Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is the award for the best animated movie. It is given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy Awards, or Oscars, are the oldest award for movies. This award for animation was started in 2001.
| 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. |
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Only movies at least 40 minutes long are eligible for the award.
The Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards have followed the academy's example. Both now present similar awards.
Results
The following table shows the nominees and the winners. The winners are in bold print with a yellow background.
Academy Award For Best Animated Feature Media
Hayao Miyazaki won in 2003 for Spirited Away.
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.
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References
Related pages
Other websites
- Academy Awards Database - AMPAS Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine