that WALL•E should owe a silent debt to both R2-D2 and Buster Keaton, cinematic predecessors who proved how much can be conveyed without words. The robot would be the loneliest character Pixar had worked with, and the filmmakers crafted ways for him to perform the first act entirely in pantomime.

yet to exist, WALL•E required an entirely original language of sound. Because the film featured few humans and almost no traditional dialogue, every beep or clank would have to mean something. To answer the challenge, the filmmakers turned to the father of modern sound design legendary Star Wars veteran Ben Burtt.

Academy Awards
Winner for Animated Feature Film: Andrew Stanton
Nominated for Music (Original Score): Thomas Newman
Nominated for Music (Original Song): "Down to Earth" - Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyrics by Peter Gabriel
Nominated for Sound Editing: Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Nominated for Sound Mixing: Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
Nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay): Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films
Nominated for Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: Walt Disney Studios
Nominated for Saturn Award for Best Director: Andrew Stanton

Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Winner of EDA Award for Best Screenplay, Original: Andrew Stanton,
Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

American Cinema Editors
Winner of ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical): Stephen Schaffer

American Film Institute
Official Selection — AFI Movies of the Year

Annie Awards
Nominated for Best Animated Feature: Pixar Animation
Nominated for Best Animated Video Game: Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc.
Nominated for Animated Effects: Enrique Vila
Nominated for Character Animation in a Feature Production: Victor Navone
Nominated for Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Andrew Stanton
Nominated for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production:
Ralph Eggleston
Nominated for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production:
Ronnie del Carmen
Nominated for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production: Ben Burtt - Voice of Wall-E

Art Director's Guild & Scenic, Title & Graphic Artists
Nominated for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film: Fantasy Film: Ralph Eggleston (production designer)

British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Winner for Animated Film: Andrew Stanton
Winner for Feature Film: WALL-E (Jim Morris, Andrew Stanton, Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK)
Nominated for Music: Thomas Newman
Nominated for Sound: Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michaeel Semanick,
Matthew Wood

The Boston Society of Film Critics
Winner for Best Picture: WALL-E and Slumdog Millionaire (tie)
Winner for Best Animated Film

Broadcast Film Critics Association
Winner of Critics' Choice Award for Best Animated Feature
Nominated for Critics' Choice Award for Best Picture
Nominated for Critics' Choice Award for Best Song: "Down to Earth"
(Performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman)
Nominated for Critics' Choice Award for Film of the Year

The Chicago Film Critics Association
Winner for Best Picture
Winner for Best Original Screenplay: Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
Winner for Best Animated Feature
Winner for Best Original Score: Thomas Newman
Nominated for Best Director: Andrew Stanton

Golden Globe Awards
Winner for Best Animated Feature Film
Nominated for Best Original Song: "Down to Earth" - performed by
Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman

Grammys
Winner for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters
Winner for Best Instrumental Arrangement (Define Dancing): Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)
Nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Thomas Newman, composer

Hollywood Film Festival
Winner for Animation of the Year

International Press Academy
Winner of Satellite Award for Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Nominated for Satellite Award for Original Score: Thomas Newman
Nominated for Satellite Award for Sound (Mixing and Editing): Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Nominated for Satellite Award for Original Song: "Down to Earth" -
Peter Gabriel

Kansas City Film Critics Circle
Winner of Loutzenhiser Award for Best Animated Film

Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Winner for Best Picture

Motion Picture Sound Editors Association
Winner of Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in A Feature Film

National Board of Review
Top Ten Films of the Year
Winner for Best Animated Feature

National Movie Award
Winner for Best Family Film

New York Film Critics Circle
Winner for Best Animated Film

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
Top Ten Movies of the Year
Winner for Best Animated Film

Producers Guild of America Awards
Winner of Producer of the Year Award: Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Jim Morris

Rolling Stone Magazine
Voted #5 movie of the year by Rolling Stone film critics

Spike TV
Winner of Scream Award for Best Breakout Performance

St. Louis Film Critics Asssociation
Winner for Best Animated Film
Nominated for Best Picture
Nominated for Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film
Nominated for Best Music (Soundtrack or Score, Original or Adapted)

Utah Film Critics Association
Winner for Best Achievement in Directing: Andrew Stanton
Winner for Best Animated Feature

Visual Effects Society
Winner for Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture: WALL-E and EVE Truck Sequence: Ben Burtt,
Victor Navone, Austin Lee, Jay Shuster
Winner for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture:
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins, Nigel Hardwidge
Winner for Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: Effects in WALL-E: Jason Johnston, Keith Daniel Klohn, Enrique Vila,
Bill Watral

World Soundtrack Academy / Ghent International Film Festival
Winner for Best Original Song Written Directly for Film

Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Nominated for Best Film