Winners of the 3rd Annual Voicey Awards
March 25, 2009
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Voicey Awards
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 3rd Annual Voicey Awards, I’m your host, Stephanie Ciccarelli.
It is a privilege and my great pleasure to pay tribute to those whose work has been recognized this year. Voice overs are spoken word recordings performed by voice actors, perhaps better known to the world as unseen narrators, breathing life into every medium imaginable.
Thank you for joining me in experiencing this momentous event where we can come together in celebration.
Before I announce our finalists, I would like to acknowledge our judges, without whom this wouldn’t be possible.
A very special thank you to Randy Thomas, the first woman to announce the Academy Awards, the voice of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, and co-author of “Voice For Hire“; thank you to Paul Russell, a New York City casting director and the author of “Acting: Make It Your Business“; gratitude is also bestowed upon Billy Serow from Abrams Artists Agency in New York; thank you to Melissa Disney, the singing voice of Snow White and female movie trailer voice over pioneer. I’d also like to thank Kathleen Herles, the original voice of Dora the Explorer, British voiceover coach and talent Gary Terzza, Mitch Joel, president of Twist Image and author of the Six Pixels of Separation blog and podcast; and last but certainly not least, much appreciation is expressed to voice actress and industry blogger Bobbin Beam.
BEST NEW VOICE
Without further ado, the finalists in the category of Best New Voice are:
Michelle Ann Dunphy
James Clamp
Veronica March
Janice Downes
Matt Josdal
And the winner is Michelle Ann Dunphy! Congratulations Michelle!
BEST CHILD VOICE
The finalists in the category of Best Child Voice this year include:
And the winner of the Best Child Voice Award is Grace Taylor. Congratulations to you Grace! Keep up the good work!
BEST TEEN VOICE
This year, Sophie Neveu is in a category all to herself. It is my pleasure to announce that Sophie Neveu be awarded Best Teen Voice this year. Congratulations Sophie.
BEST PERSONAL BRANDING
Seldom are voice artists seen, except that is, when promoting their services. Living proof that it’s not only the voice that stands out, the finalists in the category of Best Personal Branding include:
Nickie Jurado
Julie Williams
Doug Turkel
Vicki Amorose
James Clamp
And the winner is Julie Williams! Congratulations to you Julie.
BEST FOREIGN VOICE
As this truly is a global celebration, I’d like to take a moment now to recognize our finalists for Best Foreign Voice, who are:
Roald Woods
Wuzhi Lu
Julie-Ann Dean
Janpa Serino
Claire Dodin
And the winner is Wuzhi Lu! Congratulations Wuzhi for your outstanding work in Mandarin Chinese voice over.
BEST VOICE TEAM
Voice over is often a lonely profession, but there come times where two artists or more collaborate to create unique performances. The finalists in the category of Best Voice Team are:
The Voice teams of:
Robert Jadah and Diane Havens
Ken Theriot and Lisa Theriot
And the winning Voice Team for 2009 is Robert Jadah and Diane Havens!
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
It is perhaps my greatest privilege to announce the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Voicey award. This category is very special to me, and this year, there were many wonderful people nominated, including:
Don Morrow
Richard Horvitz
Bill Kates
Rita Pardue
Arroe Collins
It is my great privilege to share that this year’s Lifetime Achievement award belongs to the legendary Don Morrow.
Don, I can confidently say this on behalf of the entire voice over community:
Thank you for over 50 years of service, for inspiring the world to believe in the magic of motion pictures, for blazing a trail alongside the late Don LaFontaine, and for opening up a world of possibilities for your colleagues and those to follow.
As we draw nearer to the end, two categories remain: Best Female Voice and Best Male Voice.
BEST FEMALE VOICE
The finalists in the category of Best Female Voice are:
Wendy Brown
Teri Clark Linden
Amy Taylor
Vanessa Hart
Heather Halley
And the winner of the Best Female Voice award is Amy Taylor! Congratulations Amy!
BEST MALE VOICE
To bring the program to a close, the finalists for Best Male Voice are:
Dave DeAndrea
Michael Richard Dobson
James Herron
Eric Gusky
Bill Painter
The winner of the Best Male Voice for 2009 is Dave DeAndrea!
Congratulations to Dave and all of the Voicey award winners this year.
Thank you to all those who nominated voice talent and congratulations to all of the Voicey finalists. Thank you to our judges and also to the team at Voices.com for their help, support, and sponsorship.
Most sincerely,
Stephanie Ciccarelli
Best Foreign Voice Finalists in the 2009 Voicey Awards
March 14, 2009
The Best Foreign Voice Award honors a male or female voice actors who have been working full-time in voice over as a professional for three or more years.
The finalists in the Best Foreign Voice Category for the 3rd Annual Voicey Awards are:
For more information about each voice actor, click on their names to be directed to their professional profile and voice samples at Voices.com.
Best Foreign Voice Award 2009
January 19, 2009
The Best Foreign Voice Award honors a male or female voice actors who have been working full-time in voice over as a professional for three or more years.
Criteria:
- Voice actor may self-nominate or be nominated by a voice over coach, colleague or client
- A recent sample of their voice or voice over work must be hosted on their Voices.com website
- Has studied for a period of time with a voice over coach or has attended multiple workshops for voice acting
- Must be a native speaker of a language other than American English or Canadian English. Talent who were born outside of the US or Canada but now reside in either country are eligible to enter. Those born of parents who immigrated to either Canada or the US who grew up speaking the native tongue and dialect of their parents are also eligible.
- Each voice actor needs to have a professional headshot or graphical image representative of themselves or of their work to be used for promotion on Voices.com web properties and complementary voice over sites
Best Foreign Voice Finalists 2008
February 11, 2008
The Best Foreign Voice Award honors a male or female voice actors who have been working full-time in voice over as a professional for three or more years. The finalists in the category of Best Foreign Voice for the 2008 Voice Awards are…
Elena Valenzuela, 2008 Voicey Award Judge, Best Foreign Voice
February 10, 2008
Elena Valenzuela, B.A. (Carleton), M.A. (U of Ottawa), PhD. (McGill University) is the judge for the Best Foreign Voice category and graciously took up the challenge in this first year of the category’s existence.
Elena Valenzuela specializes in second language acquisition, bilingualism, Hispanic linguistics, syntax, morphology and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Western Ontario in the faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Modern Languages and Literatures offers a variety of undergraduate courses and program options in Comparative Literature and Culture, German, and Spanish. Courses in Italian, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean, Russian and Polish language and culture are also offered.
The Department also offers graduate programs in Spanish (MA) and Comparative Literature (MA and PhD). Recent graduates from Western’s Comparative Literature and Spanish MA programs have won fellowships to such prestigious universities as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Toronto.
Best Foreign Voice Criteria
December 8, 2007
The Best Foreign Voice Award honors a male or female voice actors who have been working full-time in voice over as a professional for three or more years.
Criteria:
- Voice actor may self-nominate or be nominated by a voice over coach, colleague or client
- A recent sample of their voice or voice over work must be hosted on their Voices.com website
- Has studied for a period of time with a voice over coach or has attended multiple workshops for voice acting
- Must be a native speaker of a language other than American English or Canadian English. Talent who were born outside of the US or Canada but now reside in either country are eligible to enter. Those born of parents who immigrated to either Canada or the US who grew up speaking the native tongue and dialect of their parents are also eligible.
- Each voice actor needs to have a professional headshot or graphical image representative of themselves or of their work to be used for promotion on Voices.com web properties and complementary voice over sites
