The 37th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2009, were held on February 6, 2010, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Production category nominees
Nominations announced on December 1, 2009
Best Animated Feature
Up
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Best Home Entertainment Production
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
Green Lantern: First Flight
Open Season 2
SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One
Best Animated Short Subject
Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 - shadowMachine
Pups of Liberty - Picnic Pictures
Santa, The Fascist Years - Plymptoons
The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky - Barley Films
The Story of Walls - Badmash Animation Studios
Best Animated Television Commercial
Spanish Lottery - "Deportees" - Acme Filmworks
Goldfish - In the Dark
Idaho Lottery - "Twiceland" - Acme Filmworks McDonald's - "Nutty Trade" - Blue Sky Studios The Spooning - Screen Novelties/Acne Media
Best Animated Television Production
Prep and Landing - ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios Glenn Martin, DDS - Tornante/Cuppa Coffee Studios/Rogers Communications Merry Madagascar - DreamWorks Animation The Simpsons - 20th Century Fox/Gracie Films
Best Animated Television Production for Children
The Penguins of Madagascar - Nickelodeon Productions/DreamWorks Animation Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Disney Television Animation SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon Productions The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack - Cartoon Network Studios The Mighty B! - Nickelodeon Productions/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
Individual achievement category nominees
Animated Effects
The Princess and the Frog - James Mansfield
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Tom Kluyskens
Monsters vs. Aliens - Scott Cegielski
9 – Alexander Feigin
Up - Eric Froemling
Character Animation in a Television Production
Mark Donald - Bob's Big Break
Mark Mitchell - Prep and Landing
Kevan Shorey - Merry Madagascar
Tony Smeed - Prep and Landing
Philip To - Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer SpaceCharacter Design in a Feature Production Coraline – Shane Prigmore Coraline – Shannon Tindle Up – Daniel Lopez Munoz
Character Design in a Television Production
Bill Schwab - Prep & Landing Benjamin Balistreri - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Bryan Arnett - The Mighty B Craig Kellman - Merry Madagascar
Directing in a Television Production
Bret Haaland – The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime Pam Cooke, Jansen Yee – American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles Rob Fendler – Popzilla John Infantino, J. G. Quintel – The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova Jennifer Oxley – The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster
Directing in a Feature Production
Pete Docter – Up Phil Lord and Chris Miller – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Henry Selick – Coraline
Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Hayao Miyazaki – Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo)
Music in a Television Production
Music in a Feature Production
Coraline – Bruno Coulais Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo) – Joe Hisaishi Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – John Powell Up – Michael Giacchino