Disney/Pixar’s Soul has picked up the Best Animated Feature Film award at the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25)!
The hit animated film, which debuted on Disney+ on Christmas Day 2020, beat out another Disney/Pixar film, Onward, as well as Netflix’s Over The Moon and Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Apple TV’s Wolfwalkers.
Director and co-writer Pete Docter and executive producer Dana Murray accepted the award during the ceremony. Check out photos of them on the red carpet!
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Kemp Powers and Pete Docter make their red carpet appearance at the 2021 Academy Awards held at Union Station on Sunday (April 25) in Los Angeles.
Pete, who hit the carpet with one of the film’s producer Dana Leigh Murray, serves as director and Kemp is co-director for the Disney/Pixar animated feature Soul, which is up for multiple Oscars. They wrote the screenplay as well, along with Mike Jones.
Also in attendance were Jon Baptiste, Trent Reznor (with wife Mariqueen Maandig) and Atticus Ross, who are nominated for Best Original Score for their work on the movie.
Kemp is nominated separately for another movie, One Night In Miami, for Best Adapted Screenplay. Soul is also up for Best Sound and Best Animated Feature Film.
Pete is no stranger to the Oscars. He’s been nominated multiple times over the years, for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Screenplay for Toy Story, Wall-E, Monster’s Inc, Up and Inside Out, as well as Best Animated Short Film for Mike’s New Car. Pete has won twice – Best Animated Feature for Up and for Inside Out.
In case you missed it, the first look at a new Soul prequel animated short was just released!
FYI: Jon is wearing Dior Men. Trent and Atticus are wearing Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello.