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5 unusual facts about Academy Award for Best Animated Feature


Benjamin Renner

Renner and his fellow producers are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the film Ernest & Celestine.

Peter Del Vecho

Del Vecho and his fellow producers are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the 2013 film Frozen.

Shrek!

The film was an immediate commercial and critical success, and won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Vanitha Rangaraju

Rangaraju was part of the team that won a 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for movie Shrek, for which she was credited as lighting technical director.

Zahra's Paradise

Its themes and style have been compared to that of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel that was adapted into an animated film, was a recipient of numerous awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2007.


Kristine Belson

Belson and her fellow producers are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the 2013 film The Croods.

Millennium Actress

It was also promoted by its studio as a contender for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but it was not nominated.


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