The Winsor McCay Award is given to individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical work, music, professional teaching, and for other endeavors which exhibit outstanding contributions to excellence in animation.
Background The award is presented at the annual Annie Awards, presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. The award was established in 1972, and is named in honor of pioneer animator Winsor McCay.
Recipients † Posthumously awarded YearRecipients1972 (1st)Max Fleischer†, Dave Fleischer1973 (2nd)Walter Lantz1974 (3rd)Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Art Babbitt, Winsor McCay†1975 (4th)Grim Natwick, Walt Disney†, John Hubley, Faith Hubley, Norman McLaren1976 (5th)Robert Cannon†, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Mike Maltese, George Pal, Ward Kimball1977 (6th)Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Mel Blanc, Oskar Fischinger†, Bill Scott, Milt Kahl1978 (7th)Jay Ward, Ub Iwerks†, Dick Huemer, Carl Stalling†, Hans Conried1979 (8th)Clyde Geronimi, Bill Melendez, Mae Questel, Otto Messmer1980 (9th)Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Cal Howard, Paul Julian, Laverne Harding1981 (10th)T. Hee, Bill Peet, Bill Tytla†, John Whitney, Ken Harris1982 (11th)Ken Anderson, Bruno Bozzetto, June Foray, Don Graham†, Marc Davis1983 (12th)Eric Larson, Fred Moore†, Clarence Nash, Wolfgang Reitherman, Leo Salkin, Stephen Bosustow†, Wilfred Jackson1984 (13th)Daws Butler, David Hand, Jack Kinney, Michael Lah, Robert McKimson†, Richard Williams, Hamilton Luske†1985 (14th)Robert Abel, Preston Blair, Joe Grant, John Halas, Sterling Holloway, Jim McDonald, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam†1986 (15th)Frederic Back, Shamus Culhane, William T. Hurtz, Irven Spence, Emery Hawkins, John Lounsbery†1987 (16th)Paul Driessen, Jack Hannah, Bill Littlejohn, Maurice Noble, Ken O'Connor, Norman Ferguson†, Mel Shaw1988 (17th)Ralph Bakshi, Bob Clampett†, Tissa David, Kihachiro Kawamoto, Virgil Ross1989–90 (18th)Art Clokey, Hicks Lokey, Alex Lovy, Don Messick, Osamu Tezuka†, Lester Novros1991 (19th)Ray Harryhausen, Herbert Klynn, Bob Kurtz, Yuri Norstein, Joe Siracusa, Ruth Kissane†1992 (20th)Les Clark†, Stan Freberg, David Hilberman1993 (21st)George Dunning†, Roy E. Disney, Jack Zander1994 (22nd)Ed Benedict, Arthur Davis, Jean Vander Pyl1995 (23rd)Jules Engel, Vance Gerry, Dan McLaughlin1996 (24th)Mary Blair†, Burny Mattinson, Iwao Takamoto1997 (25th)Willis O'Brien†, Myron Waldman, Paul Winchell1998 (26th)Eyvind Earle, Hayao Miyazaki, Ernest Pintoff1999 (27th)Ray Patterson, Marcell Jankovics, Con Pederson2000 (28th)Norman McCabe, Hoyt Curtin, Lucille Bliss2001 (29th)Bill Justice, Pete Alvarado, Bob Givens2002 (30th)Gene Hazelton, Floyd Norman, Sherman Brothers30th Annual Annie Awards2003 (31st)Gene Deitch, John Hench†, Thurl RavenscroftNemo Sweeps 31st Annie Awards|Animation Magazine2004 (32nd)Don Bluth, Virginia Davis, Arnold StangIncredibles Sweeps Annies|Animation Magazine2005 (33rd)Corny Cole, Fred Crippen, Tyrus WongGromit Sweeps Annie Awards|Animation Magazine2006 (34th)Andreas Deja, Genndy Tartakovsky, Bill Plympton2007 (35th)John Canemaker, Glen Keane, John KricfalusiRatatouille Cooks 10-Course Annie Sweep|Animation Magazine2008 (36th)Mike Judge, John Lasseter, Nick Park2008 Winsor McCay Award Winners|Cartoon Brew2009 (37th)Tim Burton, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bruce Timm2010 (38th)Brad Bird,Funny Video of Filmmaker Brad Bird Accepting the Winsor McCay Award|Collider Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening2011 (39th)Walt Peregoy, Børge Ring, Ronald Searle†2012 (40th)Terry Gilliam, Oscar Grillo, Mark Henn2013 (41st)Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg, Phil TippettAnnie Award Nominations Announced; Spielberg, Tippett and Otomo to Receive Winsor McCay Awards|IndieWire2014 (42nd)Didier Brunner, Don Lusk, Lee MendelsonLinus Presents Producer Lee Mendelson With His Winsor McCay Award|IndieWire2015 (43rd)Joe Ranft†, Phil Roman, Isao Takahata2016 (44th)Dale Baer, Caroline Leaf, Mamoru Oshii2017 (45th)James Baxter, Stephen Hillenburg, Wendy Tilby and Amanda ForbisCalgary animators win prestigious Winsor McCay Award|CBC News2018 (46th)Ralph Eggleston, Andrea Romano, Frank Braxton†2019 (47th)Satoshi Kon†, Henry Selick, John Musker, Ron Clements2020 (48th)Willie Ito, Sue C. Nichols†, Bruce W. SmithAnnie Award Nominations: 'Soul', 'Wolfwakers' and Netflix Lead - Variety2021 (49th)Ruben A. Aquino, Lillian Schwartz, Toshio Suzuki'Raya And The Last Dragon' and 'Belle' among Annie nominees|Screen Daily International2022 (50th)Pete Docter, Evelyn Lambart†, Craig McCrackenAnnie Awards: ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Leads Feature Competition With Nine Noms|Hollywood Reporter2023 (51st)Lotte Reiniger†, Joe Hisaishi, Marcy Page'Nimona' Leads Annie Awards Animated Feature Competition' 'Wish' Snubbed - The Hollywood Reporter2024 (52nd)Aaron Blaise, Eunice Macaulay†, Normand RogerAnnie Awards Nominations: ‘Wild Robot’ Leads Field Over ‘Inside Out 2’, ‘Wallace & Gromit’ - Deadline2025 (53rd)Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Chris Sanders, Michaël Dudok de Wit
See also List of animation awards
References
External links Winsor McCay Award at Annie Awards. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. ASIFA-Hollywood official site