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Chen-Yi Chang - "Home on the Range"
Ted Mathot - "The Incredibles"
Kevin O'Brien - "The Incredibles"
Chris Otsuki - "Winnie The Pooh: Springtime with Roo"
Conrad Vernon - "Shrek 2"
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
Alex Basio - Atomic Betty - "Spindly Tam Kanushu"
Wendy Grieb - Disney's Dave the Barbarian - "The Maddening Sprite of the
Stump"
Adam Van Wyk - He Man & The Masters of the Universe - "Awaken the Serpent"
Rossen Varbanov - Disney's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - "To The Moon, Whiskers"
Matthew Youngberg - Teen Titans - "Haunted"
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Tony Anselmo - Voice of Donald Duck - Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three
Musketeers"
Antonio Banderas - Voice of Puss in Boots "Shrek 2"
Brad Bird - Voice of Edna Mode "The Incredibles"
Samuel L. Jackson - Voice of Lucius Best/Frozone "The Incredibles"
Rob Paulsen - Voice of The Troubadour - Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three
Musketeers"
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Maile Flanagan - Voice of Piggley "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
Carolyn Lawrence - Voice of Cindy Vortex "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron,
Boy Genius"
Candi Milo - Voice of Mrs. Wakeman "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
Brittany Murphy - Voice of Luane Platter - King of the Hill - "Girl, You'll
Be A Giant Soon"
Russi Taylor - Voice of Ferny "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, David J. Stern and David N. Weiss - "Shrek 2"
Brad Bird - "The Incredibles"
Michael J. Wilson & Rob Letterman - "Shark Tale"
Writing in an Animated Television Production
Etan Cohen, - King of the Hill "Ceci N'est Pas Line"
Lauren Faust, - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends "World Wide Wabbit"
Evan Gore & Heather Gore - Disney's Dave the Barbarian - "Ned Frischman: Man
of Tomorrow"
Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel - The FairlyOddParents "Channel Chasers"
Brandon Sawyer - Disney's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers "Cyranosaurus Rex"
JURIED AWARDS
June Foray Award - Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art
and industry of animation.
Bill Moritz
Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the
art of animation.
Don Bluth, Virginia Davis and Arnold Stang
Ub Iwerks Award
Dr. Ed Catmull
Special Achievement
Disney's "On the Front Lines" DVD
Certificate of Merit
DreamWorks Animation SKG
Sivert Glarum
2004 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence - Go Fish Pictures
The Incredibles - Pixar Animation Studios
Shrek 2 - DreamWorks Animation
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - Peanut Worm Productions
Best Home Entertainment Production
The Lion King 1 1/2 - DisneyToon Studios
Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three Musketeers" - DisneyToon Studios
Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster - Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Short Subject
Agricultural Report - Barley Films
It's The Cat - Mark Kausler
Lorenzo - Walt Disney Pictures
Rockfish - Blur Studio
Ryan/Copper Heart Entertainment - Nat'l Film Board of Canada
Best Animated Television Commercial
Looney Tunes AFLCA - Warner Bros. Animation
Nintendo Freeboy - Asylum
Quaker Chewy Bars Three Bears - Hornet Inc.
