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New York Film Critics Circle Award For Best Animated Film
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film (Feature) is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in animated filmmaking. Winners 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple winners (3 or more) *Hayao Miyazaki - 3 References External linksHomepage {{NYFCC Awards Chron Lists of films by award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Awards for best animated feature film Awards established in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Film Critics Circle
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from New York-based daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, and online publications. In December of each year, the organization meets to vote on the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide of the calendar year. The NYFCC also gives special stand-alone awards to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the art of cinema, including writers, directors, producers, film critics, film restorers, historians and service organizations. The NYFCC Awards are the oldest given by film critics in the country, and one of the most prestigious. Award ceremonies Note: Dates listed are those of when the awards were actually given. Announcement dates are earlier. Award categories Current categories * Best Actor * Best Actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persepolis (film)
''Persepolis'' is a 2007 adult animated biographical drama film based upon Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. It was written and directed by Satrapi in collaboration with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The title references the historical city of Persepolis. The film was an international co-production made by companies in France and Iran. It premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, where it co-won the Jury Prize, alongside ''Silent Light''. In her acceptance speech, Satrapi said "Although this film is universal, I wish to dedicate the prize to all Iranians." It was released in France and Belgium on 27 June 2007, earning universal praise from critics, and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Academy Awards. Plot At the Paris-Orly Airport in France, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi looks at the flight schedule and reflects on her childhood. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Out (2015 Film)
''Inside Out'' is a 2015 American computer-animated film directed by Pete Docter from a screenplay he co-wrote with Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios, it stars the voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan. The film follows the inner workings inside the mind of a young girl named Riley, as five personified emotions administer her thoughts and actions as she adapts to her family's relocation. Docter conceived ''Inside Out'' in late 2009 after noticing changes in his daughter's personality as she grew older, and it was subsequently green-lighted. Based on the remembrances of Docter and the film's co-writer and co-director Ronnie del Carmen, they adopted an idea involving emotions for the film. During production, the filmmakers consulted psychologists and neuroscientists in order to achieve greater accuracy in their portrayal of the mind. Development o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Lord And Christopher Miller
Philip Lord (born 12 July 1975) and Christopher Miller (born 23 September 1975) are an American filmmaking duo. After a meeting at Dartmouth College, they are known for creating the adult animated sitcom ''Clone High'' (2002–2003), directing and writing the animated films ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' (2009) and ''The Lego Movie'' (2014), as well as directing the live-action comedy film '' 21 Jump Street'' (2012) and its sequel, ''22 Jump Street'' (2014). Lord and Miller also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as producers of '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2018), which was co-written by Lord, and co-produced the television series '' The Last Man on Earth'' (2015–2018) for Fox and ''Unikitty!'' (2017–2020) for Cartoon Network. Early life According to ''The New York Times'', Lord is from Miami; his mother is a Cuban-born psychologist, and his father retired from the aviation business and before that directed a dance company, Fusion, for 10 years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lego Movie
''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, its story focuses on Emmet, an ordinary Lego minifigure who helps a resistance movement stop a tyrannical businessman from gluing everything in the Lego world into his vision of perfection. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman provide their voices for the film's characters. Plans of the feature film based on ''Lego'' started in 2008 following the discussion with Lin and Lee before Lin left Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures. By August 2009, it was announced that Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script. It was officially green-lit by Warner Bros. in November 2011 as the planned 2014 release date. Chris McKay was brought in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wind Rises
