Director Mark Andrews poses with the award for best animated feature film for “Brave” backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday Jan. 13, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
LOS ANGELES – “Brave,” Pixar’s 3D fairytale about a Scottish princess trying to rescue her mother from a spell cast by an evil witch, won the Golden Globe for best animated feature on Sunday.
“Brave” defeated fellow nominees “Frankenweenie,” “Hotel Transylvania,” “Rise of the Guardians” and “Wreck-It-Ralph.”
“2012 was an amazing year for animation,” director Mark Andrews said in accepting the award, giving a special shoutout to “Frankenweenie” director Tim Burton: “Tim, holy cow – been watching your movies forever!”