The Annie Award for Animated Effects in an Animated Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated effects in animation feature productions. It was first presented at the 25th Annie Awards.
From 2011 to 2016, the category Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in a Live Action Production was presented to reward only the animated effects for live-action productions.
Winners and nominees ± = live-action production
1990s Best Individual Achievement for Effects Animation Year Recipient(s) Film 1997 (25th) Mauro Maressa Hercules John Allan ArmstrongCats Don't Dance Bob Simmons Jay Redd Contact ± 1998(26th) David Tidgwell Mulan Jerome Chen Godzilla ± Michel Gagné Quest for Camelot Peter Matheson Anastasia 1999 (27th) Allen Foster The Iron Giant Peter de Mund Tarzan Michel Gagné The Iron Giant Joel Krasnove The Angry Beavers Jamie Lloyd The Prince of Egypt
2000s Best Individual Achievement for Effects Animation Year Recipient(s) Film 2000 (28th) Ted C. Kierscey Fantasia 2000 Robert Bredon Stuart Little ± Julian Hynes Titan A.E. Simon O'Connor Dinosaur Doug Ikeler The Road to El Dorado 2001 (29th) Arnauld Lamorlette Shrek Michel Gagné Osmosis Jones Marlon West Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2002 (30th) Yancy Lindquist Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Robert BennettLilo & Stitch Garrett Wren Jamie Lloyd Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Kee Nam Suong Treasure Planet 2003 (31st) Martin Nguyen Finding Nemo Dave Stephens The Haunted Mansion Justin Ritter Finding Nemo Jason Wolbert Brother Bear Madoka Yasuet Piglet's Big Movie
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects Year Recipient(s) Film 2004 (32nd) Martin Nguyen The Incredibles Scott Cegielski Shark Tale Hisashi Ezura Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Matt Hausman The Polar Express Jonathan Gibbs Shrek 2 2005 (33rd) Jason Wen Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Dale Mayeda Chicken Little Matt BaerMadagascar Rick Glumac Martin Usiak 2006 (34th) Scott Cegielski Flushed Away Keith KlohnCars Erdem Taylan David Stephens Open Season John David Thornton Ice Age: The Meltdown 2007 (35th) Deborah Carlson Surf's Up Gary BruinsRatatouille Jon Reisch Ryan Laney Spider-Man 3 ± James Mansfield How to Hook Up Your Home Theater 2008 (36th) Li-Ming Lawrence Lee Kung Fu Panda Alen Lai Horton Hears a Who! Fangwei Lee Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Kevin Lee Bolt Enrique Vila Wall-E 2009 (37th) James Mansfield The Princess and the Frog Scott Cegielski Monsters vs. Aliens Alexander Feigin 9 Eric Froemling Up Tom Kluyskens Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2010s Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production Year Recipient(s) Film 2010 (38th) Brett Miller How to Train Your Dragon Andrew Young Kim Shrek Forever After Jason Mayer How to Train Your Dragon Sebastien Quessy Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Krzysztof Rost Megamind 2011 (39th) Kevin Romond The Adventures of Tintin Can Yuksel Puss in Boots Chase CooperRango Willi Geiger Dan Lund Winnie the Pooh Dave TidgwellKung Fu Panda 2 Jason Mayer Eric FroemlingCars 2 Jon Reisch Joel Aron Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2012 (40th) Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton Rise of the Guardians Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski, Grant Laker ParaNorman Andrew Schneider Ice Age: Continental Drift Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn, Michael K. O'Brien Brave Brett Albert Wreck-It Ralph Jihyun Yoon Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Joel Aron Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2013 (41st) Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer The Croods Alen Lai, David Quirus, Diego Garzon Sanchez, Ilan Gabai Epic David Jones Dragons: Defenders of Berk Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling, Enrique Vila Monsters University Greg Gladstone, Nikita Pavlov, Allen Ruilova, Matt Titus, Can Yuksel Turbo 2014 (42nd) Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik