23rd Annie Awards

The 23rd Annie Awards were given by the International Animated Film Association to honor outstanding achievements in animation in 1995. Pocahontas led the nominations with 7 and won 4 awards, including Best Animated Feature. The Simpsons won its fourth consecutive award for Best Animated Television Program.[1]

23rd
Annie Awards

November 11, 1995


Best Feature Film:
Pocahontas


Best Television Program:
The Simpsons


Best Video Production:
The Gate to the Mind's Eye


Best Short Subject:
Dexter's Laboratory

The June Foray Award is first given this year. The award is given to individuals who have made significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation. The award was first given to the lady herself, June Foray.[2]

Production categories

There were six competitive production categories in the 23rd Annie Awards. Outstanding achievements in animated interactive production and in animated promotional production were categories added during that year.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Best Animated Short Subject
Best Animated Interactive Production
  • Cadillacs and Dinosaurs – Duck Soup Productions
    • Crayon Factory – Sidewalk Studio
    • Full Throttle LucasArts Entertainment Co.
    • The Adventures of Hyperman – IBM Illumina Productions, Inc. and Bull Dolphin, Inc., MGM Animation
    • KIA Interactive – Digital Evolution
Best Animated Promotional Production

Outstanding individual achievement

Outstanding achievement in production design, storyboarding and character animation were added, totaling seven competitive categories in individual achievements in that year.

Best Achievement in Creative Supervision
Best Achievement in Production Design
  • Michael Giaimo (art director)  Pocahontas
    • Rasoul Azadani (layout artistic supervisor)  Pocahontas
    • Adrian Penn (art director)  Weiss Energy Hall: The Origin of Energy
    • Kazuyoshi Takeuchi (production designer)  Gargoyles
    • Fred Warter (production designer)  A Goofy Movie
Best Achievement in Storyboarding
Best Achievement in Music
Best Achievement in Voice Acting
Best Individual Achievement in Animation
Best Achievement in Writing

Juried awards

Winsor McCay Award
Recognition for career contributions to the art of animation

June Foray Award
Recognition of benevolent/charitable impact on the art and industry of animation

  • June Foray

Certificate of Merit
Recognition for service to the art, craft and industry of animation

  • King Features
  • Sarah Baisley
  • Dave Brain
  • Gary Lah
  • Amanda Haas
  • Ginny Swift

Multiple wins and nominations

References

  1. "23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winner (1995): International Animated Film Association (ASIFA Hollywood)". Annieawards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. "Juried Awards – International Animated Film Association (ASIFA Hollywood)". annieawards.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
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