YOUNG HOLLYWOOD LIFE

ZACH CALLISON

attended the 2014 41st Annual ANNIE AWARDS February 1, 2014 last night at Royce Hall.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood recognizes the year’s best in the field of animation each year.

Disney’s Frozen took home top honors for Best Feature Animation.

Zach is “Young Jiro” in the English-Language of THE WIND RISES

which was nominated for Best Feature along with a 2014 Golden Globe Nomination and 2014 Oscar Nomination.

Frozen’s  Directors Chris Buck, and Jennifer Lee along with Frozen Producer Peter Del Vecho at the 2014 Annie Awards  with Actor Zach Callison

  The Wind Rises director, Hayao Miyazaki took home the “Writing in an Animated Feature award” .

Also, Sofia the First won for  “General audience animated TV/broadcast production for preschool children” in which Zach is the voice of Prince James.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, hosted its 41st Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation, last night, February 1, 2014 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles.

Frozen won the top prices for BEST FEATURE ANIMATION.  as well as 4 other ANNIES.  Monster University received 2 awards and Toy Story of Terror received 3.  Dreamworks, The Croods, won three awards.  Hayao Miyazaki won the award for writing for The Wind Rises.

Steven Spielberg, Phil Tippett, and Katsuhiro Otomo were honored with career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation with special awards.  see the full list of winners:

2014 ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS:

PRODUCTION

Best Animated Feature
Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Animated Special Production
Chipotle Scarecrow
- Chipotle Creative Department, Moonbot Studios

Best Animated Short Subject
Get A Horse!
- Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial
Despicable Me 2 – Cinemark
- Universal Pictures

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Disney Sofia the First
- Disney Television Animation

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience
Adventure Time – Cartoon Network Studios

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Futurama
- 20th Century Fox Television

Best Animated Video Game
The Last of Us – 
Naughty Dog

Best Student Film
Wedding Cake – Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg – Viola Baier, Iris Frisch

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation

Animated Effects in a Live-Action Production
Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel – Pacific Rim
- Industrial Light & Magic

Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Kureha Yokoo – ‘Toy Story OF TERROR!’
- Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Jakob Jensen – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Live-Action Production
Jeff Capogreco, Jedrzej Wojtowicz, Kevin Estey, Alessandro Bonora, Gino Acevedo – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Gollum
- Weta Digital

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Paul Rudish – Disney Mickey Mouse
- Disney Television Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Carter Goodrich, Takao Noguchi, Shane Prigmore – The Croods
- DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Angus MacLane – Toy Story OF TERROR!
- Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee – Frozen
- Walt Disney Animation Studios

Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Christopher Willis – Disney Mickey Mouse
 – Disney Television Animation

Music in an Animated Feature Production
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck – Frozen
- Walt Disney Animation Studios

Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Angela Sung, William Niu, Christine Bian, Emily Tetri, Frederic Stewart – The Legend of Korra
- Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Michael Giaimo, Lisa Keene, David Womersley – Frozen
- Walt Disney Animation Studios

Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Daniel Chong – Toy Story of TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Dean Kelly – Monsters University
- Pixar Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Tom Kenny as the voice of Ice King – Adventure Time – 
Cartoon Network Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Josh Gad as the voice of Olaf – Frozen
 – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Lewis Morton – Futurama – 20th Century Fox Television

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Hayao Miyazaki – The Wind Rises
- Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures/The Walt Disney Studios

Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Illya Owens – Disney Mickey Mouse – 
Disney Television Animation

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom – Monsters University
 – Pixar Animation Studios

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award – Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg & Phil Tippett

June Foray – Alice Davis

Ub Iwerks – Dragonframe

Special Achievement – Creative Talent Network (CTN) Animation eXpo

Certificate of Merit – “I Know That Voice” (Documentary)