Animation Magazine is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Hall of Fame Awards. The distinguished honorees will receive their awards at The World Animation Summit’s opening night gala, scheduled for Wednesday, November 1 at The Garland in North Hollywood, California.
The 2023 honorees are:
Hayao Miyazaki
Co-Founder, Studio Ghibli
Director, The Boy and the Heron [Ghibli, GKIDS]
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jennifer Lee
Chief Creative Officer
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Mediawan Kids & Family
International Studio of the Year
President Julien Borde
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Directors
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [Sony Pictures Animation]
New Vision Award
Sam Fell
Director
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget [Aardman, Netflix]
Floyd Norman
Animator
Disney Legend
Gina Shay
Producer
Trolls Band Together [DreamWorks]
Shuzo John Shiota
President
Polygon Pictures
Tara Sorensen
Head of Children’s Programming
Apple TV+
The awards gala is hosted by Emmy-winning voice actor extraordinaire Eric Bauza, the voice of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Pepe Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Dino, Woody Woodpecker, Stimpy and Fozzie Bear, to only name a few!
Don’t Miss Out!
Join Animation Magazine in Los Angeles November 1-3 for three days of inspiring keynotes, parties, panels and opportunities to meet with and learn from some of the biggest movers and shakers in the animation and VFX industries. Once again, the The World Animation Summit will take place on the beautiful grounds of historic North Hollywood hotel The Garland.
Visit animationmagazine.net/summit for the most up-to-date list of award recipients, keynotes and panelists. Register now for your All Access, Single Day or Awards Gala pass!
Among This Year’s Summit Highlights:
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- Breakfast with DreamWorks Animation TV’s Chief Creative Officer Peter Gal.
- Creative Keynotes by Pixar writer/director Peter Sohn (Elemental), Hair Love and Young Love creator Matthew A. Cherry, The Inventor writer/director Jim Capobianco, and Dan Abraham and Trent Corey, writers/directors of Disney’s acclaimed short, Once Upon a Studio.
- Award Season Feature Panel featuring the directors of 2023’s biggest animated movies, including Sam Fell (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget), Peter Sohn (Elemental), Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (Nimona), Kirk DeMicco (Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken), Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin D. Thompson (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (The Super Mario Bros. Movie), Jeff Rowe (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem), Walt Dohrn (Trolls Band Together) and Chris Buck (Wish).
- Award Season Shorts Panel and exclusive screening of the year’s best shorts, including Once Upon a Studio, I’m Hip, The Day I Became a Bird, Starling, 27, Letter to a Pig, Rosemary A.D., Our Uniform, Amarradas and Daffy in Wackyland.
- How to create the perfect preschool show for today’s audiences. With Tom Warburton (Muppet Babies, Kindergarten: The Musical), Rachel Larsen (The Tiny Chef Show) and Adriano Schmid (PBS Kids).
- Meet the masterminds behind the year’s exciting new adult animation scene. With Sean Buckelew (Scavengers Reign), Steve Levy (Krapopolis, Strange Planet, Rick & Morty), Vivien Medrano (Hazbin Hotel), Mike Roth (Merry Little Batman) and Jane Wu (Blue Eye Samurai).
- The art of adapting comic-book properties to award-winning animated shows. With Raymond S. Persi (Snoopy Presents One-of-a-Kind Marcie) Simon Racioppa (Invincible) and Steve Loter (Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur).
- Animation executives discuss what they’re looking for this year. With Kari Kim (Nickelodeon), Dave Jargowski (FOX Ent.), Julian Malagon (Sony TV) and Stacy Kim (Warner Bros. Animation)
- What’s New: Exploring new frontiers in animation technology. With David Levy (Pink Fong), Walid Omar (Lil Critter Workshop), Daisy Wall (WildBrain) and John Derevlany.
- The year of the comeback brands. With Rob David (Mattel), Sadaf Muncy (Happy Nest), Claudia Spinelli (Nickelodeon) and Rob Hudnut.
- And much, much more to be announced soon.
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