Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film

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The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. [1] It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment. The nominations are announced in January and an awards ceremony is held later in the month. Initially, only three films are nominated for best animated film, in contrast to five nominations for the majority of other awards. The Disney Pixar film Cars was the first recipient of the award. The award for best animated film has subsequently been presented to four other Pixar films: Ratatouille received the award in 2008, WALL-E was the recipient in 2009, Up received the award in 2010, and Toy Story 3 won in 2011. In 2012, Cars 2 lost to The Adventures of Tintin. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been awarding Golden Globe Awards since 1944.

All but one of the winners - Cars - followed up their Golden Globes Awards wins by picking up the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Cars lost out in the 2007 Academy Awards to the Warner Bros. Pictures film Happy Feet. Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up have also won the award for best animated film at the British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs). Cars, Ratatouille, and Up also won the Annie Awards for Best Animated Feature, while WALL-E lost the award to Kung Fu Panda, with a big controversy. And all three have won numerous awards at other film ceremonies.

Films may be nominated in only one feature category. Therefore films nominated in this category are ineligible to be nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture – Drama, or Best Foreign Language Film. This has led to much confusion leading many to believe animated films are snubbed in the Best Motion Picture categories, specifically Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy where animated films have won before, but in reality they simply are not eligible to be nominated.


[edit] Results

Notes:

  • The winner in each year is shown with a blue background.
  • "†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award.
Year Film
2006 Cars | John Lasseter
Happy Feet | George Miller
Monster House | Gil Kenan
2007 Bee Movie | Simon J. Smith & Steve Hickner
Ratatouille | Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman
2008 Bolt | Byron Howard & Chris Williams
Kung Fu Panda | Mark Osborne & John Stevenson
WALL-E | Andrew Stanton [2]
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Coraline | Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog | Ron Clements & John Musker
Up | Pete Docter
2010 Despicable Me | Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin
How to Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet
Tangled | Nathan Greno & Byron Howard
Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich
2011 The Adventures of Tintin | Steven Spielberg
Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith
Cars 2 | John Lasseter
Puss in Boots | Chris Miller
Rango | Gore Verbinski


On November 17, 2009, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, there will be five nominees for Best Animated Feature Film, as its members voted to amend its rules: eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. If less than twelve animated films qualify, the category will be limited to three nominations per year.


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ball, Ryan (2006-01-30). "Golden Globes in Toon for ’07". Animation Magazine. http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=4980. Retrieved 2006-06-13. 
  2. ^ "2008 Golden Globe Awards Nominations". goldenglobes.org. http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/104. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
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