The Incredibles and Brad Bird Soar at Annie Awards

The Incredibles and Brad Bird Soar at Annie Awards
Pixar's The Incredibles soared to victory for Best Animated Feature as well as taking the nine other categories it was nominated in, including three personal achievements trophies to Brad Bird for Writing, Directing and Voice Acting for the 2004 Annie Awards, held Jan. 30, 2005, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.

The Nickelodeon series, Spongebob Squarepants, won the top TV category, Best Animated Television Production at ASIFA-Hollywood's formal fete.

Comicbook legend and best feature presenter Stan Lee was especially pleased to hand out the award to the film featuring superheroes, as it predictably bested the other nominees Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence from Go Fish Pictures (DreamWorks Animation), Shrek 2 from DreamWorks and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie from Peanut Worm Productions (Paramount Pictures).

The Incredibles also won for Character Design, Animated Effects, Character Animation, Music, Production Design and Storyboarding.

Bird took the opportunity during his turns at the podium to share not only his appreciation but a few pointed remarks about the industry.

When accepting his directing award he commended the Disney promotion/marketin g team and pointed out to attendees what a difference it makes when a good picture is actually marketed (alluding to the botched up job Warner Bros