Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production explained

The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production (or Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production) is an Annie Award awarded annually, except in 1997, to the best animated feature film and introduced in 1996. It rewards screenwriting for animated feature films.

Awards for Best Writing were awarded in 1994 and 1995, but were also rewarding animated series. The award was formerly called Best Individual Achievement: Writing in 1996,^[1] and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production from 1998 to 2002,.^[2]

Winners and nominees

1990s

Best Individual Achievement for Story Contribution in the Field of Animation

Year	Film	Writer(s)
1994 (22nd) [3]
	The Lion King	Brenda Chapman (Head of Story)
		Paul Dini (Writer/Story Editor)
	Flintstones Family Christmas	David Feiss (Story Artist)
	Mighty Max	Gary Graham (Story Artist)
	Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby	Iwao Takamoto (Story Artist)

Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Year	Film	Writer(s)
1996 (24th) [4]
	Toy Story	Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow
	Gargoyles (for episode "Avalon")	Lydia Marano
	Ghost in the Shell	Kazunori Itō
	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Jonathan Roberts
	James and the Giant Peach	Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom
1997 (25th) [5]
	Not awarded
1998 (26th) [6]
	Mulan	Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer
		Karl Geurs, Carter Crocker
		Flip Kobler, Cindy Marcus, Bill Motz, Bob Roth
	Anastasia	Eric Tuchman, Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White
		Richard Tulloch
1999 (27th) [7]
	The Iron Giant	Brad Bird, Tim McCanlies
	Antz	Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
	A Bug's Life	John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw
	Tarzan	Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White
		Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady

2000s

Year	Film	Writer(s)
2000 (28th) [8]
	Toy Story 2	John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb
	Chicken Run	Karey Kirkpatrick
	Stuart Little	M. Night Shyamalan, Greg Brooker
2001 (29th) [9]
	Shrek	Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman
	The Emperor's New Groove	Mark Dindal, Chris Williams, David Reynolds
		Paul Dini, Glen Murakami, Bruce Timm
	Osmosis Jones	Marc Hyman
2002 (30th) [10]
	Spirited Away	Hayao Miyazaki
	Ice Age	Michael Berg, Michael J. Wilson, Peter Ackerman
	Lilo & Stitch	Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
	Monsters, Inc.	Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson
2003 (31st) [11]
	Finding Nemo	Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
	The Triplets of Belleville	Sylvain Chomet
		Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith
	Millennium Actress	Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai
	Brother Bear	Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman
2004 (32nd) [12]
	The Incredibles	Brad Bird
	Shrek 2	Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
	Shark Tale	Michael J. Wilson, Rob Letterman
2005 (33rd) [13] [14]
		Steve Box, Nick Park, Mark Burton
	Kronk's New Groove	Anthony Leondis, Michael LaBash, Tom Rogers
	Howl's Moving Castle	Hayao Miyazaki
2006 (34th) [15]
	Flushed Away	Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan, William Davies
	Brother Bear 2	Rick Burns
	Cars	Dan Fogelman
	Monster House	Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler
	Happy Feet	George Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman
2007 (35th) [16]
	Ratatouille	Brad Bird
	The Simpsons Movie	James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti
	Surf's Up	Don Rhymer, Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, Chris Jenkins
	Persepolis	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
2008 (36th) [17]
	Kung Fu Panda	Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
		Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
	Waltz with Bashir	Ari Folman
	Horton Hears a Who!	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
2009 (37th) [18]
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
	Up	Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
	Astro Boy	Timothy Harris, David Bowers
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Phil Lord and Chris Miller

2010s

Year	Film	Writer(s)
2010 (38th) [19]
	How to Train Your Dragon	Chris Sanders, Will Davies, Dean DeBlois
	Toy Story 3	Michael Arndt
	The Illusionist	Sylvain Chomet
	Tangled	Dan Fogelman
	Megamind	Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons
2011 (39th) [20] [21]
	Rango	James Ward Byrkit, John Logan, Gore Verbinski
	Arthur Christmas	Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
	Gnomeo & Juliet	Mark Burton, Rob Sprackling, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, John R. Smith, Kathy Greenberg, Emily Cook, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton Shaw
	The Adventures of Tintin	Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish, Edgar Wright
	Winnie the Pooh	Jeremy Spears, Don Hall, Clio Chiang, Don Dougherty, Kendelle Hoyer, Brian Kesinger, Stephen J. Anderson, Nicole Mitchell
2012 (40th) [22]
	Wreck-It Ralph	Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee
	Brave	Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi
	Frankenweenie	John August
	From Up on Poppy Hill	Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Karey Kirkpatrick
	ParaNorman	Chris Butler
	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Gideon Defoe
2013 (41st) [23]
	The Wind Rises	Hayao Miyazaki
	Ernest & Celestine	Daniel Pennac
	Monsters University	Dan Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon
	Frozen	Jennifer Lee
2014 (42nd) [24]
	The Lego Movie	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
	Big Hero 6	Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson, Jordan Roberts
	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Dean DeBlois
	Song of the Sea	Will Collins
	The Boxtrolls	Irena Brignull, Adam Pava
2015 (43rd) [25] [26]
	Inside Out	Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
	When Marnie Was There	Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
2016 (44th) [27] [28]
	Zootopia	Jared Bush, Phil Johnston
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Marc Haimes, Chris Butler
	My Life as a Zucchini	Céline Sciamma
	The Red Turtle	Michael Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran
2017 (45th) [29] [30]
	Coco	Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich
	Loving Vincent	Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel
	Mary and the Witch's Flower	Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, David Freedman, Lynda Freedman
	The Breadwinner	Anita Doron
2018 (46th) [31] [32]
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse	Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman
	Incredibles 2	Brad Bird
	Mirai	Mamoru Hosoda, Stephanie Sheh
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Phil Johnston, Pamela Ribon
	Teen Titans Go! To the Movies	Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath
2019 (47th) [33] [34]
	I Lost My Body	Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant
	Frozen II	Jennifer Lee
		Dean DeBlois
	Toy Story 4	Andrew Stanton, Stephany Folsom
	Weathering with You

