Happy Feet is a American-Australian
computer-animated comedy-drama film with music, directed and co-written by
George Miller. It was produced at
Sydney-based
visual effects and
animation studio Animal Logic for
Warner Bros.,
Village Roadshow Pictures and
Kingdom Feature Productions and was released in
North America on November 17, 2006. It is the first
animated feature film produced by Kennedy Miller in association with visual effects/design company
Animal Logic.
Though primarily an animated film, Happy Feet does incorporate live action humans in certain scenes. The film was simultaneously released in both conventional theatres and in
IMAX 2D format.
The studio had hinted that a future IMAX 3D release was a possibility. Unfortunately, that was not possible because Warner Bros., the film’s production company, was on too tight of a budget to release Happy Feet in IMAX digital 3D. Their previous release of The Ant Bully in IMAX digital 3D had cost the company a big amount of money, so they did not have too much to spare for Happy Feet.
won the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for the
Annie Award for Best Animated Feature.
The film was dedicated in memory of
Nick Enright, Michael Jonson, Robby McNeilly Green, and
Steve Irwin.
