Editing Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

{{Short description|Film award}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
| image = {{multiple image |embed = yes |align = center | border = infobox |total_width = 300px |image1 = Gints Zilbalodis in January 2025 (cropped).jpeg |caption1=[[Gints Zilbalodis]] |image2 = Matīss Kaža.png |caption2=[[Matīss Kaža]] |footer=2025 co-recipients}}
| awarded_for = The best animated film with a running time of more than 40 minutes, a significant number of the major characters animated, and at least 75 percent of the picture's running time including animation.
| presenter = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS)
| country = [[United States]]
| year = ''[[Shrek]]'' ([[74th Academy Awards|2001]])
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = ''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'' ([[97th Academy Awards|2024]])
| most_awards = [[Pixar]] (11) / [[Pete Docter]] (3)
| most_nominations = Pixar (19) / Pete Docter, Hayao Miyazaki, and [[Chris Sanders]] (4)
| website = {{URL|oscars.org}}
| image2 = 
}}

The '''Academy Award for Best Animated Feature''' is an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] presented annually by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) for the best [[animation|animated]] [[feature film]]. An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time.<ref name="animated-feature-rules">{{Cite web |title=Special rules for the Animated Feature Film Award |url=https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/95aa_anim_feature.pdf |access-date=July 20, 2022 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref> The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first awarded in 2002 for films released in 2001.<ref name="screenrant">{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/academy-awards-best-animated-movies-biggest-oscar-snubs/?view=all|title=15 Amazing Animated Movies That Were Snubbed By The Oscars|website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=February 7, 2017|access-date=April 4, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404131022/http://screenrant.com/academy-awards-best-animated-movies-biggest-oscar-snubs/?view=all|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Shrek' wins for animated feature|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/oscar2002/2002-03-24-shrek.htm|access-date=March 29, 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 25, 2002|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=December 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203165611/http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/oscar2002/2002-03-24-shrek.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows, and More|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/12/04/100-greatest-movies-tv-shows-and-more/|access-date=March 28, 2022|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 4, 2009|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125161314/https://ew.com/article/2009/12/04/100-greatest-movies-tv-shows-and-more/|url-status=live}}</ref>

For much of the Academy Awards' history, the AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular award for animated features, considering there were simply too few produced to justify such consideration.<ref name="Osbourne357">{{harvnb|Osbourne|2013|p=357}}</ref> Instead, the Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually for [[Walt Disney Pictures]], such as [[Academy Honorary Award]] for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' in 1938,<ref>{{harvnb|Osbourne|2013|p=58}}</ref> and the [[Special Achievement Academy Award]] for the live action/animated hybrid ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' in 1989<ref>{{harvnb|Osbourne|2013|p=298}}</ref> and ''[[Toy Story]]'' in 1996.<ref>{{harvnb|Osbourne|2013|p=327}}</ref> In fact, prior to the award's creation, only one animated film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: 1991's ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', also by Disney.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/events/25th-anniversary-beauty-and-beast-70mm |title=25th Anniversary of Beauty and the Beast in 70mm|access-date=January 14, 2020|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114051039/https://www.oscars.org/events/25th-anniversary-beauty-and-beast-70mm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ZkmJJ8320|title=The Silence of the Lambs Wins Best Picture: 1992 Oscars|work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|date=24 November 2010|access-date=12 February 2024|archive-date=February 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206155749/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ZkmJJ8320|url-status=live}}</ref>

By 2001, the rise of sustained competitors to Disney in the feature animated film market, such as [[DreamWorks Animation]] (founded by former Disney executive [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]]), created an increase of film releases of significant annual number enough for AMPAS to reconsider.<ref name="Osbourne357"/> The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given out at the [[74th Academy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/history.html|publisher = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|title = History of the Academy Awards|access-date = August 23, 2011|archive-date = July 6, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100706040444/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> held on March 24, 2002.<ref name="Oscars74"/>

==Winners and nominees==
[[File:Hayao Miyazaki.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Hayao Miyazaki]] won in 2002 for ''[[Spirited Away]]'' and again in 2023 for ''[[The Boy and the Heron]]''.]]
[[File:Andrew Stanton cropped 2009.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Andrew Stanton]] won in 2003 for ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' and again in 2008 for ''[[WALL-E]]''.]]
[[File:Brad bird cropped 2009.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Brad Bird]] won in 2004 for ''[[The Incredibles]]'' and again in 2007 for ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''.]]
[[File:Nick Park, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Nick Park]] won in 2005 for ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''.]]
[[File:George Miller (35706244922).jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]] won in 2006 for ''[[Happy Feet]]''.]]
[[File:Pete Docter cropped 2009.jpg|thumb|125px|[[Pete Docter]] holds the record for most wins in this category, winning three times for ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'' in 2009, ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' in 2015, and ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'' in 2020.]]
[[File:Lee Unkrich cropped 2009.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Lee Unkrich]] won in 2010 for ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' and again in 2017 for ''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]''.]]
[[File:Gore Verbinski 1.JPG|right|thumb|125px|[[Gore Verbinski]] won in 2011 for ''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]''.]]
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[[File:Annecy Festival 2019, screening event Toy Story 4 - Jonas Rivera.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Jonas Rivera]] won in 2016 for ''Inside Out'' and again in 2020 for ''[[Toy Story 4]]'' as a film producer.]]
[[File:Byron Howard.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Byron Howard]] won in 2017 for ''[[Zootopia]]'' and again in 2022 for ''[[Encanto]]''.]]
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[[File:Toshio Suzuki, Howl's Moving Castle premiere.jpg|thumb|163x163px|[[Toshio Suzuki]] won in 2024 for ''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'' as a film producer.]]
When the category was first instated, the nomination went to the person(s) most involved in creating the film. This could be the producer, the director, or both. For the [[76th Academy Awards]] in 2003, only the director(s) of the film received the nomination. For the [[86th Academy Awards]] ten years later, this was amended to include one producer and up to two directors. For the [[91st Academy Awards]], this was amended once again to include up to four individuals, one of whom must be a director and one of whom must be a producer; an exception to this is that "[i]n the case of a TWO-PERSON TEAM with shared and equal director or producer credit, an additional statuette may be awarded."<ref>[https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/91aa_rules.pdf 91st Academy Awards Rules]</ref>