2020s

Year	Film	Writer(s)
2020 (48th) [35] [36]
	Soul	Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers
		Mark Burton, Jon Brown
	Onward	Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley, Keith Bunin
	Over the Moon	Audrey Wells
	Wolfwalkers	Will Collins
2021 (49th) [37] [38]
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe
	Belle	Mamoru Hosoda
	Flee	Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi
	Luca	Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones
	Raya and the Last Dragon	Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim
2022 (50th) [39]
	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm
	Turning Red	Domee Shi, Julia Cho
	Eternal Spring	Jason Loftus
	Inu-Oh	Akiko Nogi
2023 (51st) [40] [41]
	Nimona	Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor
	The Boy and the Heron	Hayao Miyazaki
	Robot Dreams	Pablo Berger
	Suzume	Makoto Shinkai
		Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit

Multiple wins and nominations

The following nominees have earned at least two wins:

Multiple wins

3 wins

• Brad Bird
• Pete Docter
• Andrew Stanton

2 wins

• Rita Hsiao
• Phil Johnston
• Phil Lord
• Hayao Miyazaki
• Chris Sanders

Multiple nominations

6 nominations

• Andrew Stanton

5 nominations

• Hayao Miyazaki

4 nominations

• Brad Bird
• Mark Burton
• Dean DeBlois
• Pete Docter

3 nominations

• Robert L. Baird
• Phil Johnston
• Karey Kirkpatrick
• Jennifer Lee
• Phil Lord
• Tab Murphy
• Chris Sanders
• Bob Tzudiker
• Noni White

2 nominations

• Ash Brannon
• Chris Butler
• Brenda Chapman
• Sylvain Chomet
• Will Collins
• William Davies
• Paul Dini
• Dan Fogelman
• Dan Gerson
• Mamoru Hosoda
• Rita Hsiao
• Mike Jones
• John Lasseter
• Irene Mecchi
• Christopher Miller
• Keiko Niwa
• Bob Peterson
• David Reynolds
• Jonathan Roberts
• Jeff Rowe
• Dan Scanlon
• Makoto Shinkai
• Joe Stillman
• Michael J. Wilson
• Hiromasa Yonebayashi

