Awards

Despicable Me 2

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12 wins & 66 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2014 Nominee Oscar
- Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
2014 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
- Pharrell Williams (music and lyrics)
Song: "Happy"

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2014 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Animated Film

American Cinema Editors, USA

2014 Nominee Eddie
- Best Edited Animated Feature Film
- Gregory Perler

Annie Awards

2014 Nominee Annie
- Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation in a Feature Production
- Jonathan del Val
2014 Nominee Annie
- Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Eric Guillon
2014 Nominee Annie
- Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Heitor Pereira
- Pharrell Williams
2014 Nominee Annie
- Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Yarrow Cheney
- Eric Guillon
2014 Nominee Annie
- Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
- Eric Favela

BAFTA Awards

2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Animated Film
- Chris Renaud
- Pierre Coffin
2013 Winner BAFTA Children's Award
- BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film

Critics Choice Awards

2014 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Animated Feature
2014 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Song
- Pharrell Williams
Song: "Happy"

Cinema Audio Society, USA

2014 Nominee C.A.S. Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Animated
- Charleen Richards (original dialogue mixer)
- Tom Johnson (re-recording mixer)
- Gary A. Rizzo (re-recording mixer)
- Christopher Scarabosio (re-recording mixer)
- Alan Meyerson (scoring mixer)
- Tony Eckert (foley mixer)

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Nominee DFWFCA Award
- Best Animated Film

Golden Globes, USA

2014 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Animated Feature Film

Satellite Awards

2014 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Original Song
Song: "Happy"

Hollywood Film Awards

2013 Nominee Hollywood Movie Award
- Pierre Coffin
- Chris Renaud

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2013 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Animated Film
Tied with Frozen (2013)

Key Art Awards

2013 Nominee Key Art Award
- Best Trailer - Audio/Visual
For the "Theatrical Trailer".
2013 Nominee Key Art Award
- Best Audio/Visual Technique
For its music in the theatrical trailer.
2013 Winner Key Art Award
- Best Display
For the standee, "Spectacular Interactive Motorized Standee with Custom Motion, Light, and Sound".
2013 Winner Key Art Award
- Best Innovative Media
For the website promotion, "Missing Minions".
2013 Nominee Key Art Award
- Best Innovative Media
For the ""Minions" Peel Off Wild Posting".

Kids' Choice Awards, USA

2014 Nominee Blimp Award
- Favorite Animated Movie
2014 Nominee Blimp Award
- Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
- Steve Carell
For playing "Gru".
2014 Winner Blimp Award
- Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
- Miranda Cosgrove
For playing "Margo".

ICG Publicists Awards

2014 Nominee Maxwell Weinberg Award
- Motion Picture
Universal Pictures

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2014 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in an Animation Feature Film
- Dennis Leonard (supervising sound editor)
- Christopher Scarabosio (supervising sound editor, sound designer)
- Larry Oatfield (supervising foley editor)
- Bjorn Ole Schroeder (supervising dialogue editor)
- Sean England (foley artist)
- Ronni Brown (foley artist)
- Mac Smith (sound effects editor)
- E.J. Holowicki (sound effects editor)
- Jonathan Borland (sound effects editor)
- Frank Rinella (foley editor)
- Erik Foreman (foley editor)
- Slamm Andrews (music editor)

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Animated Feature

People's Choice Awards, USA

2014 Nominee People's Choice Award
- Favorite Movie
2014 Winner People's Choice Award
- Favorite Family Movie

PGA Awards

2014 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Janet Healy
- Christopher Meledandri

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Animated Film

Teen Choice Awards

2014 Nominee Teen Choice Award
- Choice Music Single: Male
- Pharrell Williams
For the song "Happy".
2013 Winner Teen Choice Award
- Choice Summer Movie: Comedy
2013 Nominee Teen Choice Award
- Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
- Steve Carell

World Soundtrack Awards

2014 Winner World Soundtrack Award
- Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
- Pharrell Williams (music, lyrics, and performed by)
For the song "Happy".

Golden Trailer Awards

2014 Nominee Golden Trailer
- Best Animation/Family TV Spot
For the TV commercial entitled "Chicken Revised".
2014 Winner Golden Trailer
- Best Animation/Family Poster
For the "Side by Side Billboard" poster.
2014 Winner Golden Trailer
- Best Standee for a Feature Film
For the "Whack-a-Minion Standee".
2013 Nominee Golden Trailer
- Best Animation/Family Poster

Black Reel Awards

2014 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding Song
- Pharrell Williams (Performer & Writer)
For the song "Happy"

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee PFCS Award
- Best Animated Film

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2014 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Animated Film

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Nominee WAFCA Award
- Best Animated Feature

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Animated Film
- Pierre Coffin
- Chris Renaud
2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Soundtrack

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2013 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Animated Feature Film
- Pierre Coffin
- Chris Renaud

Iowa Film Critics Awards

2014 Nominee IFC Award
- Best Animated Feature

Denver Film Critics Society

2014 Nominee DFCS Award
- Best Animated Film

IGN Summer Movie Awards

2013 Nominee IGN Award
- Best Animated Movie

Jupiter Award

2014 Nominee Jupiter Award
- Best International Film
- Pierre Coffin

CinEuphoria Awards

2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
- Best Animated Film - International Competition
- Pierre Coffin
- Chris Renaud
2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
- Best Animated Character - International Competition
For the characters "Minions"