Annie Awards 2026

Framestore celebrates two wins at The Annie Awards. How To Train Your Dragon took the trophy for Best Character Animation - Live Action, while our FX team won Best FX - TV/Media for its complex simulation work on Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age.

The How to Train Your Dragon animation team won for their work on the film’s colourful array of dragons; Toothless, Deadly Nadder, Gronckle, Zippleback, Monstrous Nightmare, Terrible Terror, and the colossal Red Death - Framestore’s biggest creature to date. This prestigious accolade recognises their role in establishing a unique personality for each creature.

The FX team took home the award for its complex, chilling snow simulations on Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. These accurate simulations played a key part in building the series’ frozen world, immersing the audience in a dramatic era in Earth’s history.

For more on the making of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, see Skeleton Crew’s interview with Darren Naish (palaeontology consultant) and Framestore’s VFX Supervisor Russell Dodgson and Creature Supervisor Dorothy Ballarini.

Framestore’s Annie Award Winners:

How To Train Your Dragon

Animation Supervisors: Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nicholas Tripodi

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age 

FX Supervisors: Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, 

Lead FX Technical Director: Guy Schuleman

FX Technical Lead: Benedikt Roettger

FX Artist: Kevin Tarpinian