The Academy included a rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year in which fewer than eight eligible films opened in theaters.<ref name="lego">{{cite news |title=5 Reasons the Academy Overlooked 'The LEGO Movie' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-snub-lego-movie-best-animation-1201405956/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813061858/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-snub-lego-movie-best-animation-1201405956/ |archive-date=August 13, 2016 |access-date=January 18, 2015 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In regards of the Academy, it allows for all members to make voting for animated films more acceptable.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academy Announces rules for 92nd Oscars |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-announces-rules-92nd-oscars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711223230/https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-announces-rules-92nd-oscars |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=April 24, 2019 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>

At the same year, the Academy enacted a new rule regarding the [[motion capture]] technique employed in films such as ''[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (2009) and ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin]]'' (2011), directed by [[Academy Award for Best Director]] winners [[Robert Zemeckis]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] respectively, and how they might not be eligible in this category in the future.<ref name="New Rule">{{Cite web |last=Kay |first=Jeremy |date=July 8, 2010 |title=Academy revises rules on effects nominees, animation length |url=https://www.screendaily.com/academy-revises-rules-on-effects-nominees-animation-length/5015897.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207200557/https://www.screendaily.com/academy-revises-rules-on-effects-nominees-animation-length/5015897.article |archive-date=February 7, 2025 |access-date=February 7, 2025 |via=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref> The new rule now reads "An animated feature film is defined as a motion picture with a running time of greater than 40 minutes, in which movement and characters’ performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique. Motion capture by itself is not an animation technique. In addition, a significant number of the major characters must be animated, and animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture’s running time."<ref name="New Rule" /> This rule was possibly made to prevent nominations of live-action films that rely heavily on motion capture, such as ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009).<ref name="New Rule" />