External links

• Annie Awards: Legacy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annie Awards 1996. 2011-03-06. The Internet Movie Database.
2. Web site: Annie Awards 1998. 2011-03-07. The Internet Movie Database.
3. Web site: 22nd Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 25, 2021.
4. Web site: 24th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 14, 2021.
5. Web site: 25th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 14, 2021.
6. Web site: 26th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 14, 2021.
7. Web site: 27th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 14, 2021.
8. Web site: 'Toy Story 2,' 'Fantasia' top Annie winners. Variety. Greg. Reifsteck. November 12, 2000. September 14, 2021.
9. Web site: Shrek Wins Big At 2001 Annie Awards. Animation World Network. Heather. Kenyon. January 16, 2002. September 14, 2021.
10. Web site: 'Lilo' leads Annie noms with 10. Variety. Denise. Martin. January 5, 2003. September 14, 2021.
11. Web site: 'Finding Nemo' nets top animation prize. Today. February 8, 2004. September 14, 2021.
12. Web site: The Incredibles & Brad Bird Soar at Annie Awards. Animation World Network. Sarah. Balsley. January 30, 2005. September 14, 2021.
13. Web site: Wallace & Gromit Leads Annie Nominations. Animation World Network. Rick. DeMott. December 5, 2005. September 14, 2021.
14. Web site: Gromit Sweeps Annie Awards. Animation Magazine. Ryan. Ball. February 5, 2006. September 14, 2021.
15. Web site: 'Cars' best film at Annie Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. February 12, 2007. September 14, 2021.
16. Web site: 'Ratatouille' nearly sweeps Annies. Variety. Peter. Debruge. February 8, 2008. September 14, 2021.
17. Web site: 'Kung Fu Panda' rules Annie Awards. Variety. Peter. Debruge. January 30, 2009. September 14, 2021.
18. Web site: Up Wins the Annie. Vulture. Adam K.. Raymond. February 7, 2010. September 14, 2021.
19. Web site: 38th Annual Annie Animation Awards: DWA's 'How To Train Your Dragon' Wins (After Disney Boycotts). Deadline. Nikki. Finke. February 5, 2011. September 14, 2021.
20. Web site: 'Kung Fu Panda 2' Leads Annie Award Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Rebecca. Ford. December 5, 2011. September 14, 2021.
21. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Rango' Best Feature, 'The Simpsons' Best TV Series. Deadline. February 4, 2012. September 14, 2021.
22. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Wreck-It-Ralph' Wins 5 Including Feature, Robot Chicken 'DC Comics Special' TV, 'Paperman' Best Short. Deadline. Dominic. Patten. February 2, 2013. September 14, 2021.
23. Web site: 'Frozen' Takes Top Prize at Annie Awards. Variety. Terry. Flores. February 1, 2014. September 14, 2021.
24. Web site: 'How To Train Your Dragon 2′ Wins Annie Awards' Top Honor. Deadline. Erik. Pedersen. January 31, 2015. September 14, 2021.
25. Web site: Annie Awards Noms: 'Inside Out', 'Anomalisa', 'Shaun The Sheep', 'Good Dinosaur' & 'Peanuts ' Up For Best Feature. Deadline. Anthony. D'Alessandro. December 1, 2015. September 14, 2021.
26. Annie Awards 2016 winners list: Inside Out takes top prizes. Entertainment Weekly. Devan. Coggan. February 7, 2016. September 14, 2021.
27. Web site: 'Zootopia' Leads Annie Awards Nominations. Deadline. Patrick. Hipes. November 28, 2016. September 14, 2021.
28. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Zootopia' Takes Best Animated Feature & 5 Others: Complete Winners List. Deadline. Dominic. Patten. Erik. Pedersen. February 4, 2017. September 14, 2021.
29. Web site: 'Coco' Tops 2018 Annie Awards Nominations With 13. Variety. Terry. Flores. December 4, 2017. September 14, 2021.
30. Web site: 'Coco' Takes Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. TheWrap. Matt. Donnelly. Steve. Pond. February 3, 2018. September 14, 2021.
31. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Incredibles 2,' 'Ralph' Lead Feature Nominees; 'Mary Poppins Returns' Also Nominated. The Hollywood Reporter. Carolyn. Giardina. December 3, 2018. September 14, 2021.
32. Web site: 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Sweeps With Seven Wins at Annie Awards. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. Jeremy. Fuster. February 2, 2019. September 14, 2021.
33. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Frozen 2,' 'Missing Link' Lead Year of Surprises and Snubs. The Hollywood Reporter. Carolyn. Giardina. December 2, 2019. September 14, 2021.
34. Web site: 'Klaus' and Netflix Dominate at the Annie Awards. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. January 25, 2020. September 14, 2021.
35. Web site: 'Soul' and 'Wolfwalkers' Lead 48th Annie Awards with 10 Nominations. IndieWire. Bill. Desowitz. March 3, 2021. September 14, 2021.
36. Web site: 'Soul' Edges 'Wolfwalkers' For Most Trophies At Annie Awards; Three For TV's 'Hilda' Leads Field – Winners List. Deadline. Erik. Pedersen. April 16, 2021. September 14, 2021.
37. Web site: Annie Awards Nominations: 'Raya And The Last Dragon' & 'Encanto' Lead Field For Animation Prizes. Deadline. Erik. Pedersen. December 21, 2021. December 21, 2021.
38. Web site: Annie Awards: 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines', 'Arcane' Dominate; 'Flee' Takes Best Indie Film – Full Winners List. Deadline. Patrick. Hipes. March 12, 2022. March 12, 2022.
39. Web site: Annie Awards Nominations: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' & 'Marcel The Shell' Lead Field. Deadline. Erik. Pedersen. January 17, 2023. January 17, 2023.
40. Web site: Flores . Terry . 'Nimona' Leads Annie Awards Animated Feature Competition' 'Wish' Snubbed . January 11, 2024 . January 11, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter.
41. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Spider-Man: Across the ‘Spider Verse' Leads With 7 Wins, Including Best Feature. The Hollywood Reporter. Hilary. Lewis. February 17, 2024. February 18, 2024.