Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Film category of the Oscars

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Hayao Miyazaki

Toshio Suzuki

2023 co-recipients

Awarded for| The best animated film with a running time of more than 40 minutes, a significant number of the major characters animated, and at least 75 percent of the picture's running time including animation.
Country| United States
Presented by| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
First awarded| Shrek (2001)
Most recent winner| The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Most awards| Pixar (11) / Pete Docter (3)
Most nominations| Pixar (18) / Pete Docter and Hayao Miyazaki (4)
Website| oscars.org

The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for the best animated film. An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first awarded in 2002 for films released in 2001.[1][2][3]

The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award's inception. If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category, the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist.[4]

## History

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For much of the Academy Awards' history, AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular award for animated features, considering there were simply too few produced to justify such consideration.[5] Instead, the Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually for Walt Disney Pictures, such as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1938,[6] and the Special Achievement Academy Award for the live action/animated hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1989[7] and Toy Story in 1996.[8] In fact, prior to the award's creation, only one animated film was nominated for Best Picture: 1991's Beauty and the Beast, also by Disney.[9][10]

By 2001, the rise of sustained competitors to Disney in the feature animated film market, such as DreamWorks Animation (founded by former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg), created an increase of film releases of significant annual number enough for AMPAS to reconsider.[5] The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given out at the 74th Academy Awards,[11] held on March 24, 2002.[12] The academy included a rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year in which fewer than eight eligible films opened in theaters.[13] It dropped the rule on April 23, 2019, to make voting for animated films more acceptable.[14] People in the animation industry, as well as fans, expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features.[citation needed]

In 2009, when the nominee slots for Best Picture were doubled to ten, Up was nominated for both Animated Feature and Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, the first to do so since the inception of the Animated Feature category. This feat was repeated the following year by Toy Story 3.[citation needed]

In 2010, the academy enacted a new rule regarding the motion capture technique employed in films such as A Christmas Carol (2009) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011), directed by Academy Award for Best Director winners Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg respectively, and how they might not be eligible in this category in the future.[clarification needed] This rule was possibly made to prevent nominations of live-action films that rely heavily on motion capture, such as Avatar (2009).[citation needed]

In 2022, it was unclear whether Marcel the Shell with Shoes On would be eligible for the award at the 95th Academy Awards due to being a live-action/stop-motion animated hybrid. Director Dean Fleischer Camp said that he and A24 had to submit documentation in order to prove the film had enough animation to meet the award's minimum requirements.[15][16] The AMPAS officially deemed the film eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature category and was eventually nominated for said category.[17]

### Best Picture criticism

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As of 2008, some members and fans have criticized the category; however, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning and nominating Best Picture. The most notable example is Shrek, became an immediate favorite for the nomination, similar the way of nominating animated films like the animation rivalry's 1991 film Beauty and the Beast; DreamWorks had advertised heavily during the holiday 2001 season for the film like the studio's previous years, but it didn’t materialize the category due to its inauguration of the Best Animated Film category, which sparked criticism from the industry,[18] though it ultimately won the inaugural Best Animated Feature award.[1] Nonetheless, it was successfully nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and was also the first animated film to be nominated for PGA Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Film, and Critics' Choice Awards for Best Picture, respectively.[19][20]

Another criticism surrounding the category was particularly prominent at the 81st Academy Awards, in which WALL-E won the award but was not nominated for Best Picture, despite receiving multiple accolades.[21][22][23][24] This sparked controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of such nomination by the Academy. Film critic Peter Travers commented that "if there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, it's WALL-E." However, official Academy Award regulations state that any film nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture.[4] This, as well as more backlash that The Dark Knight was also not another Best Picture nominee meant that next year, the Academy expanded the Best Picture category.[25] After the expansion, two animated films—Up (2009) and Toy Story 3 (2010)—were nominated for Best Picture.[26]

From 2010 onward, with the increasing competitiveness of the Animated Feature category, Pixar (a perennial nominee) did not receive nominations for several recent films due to the more mixed critical response and comparatively low box-office receipts, while Pixar's sister studio Disney Animation won their first three awards but in similar response.[27] Other studios have also come close to a Best Picture nomination with critical and commercial success, including Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Netflix Animation),[28] The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli),[29] and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation); the latter grew strong positive reactions and received several Best Picture nominations from critics' groups.[30]

## Milestones and records

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### Films and production companies

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Pixar broke records of any studios in the same category: the most wins with 11, the most nominations of any studio with 18, and the most consecutive wins took four years in a row with their films released (between 2007 and 2010).

