‘Blue Eye Samurai,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Scavengers Reign,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ and ‘X-Men ‘97’ are nominated for Outstanding Animated Program; The Emmy Awards will be broadcast September 15 from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE, live on ABC, while the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which take place at the Peacock Theater over two consecutive nights on Saturday, September 7, and Sunday, September 8, will broadcast an edited presentation September 14 on FXX.
Nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards were announced today from the historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, recognizing remarkable programs, extraordinary performances and impactful storytelling across multiple platforms. The live ceremony was hosted by Emmy winners Tony Hale and Sheryl Lee Ralph along with Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego.
Among the animation and VFX-driven show nominees, Shōgun, FX’s historical drama series based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel, received 25 nominations.
The complete list of nominations can be found here; the following are nominations in the animation and VFX-related categories:
Outstanding Animated Program
- Blue Eye Samurai “The Tale Of The Ronin And The Bride” – Netflix, A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Michael Green, Executive Producer/Directed by
Amber Noizumi, Executive Producer/Written by
Erwin Stoff, Executive Producer
Jane Wu, Supervising Director/Producer
Nick Read, Producer
Michael Greenholt, Animation Director - Bob's Burgers “The Amazing Rudy” - FOX 20th Television Animation
Loren Bouchard, Executive Producer
Nora Smith, Executive Producer
Janelle Momary-Neely, Executive Producer
Dan Fybel, Executive Producer
Rich Rinaldi, Executive Producer
Jon Schroeder, Executive Producer
Steven Davis, Executive Producer
Scott Jacobson, Executive Producer
Holly Schlesinger, Executive Producer
Jameel Saleem, Co-Executive Producer
Lindsey Stoddart, Co-Executive Producer
Katie Crown, Supervising Producer
Bernard Derriman, Producer
Brett Coker, Animation Executive Producer
Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Written by
Wendy Molyneux, Written by
Tony Gennaro, Supervising Director
Simon Chong, Supervising Director
Ryan Mattos, Directed by - Scavengers Reign “The Signal” - HBO | Max Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
Joseph Bennett, Executive Producer/Directed by/Written by
Charles Huettner, Executive Producer/Directed by/Written by
Chris Prynoski, Executive Producer
Ben Kalina, Executive Producer
Antonio Canobbio, Executive Producer
Sean Buckelew, Co-Executive Producer/Written by
James Merrill, Co-Executive Producer/Written by
Benjy Brooke, Supervising Director
Cho Junsik, Supervising Director
Kim Hyeongtae, Animation Director
Bae Ki-Yong, Director - The Simpsons “Night Of The Living Wage” – FOX, A Gracie Films production in association with 20th Television Animation
James L. Brooks, Executive Producer
Matt Groening, Executive Producer
Al Jean, Executive Producer
Matt Selman, Executive Producer
Rob LaZebnik, Co-Executive Producer
Tim Long, Co-Executive Producer
Brian Kelley, Co-Executive Producer
Michael Price, Co-Executive Producer
Jeff Westbrook, Co-Executive Producer
Ryan Koh, Co-Executive Producer
Christine Nangle, Co-Executive Producer
Jessica Conrad, Supervising Producer
Broti Gupta, Supervising Producer
Loni Steele Sosthand, Producer
Richard K. Chung, Producer
Tom Klein, Animation Producer
Mike B. Anderson, Supervising Director
Matthew Faughnan, Assistant Director
Scott Brutz, Lead Animation Timer
Chris Clements, Directed by
Cesar Mazariegos, Written by - X-Men ‘97 “Remember It” - Disney+, Marvel Studios
Beau DeMayo, Executive Producer/Written by
Victoria Alonso, Executive Producer
Louis D’Esposito, Executive Producer
Kevin Feige, Executive Producer
Brad Winderbaum, Executive Producer
Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, Co-Executive Producer
Jake Castorena, Supervising Producer
Charley Feldman, Supervising Producer
Danielle Costa, Producer
Sean Gantka, Producer
Meredith Layne, CSA, Voice Directing by
Sang Hyouk Bang, Animation Director
