37th Annie Awards

The 37th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2009, were held on February 6, 2010, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

Production category nominees
Nominations announced on December 1, 2009

Best Animated Feature

 * Up
 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
 * Coraline
 * Fantastic Mr. Fox
 * The Princess and the Frog
 * The Secret of Kells

Best Home Entertainment Production

 * Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
 * Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
 * Green Lantern: First Flight
 * Open Season 2
 * SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One

Best Animated Short Subject

 * Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 - shadowMachine
 * Pups of Liberty - Picnic Pictures
 * Santa, The Fascist Years - Plymptoons
 * The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky - Barley Films
 * The Story of Walls - Badmash Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Commercial

 * Spanish Lottery - "Deportees" - Acme Filmworks
 * Goldfish - In the Dark
 * Idaho Lottery - "Twiceland" - Acme Filmworks'
 * McDonald's - "Nutty Trade" - Blue Sky Studios
 * The Spooning - Screen Novelties/Acne Media

Best Animated Television Production

 * Prep and Landing - ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
 * Glenn Martin, DDS - Tornante/Cuppa Coffee Studios/Rogers Communications
 * Merry Madagascar - DreamWorks Animation
 * The Simpsons - 20th Century Fox/Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production for Children

 * The Penguins of Madagascar - Nickelodeon Productions/DreamWorks Animation
 * Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Disney Television Animation
 * SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon Productions
 * The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack - Cartoon Network Studios
 * The Mighty B! - Nickelodeon Productions/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions

Animated Effects

 * The Princess and the Frog - James Mansfield
 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Tom Kluyskens
 * Monsters vs. Aliens - Scott Cegielski
 * 9 – Alexander Feigin
 * Up - Eric Froemling

Character Animation in a Television Production

 * Mark Donald - Bob's Big Break
 * Mark Mitchell - Prep and Landing
 * Kevan Shorey - Merry Madagascar
 * Tony Smeed - Prep and Landing
 * Philip To - Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space

Character Design in a Feature Production

 * Coraline – Shane Prigmore
 * Coraline – Shannon Tindle
 * Up – Daniel Lopez Munoz

Character Design in a Television Production

 * Bill Schwab - Prep & Landing
 * Benjamin Balistreri - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
 * Bryan Arnett - The Mighty B
 * Craig Kellman - Merry Madagascar

Directing in a Television Production

 * Bret Haaland – The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime
 * Pam Cooke, Jansen Yee – American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles
 * Rob Fendler – Popzilla
 * John Infantino, J. G. Quintel – The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova
 * Jennifer Oxley – The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster

Directing in a Feature Production

 * Pete Docter – Up
 * Phil Lord and Chris Miller – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
 * Henry Selick – Coraline
 * Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
 * Hayao Miyazaki – Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo)

Music in a Television Production
Michael Giacchino - Prep & Landing

Kevin Kiner - Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Weapons Factory

Guy Moon - The Fairly OddParents: Wishology - The Big Beginning ‹https://annieawards.org/legacy/37th-annie-awards›

Music in a Feature Production

 * Coraline – Bruno Coulais
 * Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo) – Joe Hisaishi
 * Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – John Powell
 * Up – Michael Giacchino

Production Design in a Television Production
Mac George - Prep & Landing

Andy Harkness - Prep & Landing

Janice Kubo - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends



Production Design in a Feature Production

 * Coraline – Tadahiro Uesugi
 * 9 – Christophe Vacher
 * Coraline – Chris Appelhans
 * The Princess and the Frog – Ian Gooding

Voice Acting in a Television Production

 * SpongeBob's Truth or Square - Tom Kenny
 * Merry Madagascar - Danny Jacobs
 * Chowder: The Dinner Theater - Nicky Jones
 * Chowder: The Party Cruse - Dwight Schultz
 * Merry Madagascar - Willow Smith

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

 * The Princess and the Frog - Jennifer Cody
 * Coraline - Dawn French
 * Monsters vs. Aliens - Hugh Laurie
 * Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - John Leguizamo
 * The Princess and the Frog - Jenifer Lewis

Writing in a Feature Production

 * Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
 * Astro Boy – David Bowers and Timothy Harris
 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
 * Up – Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson

Juried award winners

 * Special Achievement: Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
 * Winsor McCay Award: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
 * Ub Iwerks Award: William Reeves
 * June Foray Award: Tom Sito
 * Certificate of Merit: Myles Mikulic, Danny Young, and Michael Woodside