43rd Annie Awards

{{short description|Annual Annie Awards ceremony held in 2016}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 43

| award = Annie Awards

| award_link = Annie Awards

| date = {{Start date|2016|2|6}}

| site = Royce Hall
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| host = Jason Marsden

| organizer = ASIFA-Hollywood

| best_film = Inside Out

| most_wins = Inside Out (10)

| best_direction = Pete Docter

| best_direction_film = Inside Out

| most_nominations = Inside Out (14)

| last = 42nd

| next = 44th

}}

The 43rd Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2015 was held on February 6, 2016, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, presenting in 36 categories.{{cite web|title=43rd Annie Award Nominations Announced|url=http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/43rd-annie-award-nominations-announced/|website=ASIFA-Hollywood|date=December 2015 |publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|access-date=December 3, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160508135622/http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/43rd-annie-award-nominations-announced/|archive-date=May 8, 2016|url-status=live}} This year, a new category called Best Animated Feature — Independent was introduced.

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Production categories

On December 1, 2015, the nominations for Annie Awards were announced.{{cite web|title=Annie Awards Nominees|url=http://annieawards.org/nominees/#7|website=Annie Awards|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214091232/http://annieawards.org/nominees/#7|archive-date=14 December 2014|url-status=live}} Inside Out earned the most number of nominations with 14, followed by The Good Dinosaur with 10. Minions earned seven nominations while Anomalisa, Shaun the Sheep Movie, and The Peanuts Movie each received five.{{cite web|title=Annie Award Nominations 2015: 'Inside Out,' 'Good Dinosaur' Lead|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/in-contention/pixar-picks-up-25-annie-nominations-1201650793/|website=Variety|date=December 2015 |publisher=Variety Media|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205232313/http://variety.com/2015/film/in-contention/pixar-picks-up-25-annie-nominations-1201650793|archive-date=5 February 2016|url-status=live}}

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style="width=50%"|Best Animated Feature

!style="width=50%"|Best Animated Special Production

valign="top" |

Inside OutPixar, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

| valign="top" |

He Named Me Malala – Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door

style="width=50%"|Best Animated Short Subject

!style="width=50%"|Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial

valign="top" |

World of Tomorrow – Don Hertzfeldt

| valign="top" |

Coca-Cola 'Man and Dog – Psyop'

  • Chex Party Mix: "Holiday Magic" – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
  • Michelin Total Performance: "All the Performances In Every Tire" – Moonbot Studios
  • We Are All Farmers – Acme Filmworks
style="width=50%"|Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

!style="width=50%"|Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children's Audience

valign="top" |

Tumble Leaf - Episode: Mirror – Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment

| valign="top" |

Wander Over Yonder - Episode: The Breakfast – Disney Television Animation

style="width=50%"|Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Best Animated Feature — Independent

valign="top" |

The Simpsons - Episode: Halloween of Horror – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television

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Boy and the World – Filme de Papel

style="width=50%" colspan="2"|Best Student Film
valign="top" colspan="2" |

ed – Taha Neyestani

  • Can I Stay? – Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Dodoba – Yon Hui Lee
  • Life Smartphone – Xie Chenglin
  • Mother – Stephanie Chiew
  • Nice To Meeteor You – Yizhou Li
  • Shift – Maria Cecilia Puglesi
  • The Casebook of Nips & Porkington – Melody Wang

Individual achievement categories

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style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

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Jon Reisch, Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall, Michael K. O'Brien – The Good Dinosaur  – Pixar

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Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Florent Andorra, George Kaltenbrunner – Avengers: Age of Ultron  – Marvel Studios

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production

valign="top" |

Chi-Ho Chan – Dragons: Race to the Edge - Episode: Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1  – DreamWorks Animation Television

| valign="top" |

Allison Rutland – Inside Out – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Video Game

valign="top" |

Matthew Shumway, Adrian Millington, Blaine Toderian, Alexander Poei, Kevin Lan – The Revenant – The Bear – Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Anonymous Content, M Productions, Appian Way, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

| valign="top" |

David Gibson – Evolve – 2K Games

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

valign="top" |

Craig Kellman – Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Episode: Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas – Screen Novelties / Warner Bros. Animation

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Albert Lozano, Chris Sasaki – Inside Out  – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production

valign="top" |

Matt Braly – Gravity Falls - Episode: Northwest Mansion Mystery – Disney Television Animation

| valign="top" |

Pete Docter – Inside Out – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production

valign="top" |

Christopher Willis – Mickey Mouse - Episode: ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! – Disney Television Animation

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Michael Giacchino – Inside Out – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

valign="top" |

Kevin Dart, Sylvia Liu, Chris Turnham, Eastwood Wong – The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show - Episode: Peabody's Parents/Galileo – DreamWorks Animation Television

| valign="top" |

Ralph Eggleston – Inside Out – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

valign="top" |

Alonso Ramirez Ramos – Mickey Mouse - Episode: ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! – Disney Television Animation

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Tony Rosenast – Inside Out – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

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Kristen Schaal as the voice of Louise Belcher – Bob's Burgers - Episode: Hawk & Chick – 20th Century Fox Television / Bento Box Entertainment

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Phyllis Smith as the voice of Sadness – Inside Out – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production

valign="top" |

Steven Davis, Kelvin Yu – Bob's Burgers - Episode: The Hauntening – 20th Century Fox Television, Bento Box Entertainment

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Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out – Pixar

style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

!style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

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Illya Owens – Mickey Mouse - Episode: Coned  – Disney Television Animation

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Kevin Nolting – Inside Out – Pixar

Juried awards

class=wikitable style="width=100%"
style="width=50%"|Winsor McCay Award
valign="top" | Joe Ranft, Phil Roman and Isao Takahata
for their career contributions to the art of animation
style="width=50%"|June Foray Award
valign="top" | Charles Solomon
for his significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation

Multiple awards and nominations

=Films=

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The following films received multiple nominations:

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scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

! scope="col" align="center" | Film

{{center|14}}

| Inside Out

{{center|10}}

| The Good Dinosaur

{{center|7}}

| Minions

rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 5

| Anomalisa

The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 3

| Avengers: Age of Ultron

Boy and the World
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Home
Hotel Transylvania 2
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
When Marnie Was There
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2

| Extraordinary Tales

He Named Me Malala
Jurassic World
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

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The following film received multiple awards:

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
scope="col" width="55" | Wins

! scope="col" align="center" | Film

{{center|10}}

| Inside Out

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=Television/Broadcast=

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The following television productions received multiple nominations:

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

! scope="col" align="center" | Film

rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 7

| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 5

|Dragons: Race to the Edge

Mickey Mouse
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 4

| Gravity Falls

Wander Over Yonder
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 3

| Bob's Burgers

Dawn of the Croods
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Steven Universe
rowspan=12 style="text-align:center" | 2

| The Adventures of Puss in Boots

Adventure Time
Breadwinners
Harvey Beaks
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Niko and the Sword of Light
Peter Rabbit
Pickle and Peanut
Puffin Rock
Sanjay and Craig
Sheriff Callie's Wild West
The Simpsons

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The following television productions received multiple awards:

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
scope="col" width="55" | Wins

! scope="col" align="center" | Film

{{center|3}}

| Mickey Mouse

{{center|2}}

| Bob's Burgers

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References

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