Only three films (most are [[Live-action animation|live-action/animation hybrid]]) have been disqualified for not meeting the 75 percent of animation threshold under [[List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|submission]]. With exceptions, it was unclear whether ''[[Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film)|Marcel the Shell with Shoes On]]'' would be eligible for the award at the [[95th Academy Awards]] due to being a stop-motion animated film with the use of live-action elements. Director [[Dean Fleischer Camp]] said that he and [[A24]] had to submit documentation in order to prove the film had enough animation to meet the award's minimum requirements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleischer Camp |first=Dean |date=July 19, 2022 |title=We're eligible but may have to submit documentation. Here's the Academy's eligibility requirements... |url=https://twitter.com/DFLEISCHERCAMP/status/1549484967679299585 |access-date=July 20, 2022 |via=[[Twitter]]}}</ref><ref name="animated-feature-rules" /> The AMPAS officially deemed the film eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature category and was eventually nominated for said category.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giardina Camp |first=Carolyn |date=November 9, 2022 |title='Marcel the Shell With Shoes On' Qualifies for Oscars' Animated Feature Race (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on-animated-feature-oscar-1235258749/5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112214054/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on-animated-feature-oscar-1235258749/ |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |via=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
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| height:20px; width:20px" | {{legend|#FAEB86|Indicates the winner}} 
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===2000s===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:35%;" | Film
! scope="col" style="width:60%;" | Nominees
! scope="col" style="width:2%;" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2001 in animation|2001]]<br />{{small|([[74th Academy Awards|74th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Shrek]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Aron Warner]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars74">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002|title=The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004559/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]''
| [[John A. Davis]] and [[Steve Oedekerk]] 
|-
| ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
| [[Pete Docter]] and [[John Lasseter]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2002 in animation|2002]]<br />{{small|([[75th Academy Awards|75th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Spirited Away]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Hayao Miyazaki]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars75">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003|title=The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004617/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]''
| [[Chris Wedge]]
|-
| ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]''
| [[Chris Sanders]]
|-
| ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''
| [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]]
|-
| ''[[Treasure Planet]]''
| [[Ron Clements]]
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2003 in animation|2003]]<br />{{small|([[76th Academy Awards|76th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Finding Nemo]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Andrew Stanton]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars76">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004|title=The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004632/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Brother Bear]]''
| [[Aaron Blaise]] and [[Robert Walker (animator)|Robert Walker]]
|-
| ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]''
| [[Sylvain Chomet]]
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2004 in animation|2004]]<br />{{small|([[77th Academy Awards|77th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[The Incredibles]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Brad Bird]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars77">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005|title=The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502002335/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005|archive-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Shark Tale]]''
| [[Bill Damaschke]]
|-
| ''[[Shrek 2]]''
| [[Andrew Adamson]]
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2005 in animation|2005]]<br />{{small|([[78th Academy Awards|78th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Nick Park]] and [[Steve Box]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars78">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006|title=The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220946/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006|archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Corpse Bride]]''
| [[Tim Burton]] and [[Mike Johnson (animator)|Mike Johnson]]
|-
| ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''
| [[Hayao Miyazaki]]
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2006 in animation|2006]]<br />{{small|([[79th Academy Awards|79th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Happy Feet]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars79">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007|title=The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004711/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''
| [[John Lasseter]]
|-
| ''[[Monster House (film)|Monster House]]''
| [[Gil Kenan]]
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2007 in animation|2007]]<br />{{small|([[80th Academy Awards|80th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Brad Bird]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars80">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008|title=The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004725/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Persepolis (film)|Persepolis]]''
| [[Vincent Paronnaud]] and [[Marjane Satrapi]]
|-
| ''[[Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up]]''
| [[Chris Buck]] and [[Ash Brannon]]
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2008 in animation|2008]]<br />{{small|([[81st Academy Awards|81st]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[WALL-E]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Andrew Stanton]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars81">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009|title=The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110111206/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009|archive-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]''
| [[Byron Howard]] and [[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]''
| [[Mark Osborne (filmmaker)|Mark Osborne]] and [[John Stevenson (director)|John Stevenson]] 
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2009 in animation|2009]]<br />{{small|([[82nd Academy Awards|82nd]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Pete Docter]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars82">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010|title=The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929191037/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/82nd-winners.html|archive-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]''
| [[Henry Selick]]
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]''
| [[Wes Anderson]]
|-
| ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''
| [[John Musker]] and [[Ron Clements]]
|-
| ''[[The Secret of Kells]]''
| [[Tomm Moore]]
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year
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! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2010 in animation|2010]]<br />{{small|([[83rd Academy Awards|83rd]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Toy Story 3]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Lee Unkrich]]'''
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="Oscars83">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011|title=The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505013733/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html|archive-date=May 5, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''
| [[Chris Sanders]] and [[Dean DeBlois]]
|-
| ''[[The Illusionist (2010 film)|The Illusionist]]''
| [[Sylvain Chomet]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2011 in animation|2011]]<br />{{small|([[84th Academy Awards|84th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gore Verbinski]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars84">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|title=The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015232303/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|archive-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Cat in Paris]]''
| [[Alain Gagnol]] and [[Jean-Loup Felicioli]]
|-
| ''[[Chico and Rita]]''
| [[Javier Mariscal]] and [[Fernando Trueba]]
|-
| ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]''
| [[Jennifer Yuh Nelson]]
|-
| ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots]]''
| [[Chris Miller (animator)|Chris Miller]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2012 in animation|2012]]<br />{{small|([[85th Academy Awards|85th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Brenda Chapman]] and [[Mark Andrews (filmmaker)|Mark Andrews]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars85">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013|title=The 85th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014074656/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013|archive-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''
| [[Tim Burton]]
|-
| ''[[ParaNorman]]''
| [[Chris Butler (filmmaker)|Chris Butler]] and [[Sam Fell]]
|-
| ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!|The Pirates! Band of Misfits]]''
| [[Peter Lord]]
|-
| ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
| [[Rich Moore]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2013 in animation|2013]]<br />{{small|([[86th Academy Awards|86th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Chris Buck]], [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]], and [[Peter Del Vecho]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars86">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014|title=The 86th Academy Awards (2014) Nominees and Winners|access-date=April 10, 2014|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014193700/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014|archive-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Croods]]''
| [[Chris Sanders]], [[Kristine Belson]], and [[Kirk DeMicco]] 
|-
| ''[[Despicable Me 2]]''
|[[Chris Renaud (animator)|Chris Renaud]], [[Pierre Coffin]], and [[Chris Meledandri]]
|-
| ''[[Ernest & Celestine]]''
| [[Didier Brunner]] and [[Benjamin Renner]]
|-
| ''[[The Wind Rises]]''
| [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and [[Toshio Suzuki]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2014 in animation|2014]]<br />{{small|([[87th Academy Awards|87th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Don Hall (filmmaker)|Don Hall]], [[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]], and [[Roy Conli]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars87">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|title=The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners|access-date=January 15, 2015|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310051043/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|archive-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Boxtrolls]]''
| [[Travis Knight]], [[Graham Annable]], and [[Anthony Stacchi]]
|-
| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]''
| [[Dean DeBlois]] and [[Bonnie Arnold]]
|-
| ''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]''
| [[Tomm Moore]] and [[Paul Young (producer)|Paul Young]]
|-
| ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]''
| [[Isao Takahata]] and [[Yoshiaki Nishimura]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2015 in animation|2015]]<br />{{small|([[88th Academy Awards|88th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Pete Docter]] and [[Jonas Rivera]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars88">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016|title=The 88th Academy Awards (2016) Nominees and Winners|access-date=January 14, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125161918/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016|archive-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Anomalisa]]''
| [[Duke Johnson (director)|Duke Johnson]], [[Charlie Kaufman]], and [[Rosa Tran]]
|-
| ''[[Boy and the World]]''
| [[Alê Abreu]]
|-
| ''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]''
| [[Mark Burton (writer)|Mark Burton]] and [[Richard Starzak]]
|-
| ''[[When Marnie Was There (film)|When Marnie Was There]]''
| [[Hiromasa Yonebayashi]] and [[Yoshiaki Nishimura]] 
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2016 in animation|2016]]<br />{{small|([[89th Academy Awards|89th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Zootopia]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Byron Howard]], [[Rich Moore]], and [[Clark Spencer]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars89">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|title=The 89th Academy Awards (2017) Nominees and Winners|access-date=January 14, 2017|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303235233/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|archive-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]''
| [[Travis Knight]] and [[Arianne Sutner]]
|-
| ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]''
| [[John Musker]], [[Ron Clements]], and [[Osnat Shurer]]
|-
| ''[[My Life as a Courgette|My Life as a Zucchini]]''
| [[Claude Barras]] and [[Max Karli]]
|-
| ''[[The Red Turtle]]''
| [[Michaël Dudok de Wit]] and [[Toshio Suzuki]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2017 in animation|2017]]<br />{{small|([[90th Academy Awards|90th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Lee Unkrich]] and [[Darla K. Anderson]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars90">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018|title=The 90th Academy Awards (2018) Nominees and Winners|access-date=March 14, 2023|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401014317/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018|archive-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Boss Baby]]''
| [[Tom McGrath (animator)|Tom McGrath]] and [[Ramsey Ann Naito|Ramsey Naito]]
|-
| ''[[The Breadwinner (film)|The Breadwinner]]''
| [[Nora Twomey]] and [[Anthony Leo]]
|-
| ''[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]''
| [[Carlos Saldanha]] and Lori Forte
|-
| ''[[Loving Vincent]]''
| [[Dorota Kobiela]], [[Ivan Mactaggart]], and [[Hugh Welchman]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2018 in animation|2018]]<br />{{small|([[91st Academy Awards|91st]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Bob Persichetti]], [[Peter Ramsey]], [[Rodney Rothman]], [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Phil Lord]] and [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Christopher Miller]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars91">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019|title=The 91st Academy Awards (2019) Nominees and Winners|access-date=March 14, 2023|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013541/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019|archive-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Incredibles 2]]''
| [[Brad Bird]], [[John Walker (film producer)|John Walker]] and [[Nicole Paradis Grindle]]
|-
| ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]''
| [[Wes Anderson]], [[Jeremy Dawson (producer)|Jeremy Dawson]], [[Steven Rales]], and [[Scott Rudin]]
|-
| ''[[Mirai (2018 film)|Mirai]]''
| [[Mamoru Hosoda]] and [[Yuichiro Saito]]
|-
| ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
| [[Rich Moore]], [[Phil Johnston (filmmaker)|Phil Johnston]], and [[Clark Spencer]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2019 in animation|2019]]<br />{{small|([[92nd Academy Awards|92nd]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Toy Story 4]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Josh Cooley]], Mark Nielsen, and [[Jonas Rivera]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars92">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020|title=The 92nd Academy Awards (2020) Nominees and Winners|access-date=March 14, 2023|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216103927/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020|archive-date=February 16, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]''
| [[Dean DeBlois]], [[Bonnie Arnold]], and [[Brad Lewis]]
|-
| ''[[I Lost My Body]]''
| Jérémy Clapin and [[Marc du Pontavice]]
|-
| ''[[Klaus (film)|Klaus]]''
| [[Sergio Pablos]], Jinko Gotoh, and Marisa Román
|-
| ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]''
| [[Chris Butler (filmmaker)|Chris Butler]], [[Travis Knight]], and [[Arianne Sutner]]
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:35%;" | Film
! scope="col" style="width:60%;" | Nominees
! scope="col" style="width:2%;" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2020 in animation|2020]]<br />{{small|([[93rd Academy Awards|93rd]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Pete Docter]] and [[Dana Murray]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars93">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021|title=The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) Nominees and Winners|access-date=March 14, 2023|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501233256/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021|archive-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Onward (film)|Onward]]''
| [[Dan Scanlon]] and [[Kori Rae]]
|-
| ''[[Over the Moon (2020 film)|Over the Moon]]''
| [[Glen Keane]], Peilin Chou, and [[Gennie Rim]]
|-
| ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]''
| [[Will Becher]], Paul Kewley, and Richard Phelan
|-
| ''[[Wolfwalkers]]''
| [[Tomm Moore]], Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart, and [[Paul Young (producer)|Paul Young]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2021 in animation|2021]]<br />{{small|([[94th Academy Awards|94th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Encanto]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Jared Bush]], [[Byron Howard]], [[Yvett Merino]], and [[Clark Spencer]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars94">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022|title=The 94th Academy Awards (2022) Nominees and Winners|access-date=March 14, 2023|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401051947/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Flee (film)|Flee]]''
| [[Charlotte de la Gournerie]], [[Monica Hellström]], [[Jonas Poher Rasmussen]], and [[Signe Byrge Sørensen]] 
|-
| ''[[Luca (2021 film)|Luca]]''
| [[Enrico Casarosa]] and Andrea Warren
|-
| ''[[The Mitchells vs. the Machines]]''
|  [[Mike Rianda]], Kurt Albrecht, [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Phil Lord]], and [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Christopher Miller]]
|-
| ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]''
| [[Peter Del Vecho]], [[Carlos López Estrada]], [[Don Hall (filmmaker)|Don Hall]], and [[Osnat Shurer]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2022 in animation|2022]]<br />{{small|([[95th Academy Awards|95th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Guillermo del Toro]], [[Mark Gustafson]], [[Alex Bulkley]], and Gary Ungar'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars95">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023|title=The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners|access-date=March 14, 2023|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314145222/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film)|Marcel the Shell with Shoes On]]''
| [[Dean Fleischer Camp]], Andrew Goldman, [[Elisabeth Holm]], [[Caroline Kaplan]], and [[Paul Mezey]]
|-
| ''[[Puss in Boots: The Last Wish]]''
| [[Joel Crawford (director)|Joel Crawford]] and Mark Swift
|-
| ''[[The Sea Beast (2022 film)|The Sea Beast]]''
| [[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]] and Jed Schlanger
|-
| ''[[Turning Red]]''
| Lindsey Collins and [[Domee Shi]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2023 in animation|2023]]<br />{{small|([[96th Academy Awards|96th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Hayao Miyazaki]] and [[Toshio Suzuki]]'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars96">{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024|title=The 96th Academy Awards (2024) Nominees and Winners|date=January 23, 2024 |access-date=January 23, 2024|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314014213/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Elemental (2023 film)|Elemental]]''
| [[Peter Sohn]] and Denise Ream
|-
| ''[[Nimona (film)|Nimona]]''
| [[Nick Bruno and Troy Quane|Nick Bruno]], [[Nick Bruno and Troy Quane|Troy Quane]], Karen Ryan, and Julie Zackary
|-
| ''[[Robot Dreams (film)|Robot Dreams]]''
| [[Pablo Berger]], Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, and Sandra Tapia Díaz
|-
| ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]''
| [[Kemp Powers]], [[Justin K. Thompson]], [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Phil Lord]], [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Christopher Miller]], and [[Amy Pascal]]
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2024 in animation|2024]]<br />{{small|([[97th Academy Awards|97th]])}}
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gints Zilbalodis]], [[Matīss Kaža]], Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman'''
| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars97">{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2025|title=The 97th Academy Awards (2025) Nominees and Winners|date=January 23, 2025 |access-date=January 23, 2025|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Inside Out 2]]''
| [[Kelsey Mann]] and Mark Nielsen
|-
| ''[[Memoir of a Snail]]''
| [[Adam Elliot]] and Liz Kearney
|-
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
| [[Nick Park]], Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek
|-
| ''[[The Wild Robot]]''
| [[Chris Sanders]] and [[Jeff Hermann]]
|-
|}

