Awards

The 1999 Primetime Emmy Award Nominees Have Been Announced. The Academy for Television Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees for the 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards. The awards ceremony was split into two presentations: a ceremony in Pasadena held on August 28, focusing on technical awards, and a telecast to be on Fox on September 12 and held in Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. The animated nominees include the following programs:

The category for OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For programming one hour or less) includes five nominations:
Futurama - A Big Piece Of Garbage (FOX/Curiosity Company Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox).
King Of The Hill - And They Call It Bobby Love (FOX/Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films and 3Arts Entertainment).
The Pjs - He's Gotta Have It (FOX/Imagine Television, The Murphy Company and The Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone TV).
The Powerpuff Girls - Bubble-Vicious Bare Facts (Cartoon Network/Hanna-Barbera Cartoons).
The Simpsons - Viva Ned Flanders (FOX/Gracie Films in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television).

The category for OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For programming more than one hour) includes two nominees:
Our Friend Martin - (STZ/DIC Entertainment).
Todd Mcfarlane's Spawn - (HBO/Todd McFarlane Entertainment/HBO Original Programming).

The category for OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM includes animated program nominees (out of a total of six):
Rugrats - (Nickelodeon/Klasky Csupo, Inc.).
A Winnie The Pooh Thanksgiving - (ABC/Walt Disney Television Animation).

The category for OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND LYRICS includes one animated program nominee (out of a total of five):
Winnie The Pooh, A Valentine For You - Song title: "Places In The Heart" - (ABC/Walt Disney Television Animation).

The category for OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE (DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE) includes one animated program nominee (out of a total of five): Winnie The Pooh, A Valentine For You - Song title: "Places In The Heart" - (ABC/Walt Disney Television Animation).

The category for OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC includes one animated program nominee (out of a total of five):

The PJs - (FOX/Imagine Television, The Murphy Company and The Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone TV).

Au Bout du monde.

Rio Picks Anima Mundi Winners. The fifth annual Anima Mundi festival has had its run July 9-18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At this festival the audience is the jury, and they have chosen:

Best Brazilian Film - De Janela Para O Cinema (Rainbow's End) by Quiá Rodrigues.
Best Film of the Official Selection - Gogwana by Deiniol Morris, UK.
Second Best Film of the Official Selection - Au Bout Du Monde (At The Ends Of The Earth) by Konstantin Bronzit, France.
Third Best Film of the Official Selection - Reci, Reci, Reci (Words, Words, Words) by Michaela Pavlátová, Czech Republic.

De Janela para o cinema.

Best Film for Children - The Bear by Hilary Audus, UK.
Best Brazilian Video - A Preguiça E O Coco (The Sloth And The Coconut) by Sergio Pranzi.
Best Computer Animation - The Art Of Survival by Cassidy Curtis, USA.
Best Brazilian Computer Animation - Hot Head by Ricardo Piologo.
Best Short in Video - Vigyazz, Rovid! (Attention!) by Lazlo Csiszar, Hungary.
Best Portfolio - Mackinnon & Saunders, UK.

The festival will continue in Sao Paulo, Brazil where another audience will select their favorites.

Richard Gitelson Wins Humanitas Prize. For the 25th year, The Humanitas Prize organization has awarded cash prizes to those film and television writers whose produced scripts "communicate those values which most enrich the human person." In the only animation category, Children's Animation Category, a prize of $10,000 was awarded to writer Richard Gitelson for "Hand Me Downs," an episode of The Rugrats. The Humanitas Prize was founded in April 1974 to encourage the creation of humanizing TV and motion picture productions. It was created with an initial three-year grant of $180,000 from the Lilly Foundation, and is now financed by an endowment put together by the broadcast and entertainment industries.

Cartoon Network Supports College Club. Gary Albright, vice president of creative services and off air promotions for Atlanta, Georgia-based Cartoon Network, has awarded The Classical Animation Society of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) a $500 grant on behalf of Cartoon Network. The society will use the money to help fund its activitites such as last February's Mulan Event which included a screening of Disney's Mulan, clips of various stages of animated scenes, and a workshop in layout design by Disney artist Bill Hodman. The Classical Animation Society is a student organization founded to unite the animation students at SCAD. To date, the Society has received support from ASIFA-Hollywood, ASIFA-East, Animation World Network, Animation World Magazine, Disney artists, DreamWorks SKG, Warner Bros., Primal Screen in Atlanta, and the local Radio Disney radio station in Savannah, GA. Members of the Society are working on 2KJ, an independent animated film by Larry Lauria. A Classical Animation Society website is being planned and will be hosted by Animation World Network.

SCAD President Matt Shumway and Vice President Lamont Wayne have written reviews of Futurama and Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd N Eddy, for Animation World Magazine.

A Flash animation by Larry Lauria is featured in the August 1999 issue of Animation World Magazine.

Gary Albright.

ITS Announces Monitor Awards. ITS, a Vienna, Virginia-based trade association of the post-production industry, has announced the winners of the 1999 International Monitor Awards. "The Awards recognize artists who have successfully mastered the synthesis of creativity and technology. It is the highest recognition for outstanding production and post-production," says Ruth Roland, Chairman of the 20th Annual International Awards. This year's animation related winners were:

BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR FILM ORIGINATED TELEVISION SERIES
Star Trek: Voyager "Thirty Days;" Santa Monica, Cal.-based Digital Magic Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT FOR FILM ORIGINATED TELEVISION SPECIALS
Merlin; London-based The Framestore

BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR THEATRICAL RELEASES
What Dreams May Come; Santa Monica, Cal.-based Pacific Ocean Post

BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING
Casper Meets Wendy; Toluca Lake, Cal.-based Pixel Magic

BEST ACHIEVEMENT FOR SHORT SUBJECTS
Bunny; Harrison, New York-based Blue Sky Studios

BEST DIRECTOR FOR SHORT SUBJECTS
Bunny; Chris Wedge

BEST 3D COMPUTER ANIMATION FOR OPENS, CLOSES & TITLES
Winter Olympics; London, England-based BBC Resources

BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR OPENS, CLOSES & TITLES
Outer Limits; Hollywood, Cal.-based Complete Post, Inc.

BEST 3D COMPUTER ANIMATION FOR NATIONAL COMMERCIALS
"Nature's Resource Campaign;" Harrison, New York-based Blue Sky Studios

BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR NATIONAL COMMERCIALS
"Trophomotion;" North Adams, Mass.-based Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company

BEST VIDEO PAINT DESIGN FOR NATIONAL COMMERCIALS
"Chevrolet S-10 Animator;" Southfield, Michigan-based Universal Images, Inc.

BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR INTERNAL CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
IDN Multimedia-Design Collective; New York, New York-based Manhattan Transfer

BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR INFORMATIONAL NON-BROADCAST
1968: THE YEAR THAT CHANGED AMERICA; Arlington, Virginia-based The Freedom Forum Newseum

BEST ACHIEVEMENT FOR SHOW/DEMO REELS
New York, New York-based Rhinoceros Visual Effects and Design