This past Saturday and Sunday, the Television Academy honored artistic and technical achievements in TV, with the hit HBO series picking up 8 awards, including Outstanding Special Visual Effects in A Season or A Movie; watch highlights from the awards shows January 13 on FXX.
This past Saturday and Sunday marked the Television Academy's annual Creative Arts Emmys, with the two evenings of celebrations honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in various television program genres, guest performances in weekly series, and exceptional work in animation, reality, and documentary categories.
FXX will broadcast edited highlights from the Creative Arts Emmys shows on Saturday, January 13, at 8:00 PM ET/PT. It will be available for streaming on Hulu on Sunday, January 14
A complete list of this year’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards winners, as compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, can be found on the Emmy Awards website.
Among numerous other categories, Emmys were awarded in Animation and Visual Effects, with the popular HBO Max series, The Last of Us, garnering eight awards, and Fox’s The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XXXIII” honored as “Outstanding Animated Program.” In addition, Maya Rudolph was honored for her character voice-over work as Connie, the Hormone Monstress in Netflix’s Big Mouth “A Sexual Healing.”
Here’s a round-up of shows receiving recognition in animation and visual effects at 2023 The Creative Arts Emmys events:
Awarded January 6, 2024
Outstanding Main Title Design
Ms. Marvel – Disney+
- Andy Hall, Creative Director
- Nadia Tzuo, Creative Director
- Gryun Kim, 3D Artist
- Min Shi, Designer JUN KIM, 3D Artist
- Xiaolin (Mike) Zeng, Designer
Outstanding Production Design for A Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities - Netflix
- Tamara Deverell, Production Designer
- Brandt Gordon, Art Director
- Shane Vieau, Set Decorator
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in A Season or A Movie
The Last of Us – HBO Max
- Alex Wang, Overall Visual Effects Supervisor
- Sean Nowlan, Overall Visual Effects Producer
- Joel Whist, Production SFX Supervisor
- Stephen James, Visual Effects Supervisor, DNEG
- Nick Marshall, Digital Effects Supervisor, Dneg
- Simon Jung, Visual Effects Supervisor, Weta FX
- Dennis Yoo, Animation Supervisor, Weta FX
- Espen Nordahl, Visual Effects Supervisor, Storm Studios
- Jonathan Mitchell, Visual Effects Supervisor, Distillery FX
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in A Single Episode
Five Days at Memorial “Day Two” – Apple TV+
- Eric Durst, VFX Supervisor
- Matthew Whelan, VFX Supervisor
- Danny McNair, VFX Producer
- Goran Pavles, VFX Supervisor, Stormborn Studios
- Rafael Solórzano, VFX Supervisor, El Ranchito
- John Macgillivray, SFX Coordinator
- Viktor Muller, VFX Supervisor, UPP
- Manuel Tausch, VFX Supervisor, Stormborn Studios
- Gonzalo Escudero, VFX Producer, El Ranchito
Outstanding Main Title Design
The Last of Us – HBO Max
- Andy Hall, Creative Director
- Nadia Tzuo, Creative Director
- Gryun Kim, 3D Artist
- Min Shi, Designer
- Jun Kim, 3D Artist
- Xiaolin (Mike) Zeng, Designer
Outstanding Motion Design
Ms. Marvel – Disney+
- Ian Spendloff, Director
- David Lochhead, Designer
- Daniella Marsh, Designer
- David Stumpf, Designer
- Philip Robinson, 3D Artist
- Matthew Thomas, 3D Artist
Awarded January 7, 2024
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
Entergalactic - Netflix
- Meybis Ruiz Cruz, Lead Character Designer
The Simpsons “Lisa the Boy Scout” - Fox
- Nik Ranieri, Character Layout
More Than I Want to Remember - Paramount
- Maya Edelman, Animation Director
Star Wars: Visions “Screecher’s Reach” – Disney+
- Almu Redondo, Art Director
Outstanding Animated Program
The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XXXIII” – Fox
- James L. Brooks, Executive Producer
- Matt Groening, Executive Producer
- Matt Selman, Executive Producer/Written By
- Al Jean, Executive Producer
- Carolyn Omine, Co-Executive Producer/Written By
- John Frink, Executive Producer
- Tim Long, Co-Executive Producer
- Rob Lazebnik, Co-Executive Producer
- Joel H. Cohen, Co-Executive Producer
- Brian Kelley, Co-Executive Producer
- Michael Price, Co-Executive Producer
- Ryan Koh, Co-Executive Producer/Written By
- Dan Vebber, Co-Executive Producer
- Christine Nangle, Co-Executive Producer
- Richard K. Chung, Producer
- Richard Raynis, Produced By
- Tom Klein, Animation Producer
- Mike B. Anderson, Supervising Director
- Rob Oliver, Directed By
- Dane Romley, Assistant Director
- Carlton Batten, Lead Animation Timer
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Big Mouth – “A Sexual Healing” – Netflix
- Maya Rudolph - Connie the Hormone Monstress
Outstanding Emerging Media Program
For All Mankind Season 3 “Experience”
- Apple TV
- Tall Ship Productions
- Antibody
- Elastic
Source: Television Academy
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