==Multiple wins and nominations==
===Nominees===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:220px;"       | Individual
! style="width:40px;"        | Wins
! style="width:10px;"        | Nominations
! style="width:1225px;"      | Films
|-
| [[Pete Docter]]
| {{center|3}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', '''''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''''', '''''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''''', '''''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'''''
|-
| [[Hayao Miyazaki]]
|rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Spirited Away]]''''', ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', ''[[The Wind Rises]]'', '''''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'''''
|-
| [[Brad Bird]]
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[The Incredibles]]''''', '''''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''''', ''[[Incredibles 2]]''
|-
| [[Byron Howard]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]'', '''''[[Zootopia]]''''', '''''[[Encanto]]'''''
|-
| [[Clark Spencer]]
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Zootopia]]''''', ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'', '''''[[Encanto]]'''''
|- 
| [[Jonas Rivera]]
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''''', '''''[[Toy Story 4]]'''''
|-
| [[Andrew Stanton]]
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Finding Nemo]]''''', '''''[[WALL-E]]'''''
|-
| [[Lee Unkrich]]
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Toy Story 3]]''''', '''''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]'''''
|-
| [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Phil Lord]]
|rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 3
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]''''', ''[[The Mitchells vs. the Machines]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]''
|-
| [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Christopher Miller]]
|-
| [[Rich Moore]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'', '''''[[Zootopia]]''''', ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
|-
| [[Toshio Suzuki]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[The Wind Rises]]'', ''[[The Red Turtle]]'', '''''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'''''
|-
| [[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]'', '''''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]''''', ''[[The Sea Beast (2022 film)|The Sea Beast]]''
|-
| [[Nick Park]]
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:left;" | '''''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''''', ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
|-
| [[Chris Buck]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up]]'', '''''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'''''
|-
| [[Don Hall (filmmaker)|Don Hall]]
| style="text-align:left;" | '''''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]''''', ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]''
|-
| [[Peter Del Vecho]]
| style="text-align:left;" | '''''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]''''', ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]''
|-
| Mark Nielsen
| style="text-align:left;" | '''''[[Toy Story 4]]''''', ''[[Inside Out 2]]''
|-
| [[Chris Sanders]]
|rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;" | 0
| {{center|4}}
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'', ''[[The Croods]]'', ''[[The Wild Robot]]''
|-
| [[Ron Clements]]
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Treasure Planet]]'', ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]''
|-
| [[Dean DeBlois]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]''
|-
| [[Travis Knight]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[The Boxtrolls]]'', ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]'', ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]''
|-
| [[Tomm Moore]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[The Secret of Kells]]'', ''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'', ''[[Wolfwalkers]]''
|-
| [[Wes Anderson]]
|rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | {{center|2}}
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'', ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]''
|-
| [[Bonnie Arnold]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]''
|-
| [[Sylvain Chomet]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]'', ''[[The Illusionist (2010 film)|The Illusionist]]''
|-
| [[John Lasseter]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''
|-
| [[John Musker]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]''
|-
| [[Tim Burton]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Corpse Bride]]'', ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''
|-
| [[Chris Butler (filmmaker)|Chris Butler]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[ParaNorman]]'', ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]''
|-
| [[Yoshiaki Nishimura]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]'', ''[[When Marnie Was There (film)|When Marnie Was There]]''
|-
| [[Osnat Shurer]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]'', ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]''
|-
| [[Arianne Sutner]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]'', ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]''
|-
| [[Paul Young (producer)|Paul Young]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'', ''[[Wolfwalkers]]''
|}

