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By 2001, the rise of sustained competitors to Disney in the feature animated film market, such as [[DreamWorks Animation]], created an increase of film releases of significant annual number enough for AMPAS to reconsider.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Osbourne|title=85 Years|page=357}}</ref> The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given out at the [[74th Academy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/history.html|publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|title = History of the Academy Awards|accessdate= August 23, 2011}}</ref> held on March 24, 2002.<ref name="74th"/> The Academy included a rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year in which less than eight eligible films opened in theaters.<ref name=lego>{{cite news|title=5 Reasons the Academy Overlooked ‘The LEGO Movie’|url=http://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-snub-lego-movie-best-animation-1201405956/|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>
  
By 2001, the rise of sustained competitors to Disney in the feature animated film market, such as [[DreamWorks Animation]], created an increase of film releases of significant annual number enough for AMPAS to reconsider.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Osbourne|title=85 Years|page=357}}</ref> The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given out at the [[74th Academy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/history.html|publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|title = History of the Academy Awards|accessdate= August 23, 2011}}</ref> held on March 24, 2002.<ref name="74th"/> The Academy included a rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year in which less than eight eligible films opened in theaters.<ref name=lego>{{cite news|title=5 Reasons the Academy Overlooked ‘The LEGO Movie’|url=http://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-snub-lego-movie-best-animation-1201405956/|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>
   
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People in the [[animation]] industry and fans expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features. Some members and fans have criticized the award, however, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning Best Picture. This criticism was particularly prominent at the [[81st Academy Awards]], in which ''[[WALL-E]]'' won the award but was not nominated for Best Picture, despite receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and moviegoers and being generally considered one of the best films of 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title = The 2008 Top Tens|accessdate =2009-05-27|url = http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2009/top_ten/00scoreboard.htm|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090531131508/http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2009/top_ten/00scoreboard.htm|archivedate= 31 May 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Keegan Winters|first=Rebecca|title=Can WALL-E Win Best Picture?|url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1820824,00.html|accessdate=April 9, 2014|newspaper=Time|date=July 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bandyk|first=Matthew|title=Academy Awards Controversy: Wall-E Gets Snubbed For Best Picture Oscar|url=http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/risky-business/2009/01/22/academy-awards-controversy-wall-e-gets-snubbed-for-best-picture-oscar|accessdate=April 9, 2014|newspaper=US News|date=January 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|title=Is the best-picture Oscar within WALL-E's reach?|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-07-01-wall-e-oscar_N.htm?csp=1|accessdate=April 9, 2014|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=July 2, 2008}}</ref> This led to controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of the nomination by the Academy. Film critic Peter Travers commented that "If there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, it's ''WALL-E''". However, official Academy Award regulations state that any movie nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture.<ref name=rule07/>
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People in the [[animation]] industry and fans expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features. Some members and fans have criticized the award, however, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning Best Picture. This criticism was particularly prominent at the [[81st Academy Awards]], in which ''[[WALL-E]]'' won the award but was not nominated for Best Picture, despite receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and moviegoers and being generally considered one of the best films of 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title = The 2008 Top Tens|accessdate =2009-05-27|url = http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2009/top_ten/00scoreboard.htm|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090531131508/http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2009/top_ten/00scoreboard.htm|archivedate= 31 May 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Keegan Winters|first=Rebecca|title=Can WALL-E Win Best Picture?|url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1820824,00.html|accessdate=April 9, 2014|newspaper=Time|date=July 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bandyk|first=Matthew|title=Academy Awards Controversy: Wall-E Gets Snubbed For Best Picture Oscar|url=http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/risky-business/2009/01/22/academy-awards-controversy-wall-e-gets-snubbed-for-best-picture-oscar|accessdate=April 9, 2014|newspaper=US News|date=January 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|title=Is the best-picture Oscar within WALL-E's reach?|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-07-01-wall-e-oscar_N.htm?csp=1|accessdate=April 9, 2014|newspaper=USA Today|date=July 2, 2008}}</ref> This led to controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of the nomination by the Academy. Film critic Peter Travers commented that "If there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, it's ''WALL-E''". However, official Academy Award regulations state that any movie nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture.<ref name=rule07/>
   
 
In 2009 when the nominee slots for Best Picture were doubled to 10, ''Up'' was nominated for both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, the first film to do so since the creation of the Animated Feature category. This feat was repeated the following year by ''Toy Story 3''. In 2010 the Academy enacted a new rule regarding the [[performance capture]] technique employed in films such as ''[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|Disney's A Christmas Carol]]'' from [[Robert Zemeckis]] and ''[[The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]'' from [[Steven Spielberg]], and how they might not be eligible in this category in the future. This rule was possibly made to prevent nominations of live-action films that rely heavily on motion capture, such as [[James Cameron]]'s ''Avatar''.
  
