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Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature 
Summary
The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2002. Since its inception, the award's title has gone through six title changes, and one major category shift. First awarded in 2002, the award was titled "Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture" and given to the best character animation in an animated film, with no specific character cited. This would change in 2004, when the category was re-titled "Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture", and given to visual effects artists for work on a specified character. as well as the voice actor for the character. The category was again re-titled in 2008, this time to "Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture". In 2015, it was titled "Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature", but changed in 2017 to "Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature", its current title.
Winners and nominees edit
2000s edit
Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
| Year | Film | Character | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 [1][2] |
Stuart Little 2 | Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen | |
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | James Baxter | ||
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Speaking Whale | Andrew Gordon, Brett Coderre |
| Finding Nemo | Inside the Whale | Dave DeVan, Gini Santos |
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
| Year | Film | Character | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 [3] |
The Incredibles | Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible | Craig T. Nelson, Bill Wise, Bill Sheffler, Bolhem Bouchiba |
| The Polar Express | Steamer | Michael Jeter, David Schaub, Renato Dos Anjos, Roger Vizard | |
| Shark Tale | Angie | Renée Zellweger, Ken Duncan | |
| Shrek 2 | Puss in Boots | Antonio Banderas, Raman Hui | |
| 2005 [4][5] |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Gromit | Loyd Price |
| Madagascar | King Julien | Rex Grignon, Denis Couchon | |
| Robot | Fendor | Robin Williams, David Torres, Mark Piretti, Ben Williams | |
| 2006 [6][7] |
Cars | Mater | Larry the Cable Guy, Mike Krummhoefener, Tom Sanocki, Nancy Kato |
| Happy Feet | Mumble's Banishment | Damien Gray, Tim Gibson, Carl Prud 'Homme | |
| Monster House | House | Umberto Lazzari, Michael Kimmel, Kui Han Lee, Owen Demers | |
| 2007 [8][9] |
Ratatouille | Colette | Janeane Garofalo, Jaime Landes, Sonoko Konishi, Paul Aichele |
| Beowulf | Beowulf | Keith Smith, Scott Holmes, Pericles Michielin, Kenn McDonald | |
| Shrek The Third | King Harold | John Cleese, Guillaume Aretos, Tim Cheung, Sean Mahoney | |
| Surf's Up | Chicken Joe | David Schaub, Moon Jun Kang, Brian Casper, Andreas Procopiou | |
| Cody | David Schaub, Pete Nash, James Crossley, Shia LaBeouf |
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
| Year | Film | Character | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 [10][11] |
WALL-E | Wall-E and Eve Truck Sequence | Ben Burtt, Victor Navone, Austin Lee, Jay Shuster |
| Bolt | Bolt | Becky Bresee, Bob Davies, Renato Dos Anjos, Wayne Unten Jr. | |
| Rhino | Adam Dykstra, Dave Gottlieb, Clay Kaytis, Hyrum Osmond | ||
| Kung Fu Panda | Po | Jack Black, Dan Wagner, Nico Marlet, Peter Farson | |
| 2009 [12][13] |
Up | Carl | Ed Asner, Ron Zorman, Brian Tindall, Carmen Ngai |
| Coraline | Coraline | Travis Knight, Trey Thomas | |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Buck | Simon Pegg, Peter de Sève | |
| Monsters vs. Aliens | B.O.B. | David Burgess, Scott Cegielski, Terran Boylan, David Weatherley |
2010s edit
| Year | Film | Character | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [14][15] |
How to Train Your Dragon | Toothless | Gabe Hordos, Cassidy Curtis, Mariette Marinus, Brent Watkins |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Digger | Josh Murtack, James Cunliffe, Jessica Groom, Andrew Hunt | |
| Megamind | Minion | David Cross, Rani Naamani, Dick Walsh, Adrian Tsang | |
| Tangled | Rapunzel | Tony Smeed, Amy Smeed, Becky Bresee, Kira Lehtomaki | |
| 2011 [16][17] |
Rango | Rango | Frank Gravatt, Kevin Martel, Brian Paik, Steve Walton |
| The Adventures of Tintin | Tintin | Gino Acevedo, Gustav Ahren, Jamie Beard, Simon Clutterbuck | |
| Puss in Boots | Puss in Boots | Antonio Banderas, Ludovic Boouancheau, Laurent Caneiro, Olivier Staphylas | |
| Rio | Nigel | Diana Diriwaechter, Sang Jun Lee, Sergio Pablos, Aamir Tarin | |
| 2012 [18][19] |
Brave | Merida | Travis Hathaway, Olivier Soares, Peter Sumanaseni, Brian Tindall |
| Hotel Transylvania | Dracula | Bill Haller, Tim Pixton, Jorge Vigara | |
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Band of Misfits | Will Becher, Jay Grace, Loyd Price | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Vanellope von Schweetz | John Kahwaty, Suzan Kim, Michelle Robinson, Tony Smeed | |
| 2013 [20][21] |
Frozen | Bringing the Snow Queen to Life | Alexander Alvarado, Joy Johnson, Chad Stubblefield, Wayne Unten |