=== Studios ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:220px;" | Studio
! style="width:40px;" | Wins
! style="width:10px;" | Nominations
! style="width:1225px;" | Films
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Pixar]]
| style="text-align:center;" |11
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', '''''[[Finding Nemo]]''''', '''''[[The Incredibles]]''''', ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'', '''''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''''', '''''[[WALL-E]]''''', '''''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''''', '''''[[Toy Story 3]]''''', '''''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]''''', '''''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''''', '''''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]''''', ''[[Incredibles 2]]'', '''''[[Toy Story 4]]''''', ''[[Onward (film)|Onward]]'', '''''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]''''', ''[[Luca (2021 film)|Luca]]'', ''[[Turning Red]]'', ''[[Elemental (2023 film)|Elemental]]'', ''[[Inside Out 2]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]<!--Do not shorten it to [[Disney]]-->
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |13
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', ''[[Brother Bear]]'', ''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]'', ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'', '''''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]''''', '''''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]''''', '''''[[Zootopia]]''''', ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]'', ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'', ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]'', '''''[[Encanto]]'''''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[DreamWorks Animation]]<!--Do not shorten it to [[DreamWorks]]-->
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |15
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Shrek]]''''', ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]'', ''[[Shrek 2]]'', ''[[Shark Tale]]'', '''''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''''',{{efn|name=Wallace & Gromit|Co-production between Aardman Animations and DreamWorks Animation}} ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'', ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots]]'', ''[[The Croods]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'', ''[[The Boss Baby]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]'', ''[[Puss in Boots: The Last Wish]]'', ''[[The Wild Robot]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Studio Ghibli]]
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Spirited Away]]''''', ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', ''[[The Wind Rises]]'', ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]'', ''[[When Marnie Was There (film)|When Marnie Was There]]'', ''[[The Red Turtle]]'', '''''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'''''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Sony Pictures Animation]]
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up]]'', ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!|The Pirates! Band of Misfits]]'',{{efn|name=The Pirates!}} '''''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]''''', ''[[The Mitchells vs. the Machines]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Aardman]]
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''''',{{efn|name=Wallace & Gromit}} ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!|The Pirates! Band of Misfits]]'',{{efn|name=The Pirates!|Co-production between Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation}} ''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]'',{{efn|name=Shaun the Sheep|Co-production between Aardman Animations and StudioCanal}} ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]'',{{efn|name=Shaun the Sheep}} ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Netflix Animation]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Klaus (film)|Klaus]]'', ''[[Over the Moon (2020 film)|Over the Moon]]'', ''[[The Sea Beast (2022 film)|The Sea Beast]]'', '''''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]''''' 
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Nickelodeon Movies|Nickelodeon]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'', '''''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]'''''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Laika, LLC|Laika]]
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Corpse Bride]]'',{{efn|name=Corpse Bride|Co-production between Laika and Tim Burton Productions}} ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]'', ''[[ParaNorman]]'', ''[[The Boxtrolls]]'', ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]'', ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Cartoon Saloon]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[The Secret of Kells]]'',{{efn|name=The Secret of Kells|Co-production between Cartoon Saloon and Les Armateurs}} ''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'', ''[[The Breadwinner (film)|The Breadwinner]]'', ''[[Wolfwalkers]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Les Armateurs]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]'', ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'',{{efn|name=The Secret of Kells}} ''[[Ernest & Celestine]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Blue Sky Studios]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]'', ''[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]'', ''[[Nimona (film)|Nimona]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Tim Burton Productions]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Corpse Bride]]'',{{efn|name=Corpse Bride}} ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Wes Anderson|American Empirical]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'', ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[StudioCanal]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]'',{{efn|name=Shaun the Sheep}} ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]''{{efn|name=Shaun the Sheep}}
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
{{notelist}}

=== Franchises ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:220px;" | Franchise
! style="width:40px;" | Wins
! style="width:10px;" | Nominations
! style="width:1225px;" | Films
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Toy Story 3]]''''', '''''[[Toy Story 4]]'''''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Shrek]]''''', ''[[Shrek 2]]'', ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots]]'', ''[[Puss in Boots: The Last Wish]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Wallace & Gromit]]''
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''''', ''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]'', ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]'', ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Incredibles (franchise)|The Incredibles]]''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[The Incredibles]]''''', ''[[Incredibles 2]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Inside Out (franchise)|Inside Out]]''
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''''', ''[[Inside Out 2]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Spider-Verse (franchise)|Spider-Verse]]''
| style="text-align:left;" |'''''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]''''', ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |0
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Tomm Moore|Irish Folklore Trilogy]]
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[The Secret of Kells]]'', ''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'', ''[[Wolfwalkers]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Kung Fu Panda]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Wreck-It Ralph (franchise)|Wreck-It Ralph]]''
| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'', ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
|}

==Superlatives==
=== Age ===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Recipient
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Age
|-
| Oldest winner
| rowspan="2" | [[Hayao Miyazaki]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Boy and the Heron]]''
| 83 years, 65 days
|- 
| Oldest nominee
| 83 years, 18 days
|- 
| Youngest winner
| rowspan="2" | [[Matīss Kaža]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]''
| 29 years, 183 days
|- 
| Youngest nominee
| 29 years, 145 days
|}

=== Length ===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Length
|-
| Longest winner
| ''[[Spirited Away]]''
| 125 minutes
|- 
| Longest nominee
|''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]''
| 140 minutes
|- 
| Shortest winner
| ''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]''
| 84 minutes
|- 
| Shortest nominee
| ''[[A Cat in Paris]]''
| 65 minutes
|}

== International films ==
A number of non-English-language or non-dialogue films have been nominated or won. Almost all non-English language films on this list have also been released with English-language dubbing. Winners are highlighted in '''bold''' below.

