Nickelodeon’s fantastic-looking animated show El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera took home four Creative Arts Emmys this past Saturday. Created by husband-and-wife team Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua, the Nick toon won the Individual Achievement in Animation award for storyboard artist Eddie Trigueros, production designer Gerald Dejesus and character designer Jorge Gutierrez. The show also won in the Best Directing in an Animated Program (Gabe Swarr, Dave Thomas, Andrea Romano). Nick’s The Mighty B! also won in the Individual Achievement in Animation category for the work of background key designer Larry Murphy.
The PBS show WordWorld won the Best Children’s Animated Program award (Don Moody, Executive Producer; Sue Hollenberg, Supervising Producer; Alex Kay, Producer; Jacqueline Moody, Producer; Tyler Bunch, Producer; Olexa Hewryk, Producer).
Here are some of the other animation-related winners:
New Approaches: Daytime Entertainment
I Met The Walrus
YouTube
Jerry Levitan, Producer
James Braithwaite, Pen
Illustrator/Animator
Alex Kurina, Digital Illustrator
Josh Raskin, Animator
New Approaches: Daytime Children’s
Sesame Street
PBS
Miles Ludwig, Executive Producer
Glace Chou, Supervising Producer
Tina Moglia, Producer
Johanna Egger, Senior Producer
Alison Folino, Producer
Meghann Artes, Editor
Russell Zambito, Art Director
John Caruso, Creative Director
Jessica Yin, Director, Online Projects
J. Milligan, Creative Director, Head Writer
Preschool Children’s Series
Between the Lions
PBS
Brigid Sullivan, Executive Producer
Norman Stiles, Executive Producer
Judith Stoia, Executive Producer
Christopher Cerf, Executive Producer
Beth Kirsch, Series Producer
Diane Hartman, Coordinating Producer
Chris Cardillo, Coordinating Producer
Bill Berner, Coordinating Producer
Rick Klein, Coordinating Producer
Philippa Hall, Coordinating Producer
Scott Colwell, Producer
Carol Klein, Producer
Special Class Animated Program
Back At The Barnyard
Nickelodeon
Steve Oedekerk, Executive Producer
Jed Spingarn, Supervising Producer/Co-Executive Producer
Margaret M. Dean, Producer
Paul Marshal, Producer
Kyle Jolly, Line Producer
Performer in an Animated Program
Biker Mice From Mars
4Kids On Fox
Jim Ward, As Eyemore, The Crusher
Achievement in Music Direction and Composition
Animalia
PBS
Christopher Elves, Composer
The Wonder Pets!
Nickelodeon
Jeffrey Lesser, Music Director
Larry Hochman, Lead Composer
J. Walter Hawkes, Composer
Martin Erskine, Composer
Original Song: Main Title and Promo
6TEEN
Cartoon Network
Song Title: 6Teen
Don Breithaupt, Composer/Lyricist
Anthony Vanderburgh, Composer/Lyricist
Achievement in Sound Editing: Live Action and Animation
Tak and the Power of Juju
Nickelodeon
Jake Allston, Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Petak, Dialogue Editor
Achievement in Sound Mixing: Live Action and Animation
Ben 10: Alien Force
Cartoon Network
Robert Serda, Production Mixer
John Hegedes, Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Hargreaves, Re-Recording Mixer
