Winsor McCay Award

The Winsor McCay Award is given to individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions in animation. The award is presented at the annual Annie Awards, presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. The award was established in 1972, and is named in honor of pioneer animator Winsor McCay.

Past recipients include:{| class="wikitable"!Year!Recipients
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1972 (1st)
Max Fleischer, Dave Fleischer
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1973 (2nd)
Walter Lantz
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1974 (3rd)
Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Art Babbitt, Winsor McCay
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1975 (4th)
Walt Disney, John Hubley, Faith Hubley, Norman McLaren
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1976 (5th)
Robert Cannon, Hugh Harman, Rudolph Ising, Mike Maltese, George Pal, Ward Kimball
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1977 (6th)
Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Mel Blanc, Oskar Fischinger, Bill Scott, Milt Kahl
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1978 (7th)
Jay Ward, Ub Iwerks, Dick Huemer, Carl Stalling, Hans Conreid
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1979 (8th)
Clyde Geronomi, Bill Meléndez, Mae Questel, Otto Messmer
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1980 (9th)
Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Cal Howard, Paul Julien, Laverne Harding
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1981 (10th)
T. Hee, Bill Peet, Bill Tytla, John Whitney, Ken Harris
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1982 (11th)
Ken Anderson, Bruno Bozzetto, June Foray, Don Graham, Marc Davis
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1983 (12th)
Eric Larson, Fred Moore, Clarence Nash, Wolfgang Reitherman, Leo Salkin, Steven Bosustow, Wilfred Jackson
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1984 (13th)
Daws Butler, David Hand, Jack Kinney, Michael Lah, Robert McKimson, Richard Williams, Hamilton S. Luske.
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1985 (14th)
Robert Abel, Preston Blair, Joe Grant, John Halas, Sterling Holloway, Jim McDonald, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam
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1986 (15th)
Frederic Back, Shamus Culhane, William T. Hurtz, Irven Spence, Emery Hawkins, John Lounsbery
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1987 (16th)
Paul Dressien, Jack Hannah, Bill Littlejohn, Maurice Noble, Ken O'Connor
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1988 (17th)
Ralph Bakshi, Bob Clampett, Tissa David, Kihachiro Kawamoto, Virgil Ross
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1989-90 (18th)
Art Clokey, Hicks Lokey, Don Messick, Osamu Tezuka, Lester Novros
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1991 (19th)
Ray Harryhausen, Herbert Klynn, Bob Kurtz, Yuri Norstein, Joe Siracusa, Ruth Kissane
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1992 (20th)
Les Clark, Stan Freberg, David Hilberman
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1993 (21st)
George Dunning, Roy E. Disney, Jack Zander
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1994 (22nd)
Ed Benedict, Arthur Davis, Jean Vander Pyl
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1995 (23rd)
Jules Engel, Vance Gerry, Dan McLaughlin
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1996 (24th)
Mary Blair, Burny Mattinson, Iwao Takamoto
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1997 (25th)
Willis O'Brien, Myron Waldman, Paul Winchell
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1998 (26th)
Eyvind Earle, Hayao Miyazaki, Ernest Pintoff
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1999 (27th)
Ray Patterson, Marcell Jankovics, Con Pederson
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2000 (28th)
Norman McCabe, Hoyt Curtin, Lucille Bliss
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2001 (29th)
Bill Justice, Pete Alvarado, Bob Givens
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2002 (30th)
Gene Hazelton, Floyd Norman, Sherman Brothers
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2003 (31st)
Gene Deitch, John Hench, Thurl Ravenscroft
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2004 (32nd)
Don Bluth, Virginia Davis, Arnold Stang
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2005 (33rd)
Corny Cole, Fred Crippen, Tyrus Wong
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2006 (34th)
Andreas Deja, Genndy Tartakovsky, Bill Plympton
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2007 (35th)
John Canemaker, Glen Keane, John Kricfalusi
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2008 (36th)
Mike Judge, John Lasseter, Nick Park
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External links

* [http://www.annieawards.org/winsormccayaward.html Past Recipients of the Winsor McCay Award] from the Annie Awards website
* [http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/ ASIFA-Hollywood official site]