The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) presented the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, across two ceremonies held Saturday, December 10 (Creative Arts) and Sunday, December 11 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Animation was a major part of the new awards — the first standalone expansion of the Emmy Award competition since 1979.
Netflix Animation really threw its creative weight around in this inaugural competition, taking the top category prizes for animation as across kids’ series (City of Ghosts), preschool (Ada Twist, Scientist), special class (Hilda and the Mountain King) and short-form (We the People), in addition to multiple craft awards for Maya and the Three and Centaurworld.
You can see the previously announced Individual Achievement in Animation winners here and review the animated nominees over here. Without further ado, the animation and related category winners are:
Night 1 (Creative Arts)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Maya and the Three (Netflix)
Co-Executive Producer/Writer: Jeff Ranjo
Writer/Producer: Tim Yoon
Writers: Jorge Gutierrez, Candie Langdale, Doug Langdale, Silvia Olivas
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Muppet Babies (Disney Junior)
Writers: Max Beaudry, Hanah Lee Cook, Sarah Eisenberg, Ghia Godfree, Francisco Paredes, Becky Wangberg
Story Editor: Robyn Brown
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — City of Ghosts (Netflix)
Directors: Ako Castuera, Luis Grane, Elizabeth Ito, Bob Logan, Pendleton Ward
OUTSTANDING VOICE DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES — Centaurworld (Netflix)
Voice Director: Kristi Reed
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Cat Burglar (Netflix)
Composer: Christopher Willis
OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Trash Truck (Netflix)
Editor: Sally Bergom
OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Ciao Alberto (Disney+)
Editor: Jennifer Jew
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Octonauts & the Ring of Fire (Netflix)
Re-Recording Mixer: Ewan Deane
Sound Designers: Jamie Mahaffey, Iain Pattison, J. Martin Taylor
Sound Designer and Sound Effects Editor: Nolan McNaughton
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Dave Peacock
Dialogue Editor: Sarah Faust
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Maya and the Three (Netflix)
Foley Mixers: Jack Cucci, Tavish Grade
Music Editor: Andres Locsey
Sound Effects Editors: David Barbee, Masanobu “Tomi” Tomita
Foley Artists: John Cucci, Dan O’Connell
Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer: Scott Martin Gershin
Sound Designers: Chris Richardson, Andrew Vernon
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM —
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Casting By: Tatiana Bull, Aaron Drown, David H. Wright III
OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA — Madrid Noir (Oculus TV)
Producers: Emmanuel Bernard, Antoine Cayrol, Arnaud Colinart, Luke Gibbard, Corentin Lambot, Craig Skerry, Yelena Rachistky, Dash Spiegelman
Director: James Castillo
Writers: Lawrence Bennett, Lydia Rynne
Performers: Godeliv Brandt, Fernando Guillén Cuervo
CG Supervisor: Thomas Flavelle
Animation Director: Aziz Kocanaogullari
Music Composer: Carlos Rodriguez Rodriguez
OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT — Maya and the Three (Netflix)
Senior Producer: Carly Machlis
Producer: Morgan Russell
Creative Director: Erika Anaya
Director: Katia Temkin
Associate Director: Savannah Bloch
Editors: Mack Lawrence, Julian Petrohilos
Project Managers: Erin Beckner, Ben Tom George, Hannah Gullixson
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A LIVE-ACTION PROGRAM — Endlings (Hulu)
VFX & Animation Executive Producer: Matthew J.R. Bishop
CG Supervisor: Terry Bradley
VFX Producer: Teodora Ilie
On Set VFX Supervisors: Daryl Shail
On Set Data Wrangler: Cody McCaig
VFX Editors: Yulia Kopyttseva, Luba Kukharenko, Alyssa Schmidt, Rachel Wong
Lead Compositors: Steve Lowry, Nial McFadyen
Lead FX Compositor: Stephen Curran
Lighting Leads: Belma Abdicevic, Tom Perry
Animation Directors: Adam Beck, Jeff Robinson
Asset Supervisors: Aravindan Rajasingham, James Wallace
VFX Lead Technical Director: Gustavo Fernandes
Senior Tracking and Layout Artist: Hasanain Rashid
Rigging Lead: Sean Sullivan
Rigging Artist: Michael Johnston
Character Finaling Artist Lead: Pedro Vilas
Rotoscope Artist Lead: Tarl Lambert
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHICS — Hilda and the Mountain King (Netflix)
Graphics Producer: Melissa Buisán
Creative Director: Jay Grandin
Animation Director: Conor Whelan
Title Designer/Illustrator: Eric Pautz
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN —
Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+)
Production Designer: Darcy Prevost
Art Director: Kathryn Molenaar
Set Decorator: Jeanine Ringer
Virtual Production Art Director: Mark D. Allen
Virtual Production Art Directors, CG Supervisors: James Dastoli, Robert Dastoli
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Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
Production Designer: Tyler Bishop Harron
Art Directors: Brentan Harron, Bill Ives
Set Designer: Evan Spence
Set Decorators: Paul Healy, Alan McCullagh, Ian Nothnagel
Night 2 Winners
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES — City of Ghosts (Netflix)
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Ito
Co-Executive Producer: Joanne Shen
Line Producer: Dayla Kennedy
OUTSTANDING PRESCHOOL ANIMATED SERIES — Ada Twist, Scientist (Netflix)
Executive Producers: Andrea Beaty, Mark Burton, Tonia Davis, Cathal Gaffney, Chris Nee, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Darragh O’Connell, David Roberts, Priya Swaminathan
Co-Executive Producer: Kerri Grant
Creative Producer: Alex Pitz
Supervising Producer: Gillian Higgins
Producers: Nayanshi Shaw, Peedee Shindell
Consulting Producer: Jean Herlihy
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS ANIMATED PROGRAM Hilda and the Mountain King (Netflix)
Executive Producers: Kurt Mueller
Co-Executive Producers: Luke Pearson, Stephanie Simpson
Supervising Producers: Andy Coyle, Bryan Korn
Producers: Steve Jacobson, Chantal Ling, Rachel Simon
Associate Producer: Emerald Wright-Collie
Line Producer: Victor Reyes
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM PROGRAM — We the People (Netflix)
Executive Producers: Kenya Barris, Tonia Davis, Chris Nee, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Priya Swaminathan
Producers: Ada Chiaghana, Erynn Sampson, Peedee Shindell
Directors: Peter Ramsey, Tim Rauch
Writers: H.E.R. , Ronald Colson, Jeff Gitelman, David Harris, Maxx Moore
OUTSTANDING PRESCHOOL SERIES — Sesame Street (HBO Max)
Executive Producers: Benjamin Lehmann, Kay Wilson Stallings
Supervising Producer: Sal Perez
Senior Producers: Karyn Leibovich, Stephanie Longardo
Coordinating Producer: Mindy Fila
Producers: Michael J. Cargill, Todd E. James, Andrew Moriarty, Ken Scarborough, Matt Vogel, Kimberly Wright, Autumn Zitani
Associate Producers: Christina Elefante, Kelly Ferrara, Bryce-Loren Walker
Line Producer: Aimee Blackton
OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Daniel Ross, as Donald Duck
Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (Disney Junior)
OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Eric Bauza, as Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck & Tweety
Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO Max)
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER VOICE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED OR PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Andy Walken, as Young Durpleton
Centaurworld (Netflix)
