Animated Goodness and Voice Actors Rewarded at Annies

The Annies brought the animation industry together honoring the year’s best productions, including awards for voice actors in animated feature films and animated television production.

A gourmet rat was the big cheese at the 35th celebration, winning 9 Annie Awards. Honoring the best in animation for 2007, the annual gala event was held on February 8, 2008 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

“Ratatouille,” Pixar Animation’s tale of a rat who wants to become a chef, won the award for best feature production. Other nominees in the same category were DreamWorks’ insect story “Bee Movie,” Sony Pictures’ penguin-powered “Surf’s Up,” Sony Pictures Classics’ coming-of-age chronicle “Persepolis” and 20th Century Fox’s “The Simpsons Movie.”

Below is a listing of the two categories consisting of the finalists and winners of each category honoring voice actors.

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

* Janeane Garofalo – Voice of Collette – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Ian Holm – Voice of Skinner – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios (WINNER)
* Julie Kavner – Voice of Marge Simpson – “The Simpsons Movie” – Twentieth Century Fox
* Patton Oswalt – Voice of Remy – “Ratatouille” – Pixar Animation Studios
* Patrick Warburton – Voice of Ken – “Bee Movie” – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

* Scott Adsit – Voice of Clay Puppington – “Moral Orel” – ShadowMachine
* Madison Davenport – Voice of Sophianna – “Christmas is Here Again!” – Easy To Dream Entertainment
* Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants “Spy Buddies” – Nickelodeon
* Eartha Kitt – Voice of Yzma – The Emperor’s New School “Emperor’s New Musical” – Walt Disney Television Animation (WINNER)
* Eddie Murphy – Voice of Donkey – “Shrek The Halls” - DreamWorks Animation

Source: AnnieAwards.org