Which DreamWorks animations have won Oscars?

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will take place tonight, the 12th, in Los Angeles, California, where members of the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will nominate holders of golden statuettes in 23 categories, including ‘Best Animated film’.

The animated films that compete for the award are: ‘Pinocchio by Guillermo Del Toro’, ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’, The Beast of the Sea’, ‘Red – Growing is a Beast’, and finally, ‘Puss in Boots 2 : The Last Order ‘, animation released by DreamWorks in December 2022, which if it wins the category, will be the studio’s third animation to achieve the feat.

But, in addition to the Oscar for Best Animation, other films from the dreamworks were recognized, winning awards in other categories. For this reason, we have listed below all the animated films made by the studio that was founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg It is David Geffen who received an Oscar. Check out!

The chosen ones

DreamWorks’ animation division was created in 1997, and just two years later, the studio’s first Academy Award arrived. This is because, in 1998, it was launched ‘The prince of Egypt’film directed by Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells It is Steve Hickner which received the Oscar for Best Original Song for “When You Believe”. Listen!

Four years later the studio released ‘Shrek’film directed by Vicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson, Mike Mitchell, Gary Trousdale, Conrad Vernon, Kelly AsburyIt is Chris Millerwhich has become one of the most beloved animated feature films of all time, so much so that it has four sequels already produced, and one more in production, in addition to some spin-offs.

In addition to being a success among the public, the film became historic when it was the first Oscar winner in the ‘Best Animated Film’ category, taking the statuette at the 2002 ceremony, where it competed alongside ‘Monstros Inc’ and ‘Jimmy Neutron’.

A curiosity is that there is speculation that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had been planning the creation of the category since 2001, but it only got off the ground a year later, as it was necessary to recognize DreamWorks’ work with the story of the bad-tempered ogre that has its tranquility in the swamp invaded by characters from fairy tales.

Finally, there is the story that recounts the adventures of an inventor and his clever dog after they become pest control agents, which also secured a golden statuette for the studio. The victory was announced at the 2006 ceremony, when, in competition with ‘The Corpse Bride’ and ‘The Animated Castle’, ‘Wallace & Gromit – The Battle of the Vegetables’ was titled the winner of the ‘Best Animated Film’ category.