nemoland
Awards
Nemoland Award
Each year the award is designed and built by Paolo Chiari important Florentine artist and delivered during the days of workshops in beautiful locations chosen for the event, from the Hall of the Palazzo Vecchio in “Sala Dei 500” and “Sala Luca Giordano” in Palazzo Medici Riccardi and in the Great Hall of the “Palagio” in Florence. The sculpture represents a pencil drawing trapped inside of a rock, and as in the famous story, only some manage to pull it out thanks to their art.
The awards Nemoland are
– “Nemoland Award” in recognition of the best artist of the year
– “Nemoland Legend” recognition to those artists who have made history in the world of Entertainment
Nemoland Jury
Within the environment of the workshop, a meeting point between the artists and the students, a jury of professionals established two kind of prizes: “Nemoland” for the artist of the year that most stood out in his profession, and “Nemoland Legend” dedicated to the great artists who have shaped the international history of Entertainment and Animation.
This is the international jury
Federica Fabbri, President of the jury and teacher of Animation at NEMO Academy
Kuniko Okubo, Producer
Theodore Thomas, Director
Luca Chiarotti, Artistic director of Nemoland and founder NEMO Academy
Stefano Casini, Comics Artist and Founder/Director NEMO Academy
Sandro Cleuzo, Director, Animator, character
Takashi Namiki, Owner of “Oh Production Studio” and animation historian
Luca Carini Teacher of Art School of Florence
Michele Medda, Writer and screenwriter
Tony Tarantini, Animator and Sheridan School teacher
Paolo Chiari, Sculptor
Luca Chiarotti, Stefano Casini, Sandro Cleuzo
In the past years our guests and winners have been
Giuliano Cenci
NEMO LEGEND
2004
Don Bluth
Disney - Don Bluth Productions
2005
Gary Goldman
Disney - Don Bluth Productions
2005
Alex Orrelle
Pixar Animation Studios
2008
JP Vine
Aardman animations
2008
Florian Satzinger
Disney; MGM, Hanna & Barbera
2009
Paolo Chiari
Sculpture
2009
Eric Goldberg
Disney animation studio
2010
Robin Linn
Netflix
2011
Stephen Silver
Warner Bross, Disney
2011
Lindsey Olivares
Dreamworks, Disney
2012
Liron Topaz
Dreamworks
2012
Yoichi kotabe
studio ghibli
2012
Namiki Takashi
Toei Animation Studio
2012
Bobby Chiu
Disney, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Sony, Universal Studios
2012
Kei Acedera
Sony, Warner bross, Universal studios
2012
Sandro Cleuzo
Disney animation studio
2013
Victor Navone
Pixar
2013
Isao Takahata
Studio Ghibli
2014
Tom Bancroft
Disney animation studio
2014
Bruno Bozzetto
Studio Bozzetto
2015
Andreas Deja
disney animation studio
2015
Theodore Thomas
Disney animation studio
2015
Tony Bancroft
Disney animation studios
2016
Colin Chilvers
FX effects
2016
Masami Suda
Toei Animation
2016
John Nevarez
Storyboard artist
2017
Kazuhide Tomonaga
animator
2017
Mark Henn
Disney animation studio
2018
John Canemaker
Disney
2018
John Pomeroy
Disney animation studios
2018
Tony Benedict
Hanna & Barbera
2019
Willie Ito
Hanna & Barbera
2019
John Harris
illustrator
2023
Nik Ranieri
Disney Animation Studio
2024