St._Louis_Gateway_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Animated_Film Knowpia

The St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film is an award given by the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association, honoring the finest achievements in animated filmmaking. Toy Story was the only franchise with multiple wins, winning three times for Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019). The Spider-Verse franchise won two times for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

Winners edit

2000s edit

Year	Film	Director(s)	Nominees
2004	The Incredibles	Brad Bird	Shark Tale \|\| Vicky Jenson Shrek 2 \|\| Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury
2005	no award given
2006	Cars	John Lasseter and Joe Ranft	Happy Feet \|\| George Miller Monster House \|\| Gil Kenan
2007	Ratatouille	Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava	Bee Movie \|\| Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith Surf's Up \|\| Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
2008	WALL-E	Andrew Stanton	Bolt \|\| Chris Williams, Byron Howard Kung Fu Panda \|\| John Wayne Stevenson, Mark Osborne
2009	Up	Pete Docter	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs \|\| Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Coraline \|\| Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox \|\| Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog \|\| Ron Clements, John Musker

2010s edit

Year	Film	Director(s)	Nominees
2010	Toy Story 3	Lee Unkrich	Despicable Me \|\| Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud How To Train Your Dragon \|\| Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois The Illusionist L'Illusionniste \|\| Sylvain Chomet Tangled \|\| Nathan Greno Byron Howard
2011	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Steven Spielberg	Cars 2 \|\| John Lasseter, Brad Lewis Kung Fu Panda 2 \|\| Jennifer Yuh Nelson Puss in Boots \|\| Chris Miller Rio \|\| Carlos Saldanha
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Rich Moore	Brave \|\| Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Frankenweenie \|\| Tim Burton Hotel Transylvania \|\| Genndy Tartakovsky Rise of the Guardians \|\| Peter Ramsey, William Joyce
2013	Frozen	Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee	The Croods \|\| Chris Sanders Despicable Me 2 \|\| Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Monsters University \|\| Dan Scanlon The Wind Rises \|\| Hayao Miyazaki
2014	The LEGO Movie	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Big Hero 6 \|\| Don Hall, Chris Williams The Boxtrolls \|\| Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable How to Train Your Dragon 2 \|\| Dean DeBlois Rio 2 \|\| Carlos Saldanha
2015	Inside Out	Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen	Anomalisa \|\| Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson The Good Dinosaur \|\| Peter Sohn The Peanuts Movie \|\| Steve Martino Shaun the Sheep Movie \|\| Richard Starzak, Mark Burton
2016	Zootopia	Byron Howard and Rich Moore	April and the Extraordinary World \|\| Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci Finding Dory \|\| Andrew Stanton Kubo and the Two Strings \|\| Travis Knight Moana \|\| Ron Clements and John Musker
2017	Coco	Lee Unkrich	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie \|\| David Soren Despicable Me 3 \|\| Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda The LEGO Batman Movie \|\| Chris McKay Loving Vincent \|\| Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
2018	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation \|\| Genndy Tartakovsky Incredibles 2 \|\| Brad Bird Isle of Dogs \|\| Wes Anderson Ralph Breaks the Internet \|\| Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
2019	Toy Story 4	Josh Cooley	Frozen II \|\| Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World \|\| Dean DeBlois Klaus \|\| Sergio Pablos Missing Link \|\| Chris Butler

2020s edit

Year	Film	Director(s)	Nominees
2020	Soul	Pete Docter and Kemp Powers	Onward \|\| Dan Scanlon Over the Moon \|\| Glen Keane The Wolf House \|\| Joaquín Cociña and Cristobal León Wolfwalkers \|\| Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
2021	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Mike Rianda	Encanto \|\| Jared Bush and Byron Howard Flee \|\| Jonas Poher Rasmussen Luca \|\| Enrico Casarosa Vivo \|\| Kirk DeMicco
2022	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	Dean Fleischer Camp	Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood \|\| Richard Linklater Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio \|\| Guillermo del Toro Turning Red \|\| Domee Shi Wendell & Wild \|\| Henry Selick
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson	The Boy and the Heron \|\| Hayao Miyazaki Elemental \|\| Peter Sohn Robot Dreams \|\| Pablo Berger Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem \|\|

Summary

Winners edit

2000s edit

2010s edit

2020s edit