=== Japanese nominees ===
==== Studio Ghibli ====

* '''''[[Spirited Away]]'''''
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''
* ''[[The Wind Rises]]''
* ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]''
* ''[[When Marnie Was There (film)|When Marnie Was There]]''
* '''''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'''''

==== Other films ====

* ''[[Mirai (2018 film)|Mirai]]''

=== French nominees ===

==== Les Armateurs ====

* ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]''
* ''[[Ernest & Celestine]]''

==== Other films ====

* ''[[Persepolis (film)|Persepolis]]''
* ''[[The Illusionist (2010 film)|The Illusionist]]''
* ''[[A Cat in Paris]]''
* ''[[My Life as a Courgette|My Life as a Zucchini]]''
* ''[[I Lost My Body]]''

=== Other languages ===

* ''[[Chico and Rita]]'' (Spanish)
* ''[[Boy and the World]]'' (Portuguese)
* ''[[Flee (film)|Flee]]'' (Danish)

=== Non-dialogue or fictional languages ===

* ''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]''
* ''[[The Red Turtle]]''
* ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]''
* ''[[Robot Dreams (film)|Robot Dreams]]''
* '''''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'''''

== Milestones and records ==
=== Films and production companies ===
*[[Pixar]] holds the most wins for a studio with 11, the most nominations with 19, and the most consecutive wins (4, between 2007 and 2010).
**Pixar, with 11 wins, and [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], with 4, are both owned by [[the Walt Disney Company]], which has 15 wins for the category in total.
*[[Laika, LLC|Laika]] has the most nominations without a win, with 6 films.
**[[DreamWorks Animation]] has the most nominations after last win, with 10 films.
*''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' is the only franchise to win this award twice, for its [[Toy Story 3|third]] and [[Toy Story 4|fourth films]]. Additionally, the third and fourth films are so far the only two sequels to win this award.
*''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'' and ''[[Wallace & Gromit]]'' are the most-nominated franchise, with 4 (and having won once) each. Other franchises with three nominations include ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' and [[Cartoon Saloon]]'s "Irish Folklore Trilogy" (consisting of ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'', ''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'', and ''[[Wolfwalkers]]''); both hold the record as the most-nominated franchises without a win.
*Of the several [[Adult animation|adult animated]] films (judging from their MPAA ratings), ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]'' was the first PG-13-rated nominee, ''[[Anomalisa]]'' and ''[[Memoir of a Snail]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/magnets-lube-and-r-rating-adam-elliot-discusses-memoir-snail-savff |title=Magnets, Lube and an R-Rating: Adam Elliot Discusses 'Memoir of a Snail' at SAVFF |last=Davis |first=Victoria |publisher=[[Animation World Network]] |date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref> are so far the only R-rated animated films to be nominated, and ''The Boy and the Heron'' became the first PG-13-rated winner.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=2024-03-11 |title='Boy And The Heron' Is The First Hand-Drawn Animated Feature To Win Oscar In 21 Years |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/boy-and-the-heron-is-the-first-hand-drawn-animated-feature-to-win-oscar-in-21-years-238916.html |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Studio Ghibli]] (Japan) has the most wins (two) and nominations (seven) for a non-US studio; ''Spirited Away'' and ''The Boy and the Heron'' are the only non-English language films to win.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Your guide to Hayao Miyazaki films |url=https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/28/your-guide-to-hayao-miyazaki-films |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why 'The Boy and the Heron' feels like a goodbye |url=https://tomasinoweb.org/post/1706499124018-5eab2876-why-the-boy-and-the-heron-feels-like-a-goodbyea-goodbye/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=TomasinoWeb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-11 |title=Japan's Hayao Miyazaki wins award for The Boy and The Heron |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68488415 |access-date=2024-08-07 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
**Studio Ghibli has also the longest winning streakin a 21-year streak between 2003 and 2024.
*''[[Flee (film)|Flee]]'' is the first [[animated documentary]] film to be nominated.<ref>{{cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=February 8, 2022 |title='Flee' Makes Oscar History With Nominations For Animated Feature, Documentary and International Feature |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/flee-makes-oscar-history-with-nominations-for-animated-feature-documentary-and-international-feature-213154.html |access-date=February 8, 2022 |publisher=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref>
*Since 2019, each year has had at least one nominee that was mainly released via streaming, with two winners (denoted in bold): ''[[Klaus (film)|Klaus]]'' ([[Netflix]]) in 2019; '''''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]''''' ([[Disney+]]) in 2020; ''[[Luca (2021 film)|Luca]]'' (Disney+) and ''[[The Mitchells vs. the Machines]]'' (Netflix) in 2021; '''''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]''''' (Netflix), ''[[The Sea Beast (2022 film)|The Sea Beast]]'' (Netflix), and ''[[Turning Red]]'' (Disney+) in 2022; ''[[Nimona (film)|Nimona]]'' (Netflix) in 2023; and ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]'' (Netflix) in 2024.
*2005 and 2011 are the only years that did not have a Disney or Pixar film nominated in the category.
*''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'' is the first [[Independent animation|independent film]] to win the award.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=2 March 2025 |title='Flow' Wins Best Animated Feature Oscar, the First Indie Film to Do So |work=[[IndieWire]] |url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/flow-wins-best-animated-feature-oscar-first-indie-1235099706/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303180232/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/flow-wins-best-animated-feature-oscar-first-indie-1235099706/ |archive-date=3 March 2025 |ref={{harvid|Flee|2025}}}}</ref>
*There were only six non-Disney/Pixar films to win the category until 2022. The consecutive wins of ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'', ''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'', and ''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'' between 2022 and 2024 marked the first time that a non-Disney/Pixar film won the award three years in a row.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Abigail |date=2025-03-05 |title=Disney's Best Animated Movie Dominance Is Officially Over As It Hits Record-Long Oscars Losing Streak |url=https://screenrant.com/oscars-best-animated-movie-disney-lose-streak-op-ed/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

