The nominees range from Pixar's newest animation director to foreign filmmakers to a group of college students.

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Emotional resonance aside, animation director Sean Robertson said the toughest thing to make Elizabeth look and move like a real person was her dress -- which comes with a long, flowing skirt that originally wouldn't behave.

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Producer del Toro and director Peter Ramsey talk about the new DreamWorks Animation Studios computer-generated movie Rise of the Guardians in the exclusive interview from Nerd HQ below.

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Director Robert Zemeckis skillfully captures the magic of the original story, and the animation is really spectacular.

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Ms. Hobson has served as a director of Starbucks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBUX) since February 2005, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) since 2004 and The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (NYSE: EL) since 2004.

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