Shrek won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, beating out Monsters, Inc. and Jimmy Neutron. To qualify, a film must be over 40 minutes and have at least 75% animated characters. DreamWorks produced two sequels, and Pixar has had nine nominations and seven wins. DreamWorks holds the record for most nominations with ten and has won two Oscars.
Shrek was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001. Shrek beat out both Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Monsters, Inc. in the Animated Feature category. 2001 was the first year in which an animated film could be awarded an Oscar. To be considered an animated film, the film must be longer than 40 minutes and have no less than 75% of its characters animated during that time period. Since Shrek, DreamWorks has produced two sequels: the 2004 Academy Award-nominated Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third.
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Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture in 1991.
Animation production company Pixar has had nine films nominated for an Academy Award and has had seven winners including The Incredibles (2005) and Ratatouille (2008).
DreamWorks Animation holds the record for most films nominated for an Oscar with ten. Only two of their films have won an Oscar: Shrek and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
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