Kung Fu Panda [SEP] nominated for
Chinese culture." The film's critical and commercial success in China led to some local introspection about why no film like "Kung Fu Panda" had been produced in China, with commentators attributing the problem variously to lower film budgets in China, too much government oversight, a dearth of national imagination, and an overly reverent attitude to China's history and cultural icons.
Reception Accolades.
"Kung Fu Panda" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
hired as a head of story at DreamWorks Animation. There he worked for many years in the art department on many films such as "Shrek", "Shrek 2", "Madagascar" and "", in addition to helming a number of episodes of their animated primetime show "Father of the Pride". He worked for four years bringing "Kung Fu Panda" to the screen.
In 2009, Stevenson was nominated for an Academy Award with Mark Osborne for Best Animated Feature for "Kung Fu Panda"