List of animated feature films nominated for Academy Awards
This page highlights the animated feature films nominated for or won Academy Awards aside from the Best Animated Feature category.
Feature Film Categories
Best Picture
Animated feature films were nominated for Best Picture in only three cases: 1991, 2009 and 2010. Beauty and the Beast is the only animated-feature film Best Picture nominee before the inception of Best Animated Feature and in the then five-nominee format. Up and Toy Story 3 were both nominated after the inception of the animated feature category and in the expanded ten-nominee format.
Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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1991 (64th) |
Beauty and the Beast | Don Hahn | Disney | Nominated |
2009 (82nd) |
Up | Jonas Rivera | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Darla K. Anderson | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
Best International Feature Film
Though there are animated foreign language films nominated for other awards, only one animated film has been nominated in Best International Feature Film category.
Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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2008 (81st) |
Waltz with Bashir | Ari Folman | Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion | Nominated [1] |
Writing (Screenplay) Categories
Best Original Screenplay
Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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1995 (68th) |
Toy Story | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft (story) | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2003 (76th) |
Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2004 (77th) |
The Incredibles | Brad Bird | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2007 (80th) |
Ratatouille | Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2009 (82nd) |
Up | Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2015 (88th) |
Inside Out | Josh Cooley, Ronnie del Carmen, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
Best Adapted Screenplay
Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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2001 (74th) |
Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman | DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images | Nominated |
2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (story) | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
Short Film Awards
Best Animated Short Film
Music Awards
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Since the category's inception in 1934, twelve animated films have won this music category, with Disney winning eleven (three with Pixar), and DreamWorks winning one. Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994) both had three nominations in this category, the first and second films to do so.
Wet Blanket Policy, a 1948 Woody Woodpecker short cartoon, was also nominated for Best Original Song. "The Woody Woodpecker" song was written by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriess and was nominated for the 21st Academy Awards (21st). It is the only animated short subject to be nominated in a traditionally feature film category.
Year | Film | Song/Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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1939 (12th) |
Gulliver's Travels | "Faithful/Forever" Ralph Rainger (Music), Leo Robin (Lyric) |
Fleischer Studios | Nominated |
1940 (13th) |
Pinocchio | "When You Wish Upon a Star" Leigh Harline (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
1941 (14th) |
Dumbo | "Baby Mine" Frank Churchill (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
1942 (15th) |
Bambi | "Love Is a Song" Frank Churchill (Music), Larry Morey (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
1950 (23rd) |
Cinderella | "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"" Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston |
Disney | Nominated |
1967 (40th) |
The Jungle Book | "The Bare Necessities"" Terry Gilkyson |
Disney | Nominated |
1973 (46th) |
Robin Hood | "Love" George Bruns (Music), Floyd Huddleston (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
1977 (50th) |
The Rescuers | "Someone's Waiting for You" Sammy Fain (Music), Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
1986 (59th) |
An American Tail | "Somewhere Out There" James Horner and Barry Mann (Music), Cynthia Weil (Lyric) |
Sullivan Bluth Studios, Amblin Entertainment | Nominated |
1989 (62nd) |
The Little Mermaid | "Under the Sea" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
"Kiss the Girl" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | ||
1991 (64th) |
Beauty and the Beast | "Beauty and the Beast" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
"Be Our Guest" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | ||
"Belle" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | ||
1992 (65th) |
Aladdin | "A Whole New World" Alan Menken (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
"Friend Like Me" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | ||
1994 (67th) |
The Lion King | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
"Circle of Life" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | ||
"Hakuna Matata" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | ||
1995 (68th) |
Pocahontas | "Colors of the Wind" Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
Toy Story | "You've Got a Friend in Me" Randy Newman |
Disney, Pixar | Nominated | |
1997 (70th) |
Hercules | "Go the Distance" Alan Menken (Music), David Zippel (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
Anastasia | "Journey to the Past" Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyric) |
20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios | Nominated | |
1998 (71st) |
The Prince of Egypt | "When You Believe" Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics) |
DreamWorks Animation | Won |
Quest for Camelot | "The Prayer" David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager (Music), David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager and Alberto Testa (Lyric) |
Warner Bros. Feature Animation | Nominated | |
1999 (72nd) |
Tarzan | "You'll Be in My Heart" Phil Collins (Music and Lyrics) |
Disney | Won |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | "Blame Canada" Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyric) |
Comedy Central Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Braniff Productions | Nominated | |
Toy Story 2 | "When She Loved Me" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Nominated | |
2000 (73rd) |
The Emperor's New Groove | "My Funny Friend and Me" David Hartley and Sting (Music), Sting (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
2001 (74th) |
Monsters, Inc. | "If I Didn't Have You" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Won |
2002 (75th) |
The Wild Thornberrys Movie | "Father and Daughter" Paul Simon (Music and Lyric) |
Nickelodeon Movies, Klasky Csupo | Nominated |
2003 (76th) |
The Triplets of Belleville | "Belleville Rendez-Vous" Benoît Charest (Music), Sylvain Chomet (Lyric) |
Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma | Nominated |
2004 (77th) |
Shrek 2 | "Accidentally in Love" Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück and Matthew Malley (Music), Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey (Lyric) |
DreamWorks Animation | Nominated |
The Polar Express | "Believe" Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri (Music and Lyric) |
Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers | Nominated | |
2006 (79th) |
Cars | "Our Town" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | "Down to Earth" Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (Music), Peter Gabriel (Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2009 (82nd) |
The Princess and the Frog | "Almost There" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
"Down in New Orleans" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | ||
2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | "We Belong Together" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Won |
Tangled | "I See the Light" Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | |
2011 (84th) |
Rio | "Real in Rio" Carlinhos Brown and Sérgio Mendes (Music), Siedah Garrett (Lyric) |
Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation | Nominated |
2013 (86th) |
Frozen | "Let It Go" Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
Despicable Me 2 | "Happy" Pharrell Williams (Music and Lyric) |
Illumination Entertainment | Nominated | |
2014 (87th) |
The Lego Movie | "Everything Is Awesome" Shawn Patterson (Music and Lyric) |
Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Animation Group | Nominated |
2016 (89th) |
Trolls | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster) (Music and Lyric) |
DreamWorks Animation | Nominated |
Moana | "How Far I'll Go" Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | |
2017 (90th) |
Coco | "Remember Me"
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Won |
Sound Categories
Best Sound Editing
Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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1992 (65th) |
Aladdin | Mark Mangini | Disney | Nominated |
2001 (74th) |
Monsters, Inc. | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2003 (76th) |
Finding Nemo | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2004 (77th) |
The Incredibles | Michael Silvers and Randy Thom | Disney, Pixar | Won [2] |
The Polar Express | Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard | Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers | Nominated | |
2007 (80th) |
Ratatouille | Randy Thom and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2009 (82nd) |
Up | Michael Silvers and Tom Myers | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Tom Myers and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
Best Sound Mixing
Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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1942 (15th) |
Bambi | Sam Slyfield | Disney | Nominated |
1950 (15th) |
Cinderella | C. O. Slyfield | Disney | Nominated |
1991 (64th) |
Beauty and the Beast | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane | Disney | Nominated |
1992 (65th) |
Aladdin | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane | Disney | Nominated |
2004 (77th) |
The Incredibles | Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, and Doc Kane | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
The Polar Express | Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, and William B. Kaplan | Castle Rock Entertainment
Shangri-La Entertainment ImageMovers |
Nominated | |
2007 (80th) |
Ratatouille | Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
Visual Effects
With the nomination of Kubo and the Two Strings in 2016, two animated films are nominated for Best Visual Effects (The first being The Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993).
Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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1993 (66th) |
The Nightmare Before Christmas | Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw and Gordon Baker | Disney, Skellington Productions | Nominated |
2016 (89th) |
Kubo and the Two Strings | Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff | Laika, Focus Features | Nominated |
Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Awards
Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Award are given to celebrate noted achievements in motion picture arts.
Honorary Awards
A handful of the honorary award recipients are awarded in their achievements in animated feature films.
Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation |
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1931/1932 (5th) |
Walt Disney | "for the creation of Mickey Mouse" |
1938 (11th) |
Disney | "for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon" |
1941 (14th) |
Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company | "for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia |
Leopold Stokowski and his associates | "for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form" | |
1943 (16th) |
George Pal | "for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons" |
1978 (51st) |
Walter Lantz | "for bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures" [3] |
2014 (87th) |
Hayao Miyazaki | "has deeply influenced animation forever, inspiring generations of artists to work in our medium and illuminate its limitless potential..." |
Special Achievement Awards
Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation |
---|---|---|
1988 (61st) |
Richard Williams | "for the animation direction of Who Framed Roger Rabbit" [4] |
1995 (68th) |
John Lasseter [5] | "for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film"[6][7][8] [9] [10] |
Live-action/animated films
Live-action animated film blends various traditional animation or computer animation in live action films.
Competitive Awards
Honorary Awards
Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation |
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1946 (20th) |
James Baskett | "for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world in Walt Disney's Song of the South" |
1949 (22nd) |
Bobby Driscoll | "as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949" (for his roles in So Dear to My Heart and The Window) |
References
- ^ "Departures" Wins Foreign Language Film: 2009 Oscars
- ^ Ray and The Incredibles Win Sound Awards: 2005 Oscars
- ^ Robin Williams presents an Honorary Award to Walter Lantz: 1979 Oscars
- ^ A Special Achievement Award for Richard Williams: 1989 Oscars on YouTube
- ^ John Lasseter receiving a Special Achievement Award on YouTube
- ^ "1995 Academy Awards". infoplease. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
- ^ King, Susan (September 30, 2015). "How 'Toy Story' changed the face of animation, taking off 'like an explosion'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ^ "Three Pixar execs get special Oscars". San Francisco Chronicle. February 1, 1996. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ Buzz Lightyear and Woody at the 68th Academy Awards-Internet Archive
- ^ John Lasseter on winning an Oscar® for "Toy Story" on YouTube