Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature explained

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

2000s

Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture

YearFilmCharacterNominee(s)
2002
[1] [2] 		Stuart Little 2 Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen
James Baxter
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
YearFilmCharacterNominee(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 Antonio Banderas, Raman Hui
2005
[4] [5] 		Gromit Loyd Price
Madagascar 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 Keith Smith, Scott Holmes, Pericles Michielin, Kenn McDonald
Shrek the Third 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
YearFilmCharacterNominee(s)
2008
[10] [11] 		WALL-E Wall-E and Eve Truck Sequence Ben Burtt, Victor Navone, Austin Lee, Jay Shuster
Bolt Becky Bresee, Bob Davies, Renato Dos Anjos, Wayne Unten Jr.
Rhino Adam Dykstra, Dave Gottlieb, Clay Kaytis, Hyrum Osmond
Kung Fu Panda 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
Buck Simon Pegg, Peter de Sève
Monsters vs. Aliens B.O.B. David Burgess, Scott Cegielski, Terran Boylan, David Weatherley

2010s

YearFilmCharacterNominee(s)
2010
[14] [15] 		How to Train Your Dragon Toothless Gabe Hordos, Cassidy Curtis, Mariette Marinus, Brent Watkins
Digger Josh Murtack, James Cunliffe, Jessica Groom, Andrew Hunt
Megamind Minion David Cross, Rani Naamani, Dick Walsh, Adrian Tsang
Tangled 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 Gino Acevedo, Gustav Ahren, Jamie Beard, Simon Clutterbuck
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 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
YearFilmCharacterNominee(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 Matthew Doble, Steve Vanseth, Stephen Gressak, Nikki Tomaino
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 Mack Kablan, Nikki Mull, Matthew Schiller, Marc Thyng
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
YearFilmCharacterNominee(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] 		Miles Morales Marcos Kang, Chad Belteau, Humberto Rosa, Julie Bernier Gosselin
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch David Galante, Francois Boudaille, Olivier Luffin, Yarrow Cheney
Incredibles 2 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 Radford Hurn, Tanja Krampfert, George Nguyen and Becki Rocha Tower

2020s

YearFilmCharacterNominee(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
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 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] 		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
Superfly Gregory Coelho, Anne-Claire Leroux, Simon Cuisinier, Olivier Pierre