Reebok - Blur Studio
United Airlines Interview - Acme Filmworks
Best Animated Television Production
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Cartoon Network Studios
My Life As A Teenage - Frederator/Nickelodeon
SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon
Star Wars: Clone Wars - Cartoon Network Studios
The Batman - Warner Bros. Animation
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
Scott Cegielski - "Shark Tale"
Hisashi Ezura - "Ghost In The Shell 2"
Matt Hausman - "The Polar Express"
Martin Nguyen - "The Incredibles"
Jonathon Gibbs - Shrek 2
Character Animation
Ken Duncan - "Shark Tale"
John Kahrs - "The Incredibles"
Angus MacLane - "The Incredibles"
Peter Sohn - "The Incredibles"
Kureha Yokoo - "The Incredibles"
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Tony Fucile - "The Incredibles"
Carlos Grangel - "Shark Tale"
Joe Moshier - "Home on the Range"
Teddy Newton - "The Incredibles"
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
Ben Balistreri - The Fairly OddParents "Crash Nebula"
Shakeh Haghnazarian - "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi"
Patrick Mat'e - "Father of the Pride"
Lynn Naylor-Reccardi/Pilot "House of Bloo's" Foster's Home for Imaginary
Friends
Chris Reccardi - Powerpuff Girls - "West in Pieces"
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon & Kelly Ashbury - "Shrek 2"
Brad Bird - "The Incredibles"
Will Finn & John Sanford - "Home on the Range"
Stephen Hillenburg - "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
Mamoru Oshi - "Ghost in the Shell 2"
Directing in an Animated Television Production
Keith Alcorn - "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius - Love Potion
#976/3"
Shaun Cashman & Phil Cummings - "Attack of the Clowns"
Eric Pringle - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - "Who Let The Dogs In"
Brian Sheesley - "Nursery Crimes"
Genndy Tartakovsky - Samurai Jack - "Tale of X-49"
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Michael Giacchino - "The Incredibles"
Harry Gregson-Williams - "Shrek 2"
Don Harper, Martin Erskine & Seth J. Friedman - "The Lion King
1 1/2"
Kenji Kawai - "Ghost in the Shell 2"
Gregor Narholz - "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
Music in an Animated Television Production
Steve D'Angelo & Terry Tompkins - "Peep"
Jeff Danna & Steve Sullivan - "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends"
Yoko Kanno - "Wolf's Rain"
Robert J. Kral - "Duck Dodgers"
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Lou Romano - The Incredibles
Pierre-Olivier Vincent - Shark Tale
Sam Michlap - Shark Tale
Armand Balthazar - Shark Tale
Scott Fassett - Winnie the Pooh, Springtime with Roo
Production Design in an Animated Television Production
RIchard Daskas, - Samurai Jack "Season of Death"
Michael Giaimo - Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi "Episode 1"
Alex Kirwan, - "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
John Over - "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
Mark Whiting - "Duck Dodgers"
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Chen-Yi Chang - "Home on the Range"
Ted Mathot - "The Incredibles"
Kevin O'Brien - "The Incredibles"
Chris Otsuki - "Winnie The Pooh: Springtime with Roo"
Conrad Vernon - "Shrek 2"
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
Alex Basio - Atomic Betty - "Spindly Tam Kanushu"
Wendy Grieb - Disney's Dave the Barbarian - "The Maddening Sprite of the
Stump"
Adam Van Wyk - He Man & The Masters of the Universe - "Awaken the Serpent"
Rossen Varbanov - Disney's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - "To The Moon, Whiskers"
Matthew Youngberg - Teen Titans - "Haunted"
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Tony Anselmo - Voice of Donald Duck - Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three
Musketeers"
Antonio Banderas - Voice of Puss in Boots "Shrek 2"
Brad Bird - Voice of Edna Mode "The Incredibles"
Samuel L. Jackson - Voice of Lucius Best/Frozone "The Incredibles"
Rob Paulsen - Voice of The Troubadour - Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three
Musketeers"
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Maile Flanagan - Voice of Piggley "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
Carolyn Lawrence - Voice of Cindy Vortex "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron,
Boy Genius"
Candi Milo - Voice of Mrs. Wakeman "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
Brittany Murphy - Voice of Luane Platter - King of the Hill - "Girl, You'll
Be A Giant Soon"
Russi Taylor - Voice of Ferny "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, David J. Stern and David N. Weiss - "Shrek 2"
Brad Bird - "The Incredibles"
Michael J. Wilson & Rob Letterman - "Shark Tale"
Writing in an Animated Television Production
Etan Cohen, - King of the Hill "Ceci N'est Pas Line"
Lauren Faust, - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends "World Wide Wabbit"
Evan Gore & Heather Gore - Disney's Dave the Barbarian - "Ned Frischman: Man
of Tomorrow"
Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel - The FairlyOddParents "Channel Chasers"
Brandon Sawyer - Disney's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers "Cyranosaurus Rex"
JURIED AWARDS
June Foray Award - Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art
and industry of animation.
Bill Moritz
Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the
art of animation.
Don Bluth, Virginia Davis and Arnold Stang
Ub Iwerks Award
Dr. Ed Catmull
Special Achievement
Disney's "On the Front Lines" DVD
Certificate of Merit
DreamWorks Animation SKG
Sivert Glarum
32nd Annual Annie Awards Announced Today
In 1973 Ed Catmull digitized a casting of his hand and animated the 3D computer model scanned from that cast. In the process he ripped all the hair of his hand when it became stuck in the plaster he used to mold his model. He has had his hairless hand in computer graphics ever since. Dr. Ed Catmull earned a bachelor of science degree in both physics and computer science and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah.