Pixar, with 11 wins, and Walt Disney Animation Studios, with 4, are both owned by The Walt Disney Company, which has 15 wins for the category, in total.

Laika has the most nominations without a win, with 6 films.

Almost all the winners have been computer-animated films. The exceptions are Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron, which are the only hand-drawn animated films, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, the only stop motion animated films to win.

Toy Story is the only franchise with multiple wins, for its third and fourth films. Additionally, the third film marks the first sequel to win this category.

Another franchise Shrek (with one win) is the most-nominated with four. Other franchises with three include How to Train Your Dragon and Cartoon Saloon's "Irish Folklore Trilogy" (consisting of The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and Wolfwalkers); both hold the record as the most-nominated franchises without a win.

Of the several adult animated films (judging from their MPAA ratings), The Triplets of Belleville was the first PG-13 rated nominee and Anomalisa was the first, and so far only, R-rated animated film to be nominated; The Boy and The Heron became the first animated film for adults (in this case, PG-13-rated) winner.[31]

Studio Ghibli (Japan) has the most wins (two) and nominations (seven) for a non-US studio; Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron are the only non-English language films to win,[32][33][34] despite the fact their use of English dubbing as necessary.

Flee is the first animated documentary film to be nominated.[35]

Shaun the Sheep Movie (and its sequel), The Red Turtle, and Robot Dreams are the only non-dialogue films to be nominated, although the former two speak gibberish.

Since 2019, each year has had at least one nominee that was mainly released via streaming, with two winners (denoted in bold): Klaus (Netflix) in 2019, Soul (Disney+) in 2020, Luca (Disney+) and The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix) in 2021, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Netflix), The Sea Beast (Netflix) and Turning Red (Disney+) in 2022, and Nimona (Netflix) in 2023.

### People

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Pete Docter has the most wins and nominations of any individual, the latter being tied with Hayao Miyazaki. Additionally, Miyazaki has the most wins and nominations for a non-US individual.

Hayao Miyazaki is the oldest winner established in 2003 at the age of 62 (it held the record for two decades until Mark Gustafson in 2023), and again in 2024, making him the oldest two-time winner at the age of 83.[36] Similarly, Aron Warner is the sole winner established in 2002 at the age of 41 until Miyazaki and Andrew Stanton took over the separate record; Stanton established his youngest recipient in 2004 at the age of 38, and again in 2009, making Stanton the youngest two-time winner at the age of 43.

Ron Clements, Dean DeBlois, Travis Knight, Tomm Moore, and Chris Sanders are tied for receiving the most nominations without winning, with three each.

Mark Gustafson is the only directing credit to win the award before his death.

In diversity, Brenda Chapman was the first woman to win for Brave, Peter Ramsey was the first black director to win for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Yvett Merino was the first woman in color to win for Encanto.

Byron Howard is the first queer (openly gay) to win for Zootopia, established in 2017 and again in 2022 for Encanto, making him the only two-time queer winner.

## Winners and nominees

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Hayao Miyazaki won in 2003 for Spirited Away and again in 2024 for The Boy and the Heron. Andrew Stanton won in 2004 for Finding Nemo and again in 2009 for WALL-E. Brad Bird won in 2005 for The Incredibles and again in 2008 for Ratatouille. Nick Park won in 2006 for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. George Miller won in 2007 for Happy Feet. Pete Docter holds the record for most wins in this category, winning three times for Up in 2010, Inside Out in 2016, and Soul in 2021. Lee Unkrich won in 2011 for Toy Story 3 and again in 2018 for Coco. Gore Verbinski won in 2012 for Rango. Chris Buck won in 2014 for Frozen. Jonas Rivera won in 2016 for Inside Out and again in 2020 for Toy Story 4. Byron Howard won in 2017 for Zootopia and again in 2022 for Encanto. Guillermo del Toro won in 2023 for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. Table key

Indicates the winner

### 2000s

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Year  | Film  | Nominees  | Ref.