Yun Mo Sung, Animation Director
Emi Yonemura, Directed by
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
- Fallout “The End” - Prime Video Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks
Howard Cummings, Production Designer
Laura Ballinger Gardner, Art Director
Regina Graves, Set Decorator - The Gilded Age “Close Enough To Touch” - HBO | Max HBO in association with Universal Television and Neamo Film and Television
Bob Shaw, Production Designer
Larry W. Brown, Art Director
Lisa Crivelli Scoppa, Set Decorator - Palm Royale “Maxine’s Like A Dellacorte” - Apple TV+ Apple Studios
Jon Carlos, Production Designer
Mark Taylor, Art Director
Amelia Brooke, Art Director
Ellen Reede, Set Decorator - Ripley – Netflix, Showtime and Endemol Shine North America in association with Entertainment 360 and Filmrights for NetflixDavid Gropman, Production Designer
Karen Schulz Gropman, Art Director
Alex Santucci, Art Director
Alessandra Querzola, Set Decorator - Shōgun “Anjin” – FX, FX Productions
Helen Jarvis, Production Designer
Chris Beach, Art Director
Lisa Lancaster, Set Decorator
Jonathan Lancaster, Set Decorator
Outstanding Main Title Design
- Fallout - Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks
Patrick Clair, Creative Director
Lance Slaton, Art Director
Raoul Marks, Animator
Scott Geersen, 3D Artist - Lessons In Chemistry - Apple TV+, Apple Studios
Hazel Baird, Creative Director
Rob Cawdery, Creative Director
Ben Jones, Designer
Phil Davies, 3D Artist - Palm Royale - Apple TV+, Apple Studios
Ronnie Koff, Creative Director, Designer
Rob Slychuk, Animator
Nader Husseini, Animator
Lexi Gunvaldson, Editor - Shōgun – FX, FX Productions
Nadia Tzuo, Creative Director
Mike Zeng, Designer
Alex Silver, Animator
Lee Buckley, Animator
Ilya Tselyutin, Animator
Evan Larimore, Animator - Silo - Apple TV+, AMC Studios in association with Apple
Patrick Clair, Creative Director
Raoul Marks, Creative Director
Lance Slaton, Illustrator - 3 Body Problem – Netflix, Netflix Studios / Bighead Littlehead / The Three-Body Universe / T-Street / Plan B Entertainment / Primitive Streak
Patrick Clair, Creative Director
Raoul Marks, Creative Director
Eddy Herringson, Designer
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie
- Ahsoka - Disney+ Lucasfilm Ltd.
Richard Bluff, Visual Effects Supervisor, Production
Jakris Smittant, Visual Effects Producer, Production
Paul Kavanagh, Animation Supervisor, Production
TC Harrison, Associate Visual Effects Supervisor
Scott Fisher, Special Effects Supervisor
Enrico Damm, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor
Justin van der Lek, ILM Associate VFX Supervisor
Rick O'Connor, ILM Animation Supervisor
J. Alan Scott, Legacy Effects Supervisor - Avatar: The Last Airbender – Netflix, A Netflix Series in partnership with Nickelodeon
Marion Spates, Overall Visual Effects Supervisor
Jabbar Raisani, Overall Visual Effects Supervisor
Adam Chazen, Visual Effects Producer
Niklas Jacobson, Visual Effects Supervisor
Nick Crew, Visual Effects Supervisor
Emanuel Fuchs, Visual Effects Supervisor
Khalid Almeerani, Visual Effects Supervisor
Ross Wilkinson, Visual Effects Supervisor
Thomas Schelesny, Visual Effects Supervisor - Fallout - Prime Video Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks
Jay Worth, Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrea Knoll, Visual Effects Producer
Grant Everett, On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor
Jill Paget, Visual Effects Editor
Jacqueline VandenBussche, Visual Effects Production Manager
Devin Maggio, Special Effects Supervisor
Andreas Giesen, Visual Effects Supervisor (RISE)
Ahmed Gharraph, Visual Effects Supervisor (Important Looking Pirates)
Joao Sita, Visual Effects Supervisor (Framestore) - Loki - Disney+, Marvel Studios
Christopher Townsend, Visual Effects Supervisor
Allison Paul, Visual Effects Producer
Sandra Balej, Additional VFX Supervisor
Matthew Twyford, VFX Supervisor
Christopher Smallfield, VFX Supervisor
John William Van der pool, Special Effects Supervisor
Steve Moncur, VFX Supervisor
Julian Hutchens, VFX Supervisor
Kevin Yuille, VFX Supervisor - Shōgun – FX, FX Productions
Michael Cliett, Overall Visual Effects Supervisor
Melody Mead, Production Associate Visual Effects Producer
