A complete list of honors from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, also known as the Academy) for Pixar theatrical films, short films and artist or technical inventions. Years shown below are when the awards were announced and ceremony held. This is usually the year after the actual film was released.
To date, Pixar has won a total of 23 Academy Awards (11 of which are for the Best Animated Feature Award, the highest honor for an animated film), and have been nominated for another 47 awards. They have also been honored with a number of scientific and technical achievement awards.
Academy Awards[]
| Year | Film | Result | Category |
| 1987 | Luxo Jr. | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - John Lasseter |
| 1989 | Tin Toy | Won | Best Animated Short Film - John Lasseter |
| 1996 | Toy Story | Won | Special Achievement Award for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film - John Lasseter |
| Nominated | Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score - Randy Newman | ||
| Nominated | Best Music, Original Song - Randy Newman for You've Got a Friend in Me | ||
| Nominated | Best Writing, Screenplay Written for the Screen - Joel Cohen, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton and Joss Whedon | ||
| 1998 | Geri's Game | Won | Best Animated Short Film - Jan Pinkava |
| 1999 | A Bug's Life | Nominated | Best Original Score - Randy Newman |
| 2000 | Toy Story 2 | Nominated | Best Original Song - Randy Newman for When She Loved Me |
| 2002 | Monsters, Inc. | Won | Best Original Song - Randy Newman for If I Didn't Have You |
| Nominated | Best Animated Feature - Pete Docter, John Lasseter | ||
| Nominated | Best Music, Original Score - Randy Newman | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers | ||
| For the Birds | Won | Best Animated Short Film - Ralph Eggleston | |
| 2003 | Mike's New Car | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Pete Docter, Roger Gould |
| 2004 | Finding Nemo | Won | Best Animated Feature - Andrew Stanton |
| Nominated | Best Original Score - Thomas Newman | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers | ||
| Nominated | Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds | ||
| 2005 | The Incredibles | Won | Best Animated Feature - Brad Bird |
| Won | Best Sound Editing - Michael Silvers, Randy Thom | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Mixing - Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, Doc Kane | ||
| Nominated | Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Brad Bird | ||
| Boundin' | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Bud Luckey | |
| 2007 | Cars | Nominated | Best Animated Feature - John Lasseter |
| Nominated | Best Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song - Randy Newman for Our Town | ||
| One Man Band | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Andrew Jimenez, Mark Andrews | |
| 2008 | Ratatouille | Won | Best Animated Feature - Brad Bird |
| Nominated | Best Music, Original Score - Michael Giacchino | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Mixing - Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, Doc Kane | ||
| Nominated | Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Brad Bird, Story by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco | ||
| Lifted | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Gary Rydstrom | |
| 2009 | WALL•E | Won | Best Animated Feature - Andrew Stanton |
| Nominated | Best Music, Original Score - Thomas Newman | ||
| Nominated | Best Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song - Down to Earth, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyrics by Peter Gabriel | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Editing - Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Mixing - Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt | ||
| Nominated | Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, Story by Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter | ||
| 2010 | Up | Won | Best Animated Feature - Pete Docter |
| Won | Best Music, Original Score - Michael Giacchino | ||
| Nominated | Best Picture - Jonas Rivera | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Editing - Michael Silvers and Tom Myers | ||
| Nominated | Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy | ||
| Presto | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Doug Sweetland | |
| 2011 | Toy Story 3 | Won | Best Animated Feature - Lee Unkrich |
| Won | Best Music, Original Song - We Belong Together, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman | ||
| Nominated | Best Picture - Darla K. Anderson | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound Editing - Tom Myers and Michael Silvers | ||
| Nominated | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich | ||
| Day & Night | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Teddy Newton | |
| 2012 | La Luna | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Enrico Casarosa |
| 2013 | Brave | Won | Best Animated Feature - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman |
| 2016 | Inside Out | Won | Best Animated Feature - Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera |
| Nominated | Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen | ||
| Sanjay's Super Team | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Sanjay Patel | |
| 2017 | Piper | Won | Best Animated Short Film - Alan Barillaro |
| 2018 | Coco | Won | Best Animated Feature - Lee Unkrich |
| Won | Best Original Song - Remember Me | ||
| Lou | Nominated | Best Animated Short Film - Dave Mullins | |
| 2019 | Incredibles 2 | Nominated | Best Animated Feature - Brad Bird |
| Bao | Won | Best Animated Short Film - Domee Shi | |
| 2020 | Toy Story 4 | Won | Best Animated Feature - Josh Cooley |
| Nominated | Best Original Song - I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away | ||
| 2021 | Soul | Won | Best Animated Feature - Pete Docter and Dana Murray |
| Won | Best Original Score - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste | ||
| Nominated | Best Sound - Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker | ||
| Onward | Nominated | Best Animated Feature - Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae | |
| 2022 | Luca | Nominated | Best Animated Feature - Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren |
| 2023 | Turning Red | Nominated | Best Animated Feature - Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins |
| 2024 | Elemental | Nominated | Best Animated Feature - Peter Sohn and Denise Ream |
Academy Scientific and Technical Awards[]
| Year | Award | Recipients | Category |
| 1992 | Scientific and Technical Achievement | Ed Catmull and others | For the development of the RenderMan® rendering system |
| 1995 | Scientific and Technical Achievement | Ed Catmull and others | For pioneering inventions in digital image compositing |
| 2000 | Academy Award® of Merit | Ed Catmull, Rob Cook and Loren Carpenter | For their work on the RenderMan® rendering system |
| 2005 | Scientific and Technical Achievement | Ed Catmull | |
| 2009 | Gordon E. Sawyer Award | Ed Catmull | For his lifetime contributions to computer graphics used in the motion picture industry |
| 2010 | David M. Laur | For Alfred, a job queuing and distributing rendering system | |
| Scientific and Technical Achievement (nominated) | For Misterd | ||
| 2017 | Scientific and Technical Achievement | Rob Jensen, Thomas Hahn, George ElKoura, Adam Woodbury and Dirk Van Gelder | For the foundational design and continued development, for the animation toolset, and for the high-performance execution engine of the Presto Animation System[1] |
Trivia[]
- WALL•E has the most wins and nominations with 6.
- Tin Toy was the first animated short film to ever received an Academy Award.
- Finding Nemo was the first Pixar film to win the Best Animated Feature.
- Two Pixar films, Up and Toy Story 3, received a Best Picture nomination.
References[]
- ↑ Sci-Tech Oscars: ILM, Pixar, DWA, Rhythm & Hues Systems Among 10 Winners, Deadline, Patrick Hipes, January 4, 2018.