Big Hero 6 James Jackson, Lucas Janin, Tobin Jones, Baptiste Van Opstal, Jason Mayer How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fangwei Lee, Krzysztof Rost, Jihyun Yoon, Robert Chen Mr. Peabody & Sherman Mitul Patel, Nicolas Delbecq, Santosh Khedkar, Yash Argawal Penguins of Madagascar Augusto Schillaci, Erich Turner, Bill Konersman, Chris Rasch, Joseph Burnette The Book of Life Rick Sevy, Peter Vickery, Kent Estep, Peter Stuart, Ralph Procida The Boxtrolls Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Christian Epunan Hernandez, Danielle Brooks, Raphael Gadot The Lego Movie 2015 (43rd) Jon Reisch, Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall, Michael K. O'Brien The Good Dinosaur Greg Gladstone, Tim Hoff, Mark Newport, Jason Rickwald, Stephen Wood Home Chris Logan, Brian Casper, Gavin Baxter, William Eckroat Hotel Transylvania 2 Amit Baadkar, Dave Hale, Vincent Serritella, Paul Mendoza Inside Out Frank Baradat, Antonin Seydoux, Milo Riccarand, Nicolas Brack Minions Brice Mallier, Paul Buckley, Brent Droog, Alex Whyte, Jonothan Freisler The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2016 (44th) Marlon West, Erin V. Ramos, Blair Pierpont, Ian J. Coony, John M. Kosnik Moana David Horsley, Eric Wachtman, Timur Khodzhaev, Daniel Leatherdale, Terrance Tornberg Kubo and the Two Strings Matt Titus, Jeff Budsberg, Carl Hooper, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer Kung Fu Panda 3 Mouloud Oussid The Red Turtle Thom Wickes, Henrik Fält, Dong Joo Byun, Rattanin Sirinaruemarn, Sam Klock Zootopia 2017 (45th) Shaun Galinak, Dave Hale, Jason Johnston, Carl Kaphan, Keith Daniel Klohn Coco Richard Baneham, Thrain Shadbolt, Sam Cole, Pavani Rao Boddapati, Daniele Tosti Avatar Flight of Passage Amit Baadkar, Greg Gladstone, Stephen Marshall, Jon Reisch, Tim Speltz Cars 3 Bruno Chauffard, Frank Baradat, Nicolas Brack, Milo Riccarand Despicable Me 3 Christopher Hendryx, Dan Lund, Mike Navarro, Hiroaki Narita, Steven Chitwood Olaf's Frozen Adventure 2018 (46th) Cesar Velazquez, Marie Tollec, Alexander Moaveni, Peter DeMund, Ian J. Coony Ralph Breaks the Internet Howard Jones, Dave Alex Riddett, Grant Hewlett, Pat Andrew, Elena Vitanza Chiarani Early Man Patrick Witting, Kiel Gnebba, Spencer Lueders, Joe Pepper, Sam Rickles Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Greg Gladstone, Tolga Göktekin, Jason Johnston, Eric Lacroix, Krzysztof Rost Incredibles 2 So Ishigaki, Graham Wiebe Next Gen 2019 (47th) Benjamin Fiske, Alex Moaveni, Jesse Erickson, Dimitre Berberov, Kee Nam Suong Frozen 2 Amaury Aubel, James Jackson, Domin Lee, Michael Losure, Alex Timchenko Abominable Eric Wachtman, David Horsley, Peter Stuart, Timur Khodzhaev, Joe Strasser Missing Link Alexis Angelidis, Amit Ganapati Baadkar, Greg Gladstone, Kylie Wijsmuller, Matthew Kiyoshi Wong Toy Story 4 Hidetsugu Ito, Yuko Nakajima, Jumi Lee, Ryosuke Tsuda Weathering with You
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Year Recipient(s) Film 2011 (39th) Florent Andorra Transformers: Dark of the Moon Branko Grujcic Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Gary WuCowboys & Aliens Lee Uren 2012 (40th) Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig, Mark Chataway The Avengers Stephen Marshall, Joseph Pepper, Dustin Wicke The Amazing Spider-Man Sue Rowe, Simon Stanley-Clamp, Artemis Oikonomopoulou, Holger Voss, Nikki Makar, Catherine Elvidge John Carter Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florent Andorra, Florian Witzel, Aron Bonar Battleship 2013 (41st) Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel Pacific Rim Jonathan Paquin, Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet Man of Steel Ben O'Brien, Karin Cooper, Lee Uren, Chris RootStar Trek Into Darkness Dan Pearson, Jay Cooper, Jeff Grebe, Amelia Chenoweth 2014 (42nd) Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist Edge of Tomorrow Raul Essig, Karin Cooper, Rick Hankins, Owen Calouro Noah Charles-Felix Chabert, Daniel La Chapelle, Spencer Lueders, Klaus Seitschek, Chris Messineo