The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007.[1] It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment. The nominations are announced in January and an awards ceremony is held later in the month. Initially, only three films are nominated for best animated film, in contrast to five nominations for the majority of other awards. The Disney Pixar film Cars was the first recipient of the award. The award for best animated film has subsequently been presented to six other Pixar films: Ratatouille received the award in 2008 , WALL-E was the recipient in 2009 , Up received the award in 2010 , Toy Story 3 won in 2011 , Brave won in 2013 , and Inside Out won in 2016 . In 2012, Cars 2 lost to The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and in 2014, Monsters University was the first not to be nominated. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been awarding Golden Globe Awards since 1944 .
English-language films may be nominated in only one feature category. Therefore, films nominated in this category are ineligible to be nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy , Best Motion Picture – Drama if their principal dialogue is in English. However, films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film are eligible for Best Animated Feature; the only Golden Globe film awards for which they are ineligible are the two Best Motion Picture awards.[2] This has led to much confusion leading many to believe animated films are snubbed in the Best Motion Picture categories, specifically Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy where animated films have won before, but in reality they simply are not eligible to be nominated.
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Notes:
The winner in each year is shown with a blue background.
"†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award .
"‡" indicates a Golden Globe Award nominee who was nominated for an Academy Award
"§" indicates a Golden Globe Award-winning film that was not nominated for an Academy Award in this category.
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
Studio(s)
Distributor(s)
2006
Cars ‡
John Lasseter
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Happy Feet †
George Miller
Village Roadshow Pictures , Animal Logic , Kennedy Miller Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Monster House ‡
Gil Kenan
ImageMovers , Amblin Entertainment , Relativity Media
Columbia Pictures
2007
Ratatouille †
Brad Bird
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Bee Movie
Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner
DreamWorks Animation
Paramount Pictures
The Simpsons Movie
David Silverman
20th Century Fox Animation , Gracie Films
20th Century Fox
2008
WALL-E †
Andrew Stanton
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Bolt ‡
Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Kung Fu Panda ‡
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
DreamWorks Animation
Paramount Pictures
2009
Up †
Pete Docter
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Sony Pictures Animation
Columbia Pictures
Coraline ‡
Henry Selick
Laika , Pandemonium
Focus Features
Fantastic Mr. Fox ‡
Wes Anderson
Fox Animation Studios
20th Century Fox
The Princess and the Frog ‡
Ron Clements and John Musker
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2010
Toy Story 3 †
Lee Unkrich
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Despicable Me
Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Illumination Entertainment
Universal Pictures
How to Train Your Dragon ‡
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
DreamWorks Animation
Paramount Pictures
The Illusionist ‡
Sylvain Chomet
Pathé , Django Films
Sony Pictures Classics
Tangled
Nathan Greno and Byron Howard
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2011
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn §
Steven Spielberg
Nickelodeon Movies , Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films , The Kennedy/Marshall Company , Weta Digital , Hemisphere Media
Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures
Arthur Christmas
Sarah Smith
Aardman Animations , Sony Pictures Animation
Columbia Pictures
Cars 2
John Lasseter
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Puss in Boots ‡
Chris Miller
DreamWorks Animation
Paramount Pictures
Rango †
Gore Verbinski
Nickelodeon Movies, GK Films , Industrial Light & Magic
Paramount Pictures
2012
Brave †
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Frankenweenie ‡
Tim Burton
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Hotel Transylvania
Genndy Tartakovsky
Sony Pictures Animation
Columbia Pictures
Rise of the Guardians
Peter Ramsey
DreamWorks Animation
Paramount Pictures
Wreck-It Ralph ‡
Rich Moore
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2013
Frozen †
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Croods ‡
Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
DreamWorks Animation
20th Century Fox
Despicable Me 2 ‡
Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Illumination Entertainment
Universal Pictures
2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2 ‡
Dean DeBlois
DreamWorks Animation
20th Century Fox
Big Hero 6 †
Don Hall and Chris Williams
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Book of Life
Jorge Gutierrez
Reel FX Creative Studios , 20th Century Fox Animation
20th Century Fox
The Boxtrolls ‡
Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi
Laika
Focus Features
The Lego Movie
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S , Vertigo Entertainment , Lin Pictures , Animal Logic, Warner Animation Group
Warner Bros. Pictures
2015
Inside Out †
Pete Docter
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Anomalisa ‡
Charlie Kaufman
Duke Johnson
Starburns Industries
Snoot Films
Paramount Pictures
The Good Dinosaur
Peter Sohn
Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Peanuts Movie
Steve Martino
Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Fox Animation
Peanuts Worldwide
Feigco Entertainment
20th Century Fox
Shaun the Sheep Movie ‡
Richard Starzak
Mark Burton
Aardman Animations
StudioCanal
On November 17, 2009, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, there will be five nominees for Best Animated Feature Film, as its members voted to amend its rules: eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. If less than twelve animated films qualify, the category will be limited to three nominations per year.
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