=== People ===
*[[Pete Docter]] has the most wins of any individual (3), and is tied with [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and [[Chris Sanders]] for the most nominations (4). Additionally, Miyazaki has the most wins and nominations for a non-US individual.
*Chris Sanders has the most nominations without winning (4).
*Hayao Miyazaki became the oldest winner in 2024 at the age of 83; he previously held the record between 2003 and 2023 (briefly being succeeded by [[Mark Gustafson]] for ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'').
*[[Matīss Kaža]] became the youngest winner in 2025 at the age of 29, with [[Gints Zilbalodis]] also the second youngest winner at the age of 30, beating [[Andrew Stanton]] in a 21-year streak between 2004 (at the age of 38) and 2025.
*In diversity, [[Brenda Chapman]] was the first woman to win for ''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]'' and [[Peter Ramsey]] was the first black director to win for ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]].''
*In parallel of [[Jerome Robbins]]'s [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] win for ''West Side Story'', Mark Gustafson (in 2023) was the only recipient to have won for his only career film directing credit before his death the following year.

== Legacy ==
[[File:Academy_Award_statuette_at_the_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Art.png|thumb|[[Gints Zilbalodis]]'s [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] statuette (with Best Animated Feature labeled) was put on display at the [[Latvian National Museum of Art]].]]
The winners of non-Disney/Pixar or Dreamworks Animation films led its significant influence among animation studios for its aesthetics as well as displaying statuettes at museums, solidifying the animation's recognition in mainstream cinema.

* In March 20, 2024, [[Studio Ghibli]] displays Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar statuette for a limited time at [[Ghibli Park]]'s "Ghibli's Grand Warehouse" in the Broadcast Room.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Oscar statuette presented for winning the Academy Award will be on display in Ghibli's Grand Warehouse from March 20th (Wed), 2024.｜GHIBLI PARK |url=https://ghibli-park.jp/en/info/info20240319.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=ghibli-park.jp}}</ref>
* In 2025, after the success of ''Flow'' and its eventual win in the Best Animated Feature category, the statuette, along with the [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] and the [[European Film Awards|European Film Award]], was later put on display at the [[Latvian National Museum of Art]] for a week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flow's Oscar to be displayed at Latvian Art Museum |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/05.03.2025-flows-oscar-to-be-displayed-at-latvian-art-museum.a590269/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en}}</ref>

== Criticisms and controversies ==

=== Best Picture criticism ===
{{Further information|Academy Award for Best Picture#Animated films in Best Picture category}}
Some members and fans have criticized the award, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning Best Picture. [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] had advertised heavily during the holiday 2001 season for ''[[Shrek]]'', but was disappointed when the rumored Best Picture nomination did not materialize.<ref name="screenrant.com">{{cite web |date=7 February 2017 |title=15 Amazing Animated Movies That Were Snubbed By The Oscars |website=[[Screen Rant]] |url=http://screenrant.com/academy-awards-best-animated-movies-biggest-oscar-snubs/?view=all |publisher=}}</ref> The criticism of Best Animated Feature was particularly prominent at the [[81st Academy Awards]], in which ''[[WALL-E]]'' won the award but was not nominated for Best Picture, despite receiving widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike and being generally considered one of the best films of 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2008 Top Tens |url=http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2009/top_ten/00scoreboard.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531131508/http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2009/top_ten/00scoreboard.htm |archivedate=31 May 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Keegan Winters |first=Rebecca |date=July 7, 2008 |title=Can WALL-E Win Best Picture? |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1820824,00.html |accessdate=April 9, 2014 |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bandyk |first=Matthew |date=January 22, 2009 |title=Academy Awards Controversy: Wall-E Gets Snubbed For Best Picture Oscar |url=http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/risky-business/2009/01/22/academy-awards-controversy-wall-e-gets-snubbed-for-best-picture-oscar |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717180938/http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/risky-business/2009/01/22/academy-awards-controversy-wall-e-gets-snubbed-for-best-picture-oscar |archivedate=July 17, 2011 |accessdate=April 9, 2014 |newspaper=US News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |date=July 2, 2008 |title=Is the best-picture Oscar within WALL-E's reach? |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-07-01-wall-e-oscar_N.htm |accessdate=April 9, 2014 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> This led to controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of the nomination by the Academy. Film critic [[Peter Travers]] commented that "If there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, it's ''WALL-E''." However, official Academy Award regulations state that any movie nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture.<ref name="rule07">{{cite web |title=Rule Seven: Special Rules for the Animated Feature Film Award |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule07.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605174517/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule07.html |archivedate=June 5, 2011 |accessdate=April 26, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> In 2009, when the nominee slots for Best Picture were doubled to ten, ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'' was nominated for both Animated Feature and Picture at the [[82nd Academy Awards]], the first to do so since the inception of the Animated Feature category.<ref name="Cieply">{{cite news |last=Cieply |first=Michael |date=February 2, 2010 |title='Avatar' and 'Hurt Locker' Lead the Oscar Field |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/avatar-and-hurt-locker-lead-the-oscar-field/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107074934/http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/avatar-and-hurt-locker-lead-the-oscar-field/ |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |access-date=June 17, 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> This feat was repeated the following year by ''[[Toy Story 3]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Venutolo |first1=Anthony |date=February 27, 2011 |title=Oscars 2011: 'Toy Story 3' wins Best Animated Feature |url=http://www.nj.com/oscar-awards/index.ssf/2011/02/oscars_2011_toy_story_3_wins_best_animated_feature.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812052920/http://www.nj.com/oscar-awards/index.ssf/2011/02/oscars_2011_toy_story_3_wins_best_animated_feature.html |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2014 |work=[[The Star-Ledger]]}}</ref>