| The Croods | Eep | Line Andersen, Won Young Byun, Koji Morihiro, Chris De St. Jeor | |
| Epic | Bomba | Thom Roberts, Haven Gordon Cousins, Tim Bower, Daniel Lima | |
| Mary Katherine | Jeff Gabor, Dylan Maxwell, Sang Jun Lee, Chris Pagoria | ||
| 2014 [22][23] |
Big Hero 6 | Baymax | Colin Eckart, John Kahwaty, Zach Parrish, Zack Petroc |
| The Boxtrolls | Archibald Snatcher | Travis Knight, Jason Stalman, Michael Laubach, Kyle Williams | |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Hiccup Haddock | Jakob Hjort Jensen, Fabio Lignini, Stephen Candell, Hongseo Park | |
| Rio 2 | Gabi | Jason Sadler, Ignacio Barrios, Drew Winey, Diana Diriwaechter |
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
| Year | Film | Character | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 [24][25] |
Inside Out | Joy | Shawn Krause, Tanja Krampfert, Jacob Merrell, Alexis Angelidis |
| The Good Dinosaur | Spot | Ana Gabriela Lacaze, Jacob Brooks, Lou Hamou-Lhadj, Mark C. Harris | |
| The Peanuts Movie | Charlie Brown | Matthew Doble, Steve Vanseth, Stephen Gressak, Nikki Tomaino | |
| Snoopy | Jeff Gabor, Joseph Antonuccio, Ignacio Barrios, Sabine Heller | ||
| 2016 [26][27] |
Finding Dory | Hank | Jonathan Hoffman, Steven Clay Hunter, Mark Piretti, Audrey Wong |
| Kubo and the Two Strings | Kubo | Jeff Riley, Ian Whitlock, Adam Lawthers, Jeremy Spake | |
| Monkey | Andy Bailey, Dobrin Yanev, Kim Slate, Jessica Lynn | ||
| Moana | The Mighty Maui | Mack Kablan, Nikki Mull, Matthew Schiller, Marc Thyng |
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
| Year | Film | Character | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 [28][29] |
Coco | Hèctor | Emron Grover, Jonathan Hoffman, Michael Honsel, Guilherme Sauerbronn Jacinto |
| The Boss Baby | Boss Baby | Alec Baldwin, Carlos Puertolas, Rani Naamani, Joe Moshier | |
| Despicable Me 3 | Balthazar Bratt | Eric Guillon, Bruno Dequier, Julien Soret, Benjamin Fournet | |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | Garmadon | Matthew Everitt, Christian So, Loic Miermont, Fiona Darwin | |
| Garma Mecha Man | Arthur Terzis, Wei Hei, Jean-Marc Ariu, Gibson Radsavanh | ||
| 2018 [30][31] |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Miles Morales | Marcos Kang, Chad Belteau, Humberto Rosa, Julie Bernier Gosselin |
| Dr. Seuss' The Grinch | The Grinch | David Galante, Francois Boudaille, Olivier Luffin, Yarrow Cheney | |
| Incredibles 2 | Helen Parr/Elastigirl | Michal Makarewicz, Ben Porter, Edgar Rodriguez, Kevin Singleton | |
| Ralph Breaks the Internet | Ralphzilla | Dong Joo Byun, Dave K. Komorowski, Justin Sklar, Le Joyce Tong | |
| 2019 [32][33] |
Missing Link | Susan | Rachelle Lambden, Brenda Baumgarten, Morgan Hay, Benoit Dubuc |
| Frozen II | The Water Nøkk | Svetla Radivoeva, Marc Bryant, Richard E. Lehmann, Cameron Black | |
| Klaus | Jesper | Yoshimishi Tamura, Alfredo Cassano, Maxime Delalande, Jason Schwartzman | |
| Toy Story 4 | Bo Peep | Radford Hurn, Tanja Krampfert, George Nguyen and Becki Rocha Tower |
2020s edit
| Year | Film | Character | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [34][35] |
Soul | Terry | Jonathan Hoffman, Jonathan Page, Peter Tieryas, Ron Zorman |
| Onward | Dad Pants | Kristopher Campbell, Jonas Jarvers, Rob Jensen, Jacob Kuenzel | |
| Over the Moon | Chang'e | Siggi Orri Thorhannesson, Hyesok Kim, Javier Solsona, Alan Chen | |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | SpongeBob | Jacques Daigle, Guillaume Dufief, Adrien Montero, Liam Hill | |
| 2021 [36] |
Encanto | Mirabel Madrigal | Kelly McClanahan, Sergi Caballer, Mary Twohig, Jose Luis "Weecho" Velasquez |
| Luca | Luca | Gwendelyn Enderoglu, Laurie Nguyen Kim, Tanja Krampfert, Maria Lee | |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Katie Mitchell | Lindsey Olivares, Kurt Judson, Soh-I Jeong, Rohini Kumar | |
| Raya and the Last Dragon | Tuk Tuk | Brian Menz, Punn Wiantrakoon, Erik Hansen, Vicky YuTzu Lin | |
| 2022 [37] |
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Pinocchio | Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Geppetto | Charles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shani Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker | |
| Strange World | Splat | Leticia Gillett, Cameron Black, Dan Lipson, Louis Jones | |
| Turning Red | Panda Mei | Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, Bill Sheffler, Kureha Yokoo | |
| 2023 [38] |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Spot | Christopher Mangnall, Craig Feifarek, Humberto Rosa, Nideep Varghese |
| Elemental | Ember | Gwendelyn Enderoglu, Jared Fong, Jonathan Hoffman, Patrick Witting | |
| Elemental | Wade | Max Gilbert, Jacob Kuenzel, Dave Strick, Benjamin Su | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Superfly | Gregory Coelho, Anne-Claire Leroux, Simon Cuisinier, Olivier Pierre |
Films with Multiple Nominations edit
- 2 Nominations
Characters with Multiple Nominations edit
- 2 Nominations
External links edit
- Visual Effects Society
References edit
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