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2001
(74th) | Shrek | Aron Warner | [12]
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Steve Oedekerk and John A. Davis
Monsters, Inc. | Pete Docter and John Lasseter
2002
(75th) | Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki | [37]
Ice Age | Chris Wedge
Lilo and Stitch | Chris Sanders
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Jeffrey Katzenberg
Treasure Planet | Ron Clements
2003
(76th) | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton | [38]
Brother Bear | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
The Triplets of Belleville | Sylvain Chomet
2004
(77th) | The Incredibles | Brad Bird | [39]
Shark Tale | Bill Damaschke
Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson
2005
(78th) | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Nick Park and Steve Box | [40]
Corpse Bride | Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki
2006
(79th) | Happy Feet | George Miller | [41]
Cars | John Lasseter
Monster House | Gil Kenan
2007
(80th) | Ratatouille | Brad Bird | [42]
Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Surf's Up | Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
2008
(81st) | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | [43]
Bolt | Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda | John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
2009
(82nd) | Up | Pete Docter | [44]
Coraline | Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog | John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells | Tomm Moore

### 2010s

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Year  | Film  | Nominees  | Ref.

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2010
(83rd) | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich | [45]
How to Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet
2011
(84th) | Rango | Gore Verbinski | [46]
A Cat in Paris | Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico and Rita | Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots | Chris Miller
2012
(85th) | Brave | Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman | [47]
Frankenweenie | Tim Burton
ParaNorman | Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore
2013
(86th) | Frozen | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho | [48]
The Croods | Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 | Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine | Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
The Wind Rises | Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
2014
(87th) | Big Hero 6 | Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli | [49]
The Boxtrolls | Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
Song of the Sea | Tomm Moore and Paul Young
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
2015
(88th) | Inside Out | Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera | [50]
Anomalisa | Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Boy and the World | Alê Abreu
Shaun the Sheep Movie | Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There | Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
2016
(89th) | Zootopia | Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer | [51]
Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
Moana | John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
My Life as a Courgette | Claude Barras and Max Karli
The Red Turtle | Michaël Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
2017
(90th) | Coco | Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson | [52]
The Boss Baby | Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
Ferdinand | Carlos Saldanha and Lori Forte
Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart
2018
(91st) | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | [53]
Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle
Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito
Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer
2019
(92nd) | Toy Story 4 | Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera | [54]
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
I Lost My Body | Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
Klaus | Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román
Missing Link | Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight

### 2020s

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Year  | Film  | Nominees  | Ref.

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2020
(93rd) | Soul | Pete Docter and Dana Murray | [55]
Onward | Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
Over the Moon | Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
Wolfwalkers | Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants
2021
(94th) | Encanto | Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer | [56]
Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte de la Gournerie
Luca | Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon | Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
2022
(95th) | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley | [57]
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
The Sea Beast | Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
Turning Red | Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
2023
(96th) | The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki | [58]
Elemental | Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
Nimona | Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Diaz
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal

## Multiple wins and nominations

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### Multiple wins

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| Wins  | Individual

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| Pete Docter
2  | Brad Bird
Byron Howard
Hayao Miyazaki
Jonas Rivera
Clark Spencer
Andrew Stanton
Lee Unkrich

### Multiple nominations

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| Nominations  | Individual

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4  | Pete Docter
Hayao Miyazaki
3  | Brad Bird
Ron Clements
Dean DeBlois
Byron Howard
Travis Knight
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Rich Moore
Tomm Moore
Chris Sanders
Clark Spencer
Toshio Suzuki
Chris Williams
2  | Wes Anderson
Bonnie Arnold
Chris Buck
Tim Burton
Chris Butler
Sylvain Chomet
Don Hall
John Lasseter
John Musker
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Jonas Rivera
Osnat Shurer
Andrew Stanton
Arianne Sutner
Lee Unkrich
Peter Del Vecho
Paul Young

## Studios and franchises with multiple nominations

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### Studios

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Studio  | Wins  | Nominations  | Films