=== Category bias ===

==== Favoritism towards mainstream films ====
Many pundits were critical of its category for snubbing non-[[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]/[[Pixar]] animated films in favor of Disney, Dreamworks and Pixar films as a perennial frontrunner of the award season dominance, with animation historian [[Amid Amidi]] accusing Academy voters occasionally of ignorance about the animation medium. There have been complaints that the Best Animated Feature award is held in unfairly low regard by Academy members with many members refusing to vote for films they consider mere children's fare beneath them, or letting their own children see the films and go with their opinions instead. The dominance of Disney and Pixar allegedly as a result of this bias is suggested to be injuring the credibility of the award.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Amidi |first1=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |title=Academy Members Don't Care About Animation: 2017 Edition |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/academy-members-dont-care-animation-2017-edition-149087.html |accessdate=2 March 2017 |website=Cartoon Brew|date=March 2, 2017 }}</ref>

Anonymous interviews with a selection of Academy voters in 2014 and 2015 revealed indifference towards the animation category, treating animation as being for children, and ignorance about international titles; although the biggest controversy was the omission of other animated films like ''[[The Lego Movie]]'' and ''[[The Book of Life (2014 film)|The Book of Life]].''<ref>{{cite news |date=March 2, 2014 |title=Definitive Proof That Academy Voters Are Ignorant About Animation |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/award-season-focus/definitive-proof-that-academy-voters-are-ignorant-about-animation-96680.html |work=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 22, 2015 |title=Proof That Oscar Voters Are Clueless About Animation |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/award-season-focus/proof-that-oscar-voters-are-clueless-about-animation-109456.html |work=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref><ref name="comicbook">{{cite news |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Academy Member's NSFW Response to Anime Has Fans Fuming |url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/01/26/academy-awards-2018-animated-feature-anime-2015/ |work=ComicBook.com}}</ref>

==== Omissions of Japanese animated films outside of Studio Ghibli ====
The category has also been criticized for frequently snubbing critically acclaimed [[Anime|Japanese animated]] films not from [[Studio Ghibli]], such as ''[[Your Name]]'', ''[[A Silent Voice (film)|A Silent Voice]]'', and ''[[In This Corner of the World (film)|In This Corner of the World]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Why anime films don't get nominated for Oscars |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2018/01/31/why-anime-films-dont-get-nominated-oscars |work=[[SBS PopAsia]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashcraft |first1=Brian |date=January 25, 2017 |title=Of Course, The Oscars Ignored The Biggest Anime Movie Ever |url=https://kotaku.com/of-course-the-oscars-ignored-the-biggest-anime-movie-e-1791601555 |work=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 25, 2017 |title=Anime didn't make it into the Oscar nominations this year. Here's why that doesn't matter. |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/anime-oscar-nominations-doesnt-matter |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 7, 2017 |title=15 Amazing Animated Movies That Were Snubbed By The Oscars |url=https://screenrant.com/academy-awards-best-animated-movies-biggest-oscar-snubs/ |work=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> 2018's ''[[Mirai (2018 film)|Mirai]]''
became the first non-Ghibli anime film to receive a nomination in this category.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-oscar-animation-nomination-validates-experimental-spirit-1202539218/|title='Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse': Oscar Animation Nomination Validates Experimental Spirit|last1=Boucher|first1=Geoff|date=January 22, 2019|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|access-date=January 24, 2019|language=en}}</ref>

==== Rule changes ====
In 2017, a new rule allowed any Academy voters to vote in the category regardless of background or connection to animation, which led to the nominations of ''[[The Boss Baby]]'' and ''[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]'', a decision that received significant criticism from critics and audiences alike because of their lack of solid quality to make them worthy of being nominated, especially above snubbed, but better acclaimed films. Besides being viewed as highly ignorant of this category, it was seen as a move from the Academy to put aside small, foreign and/or independent movies in favor of mainstream ones to attract audiences to something they might know and to keep a Hollywood predominance; this allowed any members of the Academy other than the Animation Branch.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khosla |first1=Proma |date=January 23, 2018 |title=There's actually a good explanation for why 'The Boss Baby' got an Oscar nom |url=https://mashable.com/2018/01/23/boss-baby-oscar-nom-twitter/ |work=[[Mashable]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=VanDerWerff |first1=Todd |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Oscars cheat sheet: the disappointing Animated Feature category, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/2/17069246/oscars-2018-animated-feature-coco-boss-baby-nominees |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bryan |first1=Scott |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Yes That's Right, "The Boss Baby" Is Now An Oscar Nominated Film |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/scottybryan/yes-thats-right-the-boss-baby-is-now-an-oscar-nominated-film |work=[[BuzzFeed]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 23, 2018 |title=No One Expected 'The Boss Baby' Would Get An Oscar Nomination |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/no-one-expected-boss-baby-get-oscar-nomination-156131.html |work=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref>

Despite these changes, other Disney and Pixar films won again since 2019, these are ''[[Toy Story 4]]'', ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'', and ''[[Encanto]]'', causing outrage among pundits of the category. With the latter at the [[94th Academy Awards]] in 2022, the Academy's decision for having three actresses ([[Halle Bailey]], [[Lily James]], and [[Naomi Scott]]) who played Disney princesses in their live-action remakes to present the category was heavily criticized. While presenting, the three actresses joked about kids singing their favorite songs from their favorite animated feature repeatedly, leaving its ignorance of animation as a medium that can also be for adults as well (as was the case for the documentary ''[[Flee (film)|Flee]]'' being nominated in said category).<ref name="mashable2022">{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Wake Up, Oscars: Animation isn't just for kids |url=https://mashable.com/article/animation-oscars-2022-joke-phil-lord |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312145931/https://mashable.com/article/animation-oscars-2022-joke-phil-lord |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |website=[[Mashable]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Alongside ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'' and ''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'', the 2024 [[Cinema of Latvia|Latvian]] film ''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'' marked the first time that non-Disney films won the category in three consecutive years, breaking Disney and Pixar's winning streak, while also making history as the first time an [[Independent animation|independent animated feature]] won the top prize in this category.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Abigail |date=2025-03-05 |title=Disney's Best Animated Movie Dominance Is Officially Over As It Hits Record-Long Oscars Losing Streak |url=https://screenrant.com/oscars-best-animated-movie-disney-lose-streak-op-ed/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]]
* [[Lists of animated films]]
* [[List of animation awards]]
* [[List of animated feature films nominated for Academy Awards]]
* [[List of Academy Award–nominated films]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|last1=Osbourne|first1=Robert|title=85 Years of the Oscar|date=2013|publisher=Abberville Press|isbn=978-0-7892-1142-2}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.oscars.org/ Oscars.org] (official Academy site)
* [http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ The Academy Awards Database]{{cbignore}} (official site)
* [http://oscar.go.com Oscar.com] (official ceremony promotional site)

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