Coraline
The animated world is not known for having too many women in it. It’s pretty much a boys club. Yesterday, the International Animated Film Association released its nominees for the ANNIEs in TV and film and SURPRISE there are many categories without a single female nominee. One bright note, two of the animated feature nominees Coraline and The Princess and the Frog are about women (girls, OK one is a princess) but I can’t tell if a single woman worked on either film.
The awards will be presented in LA on February 6, 2010.
Below are the categories where individuals are listed and I could discern if a woman was included or not.
No women were nominated in the following categories:
Animated Effects; Character Animation in a Television Production; Character Animation in a Feature Production; Character Design in a Television Production; Character Design in a Feature Production; Directing in a Feature Production Music in a Television Production; Music in a Feature Production; Production Design in a Feature Production; Storyboarding in a Television Production; Writing in a Feature Production
Women were only nominated in four categories: Here they are:
Directing in a Television Production: Pam Cooke & Jansen Yee “American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles” and Jennifer Oxley “The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster”
Production Design in a Television Production: Janice Kubo “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends”
Storyboarding in a Feature Production: Sharon Bridgeman “Astro Boy”
Writing in a Television Production: Valentina L. Garza – “The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure”
Full list: Annie Awards
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I can bump up the numbers a bit. Stevie Wermers-Skelton is a woman (Writing in a Television Production – “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios), bringing her category up to two out of five.
I think it’s great that in the Voice Acting in a Feature Production category three of five nominees are female, though if you look at Voice Acting in a Television Production the ratio shifts to one of five. I do wish they would include languages other than English and straight-to-video releases though. Ignoring those two cuts out many (most?) Japanese anime, which have a tradition of strong voice acting in Japanese. In America, a lot of anime are released directly to DVD. When anime first started being adapted to English en masse in the 1990′s, the voice acting was frequently horrid. However, the stark contrast between the Japanese and English versions, combined with years of experience, led to the emergence of a number of skilled actors/actresses whose work is being ignored.
One of the lead animators on Coraline (I believe she received top billing for animating) was Suzanne Twinning. She’s a really great animator, whom I had the privilege of interning at a studio she worked at when I was in college. I thought Coraline was a great movie and am glad to see it getting some nominations.
I’m disappointed that direct to DVD features aren’t included in the Annies, especially since two major ones in the past year have been directed and have character designs by a woman, Lauren Montgomery. I haven’t seen Green Lantern, but I very much enjoyed the Wonder Woman film, and I think the direct to DVD market is just as viable as television and feature film.
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