A new honorary body for animation and motion graphics has opened its first call for entries with the launch of The Collision Awards, the result of a joint effort between industry leaders and the organizers of The Telly Awards. The event aims to celebrate the unique and incomparable creativity and technical talent in animation and motion design across marketing & communications, commercials, television, film, experiential, games & XR.
With winners set to be announced in July 2024, the call for entries is now open; The early entry deadline is March 8. Complete details on the submission process are available at collisionawards.com.
The inaugural awards’ global partners include Animation Magazine, Animation World Network, Animation Nights New York, Motion Plus Design, SIGGRAPH ACM London, Skwigly, Stash, VIEW Conference and WeTransfer.
“I’m most excited for the people behind the animation and motion design industry to finally have a world-class awards show designed specifically for them — and most importantly, to have those awards created and managed by the team who built The Telly Awards into a household name. Scale and gravitas matter and The Collision Awards already feel like they have both,” says Stephen Price, Executive Editor of Stash Magazine.
Leading animators and executives across television, marketing, advertising, games and film will review and judge thousands of expected entries. Jurors for 2024 include:
- Kev Cheah (Partner, Brunswick)
- Sarah Cox (Executive Creative Director, Aardman)
- Marge Dean (Head of Skybound Animation Studio and President of Women in Animation)
- Ronnie del Carmen (Co-director & writer of Pixar’s Inside Out)
- Melinda Dilger (Global Head of Animation Production, Film/TV, Riot Games)
- Maureen Fan (Chief Executive Officer, Baobab Studios)
- Angela Foster (Executive Producer of Animation, Partizan)
- Jinko Gotoh (Producer, Finding Nemo)
- Jay Grandin (Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director, Giant Ant)
- Jorge Gutierrez (creator of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and Maya and the Three)
- Julie Lockhart (Co-Founder and President of Production, Locksmith Animation)
- Andrew Millstein (Co-Head, Annapurna Animation)
- Mike Moloney (Founder and Executive Creative Director, Art&Graft)
- Gilles Monteil (Animation Expert, Ubisoft)
- Ramsey Naito (President, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation)
- Claire Renton (Animation Director, Ludo Studio)
- Phil Rynda (Director of Original Animation, The Pokemon Company International)
- Fred Volhuer (Co-Founder, Atlas V Group).
“I really want to contribute to the recognition and reward of talent and quality work in our field,” says juror Sarah Cox, Executive Creative Director and a member of the Board of Directors at Aardman.
Organizers have tapped Netflix veteran Randeep Katari as General Manager of The Collision Awards. A 15-year industry stalwart, Katari has worked as a creative executive and story artist for leading companies such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios, Nickelodeon, NBCUniversal, Rough Draft and Passion Pictures. As a writer/artist, he has worked for Google, Facebook and Activision-King. He served as Head of Story for Axis Animation/Timeless Pictures’ first feature for Netflix, and most recently served as a Creative Manager at Netflix, overseeing Animated Film and Series.
“Helping lead an organization that’s dedicated to celebrating animation, motion design and the community of creatives within it allows us to spotlight undiscovered stories and underrecognized talents all around the world. The Collision Awards is collaborating with leaders in the industry to set a standard of excellence and share how animation can inspire, connect and entertain on a truly global scale,” says Katari.
The Collision Awards is being supported by the executives behind the annual The Telly Awards, an award “honoring excellence in video and television across all screens” since 1979. With over 12,000 annual entries, The Telly Awards has seen the vast amount of remarkable work being done by talented people working specifically in animation across industries and realized there was a critical need and opening for this kind of recognition.
These new awards will honor work by studios, production companies, brands, agencies and individuals with a varied list of categories specifically focused on the intersection of creativity and technical skills unique to this community and inclusive of everyone working in the medium of animation and motion design.