The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Areito Echevarria, Andreas Soderstrom, Ronnie Menahem, Christoph Sprenger, Kevin Romond The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Rick Hankins, John Hansen Transformers: Age of Extinction Jeremy Hampton, Daniel Stern, Edmond Smith III, Hiroshi Tsubokawa, Daniel Jenkins X-Men: Days of Future Past 2015 (43rd) Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Florent Andorra, Georg Kaltenbrunner Avengers: Age of Ultron Raul Essig, Roman Schmidt, Mark Chataway, Ryan Hopkins Jurassic World Ronnie Menahem, Pavani Rao Boddapati, Francois Sugny, Leslie Chan, Nicolas Petit Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Ronnie Menahem, Brian Goodwin, Jason Lazaroff, Paul Harris, James Ogle The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2016 (44th) Georg Kaltenbrunner, Michael Marcuzzi, Thomas Bevan, Andrew Graham, Jihyun Yoon (for "Mirror Dimension") Doctor Strange Raul Essig, Mark Chataway, George Kuruvilla, Mihai Cioroba (for "The Rig") Deepwater Horizon Chris Young, Van Aarde Krynauw, Aleksa Dodic, Gabriel Reichle Ghostbusters Claude Schitter, Benjaman Folkman, Gary Boyle, David Caeiro, Luke Millar The BFG John Hansen, George Kuruvilla, Alexis Hall, Gordon Chapman, Ben O'Brien (for "Magic") Warcraft
2020s Best FX - Feature Year Recipient(s) Film 2020 (48th) Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller Soul Ian Farnsworth, Brian Casper, Reinhold Rittinger, Zoran Stojanoski, Jennifer Lasrado Over the Moon Amaury Aubel, Domin Lee, Alex Timchenko, Andrew Wheeler, Derek Cheung The Croods: A New Age Zachary Glynn, Landon Gray, Youxi Woo, John Kosnik, Doug Rizeakos Trolls World Tour Andreu Campos, Narissa Schander, Eimhin McNamara Wolfwalkers 2021 (49th) Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin, Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari The Mitchells vs. the Machines Ryo Horibe, Yohei Shimozawa Belle Alex Moaveni, Dimitre Berberov, Bruce Wright, Scott Townsend, Dale Mayeda Encanto Peter De Mund, Cong Wang, Robert Bennett, Joel Einhorn, Debbie Carlson Raya and the Last Dragon Martin Furness, Lucy Maxian, Nachiket Pujari, Theodor Vandernoot, Stephanie Molk Vivo 2022 (50th) Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian, Alex Nowotny Avatar: The Way of Water Carl Kaphan, Cody Harrington, Hope Schroers, Jon Barry, Nate Skeen Lightyear Aaron Weintraub, Warren Lawtey, Alireza Malmiri, Baptiste Malbranque, Mikhail Donchenko Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Frank Baradat, Simon Pate, Milan Voukassovitch, Milo Riccarand Minions: The Rise of Gru Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Kiel Gnebba, Oleksandr (Alex) Loboda, Jeremy Hoey The Sea Beast 2023 (51st) Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, and Edmond Boulet-Gilly Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, and Martin Lipmann Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi Elemental Lukasz Mackiewicz and Kamil Polak The Peasants Yoshitaka Takeuchi and Hiroyuki Seshita Suzume 2024 (52nd) Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli The Wild Robot Zachary Glynn, Alex Timchenko, Kiem Ching Ong, Yorie Kaela Kumalasari, Jinguang Huang Kung Fu Panda 4 Santiago Robles, Marc Bryant, Deborah Carlson, Jake Rice, Ian J. Coony Moana 2 Goncalo Cabaca, Vishal Patel, Zheng Yong Oh, Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang, Pei-Zhi Huang Huang Ultraman: Rising Howard Jones, Rich Spence, Deborah Jane Price, Jon Biggins, Kirstie Deane Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 2025 (53rd) Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, and Daniel La Chapelle KPop Demon Hunters Ferdi Scheepers, Shaun Galinak, Alyssa Lee, Nate Skeen, and Gary Bruins Elio Dmitriy Kolesnik, Stephen Paschk, David Sellares, and Stephanie McNair In Your Dreams Landon Gray, Michael Losure, Zachary Glynn, Chris Wombold, and Olivier Malric The Bad Guys 2 Le Joyce Tong, Shamintha Kalamba Arachchi, Dimitre Berberov, Chris Carignan, and Cristiana Covone Zootopia 2
References
External links Annie Awards: Legacy