Annie Award for Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Awarded forExcellence in character animation
CountryUnited States
Presented byASIFA-Hollywood
First awarded2010
Currently held byDaniel Barrett, Stuart Adcock, Todd Labonte, Douglas McHale, Stephen Cullingford – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Websiteannieawards.org

The Annie Award for Character Animation in a Live Action Production is an Annie Award given annually to the best character animation for live action productions, including feature films and television series. It was first presented at the 38th Annie Awards.

Prior to the creation of this category, live-action productions were included in the Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production category.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year Recipient(s) Character Film
2010
(38th)
[1]
Ryan Page Alice in Wonderland
Quentin Miles Clash of the Titans
2011
(39th)
[2][3]
Eric Reynolds Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Andy Arnett Hop
David Lowry Paul
Mike Hull
2012
(40th)
[4]
Erik de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl "Tiger" Life of Pi
Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser, Scott Benza, Steve King, Kiran Bhat The Avengers
Erik de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey "Orangutan" Life of Pi
Mike Beaulieu, Roger Vizard, Atsushi Sato, Jackie Koehler, Derek Esparza, Richard Smith, Max Tyrie The Amazing Spider-Man
2013
(41st)
[5]
Jeff Capogreco, Jedrzej Wojtowicz, Kevin Estey, Alessandro Bonora, Gino Acevedo "Gollum" The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Hal Hickel, Chris Lentz, Derrick Carlin, Steve Rawlins, Kyle Winkelman Pacific Rim
Dave Clayton, Simeon Duncombe, Jung Min Chang, Matthew Cioffi, Guillame Francois "Goblin King" The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2014
(42nd)
[6]
Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Kevin Spruce, Dale Newton, Sidney Kombo, Chris Mullins, Brad Silby "Rocket Raccoon" Guardians of the Galaxy
Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Andreja Vuckovic, Guillaume Francois, Gios Johnston The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2015
(43rd)
[7][8]
Matthew Shumway, Adrian Millington, Blaine Toderian, Alexander Poei, Kevin Lan "The Bear" The Revenant
Glen McIntosh, Kevin Martel, Kyle Winkelman, Rodrick Fransham, Kaori Ogino "Indominus Rex" Jurassic World
Jakub Pistecky, Gang Trinh, Craig Penn, Mickael Coedel, Yair Gutierrez "The Hulk" Avengers: Age of Ultron
Peter Tan, Boon Yik Lim, Sachio Nishiyama, Byounghee Cho, Roy Tan "Ultron"
Aaron Gilman , Howard Sly , Matthew Riordan , Kevin Kelm, Guillaume Francois "Azog" The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
David Clayton , Gios Johnston , Andreja Vuckovic, Guillaume Francois, Daniel Zettl "Smaug"
2016
(44th)
[9][10]
Andrew R. Jones, Peta Bayley, Gabriele Zucchelli, Benjamin Jones The Jungle Book
Steve Rawlins, Ebrahim Jahromi, Cedric Lo, Stephen King, Yair Gutierrez "Spider-Man" Captain America: Civil War
Nicholas Tripodi, Dean Elliott, James Hollingworth, Matt Weaver Game of Thrones (Episode: "Battle of the Bastards")
Andrew R. Jones, Paul Story, Dennis Yoo, Eteuati Tema, Andrei Coval The Jungle Book
Hal Hickel, Jee Young Park, Kai-Hua Lan, Cedric Lo, KimHuat Ooi "Orcs" Warcraft
2017
(45th)
[11][12]
Daniel Barrett, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Emile Ghorayeb, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Alessandro Bonora War for the Planet of the Apes
Paul Story, Todd Labonte, Matthew Muntean, Cajun Hylton, Georgy Arevshatov Game of Thrones (Episode: "Beyond the Wall")
Arslan Elver, Liam Russell, Alvise Avati, Alessandro Ciucci Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Jance Rubinchik, Adrian Millington, Alberto Martinez Arce, Kyle Winkelman "Kong" Kong: Skull Island
Andrei Coval, Paul Story, Eric Reynolds, Olivier Lesaint, Artur Vill Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2018
(46th)
[13][14]
Chris Sauve, James Baxter, Sandro Cleuzo Mary Poppins Returns
Paul Story, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Eteuati Tema, Jacob Luamanuvae-Su'a, Sam Sharplin Avengers: Infinity War
Arslan Elver, Laurent Laban, Kayn Garcia, Claire Blustin, Marc-André Coulombe Christopher Robin
Pablo Grillo, Laurent Laban, Kyle Dunlevy, Stuart Ellis, Liam Russell Paddington 2
Richard Oey, Adrien Annesley, Allison Orr, Wei Liang Yap, Shan Hao The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2019
(47th)
[15][16]
Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Sam Sharplin, Keven Norris, Tim Teramoto, Jacob Luamanuvae-Su'a Avengers: Endgame
Michael Cozens, Mark Haenga, Tom Holzinger, Rachel Hydes, David Short Alita: Battle Angel
Jason Snyman, Sheik Ghafoor, Maia Neubig, Michael Siegel, Cheri Fojtik Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night")
Dale Newton, Waiyin Mendoza, Rochelle Flynn, Leila Gaed, Paul Jones Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Joakim Riedinger Spider-Man: Far from Home

2020s

Year Recipient(s) Character Film
2020
(48th)
[17][18]
Nathan Fitzgerald, Leo Ito, Chris Rogers, Eung Ho Lo, Emily Luk The Mandalorian
Nick Stein, Caroline Ting, Sebastian Trujillo, David Yabu, Paul Ramsden The Christmas Chronicles 2
Aidan Martin, Hunter Parks, Craig Young, Viki Yeo, Krystal Sae Eua The Umbrella Academy (Season 2)
Anders Beer, Marianne Morency, Hennadii Prykhodko, Sophie Burie, Cedric Le Poullennec Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
2021
(49th)
[19][20]
Karl Rapley, Sebastian Trujillo, Richard John Moore, Merlin Bela Wassilij Maertz, Pascal Raimbault Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Thomas Becker, Daniel Cavalcante, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis, Thiago Martins Flora & Ulysses
Meena Ibrahim, Alvise Avati, Nicholas Cabana, Adam Goldstein, Lea Vera Toro The Suicide Squad
Carmelo Leggiero, Cajun Hylton, Michel Alencar Magalhaes, Florent Limouzin, Dave Clayton The Tomorrow War
Industrial Light & Magic Animation Team Y: The Last Man
2022
(50th)
[21]
Daniel Barrett, Stuart Adcock, Todd Labonte, Douglas McHale, Stephen Cullingford Avatar: The Way of Water
Alvise Avati, Chris McGaw, Bora Şahin, Krzysztof Boyoko, Laurent Benhamo Beast
Simon Allen, Harinarayan Rajeev, Paul Nelson, Matthias Schoenegger Finch
Jance Rubinchik, Alexander Lee, Rich Bentley, Antoine Verney Carron, Sally Wilson Jurassic World Dominion
Michael Cozens, Mark Smith, Kai-Hua Lan, Selene McLean, Richard John Moore Peacemaker
2023
(51st)
[22]
Rick O'Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, and Wai Kit Wan Ahsoka
Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, and Kane Elferink Cocaine Bear
Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, and Chris McGaw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, and Joseph Lewis The Little Mermaid
Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian Toderian, Richard John Moore, and Joseph C.K Leong Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

See also

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