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Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture

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The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures is an award annually given since 2005.

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Of all the 12 films awarded, 8 have gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Information

Before the Producers Guild of America handed the first outstanding award on animation, animated feature films compete against live-action films in Best Theatrical Motion Picture. Six animated feature films were nominated in this category:

  1. 1989 The Little Mermaid (lost to Driving Miss Daisy)
  2. 1991 Beauty and the Beast (lost to The Silence of the Lambs)
  3. 1994 The Lion King (lost to Forrest Gump)
  4. 1995 Toy Story (lost to Apollo 13)
  5. 2001 Shrek (lost to Moulin Rouge!)
  6. 2004 The Incredibles (lost to The Aviator)

After the inception of Best Animated Motion Picture award, animated films can still compete in Best Theatrical Motion Picture. Two animated feature films were nominated since 2005:

  1. 2009 Up (lost to The Hurt Locker)
  2. 2010 Toy Story 3 (lost to The King's Speech)

Winners and nominees

  • "†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
  • "‡" indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

    • Notes

  • Eight out of 12 PGA-winning animated films won the coveted Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
  • Two PGA-winning animated films were not nominated in Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: The Adventures of Tintin (2011) and The Lego Movie (2014). The Adventures of Tintin was not nominated as it is ineligible by utilizing motion capture as its technique; the Academy rules do not consider motion capture as an animation technique.
  • Only in the year 2008 that the nominees and eventual winner matched correctly.

    • References

    Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture Wikipedia
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