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Pixar | 11  | 18  | Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Brave, Inside Out, Coco, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Onward, Soul, Luca, Turning Red, Elemental
Walt Disney Animation Studios | 4  | 13  | Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Bolt, The Princess and the Frog, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto
DreamWorks Animation | 2  | 14  | Shrek, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,[a] Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, The Croods, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Boss Baby, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Studio Ghibli | 7  | Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Red Turtle, The Boy and the Heron
Sony Pictures Animation | 1  | 5  | Surf's Up, The Pirates! Band of Misfits,[b] Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Netflix Animation | 4  | Klaus, Over the Moon, The Sea Beast, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Aardman | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,[a] The Pirates! Band of Misfits,[b] Shaun the Sheep Movie, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Nickelodeon | 2  | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rango
Laika | 0  | 6  | Corpse Bride,[c] Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link
Cartoon Saloon | 4  | The Secret of Kells,[d] Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, Wolfwalkers
Les Armateurs | 3  | The Triplets of Belleville, The Secret of Kells,[d] Ernest & Celestine
Blue Sky Studios | Ice Age, Ferdinand, Nimona[e]
Tim Burton Productions | 2  | Corpse Bride,[c] Frankenweenie
American Empirical | Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs

### Franchises

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Franchise  | Wins  | Nominations  | Films

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Toy Story | 2  | 2  | Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4
Shrek | 1  | 4  | Shrek, Shrek 2, Puss in Boots, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Wallace and Gromit | 3  | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Shaun the Sheep Movie, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
The Incredibles | 2  | The Incredibles, Incredibles 2
Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
How to Train Your Dragon | 0  | 3  | How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Irish Folklore Trilogy | The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers
Kung Fu Panda | 2  | Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2
Wreck-It Ralph | Wreck-It Ralph, Ralph Breaks the Internet

### Notes

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1. ^ a b Co-production between Aardman Animations and DreamWorks Animation
2. ^ a b Co-production between Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation
3. ^ a b Co-production between Laika and Tim Burton Productions
4. ^ a b Co-production between Cartoon Saloon and Les Armateurs
5. ^ Co-production between Annapurna Animation and Blue Sky Studios

## Age superlatives

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Record  | Director  | Film  | Age

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Oldest winner  | Hayao Miyazaki | The Boy and the Heron | 83 years, 65 days
Oldest nominee  | 83 years, 18 days
Youngest winner  | Andrew Stanton | Finding Nemo | 38 years, 88 days
Youngest nominee  | Benjamin Renner | Ernest & Celestine | 30 years, 63 days

## See also

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* Lists of animated films
* List of animation awards
* List of animated feature films nominated for Academy Awards
* List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
* List of Academy Award–nominated films

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## Bibliography

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* Osbourne, Robert (2013). 85 Years of the Oscar. Abberville Press. ISBN 978-0-7892-1142-2.

## External links

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* Oscars.org (official Academy site)
* The Academy Awards Database (official site)
* Oscar.com (official ceremony promotional site)

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| Proposed awards|

* Popular Film

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Special awards|

| Governors Awards|

* Academy Honorary Award
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Student Awards|

* Student Academy Award

Former awards|

| Merit Awards|

* Assistant Director
* Dance Direction
* Sound Editing
* Story

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Special Awards|

* Academy Juvenile Award

Ceremonies
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Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

* Shrek (2001)
* Spirited Away (2002)
* Finding Nemo (2003)
* The Incredibles (2004)
* Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
* Happy Feet (2006)
* Ratatouille (2007)
* WALL-E (2008)
* Up (2009)
* Toy Story 3 (2010)
* Rango (2011)
* Brave (2012)
* Frozen (2013)
* Big Hero 6 (2014)
* Inside Out (2015)
* Zootopia (2016)
* Coco (2017)
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
* Toy Story 4 (2019)
* Soul (2020)
* Encanto (2021)
* Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
* The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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Animation industry in the United States

Companies and studios

| Active|

| Majors|

| NBCUniversal|

* DreamWorks Animation
* DreamWorks Animation Television
* DreamWorks Classics
* Big Idea Entertainment
* Harvey Films
* Illumination
* Universal Animation Studios

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Paramount Global|

* CBS Eye Animation Productions
* Late Night Cartoons
* MTV Animation
* Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Nickelodeon Digital
* Nickelodeon Movies
* Paramount Animation
* Miramax Animation (49%)

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Disney Entertainment|

* 20th Century Animation
* 20th Television Animation
* Disney Television Animation
* Lucasfilm Animation
* Industrial Light & Magic
* Marvel Animation
* Marvel Studios Animation
* Pixar Animation Studios
* Walt Disney Animation Studios

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Warner Bros.|

* Cartoon Network Studios
* Warner Bros. Animation
* Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
* Williams Street