Films with Multiple Nominations

2 Nominations

Characters with Multiple Nominations

2 Nominations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Visual Effects Society Awards 2002 Nominees . Jeff . Heusser . January 13, 2003 . . . February 8, 2020.
  2. Web site: Two Towers and Dinotopia Top First VES Awards. Sarah . Baisley . February 20, 2003 . . AWN, Inc. . February 7, 2020.
  3. Web site: 'Aviator,' Spidey win effects hardware . Variety Staff . February 17, 2005 . . . February 7, 2020.
  4. Web site: 'War,' 'Kong' top visual effects kudos . Variety Staff . February 16, 2006 . . . February 7, 2020.
  5. Web site: Animator, Gorilla and War Top VES Awards . February 15, 2006 . . . February 7, 2020.
  6. Web site: VES works up effects noms . Gregg . Kilday . January 9, 2007 . . Lynne Segall . February 7, 2020.
  7. Web site: 'Pirates' plunders visual f/x awards . Variety Staff . February 11, 2007 . . . February 7, 2020.
  8. Web site: VES sailing with 'Pirates' . Variety Staff . January 6, 2008 . . . February 7, 2020.
  9. Web site: 'Transformers,' ILM light up VES . Variety Staff . February 10, 2008 . . . February 7, 2020.
  10. Web site: Iron Man Leads VES Awards Nominees . ComingSoon . January 20, 2009 . . . February 7, 2020.
  11. Web site: 'Button' tops Visual Effects Awards . Variety Staff . February 21, 2009 . . . February 7, 2020.
  12. Web site: 'Avatar' grabs 11 VES Awards nominations . Susan . King . January 19, 2010 . . . February 7, 2020.
  13. Web site: VES honors 'Avatar' . Variety Staff . February 28, 2010 . . . February 7, 2020.
  14. Web site: "Inception" Leads Visual Effects Society Award Nominations . Peter . Knegt . January 10, 2011 . . . February 7, 2020.
  15. Web site: Visual Effects Awards: 'Inception' Wins 4, 'How To Train Your Dragon' 3 . Nikki . Finke . February 1, 2011 . . . February 7, 2020.
  16. Web site: 'Tintin' and HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' lead Visual Effects nominations . Susan . King . January 9, 2012 . . . February 8, 2020.
  17. Web site: 'Apes,' 'Hugo,' 'Transformers 3' Win Two Categories Each at VES Awards . Carolyn . Giardina . February 7, 2012 . . Lynne Segall . February 8, 2020.
  18. Web site: VES Award Nominees Are Announced . Rahim . Zahed . January 7, 2013 . . Jean Thoren . February 8, 2020.
  19. Web site: VES Awards 2013: 'Life of Pi' Wins Top Prize . Carolyn . Giardina . February 5, 2013 . . Lynne Segall . February 8, 2020.
  20. Web site: 'Gravity' Leads With 8 VES Awards Nominations; 'Pacific Rim' Nabs 6 . The Deadline Team . January 14, 2014 . . . February 8, 2020.
  21. Web site: 'Gravity,' 'Frozen' Big VES Awards Winners . Bill . Desowitz . February 13, 2014 . . . February 8, 2020.
  22. Web site: Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations Announced . The Deadline Team . January 13, 2015 . . . February 8, 2020.
  23. Web site: Big Hero 6 is the Big Hero with 5 Awards; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Tops the Feature Film Category; Game of Thrones and SSE Lead in Broadcast and Commercial Wins . Bill . Desowitz . February 4, 2015 . StudioDaily . Access Intelligence . February 8, 2020.
  24. Web site: 'Star Wars,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Peanuts Movie' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations . Margaret . Lenker . January 12, 2016 . . . February 8, 2020.
  25. Web site: VES Awards Winners: 'Star Wars' Takes Top Prize . Carolyn . Giardina . February 3, 2016 . . Lynne Segall . February 8, 2020.
  26. Web site: 'Star Wars,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Peanuts Movie' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations . RT Staff . January 10, 2017 . . . February 8, 2020.
  27. Web site: 'The Jungle Book' Takes Top Visual Effects Society Honors . Carolyn . Giardina . February 7, 2017 . . Lynne Segall . February 8, 2020.
  28. Web site: VES Awards Nominations: 'Blade Runner 2049' & Latest 'Apes' Lead Film; 'Thrones' Rules All With 11 Noms . Erik . Pedersen . January 16, 2018 . . . February 8, 2020.
  29. Web site: VES Awards: 'Apes', 'Coco' & 'Thrones' Dominate VFX Nods – Full Winners List . Erik Pedersen . Diane Haithman . February 13, 2018 . . . February 8, 2020.
  30. Web site: Visual Effects Society Awards: 'Avengers: 'Infinity War' Leads Feature Noms; 'Black Panther,' 'Mary Poppins Returns' Snubbed . Carolyn . Giardina . January 15, 2019 . . Lynne Segall . February 8, 2020.
  31. Web site: Visual Effects Society Awards: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Wins Top Prize . Carolyn . Giardina . February 5, 2019 . . Lynne Segall . February 8, 2020.
  32. Web site: Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations Announced . Patrick . Hipes . January 7, 2020 . . . February 8, 2020.
  33. Web site: 'The Lion King' Wins Top Honor at Visual Effects Society Awards . Carolyn . Giardina . January 29, 2020 . . Lynne Segall . February 8, 2020.
  34. Web site: VES Awards Nominations: 'Tenet', 'Midnight Sky', 'Extraction', 'Soul' & 'Mandalorian' Among Titles In Visual Effects Hunt. Deadline. Erik. Pederson. March 2, 2021. March 2, 2021.
  35. Web site: VES Awards: 'The Midnight Sky', Pixar's 'Soul', 'The Mandalorian' Take Marquee Honors – Full List Of Winners. deadline. Patrick. Hipes. April 6, 2021. April 6, 2021.
  36. Web site: 'Dune' Leads Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Carolyn. Giardina. January 18, 2022. January 18, 2022.
  37. Tangcay . Jazz . Avatar: The Way of Water Leads Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations . . . January 17, 2023.
  38. News: Neglia . Matt . The 2023 Visual Effects Society (VES) Winners . Next Best Picture . February 22, 2024 . en-US.

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