31st Annie Awards explained

February 7, 2004

----Best Feature Film:
Finding Nemo----Best Television Program:
The Simpsons----Best Home Video Production:
The Animatrix----Best Short Subject:
Boundin'

The 31st Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2003 were held on February 7, 2004, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.^[1]

Production nominees

Best Animated Feature	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Home Entertainment Production
Finding Nemo – Pixar Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios – Warner Bros. Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures The Triplets of Belleville – Les Armateurs	The Animatrix – Silver Pictures / Warner Home Video – Disneytoon Studios Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase – Nelvana Limited / Sparkling Stitch! The Movie – Walt Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short Subject	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Commercial
Boundin' – Pixar Ananda – Vinton Studios Boys Night Out – Barley Films Destino – Walt Disney Pictures Nibbles – Acme Filmworks	Lamisil: "It's Alive – Wild Brain Inc. Bombay "Drift" – Psyop Inc. Colorado Lottery "Woodcut" – Acme Filmworks Wisconsin Lottery "Casino" – Acme Filmworks
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced For Children
The Simpsons – Gracie Films Captain Sturdy – Renegade Animation The Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Samurai Jack – Cartoon Network Studios – Adelaide Productions	– Nickelodeon Productions / DNA Productions ChalkZone – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks – Mike Young Productions JoJo's Circus – Cartoon Pizza / Cuppa Coffee Studios

Individual achievement categories

Character Animation	Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
*Doug Sweetland – Finding Nemo* – Pixar** Anthony DeRosa – – Warner Bros. Byron Howard – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Gini Santos – Finding Nemo – Pixar	*Ricky Nierva – Finding Nemo* – Pixar** Rune Brandt Bennicke – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Carter Goodrich – – DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in an Animated Television Production	Directing in an Animated Feature Production
*Andy Suriano – Samurai Jack* – Cartoon Network Studios** Andrew Bialk – The Powerpuff Girls – Cartoon Network Studios Matt Danner – Xiaolin Showdown – Warner Bros. Animation Shannon Tindle – The Proud Family – Jambalaya Studios / Y. R. Studio	*Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich – Finding Nemo* – Pixar** Sylvain Chomet – The Triplets of Belleville – Les Armateurs Eric Goldberg – – Warner Bros. Animation Satoshi Kon – Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures
Directing in an Animated Television Production	Effects Animation
*Steven Dean Moore – The Simpsons* – Gracie Films** Mike Gasaway – – Nickelodeon Productions / DNA Productions Rob Renzetti – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Frederator Studios Genndy Tartakovsky & Robert Alvarez – Samurai Jack – Cartoon Network Studios Darrell Van Citters – Captain Sturdy – Renegade Animation	*Martin Nguyen – Finding Nemo* – Pixar** Justin Ritter - Finding Nemo – Pixar Dave Stephens – The Haunted Mansion – Walt Disney Pictures Jason Wolbert – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Madoka Yasuet – Piglet's Big Movie – Disneytoon Studios
Music in an Animated Feature Production	Music in an Animated Television Production
*Thomas Newman – Finding Nemo* – Pixar** Phil Collins & Mark Mancina – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios Harry Gregson-Williams – – DreamWorks Animation	*Alf Clausen, Ian Maxtone-Graham & Ken Keeler – The Simpsons* – Gracie Films** Robert Kral, Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd – Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation Ken Keeler – Futurama – The Curiosity Company Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter, Michael McCuistion & Andy Sturmer – Teen Titans – DC Entertainment / Warner Bros. Animation
Production Design in an Animated Television Production	Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
*Scott Wills – Samurai Jack* – Cartoon Network Studios** Seonna Hong – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Frederator Studios Joseph Holt – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Frederator Studios Mark Whiting – Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation	*Sharon Forward – The Jungle Book 2* – Disneytoon Studios** Holly Forsyth – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Chris Otsuki – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Dave Prince – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Dean Roberts – – Disneytoon Studios
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production	Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
*Dave Thomas – The Fairly OddParents* – Nickelodeon Animation Studios** Tim Divar – He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – Cartoon Network Studios Enrique Braxton May – ChalkZone – Nickelodeon Animation Studios Kyle Menke – – Adelaide Productions Matt Youngberg – Teen Titans – DC Entertainment / Warner Bros. Animation	*Ellen DeGeneres – Finding Nemo* – Pixar** Joe Alaskey – – Warner Bros. Animation Jim Cummings – The Jungle Book 2 – Disneytoon Studios Miyoko Shoji – Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures Jeremy Suarez – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production	Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Jeffrey Garcia – – DNA Productions / Nickelodeon Animation Studio Bob Bergen – Duck Dodgers – Warner Bros. Animation Janice Kawaye – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Frederator Studios / Nickelodeon Animation Studios Candi Milo – My Life as a Teenage Robot – Frederator Studios / Nickelodeon Animation Studios Tara Strong – Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks – Mike Young Productions	*Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds – Finding Nemo* – Pixar** Sylvain Chomet – The Triplets of Belleville – Les Armateurs Satoshi Kon & Sadayuki Murai – Millennium Actress – Go Fish Pictures Jim Kammerud & Brian Smith – – Disneytoon Studios Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich & Ron J. Friedman – Brother Bear – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Writing in an Animated Television Production
*Matt Warburton - The Simpsons* - Gracie Films** Paul Dini - Justice League – Warner Bros. Animation Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May - King of the Hill - 20th Century Fox Television Patric Verrone - Futurama - The Curiosity Company William Waldner - Captain Sturdy - Renegade Animation

Juried awards

Winsor McCay Award
Gene Deitch, John Hench & Thurl Ravenscroft for their career contributions to the art of animation
June Foray Award
Martha Sigall for her significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation
Ub Iwerks Award
Scott Johnston for technical advancement that has made a significant impact on the art or industry of animation
Certificate of Merit
David Derks, Mike Judge/Don Hertzfeldt

Notes and References

Web site: Annie Awards :: 31st Annie Awards. annieawards.org. 1 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701220856/http://annieawards.org/31st-annie-awards. 1 July 2016. live.