A Celebration of Excellence: Animation Magazine’s Hall of Fame Awards
The 2022 Honor Roll
Kristine Belson, President Sony Pictures Animation
Hall of Fame Game-Changer Award
As president, Sony Pictures Animation, features and series, Kristine Belson is responsible for spearheading the studio’s strategy and growth as well as overseeing the development and production of all theatrical, serial and short form content on the Sony Pictures Animation slate.
Jorge R. Gutierrez, Show Creator & Director
Hall of Fame Game-Changer Award
Emmy and Annie award winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director. Born in Mexico City, raised in Tijuana, CalArts graduate, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture.
Ramsey Naito, President Paramount & Nickelodeon Animation
Hall of Fame Game-Changer Award
Ramsey Naito is President of Animation for Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation. As President of Animation for Paramount Animation, a role which she assumed in September 2021, Naito oversees all of the animation group’s operations from development through release.
Peter Ramsey, Producer & Director
Hall of Fame Game-Changer Award
Peter Ramsey began his career as a storyboard artist on a number of feature films such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Boyz n the Hood, Minority Report, and Fight Club.
Henry Selick, Director
Hall of Fame Game-Changer Award
Henry Selick is the director, writer, production designer and producer whose films have defined a generation of animated storytelling. Coraline, based on the beloved novella by Neil Gaiman, was adapted for the screen and directed by Mr. Selick, who also was a producer and the production designer on the LAIKA film.
Mark Swift, Producer
Hall of Fame Game-Changer Award
Mark Swift most recently produced the hugely successful DreamWorks animated film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. The project he produced before that film, The Croods: A New Age, is the sequel to the beloved The Croods.
TeamTO
International Studio Award
Founded in 2005 by Guillaume Hellouin, Corinne Kouper and Caroline Souris, TeamTO is one of Europe’s leading kids entertainment companies, focusing on original content, creative partnerships, and bringing universal stories to life.
Genndy Tartakovksy, Show Creator & Director
Hall of Fame Game-Changer Award
Genndy Tartakovsky is an award-winning animation visionary, director, writer, and producer best known for the hit Cartoon Network series Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars.
The Presenters
Brad Bird
Brad Bird is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor.
Shareena Carlson
Shareena Carlson is an Emmy-award winning producer whose extensive work spans the world of series, commercials, and feature films.
Sandra Equihua
Sandra Equihua is a painter, voice actress, character designer and creator from Tijuana, Mexico.
Tom Kenny
Tom Kenny voices the lead role of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” an incredibly optimistic sea sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, in Nickelodeon’s iconic hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, as well as in the SpongeBob feature film franchise, and in the SpongeBob SquarePants original series spinoffs Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years and The Patrick Star Show.
Chris Sanders
Born into an artistic household in Colorado, Chris Sanders grew up drawing and penning short stories.
Nadine Vandervelde
Nadine van der Velde is a multi Emmy award-winning content creator, writer, executive producer, and music composer with an extensive background, and expertise in family entertainment in live action, animation and music.
Marlon West
Marlon West has been with Walt Disney Animation Studios since 1993 when he came aboard as a trainee effects animator.