Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film

Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film
Awarded forBest Animated Motion Picture
LocationUnited States
Presented byHollywood Foreign Press Association
First awardedCars (2006)
Currently held byThe Boy and the Heron (2023)
Websitewww.goldenglobes.com

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Ball, Ryan (2006-01-30). "Golden Globes in Toon for '07". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  2. ^ 'Cars' Lapped the Competition in 2006 and won a Golden Globe - The Hollywood Reporter
  3. ^ "70th Golden Globe Awards Consideration: Best Foreign Language Film – Submission" (PDF). Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013. Films that qualify for the best foreign language film award also qualify for Golden Globe awards in all other categories except best motion picture drama and best motion picture musical or comedy which are for English-language films exclusively.
  4. ^ Oscars 1992: How 'Beauty and the Beast' changed animation|EW.com
  5. ^ Golden Globes: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Succession’ Lead Nominations; See Full List - The Hollywood Reporter