29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners(2001)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Blood: The Last Vampire - SPE Visual Works, Sony Computer Entertainment, IG Plus, IPA
• The Emperor's New Groove - Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Osmosis Jones - Warner Bros. Animation
• Shrek - PDI/DreamWorks

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED HOME VIDEO PRODUCTION

• Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker - Warner Bros. Animation
• Joseph: King of Dreams - DreamWorks SKG
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure - Walt Disney Television Animation

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT FOR AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION PRODUCED FOR THE INTERNET

• Graveyard - Wild Brain, Inc.
• Groove Monkee - Wild Brain, Inc.
• I Want a Fat Babe- eStudio
• Mantelope - Wild Brain, Inc.
• The Fairly OddParents "The Crimson Chin" webisodes - Nickelodeon Animation Studio

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT

• Hubert's Brain - Wild Brain, Inc.
• Mr. Digital Tokoro #1542 - Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP, Polygon Pictures, TV Club, Hakuhodo
• Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt, Bitter Films
• Stubble Trouble - Calabash Animation
• Tenacious D: Fuck Her Gently - Spumco

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED SPECIAL PROJECT

• My VH1 Music Awards - Psyop
• The Chuck Jones Show: Open/Close/Packaging - Cartoon Network On-Air
• The Fairly OddParents: Main Title Sequence - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
• The Looney Tunes Show Starring Bugs Bunny: Open/Close/Packaging- Cartoon Network On-Air
• TNN: Louisiana/Philadelphia - Spumco, Inc.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION COMMERCIAL

• Beat Box: Wrigley's Winterfresh - Wild Brain, Inc.
• Darwin: Earthlink - Acme Filmworks
• Brain: Partnership For a Drug-Free America - Psyop
• Passing the Baton (Interstitial) - Cartoon Network On-Air
• Urban Hip Hopper: Wrigley's Winterfresh - Wild Brain, Inc.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A DAYTIME ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Angela Anaconda - Decode Entertainment, Inc.
• Batman Beyond - Warner Bros. Animation
• Disney's House of Mouse - Walt Disney Television Animation
• Disney's Teacher's Pet - Walt Disney Television Animation
• Poochini: Coffee Dog- Wild Brain, Inc.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A PRIMETIME OR LATE NIGHT ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Futurama- The Curiosity Company in Association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
• Invader Zim - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
• The Fairly OddParents - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
• The Simpsons- Gracie Films in Association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
• Time Squad - Cartoon Network Studio

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR CHARACTER ANIMATION

• Dale Baer- The Emperor's New Groove
• Paul Chung- Shrek
• Raman Hui - Shrek
• Jason Reisig - Shrek
• Dean Wellins - Osmosis Jones

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR EFFECTS ANIMATION

• Michel Gagne - Osmosis Jones
• Arnauld Lamorlette - Shrek
• Marlon West - Atlantis, The Lost Empire

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Butch Hartman - The Fairly OddParents: Chin Up
• Butch Lukic - Batman Beyond: The Call, Part One
• Steve Ressel - Invader Zim: Dark Harvest
• Paul Boyd, John "Moose" Pagan - Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

• Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson - Shrek
• Mark Dindal- The Emperor's New Groove
• Curt Geda- Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker
• Darrell Rooney, Jeannine Roussel - Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR MUSIC SCORE AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Kristopher Carter, Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, Shirley Walker - The Zeta Project: The Accomplice
• Jim Latham, Nathan Furst - Max Steel: Breakout
• Guy Moon - The Fairly OddParents
• Kevin Manthei - Invader Zim
• James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker - The Powerpuff Girls: Meet the Beat Alls

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR MUSIC SCORE AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

• John Debney - The Emperor's New Groove
• Louis Febre- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
• James Newton Howard - Atlantis, The Lost Empire
• John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams - Shrek
• Danny Troob- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR A SONG IN AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION

