Awards for 1997

Annie

Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a Feature Production

WINNER

Hercules: Ron Clements, John Musker
NOMINEES

Cats Don't Dance: Mark Dindal

Space Jam: Bruce W. Smith, Tony Cervone

Best Individual Achievement: Effects Animation

WINNER

Hercules: Mauro Maressa
NOMINEES

Contact: Jay Redd

Cats Don't Dance: John Allan Armstrong

Cats Don't Dance: Bob Simmons

Best Individual Achievement: Music in a Feature/Home Video Production

WINNER

Cats Don't Dance: Randy Newman
NOMINEES

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists: Leslie Bricusse

Cats Don't Dance: Steve Goldstein

This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie: Woody Guthrie, Frank Fuchs

Aladdin and the King of Thieves: Mark Watters, Carl Johnson

Best Animated Short Subject

WINNER

(unknown)
Björk's music video: I Miss You.
NOMINEES

Action League Now!!: Rock-A-Big-Baby: (unknown)
For "Rock-A-Big Baby"

Saturday Night Live: (unknown)
For episode "The Ambiguously Gay Duo #2"

Saturday Night Live: (unknown)
For episode "The Ambiguously Gay Duo #3"

The Big Hunt: (unknown)

Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a Feature Production

WINNER

Hercules: Alice Dewey, Ron Clements, John Musker
NOMINEES

Cats Don't Dance: David Kirschner, Paul Gertz

Space Jam: Ron Tippe

Best Individual Achievement: Character Animation

WINNER

Hercules: Nik Ranieri
For the character "Hades".
NOMINEES

Timon & Pumbaa: Bob Baxter
For the character "Beethoven's Whiff".

Hercules: Ken Duncan
For the character "Meg".

Cats Don't Dance: Frans Vischer
For the characters "Daria Dimple" & "Max".

Best Animated Feature

WINNER

Cats Don't Dance: (Turner Feature Animation, David Kirschner Productions)
NOMINEES

Hercules: (Walt Disney Productions)

Space Jam: (Uli Meyer Features (animation), Character Builders (animation), Charles Gammage Animation (animation), Rees/Leiva Productions (animation), Spaff Animation (animation), Stardust Pictures (animation), Warner Bros., Courtside Seats Productions, Northern Lights Entertainment)

Best Individual Achievement: Technical Achievement

WINNER

Space Jam: (Uli Meyer Features (animation), Character Builders (animation), Charles Gammage Animation (animation), Rees/Leiva Productions (animation), Spaff Animation (animation), Stardust Pictures (animation))

Best Promotional Production

WINNER

(unknown)
For the "Super Mom" Coca Cola commercial.
NOMINEES

The Angry Beavers: (unknown)
For the main title.

Gargoyles: (unknown)
For the main title.

Spawn: (unknown)
For the promotional trailer.

(unknown)
For the Visa Cheque Card "Daffy Duck".

Best Home Video Production

WINNER

Aladdin and the King of Thieves: (Walt Disney Television Animation)
NOMINEES

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists: (Universal Cartoon Studios)

This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie: (Artisan Entertainment)

A Rugrats Vacation: (Klasky-Csupo, Nickelodeon Network)

Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production

WINNER

The Simpsons: Mike B. Anderson
For episode "Homer's Phobia".
NOMINEES

Timon & Pumbaa: Roberts Gannaway, Tony Craig
For episodes "Beethoven's Whiff", "Bumble in the Jungle" and "Mind Over Matterhorn".

King of the Hill: John Rice
For episode "Keeping Up with Our Jones".

Animaniacs: Charles Visser
For episode "Noel".

Voice B Gone: David Wasson

Best Individual Achievement: Writing in a TV Production

WINNER

Dexter's Laboratory: Jason Butler Rote, Paul Rudish
For episode "The Beard to be Feared".
NOMINEES

Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël): Jane Wagner

Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Mark Young
For episode "Loyality".

King of the Hill: Paul Lieberstein
For episode "Luanne's Saga".

King of the Hill: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland
For episode "Shins of the Father".

Best Individual Achievement: Music in a TV Production

WINNER

The Simpsons: Alf Clausen
NOMINEES

Dexter's Laboratory: Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker

Mighty Ducks: Carl Johnson

Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh: Michael Silversher, Patty Silversher

The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: Michael Tavera, Charles Fernandez, Ron Grant, Harvey Cohen

Superman: Shirley Walker (main title theme)

Best Individual Achievement: Production Design in a TV Production

WINNER

The Angry Beavers: Mitch Schauer
For episode "Born to Be Beavers.
NOMINEES

Timon & Pumbaa: Mike Moon
For episode "Bumble in the Jungle".

The Magic Pearl: Barbara Schade

Timon & Pumbaa: Kexx Singleton
For episode "Beethoven's Whiff".

Timon & Pumbaa: Sy Thomas
For episode "Bumble in the Jungle".

Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Male Performer in a TV Production

WINNER

Pinky and the Brain: Rob Paulsen
For playing "Pinky".
NOMINEES

Johnny Bravo: Jeff Bennett
For playing "Johnny Bravo"

The Tick: Townsend Coleman
For playing "The Tick".

School Daze: Philip Maurice Hayes
For playing "Tumbleweed Tex".

King of the Hill: Mike Judge
For playing "Hank Hill".

Best Animated TV Program

WINNER

The Simpsons: (20th Century Fox, Film Roman Productions, Gracie Films, Klasky-Csupo)
NOMINEES

Dexter's Laboratory: (unknown)

King of the Hill: (20th Century Fox, Film Roman Productions)

Pinky and the Brain: (Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin Entertainment)

The Tick: (20th Century Fox, Akom Production Company, Fox Children's Network, Graz Entertainment, Sunbow Productions)

Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production

WINNER

The Simpsons: Al Jean, Mike Reiss
For episode "The Springfield Files".
NOMINEES

Earthworm Jim: Kathi Castillo
For episode "Hyper-Psycrow".

Saturday Night Live: J.J. Sedelmaier
For episode "The Ambiguously Gay Duo #2".

Dexter's Laboratory: Genndy Tartakovsky
For episode "Ham Hocks in Arm Locks".

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man: Mitch Watson
For episode "Ebony Baby".

Best Individual Achievement: Storyboarding in a TV Production

WINNER

Cow and Chicken: Nora Johnson
For episode "Orthodontic Police".
NOMINEES

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: Carolyn Gair
For episode "Spaced-Out".

Jungle Cubs: Denise Koyama
For episode "A Night in the Wateland".

Timon & Pumbaa: Bob Logan
For episode "Bumble in the Jungle".

Spawn: Eric Radomski
For episode "Burning Visions".

Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production

WINNER

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: June Foray
For playing "Granny".
NOMINEES

Dexter's Laboratory: Christine Cavanaugh
For playing "Dexter".

Freakazoid!: Tress MacNeille
For playing "Debbie Douglas".
For episode "Mission Freakazoid".

King of the Hill: Brittany Murphy
For playing "Luanne"

The Simpsons: Maggie Roswell
For playing "Sharry Bobbins"
For episode "Supercalifragilisticexpial(annoyed grunt)cious"