In 2009 when the nominee slots for Best Picture were doubled to 10, ''Up'' was nominated for both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, the first film to do so since the creation of the Animated Feature category. This feat was repeated the following year by ''Toy Story 3''. In 2010 the Academy enacted a new rule regarding the [[performance capture]] technique employed in films such as ''[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|Disney's A Christmas Carol]]'' from [[Robert Zemeckis]] and ''[[The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]'' from [[Steven Spielberg]], and how they might not be eligible in this category in the future. This rule was possibly made to prevent nominations of live-action films that rely heavily on motion capture, such as [[James Cameron]]'s ''Avatar''.

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Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
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Awarded for The best animated film with a running time of more than 40 minutes, a significant number of the major characters animated, and at least 75 percent of the picture's running time including animation.
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
First awarded 2001
Currently held by Big Hero 6 (2014)
Official website oscars.org

The Academy Awards are given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the best films and achievements of the previous year. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films. An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given for films made in 2001.

Academy Award nominations and winners are chosen by the members of the AMPAS. If there are 16 or more films submitted for the category, the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films, which has happened six times, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist.[1] Additionally, eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated. Animated films can be nominated for other categories but have rarely been so: Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated film ever to be nominated for Best Picture. Up (2009) and Toy Story 3 (2010) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees. Waltz with Bashir (2008) is the only animated picture ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (though it failed to earn a nomination in the Best Animated Feature category). The category has been dominated by Pixar which has produced nine films which have been nominated and seven winners; the only two films they have produced since the category's inception to not be nominated in the category are Cars 2 and Monsters University.

Fifty-four films have been nominated to date.

History

For much of the Academy Awards' history, AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular Oscar for animated features considering there were simply too few produced to justify such consideration.[2] Instead, the Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually for Walt Disney Pictures, such as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1938[3] and the Academy Special Achievement Award for the live action/animated hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1989[4] and Toy Story, in 1996.[5] In fact, prior to the creation of the award, only one animated film received a Best Picture nomination: 1991's Beauty and the Beast, also by Walt Disney Pictures.

By 2001, the rise of sustained competitors to Disney in the feature animated film market, such as DreamWorks Animation, created an increase of film releases of significant annual number enough for AMPAS to reconsider.[6] The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given out at the 74th Academy Awards,[7] held on March 24, 2002.[8] The Academy included a rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year in which less than eight eligible films opened in theaters.[9]

People in the animation industry and fans expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features. Some members and fans have criticized the award, however, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning Best Picture. This criticism was particularly prominent at the 81st Academy Awards, in which WALL-E won the award but was not nominated for Best Picture, despite receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and moviegoers and being generally considered one of the best films of 2008.[10][11][12][13] This led to controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of the nomination by the Academy. Film critic Peter Travers commented that "If there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, it's WALL-E". However, official Academy Award regulations state that any movie nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture.[1]

In 2009 when the nominee slots for Best Picture were doubled to 10, Up was nominated for both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, the first film to do so since the creation of the Animated Feature category. This feat was repeated the following year by Toy Story 3. In 2010 the Academy enacted a new rule regarding the performance capture technique employed in films such as Disney's A Christmas Carol from Robert Zemeckis and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn from Steven Spielberg, and how they might not be eligible in this category in the future. This rule was possibly made to prevent nominations of live-action films that rely heavily on motion capture, such as James Cameron's Avatar.

When the category was first instated, the nomination went to the person most involved in creating the winning film. This could be the producer, the director, or both. For the 76th Academy Awards in 2004, only the director(s) of the film received the nomination. For the 86th Academy Awards in 2014, this was amended to include one producer along with up to two directors.

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year Winner Nominees Ref
2001 Shrek
– Aron Warner 		[8]
2002 Spirited Away
– Hayao Miyazaki 		[14]
2003 Finding Nemo
– Andrew Stanton
  • Brother Bear – Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
  • The Triplets of Belleville – Sylvain Chomet
 [15]
2004 The Incredibles
– Brad Bird 		[16]
2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
– Nick Park and Steve Box 		[17]
2006 Happy Feet
– George Miller 		[18]
2007 Ratatouille
– Brad Bird 		[19]
2008 WALL-E
– Andrew Stanton 		[20]
2009 Up
– Pete Docter 		[21]

2010s

Year Winner Nominees Ref
2010 Toy Story 3
– Lee Unkrich 		[22]
2011 Rango
– Gore Verbinski
  • A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
  • Chico and Rita – Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
  • Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
  • Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
 [23]
2012 Brave
– Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman 		[24]
2013 Frozen
– Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
  • The Croods – Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson[25]
  • Despicable Me 2 – Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud and Chris Meledandri
  • Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
  • The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
 [26]
2014 Big Hero 6
– Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
  • The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
  • Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore and Paul Young
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
 [27]

