Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
American film award since 2007
The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film is a Golden Globe Award that was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007.[ 1] It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment. The nominations are announced in January and an awards ceremony is held later in the month. Initially, only three films were nominated for best animated film, in contrast to five nominations for the majority of other awards. The Pixar film Cars was the first recipient of the award.[ 2]
Eligibility
English-language films may be nominated in only one feature category. Therefore, films nominated in this category are ineligible to be nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy , Best Motion Picture – Drama if their principal dialogue is in English. However, films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film are eligible for Best Animated Feature; the only Golden Globe film awards for which they are ineligible are the aforementioned two Best Motion Picture awards.[ 3] This has led to much confusion leading many to believe animated films are snubbed in the Best Motion Picture categories, specifically Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy where animated films have won and/or were nominated before,[ 4] but in reality (since 2006) they simply are not eligible to be nominated. On November 17, 2009, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, there will be five nominees for Best Animated Feature Film, as its members voted to amend its rules: eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If fewer than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. If fewer than twelve animated films qualify, the category will be limited to three nominations per year.
Winners and nominees
2000s
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
Studio(s)
2006
Cars
John Lasseter
Walt Disney Pictures , Pixar Animation Studios
Happy Feet
George Miller
Village Roadshow Pictures , Animal Logic , Kennedy Miller Productions , Warner Animation Group
Monster House
Gil Kenan
ImageMovers , Amblin Entertainment , Relativity Media
2007
Ratatouille
Brad Bird
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Bee Movie
Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner
DreamWorks Animation
The Simpsons Movie
David Silverman
20th Century Fox Animation , Gracie Films
2008
WALL-E
Andrew Stanton
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Bolt
Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kung Fu Panda
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
DreamWorks Animation
2009
Up
Pete Docter
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Sony Pictures Animation
Coraline
Henry Selick
Laika , Pandemonium, Focus Features
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson
20th Century Fox Animation, American Empirical Pictures, Regency Enterprises , Indian Paintbrush
The Princess and the Frog
Ron Clements and John Musker
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
2010s
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
Studio(s)
2010
Toy Story 3
Lee Unkrich
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Despicable Me
Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Illumination Entertainment
How to Train Your Dragon
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
DreamWorks Animation
The Illusionist
Sylvain Chomet
Pathé , Django Films
Tangled
Nathan Greno and Byron Howard
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
2011
The Adventures of Tintin
Steven Spielberg
Nickelodeon Movies , Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films , The Kennedy/Marshall Company , Weta Digital , Hemisphere Media
Arthur Christmas
Sarah Smith
Aardman Animations , Sony Pictures Animation
Cars 2
John Lasseter
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Puss in Boots
Chris Miller
DreamWorks Animation
Rango
Gore Verbinski
Nickelodeon Movies, GK Films , Industrial Light & Magic
2012
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Frankenweenie
Tim Burton
Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton Productions
Hotel Transylvania
Genndy Tartakovsky
Sony Pictures Animation
Rise of the Guardians
Peter Ramsey
DreamWorks Animation
Wreck-It Ralph
Rich Moore
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
2013
Frozen
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Croods
Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
DreamWorks Animation
Despicable Me 2
Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Illumination Entertainment
2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dean DeBlois
DreamWorks Animation
Big Hero 6
Don Hall and Chris Williams
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Book of Life
Jorge Gutierrez
Reel FX Creative Studios , 20th Century Fox Animation
The Boxtrolls
Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi
Laika, Focus Features
The Lego Movie
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S , Vertigo Entertainment , Lin Pictures , Animal Logic, Warner Animation Group
2015
Inside Out
Pete Docter
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Anomalisa
Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Starburns Industries, Snoot Films
The Good Dinosaur
Peter Sohn
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
The Peanuts Movie
Steve Martino
Blue Sky Studios , 20th Century Fox Animation, Peanuts Worldwide, Feigco Entertainment
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Richard Starzak and Mark Burton
Aardman Animations
2016
Zootopia
Byron Howard and Rich Moore
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kubo and the Two Strings
Travis Knight
Laika, Focus Features
Moana
Ron Clements and John Musker
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
My Life as a Zucchini
Claude Barras
Rhône-Alpes Studios
Sing
Garth Jennings
Illumination Entertainment
2017
Coco
Lee Unkrich
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
The Boss Baby
Tom McGrath
DreamWorks Animation
The Breadwinner
Nora Twomey
Cartoon Saloon , Telefilm Canada , Irish Film Board , Melusine Productions , Jolie Pas , Guru Studio , Aircraft Pictures
Ferdinand
Carlos Saldanha
Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation, Davis Entertainment
Loving Vincent
Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
BreakThru Productions , Trademark Films
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bob Persichetti , Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel Entertainment
Incredibles 2
Brad Bird
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson
Studio Babelsberg , Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures
Mirai
Mamoru Hosoda
Studio Chizu
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Rich Moore and Phil Johnston
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
2019
Missing Link
Chris Butler
Annapurna Pictures , Laika
Frozen II
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Dean DeBlois
DreamWorks Animation
The Lion King
Jon Favreau
Walt Disney Pictures, Fairview Entertainment
Toy Story 4
Josh Cooley
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
2020s
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
Studio(s)
2020
Soul
Pete Docter
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
The Croods: A New Age
Joel Crawford
DreamWorks Animation
Onward
Dan Scanlon
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Over the Moon
Glen Keane
Netflix Animation , Pearl Studio , Sony Pictures Imageworks , Glen Keane Productions
Wolfwalkers
Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions
2021
Encanto
Jared Bush and Byron Howard
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Vice Studios , etc.
Luca
Enrico Casarosa
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
My Sunny Maad
Michaela Pavlátová
Negativ Film, Sacrebleu Productions
Raya and the Last Dragon
Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
Netflix Animation, Double Dare You!, ShadowMachine , The Jim Henson Company , Taller del Chucho
Inu-Oh
Masaaki Yuasa
Science Saru
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Dean Fleischer Camp
Cinereach , You Want I Should LLC., Human Woman Inc., Sunbeam TV & Films, Chiodo Bros. Productions
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Joel Crawford
DreamWorks Animation
Turning Red
Domee Shi
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
2023 [ 5]
The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki
Studio Ghibli
Elemental
Peter Sohn
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Joaquim Dos Santos , Justin K. Thompson and Kemp Powers
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel Entertainment
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic
Universal Pictures, Illumination, Nintendo
Suzume
Makoto Shinkai
CoMix Wave Films , Studio, Inc.
Wish
Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Breakdown
Pixar Animation Studios - 9 wins, 17 nominations
Walt Disney Animation Studios - 3 wins, 13 nominations
DreamWorks Animation - 1 win, 11 nominations
Sony Pictures Animation - 1 win, 5 nominations
Laika - 1 win, 4 nominations
Nickelodeon Movies - 1 win, 2 nominations
Netflix - 1 win, 2 nominations
Studio Ghibli - 1 win, 1 nomination
Illumination Entertainment - no wins, 4 nominations
Aardman Animations - no wins, 2 nominations
Blue Sky Studios - no wins, 2 nominations
Warner Bros. Pictures - no wins, 2 nominations
Cartoon Saloon - no wins, 2 nominations
Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical Pictures - no wins, 2 nominations
See also
References
Current awards (Film) Current awards (Television) Retired awards Ceremonies
(years are of film release; ceremonies are following year)
Miscellaneous