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After wining a slew of awards and accolades the last few months, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at last night's 95th Academy Awards.  This marks the Henson Company's very first Oscar after being nominated in 1966 for Time Piece  and 1979 for "The Rainbow Connection." While Disney / The Muppets won Best Song for "Man or Muppet" on 2011, the Henson Company didn't have any involvement.  You can watch Guillermo's acceptance speech below where he was once again  joined on stage by Lisa Henson. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is steaming now on Netflix .

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio won big at the Annie Awards last weekend. The Henson produced stop-motion film won for best Best Character Animation, Feature (Tucker Barrie), Best Music, Feature (Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale), Best Production Design, Feature (Curt Enderle, Guy Davis), Best Direction , and the top prize Best Feature (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson). This is in addition to the multiple awards the film has already won including the Critics Choice Award for Best Animated Feature , Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature , Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards for  Sound Editing for a Feature Animation, Producers Guild Awards for   Animated Theatrical Motion Picture,  Hollywood Critics Association  Best Animated Film,    Art Directors Guild   Outstanding Animated Film,  Visual Effects Society Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature, the   Society of...

"Guillermodel Toro’s Pinocchio" won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature last night. The Henson Company production has already won over 15 awards from critic' groups including the Art Directors Guild. The movie is also nominated at the Critics Choice Awards, which takes place on Sunday, Jan. 15 and will almost certainly be nominated for a best animated feature Oscar.

In addition to being nominated for two  Directors Guild of Canada  Awards ,  Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock  has also already won a  Sentential Award.  The Fraggle Rock reboot won the  Children’s Programming category for episode 107, “Flight of the Flutterflies”, written by Charley Feldman and directed by Jordan Canning.  In this episode " Jamdolin and the Troubadours visit the Rock for New Day's Day. Boober wrestles with his anxiety when he finds himself at the center of the action." Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock " Flight of the Flutterflies"  can be streamed on Apple TV+

Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock has been nominated for two  Directors Guild of Canada  Awards . And the nominations are:  Outstanding Directorial Achievement, Family Series: J.J. Johnson, Episode 102 "Red and the Big Jump" Best Sound Editing, Comedy or Family Series: John Douglas Smith, Kayla Stewart, Paul Talbott, Kelly McGahey, Taylor Brockelsby, Kevin Banks – Episode 112, Into the Trash You can see the full list of nominees at the  Directors Guild of Canada . Winners will be announced  November 5th  at the West Coast DGC Awards in Vancouver.