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Sony Pictures|

* Aniplex of America
* Crunchyroll
* Sony Pictures Animation
* Sony Pictures Imageworks

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* 41 Entertainment
* Augenblick Studios
* Awesome Inc
* Fox Corporation
* Bento Box Entertainment
* Bandera Entertainment
* Billionfold Inc.
* Blur Studio
* Cartuna
* CHRLX
* CMCC Cartoons
* DNEG
* Digital Domain
* Film Roman
* Phil Roman Entertainment
* Floyd County Productions
* Fred Wolf Films
* Fuzzy Door Productions
* Hasbro Entertainment
* Jay Ward Productions
* Joe Murray Productions
* Kanbar Animation
* Kartoon Studios
* Wow Unlimited Media
* Bolder Media
* Frederator Studios
* Kinofilm
* Klasky Csupo
* Kurtz & Friends
* Laika, LLC
* Lee Mendelson Films
* Lionsgate
* Lionsgate Canada
* Media Blasters
* Melendez Films
* Man of Action Entertainment
* Mattel Television
* Mexopolis
* Mondo Media
* 6 Point Harness
* Netflix Animation
* Noble
* O Entertainment
* Parallax Studio
* Powerhouse Animation Studios
* Psyop
* Reel FX Animation
* Renegade Animation
* Rhythm and Hues Studios
* Rough Draft Studios
* Rovio Animation
* Screen Novelties
* Scholastic
* Weston Woods Studios
* SD Entertainment
* Sentai Filmworks
* ShadowMachine
* Skydance Animation
* Snee-Oosh, Inc.
* SpindleHorse Toons
* Splash Entertainment
* Sprite Animation Studios
* Stretch Films
* Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
* Tau Films
* Threshold Entertainment
* Titmouse, Inc.
* The ULULU Company
* United Plankton Pictures
* Vanguard Animation
* Wild Canary Animation
* World Events Productions
* Worker Studio

Former|

* 4Kids Entertainment
* 70/30 Productions
* Adelaide Productions
* Adventure Cartoon Productions
* Allspark
* Amblimation
* Animation Collective
* Animation Lab
* Animation Magic
* Blue Sky Studios
* Cambria Productions
* Cartoon Pizza
* Chorion
* Circle 7 Animation
* Cookie Jar
* Copernicus Studios
* Crest Animation Productions
* Curious Pictures
* DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
* DIC Entertainment
* Disneytoon Studios
* DNA Productions
* Famous Studios
* Filmation
* Fleischer Studios
* Format Films
* Fox Animation Studios
* Frederator Films
* Golden Films
* Hanna-Barbera
* HIT Entertainment
* Jetlag Productions
* Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!
* Kroyer Films
* Laugh-O-Gram Studio
* Little Airplane Productions
* Marvel Productions
* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
* MGM Animation/Visual Arts
* MGM Cartoons
* Mirari Films
* MoonScoop
* Omation Animation Studio
* Pacific Data Images
* PorchLight Entertainment
* Prana Studios
* Radical Axis
* Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
* Rooster Teeth
* Ruby-Spears
* BVS Entertainment
* Screen Gems
* Skellington Productions
* Soup2Nuts
* Spümcø
* Storyboard, Inc./Hubley Studios
* Sullivan Bluth Studios
* Sunbow Entertainment
* Terrytoons
* Total Television
* United Productions of America
* Van Beuren Studios
* Walter Lantz Productions
* Warner Bros. Cartoons
* Wētā FX
* Wildbrain Entertainment
* Will Vinton Studios
* Zodiac Entertainment

Industry associations

* The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839
* ASIFA-Hollywood

Other topics

| Awards|

* Academy Awards
* Best Animated Feature
* Annie Awards
* Emmy Awards
* Children's and Family
* Primetime
* Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
* Favorite Cartoon
* Animated Movie
* NAACP Image Awards
* Motion Picture
* Series
* GLAAD Media Awards
* Kids and Family Programming (Animated)
* Writers Guild of America Awards
* Television Animation

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History|

* Silent era
* Golden age
* World War II
* Television era
* Modern era

Related|

* Animated sitcom
* American comics
* History of American comics
* Tijuana bible
* Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
* Flash animation
* Labor strikes
* Fleischer Studios (1937)
* Disney (1941)
* Multiple studios (1982)

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