Fox’s perennial favorite and Netflix’s new anthology series receive awards for Outstanding Animated Program and Outstanding Short Form Animated Program, while Seth MacFarlane wins for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for ‘Family Guy.’
LOS ANGELES -- The Television Academy presented the first of its two 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony, which kicked off the 71st Emmys, awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in the categories of animation, documentary, reality and variety programming.
This year’s first Creative Arts Awards, executive produced by Bob Bain, featured presenters from television’s top shows including Will Arnett (BoJack Horseman), Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), Roy Choi and Jon Favreau (The Chef Show), Terry Crews (America’s Got Talent), Jeff Goldblum (The World According to Jeff Goldblum), Seth Green (Robot Chicken), Diane Guerrero (Orange Is the New Black), Derek Hough (World of Dance), Marie Kondo (Tidying Up With Marie Kondo), Nick Kroll (Big Mouth) and Wanda Sykes (Wanda Sykes: Not Normal).
Among animated contenders, Fox’s The Simpsons and Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots were the big winners, receiving respective awards for Outstanding Animated Program and Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, The Simpsons won for the 11th time and first since 2008. In another win for Fox, Seth MacFarlane received the award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for his role as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Tom Tucker and Glenn Quagmire in Family Guy episode “Con Heiress.”
AWN’s coverage of the second evening of the awards presentations, including Outstanding VFX and Production Design, can be found here.
Winners announced Saturday evening include:
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
The Simpsons “Mad About the Toy” -- FOX
JAMES L. BROOKS, Executive Producer
MATT GROENING, Executive Producer
AL JEAN, Executive Producer
MATT SELMAN, Executive Producer
JOHN FRINK, Executive Producer
J. Stewart Burns, Co-Executive Producer
BILL ODENKIRK, Co-Executive Producer
JOEL H. COHEN, Co-Executive Producer
ROB LAZEBNIK, Co-Executive Producer
JEFF WESTBROOK, Co-Executive Producer
BRIAN KELLEY, Co-Executive Producer
DAN VEBBER, Co-Executive Producer
RYAN KOH, Co-Executive Producer
RICHARD RAYNIS, Produced by
TOM KLEIN, Animation Producer
ANDREA ROMERO, Animation Producer
MIKE B. ANDERSON, Supervising Producer
MICHAEL PRICE, Written by
ROB OLIVER, Directed by
EDDIE ROSAS, Assistant Director
CARLTON BATTEN, Lead Animation Timer
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
Love, Death & Robots “The Witness” – Netflix
DAVID FINCHER, Executive Producer
TIM MILLER, Executive Producer
JENNIFER MILLER, Executive Producer
JOSHUA DONEN, Executive Producer
VICTORIA HOWARD, Supervising Producer
GENNIE RIM, Producer
ALBERTO MIELGO, Written by/Directed by
GABRIELE PENNACCHIOLI, Supervising Director
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
SETH MACFARLANE as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Tom Tucker and Glenn Quagmire
Family Guy “Con Heiress” -- FOX
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
(Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one, more than one, or no award.)
CÉLINE DESRUMAUX, Production Designer, Age of Sail, YouTube
BRUNO MANGYOKU, Character Designer, Age of Sail, YouTube
JASMIN LAI, Color, Age of Sail, YouTube
ELAINE LEE, Background Painter, Carmen Sandiego, “The Chasing Paper Caper,” NETFLIX
ALBERTO MIELGO, Production Designer Love, Death & Robots, “The Witness,” NETFLIX
JUN-HO KIM, Background Designer Love, Death & Robots, “Good Hunting,” NETFLIX
DAVID PATE, Character Animator Love, Death & Robots, “The Witness,” NETFLIX
OWEN SULLIVAN, Storyboard Artist Love, Death & Robots, “Sucker Of Souls,” NETFLIX
OUTSTANDING MOTION DESIGN
(Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one, more than one, or no award.)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj -- Netflix
MICHELLE HIGA FOX, Creative Director
JORGE L. PESCHIERA, Creative Director
YUSSEF COLE, Head Of Animation
BRANDON SUGIYAMA, Lead Animator
PARIS GLICKMAN, Lead Animator
OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA
(Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one, more than one, or no award.)
Artificial -- TWITCH
BERNIE SU, Executive Producer
EVAN MANDERY, Executive Producer
MICHAEL Y. CHOW, Executive Producer
BONNIE BUCKNER, Executive Producer
KEN KALOPSIS, Executive Producer
Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over – Oculus Store
Fable Studio
PETE BILLINGTON, Director & Creator
JESSICA YAFFA SHAMASH, Creative Producer & Creator
OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
NASA and SPACEX: The Interactive Demo-1 Launch – YouTube
NASA
The complete list of Saturday night winners can be viewed here.
The 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be broadcast on FXX on Saturday, September 21 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards will telecast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Sunday, September 22 (8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT) on FOX.
Source: The Television Academy
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
