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Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature

The Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature is an annual Satellite Award given by the International Press Academy.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Winners and nominees Director(s)
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
James and the Giant Peach Henry Selick
Mars Attacks! Tim Burton
Muppet Treasure Island Brian Henson
Space Jam Joe Pytka
1997 Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld
Alien Resurrection Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Anastasia Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg
Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven
1998 A Bug's Life John Lasseter
Antz Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
Mulan Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook
The Prince of Egypt Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells
The Rugrats Movie Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien
1999 Toy Story 2 John Lasseter
The Iron Giant Brad Bird
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) Hayao Miyazaki
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut Trey Parker
Stuart Little Rob Minkoff
Tarzan Chris Buck and Kevin Lima

2000s

Year Winners and nominees Director(s)
2000 Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park
Dinosaur Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag
The Emperor's New Groove Mark Dindal
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Stig Bergqvist and Paul Demeyer
Titan A.E. Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Columbus
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius John A. Davis
Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter
Shrek Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
2002 Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) Hayao Miyazaki
Ice Age Chris Wedge
Lilo & Stitch Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook
The Wild Thornberrys Movie Cathy Malkasian and Jeff McGrath
2003 The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) Sylvain Chomet
Brother Bear Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton
Looney Tunes: Back in Action Joe Dante
Millennium Actress (Sennen joyû) Satoshi Kon
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Patrick Gilmore and Tim Johnson
2004 The Incredibles Brad Bird
The Polar Express Robert Zemeckis
Shrek 2 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Stephen Hillenburg
Teacher's Pet Timothy Björklund
Team America: World Police Trey Parker
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Andrew Adamson
Chicken Little Mark Dindal
Corpse Bride Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) Hayao Miyazaki
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Steve Box and Nick Park
2006 Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Guillermo del Toro
Cars John Lasseter
Flushed Away David Bowers and Sam Fell
Happy Feet George Miller
Ice Age: The Meltdown Carlos Saldanha
2007 Ratatouille Brad Bird
300 Zack Snyder
Beowulf Robert Zemeckis
The Golden Compass Chris Weitz
Persepolis Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
The Simpsons Movie David Silverman
2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton
Bolt Byron Howard and Chris Williams
Horton Hears a Who! Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino
The Sky Crawlers (Sukai kurora) Mamoru Oshii
The Tale of Despereaux Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen
Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) Ari Folman
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince David Yates
The Princess and the Frog Ron Clements and John Musker
Up Pete Docter
Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze

2010s

Year Winners and nominees Director(s)
2010 Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich
Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton
Despicable Me Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
How to Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist (L'Illusioniste) Sylvain Chomet
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Zack Snyder
2011 The Adventures of Tintin[1] Steven Spielberg
Kung Fu Panda 2 Jennifer Yuh Nelson
The Muppets James Bobin
Puss in Boots Chris Miller
Rango Gore Verbinski
Rio Carlos Saldanha
2012 Rise of the Guardians Peter Ramsey
Brave Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie Tim Burton
Ice Age: Continental Drift Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon
ParaNorman Sam Fell and Chris Butler
Wreck-It Ralph Rich Moore
2013 The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) Hayao Miyazaki
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn
The Croods Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
Epic Chris Wedge
Ernest & Celestine (Ernest et Célestine) Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner
Frozen Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Monsters University Dan Scanlon
Turbo David Soren
2014 Song of the Sea[2] Tomm Moore
Big Hero 6 Don Hall and Chris Williams
The Book of Life Jorge Gutierrez
The Boxtrolls Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Dean DeBlois
The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Wrinkles Ignacio Ferreras
2015
[3]		 Inside Out Pete Docter
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
The Good Dinosaur Peter Sohn
The Peanuts Movie Steve Martino
The Prophet Roger Allers
Shaun the Sheep Movie Richard Starzak and Mark Burton
2016
[4]		 My Life as a Zucchini Claude Barras
Finding Dory Andrew Stanton
The Jungle Book Jon Favreau
Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight
Miss Hokusai Keiichi Hara
Moana Ron Clements and John Musker
The Red Turtle Michaël Dudok de Wit
Trolls Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn
Your Name Makoto Shinkai
Zootopia Byron Howard and Rich Moore
2017
[5]		 Coco Lee Unkrich
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero
The Boss Baby Tom McGrath
The Breadwinner Nora Twomey
Cars 3 Brian Fee
The Lego Batman Movie Chris McKay
Loving Vincent Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
2018
[6]		 Isle of Dogs Wes Anderson
Incredibles 2 Brad Bird
Liz and the Blue Bird Naoko Yamada
Mirai Mamoru Hosoda
Ralph Breaks the Internet Rich Moore and Phil Johnston
Ruben Brandt, Collector (Ruben Brandt, a gyűjtő) Milorad Krstić
2019
[7]		 The Lion King[8] Jon Favreau
Alita: Battle Angel Robert Rodriguez
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Salvador Simó
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Dean DeBlois
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Richard Phelan and Will Becher
Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley
Weathering with You Makoto Shinkai

2020s

Year Winners and nominees Director(s)
2020
[9][10]		 Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus Dalibor Baric
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train Haruo Sotozaki
No.7 Cherry Lane Yonfan
Over the Moon Glen Keane
Soul Pete Docter
2021
[11]		 Encanto Jared Bush and Byron Howard
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Luca Enrico Casarosa
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda
Vivo Kirk DeMicco
2022
[12]		 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
Inu-Oh Masaaki Yuasa
The Bad Guys Pierre Perifel
Turning Red Domee Shi
2023
[13][14]		 The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki
Elemental Peter Sohn
Robot Dreams Pablo Berger
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson
Suzume Makoto Shinkai
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Jeff Rowe
2024
[15][16]		 Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham
Flow Gints Zilbalodis
Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann
Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Mitsuo Fukuda
The Wild Robot Chris Sanders

Directors with multiple wins

3 wins
2 wins

References

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