At least 13 alumni from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia received nominations for the 44th annual Annie Awards, presented by the International Animated Film Society.

Known as “Animation’s Highest Honor,” the winners are set to be announced Saturday night at an awards ceremony held at UCLA, with an online live stream of the event starting at 7 p.m.

2017 nominees from CalArts include:

Benjamin Balistreri – Nominated for Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

• “Wander Over Yonder” (Episode: “The Night Out”) – Disney Television Animation
  

  Alison Brie. Photo courtesy of IMDb.

Dale Baer, Character Animation Instructor – Nominated for the Winsor McCay Award

• For career contributions to the art of animation
  

Alison Brie – Nominated for Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

• “BoJack Horseman” (Multiple episodes) – Tomante Productions, LLC for Netflix character Diane Nguyen
  

Hal Hickel – Nominated for Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

• “Warcraft” (Orcs) Legendary / Universal

Alex Hirsch – Nominated for Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

• “Gravity Falls” (Episode: “Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls”) – Disney TV Animation

Caroline Leaf, Visting Artist – Nominated for the Winsor McCay Away

A scene from “Zootopia.” Photo courtesy of CNN.

• For career contributions to the art of animation
  

Kirsten Lepore – Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

• “Adventure Time” (Episode: “Bad Jubies”) – Cartoon Network Studios

Rich Moore – Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production

• “Zootopia” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Jee Young Park – Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

• “Warcraft” (Orcs) – Legendary/Universal
  

  Kubo and the Two Strings. Photo courtesy of IMDb.

Lou Romano – Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

• “The Little Prince” – Netflix and On Animation Studio

Jeff Rowe – Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

• “Gravity Falls” (Episode: “Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls”) – Disney TV Animation
  

Shannon Tindle – Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

• “Kubo and the Two Strings” – LAIKA

Dean Wellins – Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

• “Zootopia” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

To see the full list of 2017 Annie Awards nominees, click here. To suggest a local addition to this list, please email KHTS Features Director Melissa Lampert at [email protected].

Jordan Murray contributed to this report.