is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI. It was released in Japan on 20 July 2013 by Toho, and in North America by Touchstone Pictures on 21 February 2014. ''The Wind Rises'' is a fictionalised biographical film of Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, used by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The film was adapted from Miyazaki's manga of the same name, which itself combines elements from two unrelated sources; Tatsuo Hori's 1937 semi-autobiographical novel '' The Wind Has Risen'' and the life of Jiro Horikoshi. It was supposed to be the final film directed by Miyazaki, released just before the public announcement of his intention to retire in September 2013. ''The Wind Rises'' was the highest-gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), '' Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ''Ed Wood'' (1994), '' Sleepy Hollow'' (1999), ''Corpse Bride'' (2005), '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007) and ''Dark Shadows'' (2012), as well as the television series '' Wednesday ''(2022). Burton also directed the superhero films ''Batman'' (1989) and '' Batman Returns'' (1992), the sci-fi film ''Planet of the Apes'' (2001), the fantasy-drama '' Big Fish'' (2003), the musical adventure film '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), and the fantasy films ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010) and ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' (2016). Burton has often worked with actors Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Lisa Marie (former girlfriend), Helena Bonham Carter (his former domestic partner) and composer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenweenie (2012 Film)
''Frankenweenie'' is a 2012 American 3D stop-motion animated science-fiction comedy-horror film directed by Tim Burton, written by John August, and starring Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, and Winona Ryder. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a feature-length remake of Burton's 1984 short film of the same name, and is also both a parody of and homage to the 1931 film ''Frankenstein'', based on Mary Shelley's 1818 book ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''. In the film, a boy named Victor Frankenstein uses the power of electricity to resurrect his dead Bull Terrier, Sparky, but his peers discover what he has done and reanimate their own deceased pets and other creatures, resulting in mayhem. Development on ''Frankenweenie'' began in December 2007; Burton was asked then to direct two 3D films for Disney including a live-action adaptation of ''Alice in Wonderland''. However the development of a full-length stop motion date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Illusionist (2010 Film)
''The Illusionist'' (french: L'Illusionniste) is a 2010 animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film is based on an unproduced script written by French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati in 1956. Controversy surrounds Tati's motivation for the script, which was written as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, in collaboration with his long-term writing partner Henri Marquet, between writing for the films ''Mon Oncle'' and '' Play Time''. The main character is an elderly version of Tati, with hints of his character Monsieur Hulot. The plot revolves around a struggling illusionist who visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician. Chomet relocated the film, originally intended by Tati to be set in Czechoslovakia, to Scotland in the late 1950s.Pendreigh, Brian (22 June 2007)Chomet's Magic Touch" '' The Guardian''. According to the director, "It's not a romance, it's more the relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles. They often contain themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Cited by some critics as a modern-day example of the work of an auteur, three of Anderson's films have appeared in BBC Culture's 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000. He gained acclaim for his early work ''Bottle Rocket'' (1996), and '' Rushmore'' (1998). During this time he often collaborated with Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson and founded his production company American Empirical Pictures, which he currently runs. He then received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001). His next films included '' The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' (2004), ''The Darjeeling Limited'' (2007), and his first stop-motion film '' Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009) for which he received an Academy Award for Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic Mr
The fantastic (french: le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Bulgarian-French structuralist literary critic Tzvetan Todorov originated the concept, characterizing the fantastic as the hesitation of characters and readers when presented with questions about reality. Definitions The fantastic is present in works where the reader experiences hesitation about whether a work presents what Todorov calls "the uncanny", wherein superficially supernatural phenomena turn out to have a rational explanation (such as in the Gothic works of Ann Radcliffe) or "the marvelous", where the supernatural is confirmed by the story. Todorov breaks down the fantastic into a manner of systems, filled with conditions and properties that make it easier to understand. The fantastic requires the fulfillment of three conditions. First, the text must oblige the reader to consider the world of the characters as a world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stanton
Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), directing '' Finding Nemo'' (2003) and the sequel ''Finding Dory'' (2016), ''WALL-E'' (2008), and the live-action film, Disney's '' John Carter'' (2012), and co-writing all four ''Toy Story'' films (1995–2019) and '' Monsters, Inc.'' (2001). ''Finding Nemo'' and ''WALL-E'' earned Stanton two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. He was also nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Finding Nemo'', ''WALL-E'', and '' Toy Story'' (1995), and for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for '' Toy Story 3'' (2010). ''WALL-E'' has also been inducted into the National Film Registry. On television, Stanton directed two episodes of ''Stranger Things'' in 2017, an episode of '' Better Call Saul'' in 2018, and the final season premiere of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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