Pixar’s John Lasseter was named Cartoonist of the Year and Blur Studio’s CG sci-fi actioner Rockfish took Cartoon of the Year as animation podcast Channel Frederator today announced the winners of its First Annual Channel Frederator Awards. The kudos will be handed out tonight at a special ceremony in Los Angeles as Frederator marks the one-year anniversary of its popular podcast by honoring some of the best submissions from filmmakers around the world.
Available for download on Apple’s iTunes and at www.channelfrederator.com, Channel Frederator was started by Fred Seibert, president and exec producer of Frederator Studios, and David Karp, founder of web application developer Davidville. The award winners were selected in 11 categories from a field of more than 1,000 animated films sent in during 2006 and judged by Channel Frederator viewers. There are also five juried categories, including the Instigator Award, which went to Apple for the important role it has played in the proliferation of podcasting.
‘Channel Frederator was founded as a forum for talented Internet filmmakers
and animators everywhere to showcase their creative work, and judging by the
caliber of the entries, we have achieved this,’ says Seibert. ‘We are especially proud to honor John Lasseter who, as a visionary cartoonist, serves as an inspiration for filmmakers everywhere.’
Frederator Studios (www.frederator.kz) has produced hit animated series as Nickelodeon’s The Fairly Oddparents, ChalkZone and My Life as a Teenage Robot. The company’s innovative cartoon laboratories Oh Yeah! Cartoons and Random! Cartoons have to date fostered the creation of 138 shorts, four series and five feature films in development.
Recipients of this year’s awards are:
Viewers’ Choice
Best Flash Film
I Like Pandas
Jessica Borutski
Best Foreign Film
Le Building
Olivier Staphylas
Best Music Video
War Photographer
Joel Trussell
Funniest Film
Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me
Bernard Derriman
Best Design
Bendito Machine
Jossie Malis
Best Dance Sequence
Dance Like a Monkey
Collection Agency
Films
Best CG Film
Rockfish
Blur Studio
Through a Podcast Darkly
Snow-Bo
Vera Brosgol
Film Most Likely to Be Censored by the FCC
WTF?!
Tim Farrell
So Cute It Hurts
Skippy
Amanda Spalinski
Best Voicemail
Sweet Love ‘ Unknown
Cartoon of the Year
Rockfish
Blur Studio
Juried Prizes
Biggest File Size
Rockfish
Blur Studio
Joe Robot Award
The New Guy
Ed Skudder
The Vanguard Award
David Karp
Cartoonist of the Year
John Lasseter
Instigator Award
Apple
Producers’ Choice Award
War Photographer
Joel Trussell
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