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins Nominations Name
2 2 Andrew Stanton
2 Brad Bird
1 3 Hayao Miyazaki
2 Pete Docter
2 Chris Buck
2 Chris Williams
0
3 Chris Sanders
2 John Lasseter
2 Ron Clements
2 Sylvain Chomet
2 Tim Burton
2 Dean DeBlois
2 Tomm Moore

Studio breakdown

Multiple film and animation companies had multiple nominations. This is a list of the films from these companies that have been nominated. Winners are in bold.
Studio Wins Nominations Films
Pixar Animation Studios 7 9 Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Brave
DreamWorks Animation 2 11 Shrek, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, The Croods, How to Train Your Dragon 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios 2 8 Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Bolt, The Princess and the Frog, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6
Studio Ghibli 1 4 Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Aardman 1 2 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies 1 2 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rango
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment 1 2 Corpse Bride, Happy Feet
Laika 0 4 Corpse Bride, Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls
Les Armateurs 0 3 The Triplets of Belleville, The Secret of Kells, Ernest & Celestine
Sony Pictures Animation 0 2 Surf's Up, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
20th Century Fox Animation 0 2 Ice Age, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Tim Burton Productions 0 2 Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie
Cartoon Saloon 0 2 The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea
Django Films 0 2 The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist

Computer animated nominees

Pixar

DreamWorks

  • Shrek
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  • Shrek 2
  • Shark Tale
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Puss in Boots
  • The Croods
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2

Disney

Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies

  • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
  • Rango

Other films

  • Ice Age
  • Happy Feet
  • Monster House
  • Surf's Up
  • Despicable Me 2

Stop-motion nominees

Aardman animations

  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Tim Burton Productions

  • Corpse Bride
  • Frankenweenie

Laika

  • Corpse Bride
  • Coraline
  • ParaNorman
  • The Boxtrolls

Other films

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

Traditionally animated nominees

Disney

Studio Ghibli

  • Spirited Away
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • The Wind Rises
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Cartoon Saloon

  • The Secret of Kells
  • Song of the Sea

Folimage

  • A Cat in Paris
  • Ernest and Celestine

Django Films

  • The Triplets of Belleville
  • The Illusionist

Other Films

  • Chico and Rita
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Foreign language films

The Academy Awards have also nominated a number of non-English-language films.

  • Spirited Away (Japanese)
  • The Triplets of Belleville (French)
  • Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese)
  • Persepolis (French)
  • The Illusionist (French)
  • A Cat in Paris (French)
  • Chico and Rita (Spanish)
  • Ernest & Celestine (French)
  • The Wind Rises (Japanese)
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Japanese)

All the Japanese films on this list have also been released with English-language dubbing.

Events

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rule Seven: Special Rules for the Animated Feature Film Award. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on April 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ Osbourne, Robert (2013). 85 Years of the Oscar. Abberville Press. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-7892-1142-2. 
  3. ↑ Osbourne. 85 Years. p. 58. 
  4. ↑ Osbourne. 85 Years. p. 298. 
  5. ↑ Osbourne. 85 Years. p. 327. 
  6. ↑ Osbourne. 85 Years. p. 357. 
  7. ↑ History of the Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on August 23, 2011.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  9. ↑ "5 Reasons the Academy Overlooked ‘The LEGO Movie’". http://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-snub-lego-movie-best-animation-1201405956/. Retrieved 18 January 2015. 
  10. ↑ The 2008 Top Tens. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved on 2009-05-27.
  11. ↑ Keegan Winters, Rebecca (July 7, 2008). "Can WALL-E Win Best Picture?". Time. http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1820824,00.html. Retrieved April 9, 2014. 
  12. ↑ Bandyk, Matthew (January 22, 2009). "Academy Awards Controversy: Wall-E Gets Snubbed For Best Picture Oscar". US News. http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/risky-business/2009/01/22/academy-awards-controversy-wall-e-gets-snubbed-for-best-picture-oscar. Retrieved April 9, 2014. 
  13. ↑ Breznican, Anthony (July 2, 2008). "Is the best-picture Oscar within WALL-E's reach?". USA Today. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-07-01-wall-e-oscar_N.htm?csp=1. Retrieved April 9, 2014. 
  14. ↑ The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  15. ↑ The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  16. ↑ The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  17. ↑ The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  18. ↑ The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  19. ↑ The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  20. ↑ The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  21. ↑ The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  22. ↑ The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  23. ↑ The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  24. ↑ The 85th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on January 16, 2014.
  25. ↑ Oscars Winners & Results|Academy Awards – Oscars 2014. Oscar.go.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-12.
  26. ↑ 2014 Oscar Nominees. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on January 16, 2014.
  27. ↑ 87th Academy Awards Nominees. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on January 15, 2015.

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