List of accolades received by Up facts for kids
Pete Docter (right) won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature while Jonas Rivera (left) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Up is a popular animated film from 2009. It was made by Pete Docter, who also helped write the story with Bob Peterson. The movie features the voices of famous actors like Ed Asner and Christopher Plummer. It also stars Jordan Nagai and Bob Peterson.
The story is about an older man named Carl Fredricksen. He is a widower who goes on an amazing adventure to South America. He wants to keep a promise he made to his late wife, Ellie. On his journey, he meets a young Wilderness Explorer named Russell. They also find a talking dog named Dug and a giant, colorful bird named Kevin. But a famous explorer, Charles Muntz, is trying to catch Kevin.
Up was first shown at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2009. It came out in movie theaters in the United States on May 29, 2009. The film made a lot of money, earning $735 million around the world. This made it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2009.
Amazing Awards for Up
Up received many awards and nominations. Most of these were for being the Best Animated Picture or for its wonderful music, which was created by Michael Giacchino.
At the 2010 Academy Awards, Up was nominated for five awards. It won two of them: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. This was a big deal because Up was only the second animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The first was Beauty and the Beast in 1991. Up was also the third Pixar film in a row to win the Best Animated Feature Oscar. The others were Ratatouille (2007) and WALL-E (2008).
The film also won two Golden Globes at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. These were for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score.
Up was nominated for nine Annie Awards in eight different groups. It won Best Animated Feature and Best Directing in a Feature Production. The movie was also chosen as the Summer Movie Comedy at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards. It received three Grammy Award nominations at the 52nd Grammy Awards and won two of them.
Jonas Rivera won the Producer of the Year Award at the Producers Guild of America Awards. Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, and Michael Giacchino also won awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for their work on the film.
Key Awards and Wins
Here are some of the most important awards that Up won:
- Academy Awards:
- Best Animated Feature (won by Pete Docter)
- Best Original Score (won by Michael Giacchino)
- Annie Awards:
- Best Animated Feature (won by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
- Best Directing in a Feature Production (won by Pete Docter)
- Austin Film Critics Association Awards:
- Best Animated Film
- Best Music (won by Michael Giacchino)
- British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA):
- Best Animated Film (won by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
- Best Film Music (won by Michael Giacchino)
- Critics' Choice Awards:
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Score (won by Michael Giacchino)
- Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Animated Feature Film (won by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
- Best Original Score (won by Michael Giacchino)
- Grammy Awards:
- Best Instrumental Composition (won by Michael Giacchino)
- Best Score Soundtrack Album (won by Michael Giacchino)
- National Board of Review Awards:
- Best Animated Feature
- Online Film Critics Society Awards:
- Best Animated Film (won by Pete Docter)
- Best Original Score (won by Michael Giacchino)
- Palm Dog Award:
- Best Canine Performance (for "Dug" the dog)
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards:
- Best Animated Film
- Best Original Score (won by Michael Giacchino)
- Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (won by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
- Teen Choice Awards:
- Choice Summer Movie: Comedy
- Visual Effects Society Awards:
- Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture (for Carl Fredricksen)
- Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Women Film Critics Circle Awards:
- Best Family Film
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Premios y nominaciones de Up para niños