• David Hartley, Sting - The Emperor's New Groove "Perfect World"
• Jim Lang - Disney's Lloyd in Space "Main Title"
• Will Ryan - Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective! "The Elmo Aardvark Song"
• Randy Rogel - Tweety's High-Flying Adventure "Around the World in 80 Puddy-Tats"
• Peter Straus, Paul Tibbitt - Sponge Bob Square Pants "The Very First Christmas"

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Gary Baseman - Disney's Teacher's Pet
• Tim Biskup- Time Squad
• Steven E. Gordon - X-Men: Evolution
• Don Shank- The Powerpuff Girls
• Jhonen Vasquez - Invader Zim

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

• Guillaume Aretos - Shrek
• David Goetz - Atlantis, The Lost Empire
• Steve Pilcher - Osmosis Jones
• Douglas Rogers - Shrek
• Colin Stimpson - The Emperor1s New Groove

OUTSTANDING INDIVTDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR STORYBOARDING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Frank Paur - X-Men: Evolution "Strategy X"
• Steve Ressel - Invader Zim "The Nightmare Begins"
• Sean Song - Max Steel "Steel Vs. Steel"
• James Wootton - Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy "Wish You Were Ed"
• Adam Van Wyk - The Zeta Project "The Accomplice"

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR STORYBOARDING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

• Steve Anderson - The Emperor's New Groove
• Don Hall - The Emperor1s New Groove
• Robert Koo - Shrek
• Chris Ure- Atlantis, The Lost Empire
• Wendell Washer - Tweety's High-Flying Adventure

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR WRITING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Paul Dini - Batman Beyond "Out of the Past"
• Al Jean - The Simpsons "Homr"
• Garland Testa - King of the Hill "Chasing Bobby"
• William Waldner - Captain Sturdy "Back in Action"
• Ron Weiner- Futurama "Luck of the Fryrish"

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR WRITING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

• Mark Dindal, Chris Williams, David Reynolds - The Emperor's New Groove
• Paul Dini, Glen Murakami, Bruce Timm - Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker
• Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman - Shrek
• Marc Hyman - Osmosis Jones

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A FEMALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

• Jodi Benson - as the voice of Lady - Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
• Tara Strong - As the voice of Melody - The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
• Eartha Kitt - As the voice of Yzma - The Emperor's New Groove
• Alyssa Milano - As the voice of Angel - Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp1s Adventure
• Florence Stanley - As the voice of Mrs. Packard - Atlantis: The Lost Empire

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A MALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

• Mark Hamill - As the voice of The Joker - Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker
• Eddie Murphy - As the voice of Donkey - Shrek
• Leonard Nimoy - As the voice of King of Atlantis - Atlantis, The Lost Empire
• William Shatner - As the voice of Mayor - Osmosis Jones
• Patrick Warburton - As the voice of Kronk - The Emperor's New Groove

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A FEMALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Pam Segall Adlon - As the voice of Otto Osworth in Time Squad: "Eli Whitney1s Flesh Eating Mistake"
• Mary Jo Catlett - As the voice of Mrs. Puff in Sponge Bob Square Pants "No Free Rides"
• Olivia Hussey - As the voice of Talia in Batman Beyond: "Out of the Past"
• Kathy Najimy - As the voice of Peggy Hill in King of the Hill: "Luanne, Virgin 2.02"
• Tara Strong - As the voice of Timmy Turner in The Fairly OddParents

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING BY A MALE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• Kevin Conroy - As the voice of Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond "Out of the Past"
• John DiMaggio - As the voice of Bender in Futurama "Bendless Love"
• Richard Horvitz - As the voice of Zim in Invader Zim
• Tom Kenny - As the voice of Sponge Bob in Sponge Bob Square Pants "Wormy"
• David Ogden Stiers - As the voice of Mr. Jolly in Disney's Teacher's Pet "Pet Project"

UB IWERKS AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Not awarded this year.

JUNE FORAY AWARD

• Leonard Maltin

WINSOR MCCAY AWARD

• Bob Givens
• Pete Alvarado
• Bill Justice

ANNIE AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION

• Scott MacQueen