In 1974 Ed Catmull had just finished his Ph.D. at Utah and taken a job at Applicon, a CAD/CAM company when he was approached to head up the Computer Graphics Laboratory (CGL) at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT).
Joining with other graduates from the University of Utah and researchers fresh from Xerox`s famed Palo Alto Research Center Dr. Catmull was the midwife to the young computer graphics industry.
Many of the things we graphic computer artist take for granted today were created at CGL NYIT under the supervision of Ed Catmull, the RGB paint program, networked computer systems, the alpha channel (which he co-authored with Alvy Ray Smith) and his ground breaking Tween program.
In 1979 Dr. Catmull brought his expertise to the film industry as Vice President of the computer division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. where he managed development efforts in the areas of computer graphics, video editing, video games and digital audio.
In 1986 Steve Jobs purchased the computer division of Lucasfilm and with Ed Catmull founded Pixar. Dr. Catmull was named Vice President and Chef Technical Officer of the new computer animaton studio. Ed Catmull is still the CTO at the famed Emmeryville animaton studio but he has moved up to be the President of Pixar.
He is a key developer of RenderMan, Pixar`s Academy Award-winning computer digital effects program. His is the invisible hand always behind Woody, Gerry, Nemo, Mr. Incredible and all the other Pixar characters and magic we love so much.
Dr. Catmull has won 3 Oscars (R) for his technical advancements of the art and science of film making. He has received the ACM SIGGRAPH Steven Anson Coons Award for his lifetime contributions to computer graphics. And this year on Sunday, January 30th at the 32nd Annual Annie Awards at the Alex Thearter in Glendale, ASIFA-Hollywood takes great pleasure in honoring Dr. Edwin Catmull with the Ub Iwerks Lifetime Award for Technical Advancement in the Art of Animation.
For a complete listing of all of the winners of the juried awards and a slate of nominations being placed before the voting membership of ASIFA-Hollywood for this year`s Annie Awards please go to http://www.annieawards.com
In 1973 Ed Catmull digitized a casting of his hand and animated the 3D computer model scanned from that cast. In the process he ripped all the hair of his hand when it became stuck in the plaster he used to mold his model. He has had his hairless hand in computer graphics ever since. Dr. Ed Catmull earned a bachelor of science degree in both physics and computer science and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah.
In 1974 Ed Catmull had just finished his Ph.D. at Utah and taken a job at Applicon, a CAD/CAM company when he was approached to head up the Computer Graphics Laboratory (CGL) at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT).
Joining with other graduates from the University of Utah and researchers fresh from Xerox`s famed Palo Alto Research Center Dr. Catmull was the midwife to the young computer graphics industry.
Many of the things we graphic computer artist take for granted today were created at CGL NYIT under the supervision of Ed Catmull, the RGB paint program, networked computer systems, the alpha channel (which he co-authored with Alvy Ray Smith) and his ground breaking Tween program.
In 1979 Dr. Catmull brought his expertise to the film industry as Vice President of the computer division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. where he managed development efforts in the areas of computer graphics, video editing, video games and digital audio.
In 1986 Steve Jobs purchased the computer division of Lucasfilm and with Ed Catmull founded Pixar. Dr. Catmull was named Vice President and Chef Technical Officer of the new computer animaton studio. Ed Catmull is still the CTO at the famed Emmeryville animaton studio but he has moved up to be the President of Pixar.
He is a key developer of RenderMan, Pixar`s Academy Award-winning computer digital effects program. His is the invisible hand always behind Woody, Gerry, Nemo, Mr. Incredible and all the other Pixar characters and magic we love so much.
Dr. Catmull has won 3 Oscars (R) for his technical advancements of the art and science of film making. He has received the ACM SIGGRAPH Steven Anson Coons Award for his lifetime contributions to computer graphics. And this year on Sunday, January 30th at the 32nd Annual Annie Awards at the Alex Thearter in Glendale, ASIFA-Hollywood takes great pleasure in honoring Dr. Edwin Catmull with the Ub Iwerks Lifetime Award for Technical Advancement in the Art of Animation.
For a complete listing of all of the winners of the juried awards and a slate of nominations being placed before the voting membership of ASIFA-Hollywood for this year`s Annie Awards please go to http://www.annieawards.com