Jed Glassford, Onset Visual Effects Supervisor
Cameron Waldbauer, Special Effects Coordinator
Philip Engström, Visual Effects Supervisor: ILP
Chelsea Mirus, Visual Effects Production Manager: ILP
Ed Bruce, Visual Effects Supervisor: SSVFX
Nicholas Murphy, Visual Effects Producer: SSVFX
Kyle Rottman, Visual Effects Supervisor: Refuge
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode
- All The Light We Cannot See “Episode 4” – Netflix, 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix
Charlie Lehmer, VFX Supervisor
Swen Gillberg, VFX Supervisor
Viet Luu, VFX Producer
Tessa Roehl, VFX Associate Producer
Paolo Acri, VFX Supervisor
Harry Bardak, VFX Supervisor
Sylvain Theroux, VFX Supervisor
John Britto, VFX Supervisor
Laurence Berkani, VFX Producer - The Crown “Dis-Moi Oui” – Netflix, Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix
Ben Turner, Overall VFX Supervisor
Reece Ewing, Overall VFX Producer
Oliver Bersey, VFX Supervisor
Julia Stannard, VFX Producer
Joe Cork, VFX Supervisor
Tim Zaccheo, CG Supervisor
Aurélien Ronceray, VFX Concept Supervisor
Joseph Dymond, VFX Supervisor
Elena Pagliei, VFX Production Manager - Ripley “III Sommerso” – Netflix, Showtime and Endemol Shine North America in association with Entertainment 360 and Filmrights for Netflix
John Bowers, Visual Effects Supervisor
Jason Tsang, Visual Effects Supervisor
Joseph Servodio, Visual Effects Producer
Maricel Pagulayan, Visual Effects Producer
Christopher White, Visual Effects Supervisor
Libby Hazell, Visual Effects Producer
Francois Sugny, Visual Effects Sequence Supervisor
Gaia Bussolati, Visual Effects Supervisor
Pepe Valencia, Visualization Supervisor - True Detective: Night Country “Part 1” - HBO | Max HBO in association with Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger
Barney Curnow, Visual Effects Supervisor
Jan Guilfoyle, Visual Effects Producer
Eggert "Eddi" Ketilsson, Production SFX Supervisor
Simon Stanley-Clamp, VFX Supervisor
Manuel Reyes Halaby, CG Supervisor
Tiago Faria, VFX Supervisor
Panos Theodoropoulos, VFX Producer
Cale Pugh, VFX Supervisor
Tim Zaccheo, VFX Supervisor - Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty “Beat L.A.” - HBO | Max, HBO in association with HyperObject Industries, Steeplechase Amusements, Jim Hecht Productions and Jason Shuman Productions
Raymond McIntyre Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor
Victor DiMichina, Visual Effects Producer
Damien Stantina, Visual Effects Supervisor for BUF
Javier Menéndez Platas, VFX Supervisor for PFX
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- The Simpsons “Cremains Of The Day” – FOX, A Gracie Films production in association with 20th Television Animation
Hank Azaria as Moe Szyslak - Family Guy “Teacher's Heavy Pet” – FOX, 20th Television Animation
Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin - Invincible “I Thought You Were Stronger” - Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Animation
Sterling K. Brown as Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 - Big Mouth “The Ambition Gremlin” – Netflix, Netflix
Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress - Krapopolis “Big Man On Hippocampus” – FOX, Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment
Hannah Waddingham as Deliria
Outstanding Emerging Media Program
- Emperor - Meta Quest, An Atlas V, Reynard Films, France Télévisions production in association with Albyon
Marion Burger, Director
Ilan J. Cohen, Director
Atlas V
Reynard Films
France Télévisions - Fallout: Vault 33 - Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Kilter Films, Bethesda Game Studios
Amazon MGM Studios
Kilter Films
Bethesda Studios - The Pirate Queen With Lucy Liu – Meta, Singer Studios and Meta
Eloise Singer, Producer, Director
Lucy Liu, Producer
Singer Studios
Siobhan McDonnell, Producer - Red Rocks Live In VR - Meta / Facebook Meta, Dorsey Pictures, Lightsail VR, 7 Cinematics
Meta
Dorsey Pictures
Lightsail VR
7 Cinematics - Wallace & Gromit In The Grand Ge
taway – Meta, An Atlas V, Aardman, Meta production in association with No Ghost and Albyon
Finbar Hawkins, Director, WriterBram Ttwheam, Director
Atlas V
Aardman
Meta
Source: The Television Academy
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