Futurama, Prep & Landing, Boardwalk Empire Win Creative Emmys

files/pictures/picture-35.jpgCall it the comeback king. The Comedy Central resurrected FUTURAMA won Outstanding Animated Program at the Creative Arts Emmys Awards on Saturday, Sept, 10, 2011. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's sci-fi spoof also won Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for Maurice LaMarche's work as Lrrr and Orson Welles.

Disney's PREP & LANDING: OPERATION SECRET SANTA took home the prize for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program.

In the vfx realm, BOARDWALK EMPIRE took home Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series, while GETTYSBURG won Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special.

The ceremony took place at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live in downtown L.A. REELZCHANNEL will broadcast the event on Sept. 17th at 8 p.m. ET.

Below is a complete list of animation and visual effects related winners.

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
FUTURAMA COMEDY CENTRAL
The Late Philip J. Fry
Matt Groening, Executive Producer
David X. Cohen, Executive Producer
Ken Keeler, Executive Producer
Dan Vebber, Co-Executive Producer
Patric M. Verrone, Co-Executive Producer
Josh Weinstein, Co-Executive Producer
Eric Horsted, Co-Executive Producer
Michael Rowe, Co-Executive Producer
Lee Supercinski, Produced by
Claudia Katz, Produced by
Gregg Vanzo, Animation Executive Producer
Lewis Morton, Written by
Peter Avanzino, Supervising Director/Directed by
Scott Vanzo, Director of Computer Graphics
Ira Sherak, Assistant Director

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM
DISNEY PREP & LANDING: OPERATION SECRET SANTA ABC
John Lasseter, Executive Producer
Dorothy McKim, Producer
Kevin Deters, Written by/Directed by
Stevie Wermers, Written by/Directed by

OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
MAURICE LAMARCHE as Lrrr & Orson Welles COMEDY CENTRAL
Futurama
Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION (Juried Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.) This is a juried award determined by a panel of judges from the Animation peer group. Recommendation(s) from the jury are brought to the Board of Governors for ratification.

DREW HODGES, Character Animator NBC
Community: Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas

JILL DANIELS, Background Painter DISNEY CHANNEL
Disney Phineas And Ferb
Wizard Of Odd

BRIAN WOODS, Background Design DISNEY CHANNEL
Disney Phineas And Ferb
Wizard Of Odd

PETER CHUNG, Character Design CARTOON NETWORK
Firebreather

SUNG CHANG, Character Animator CARTOON NETWORK
Firebreather

VANESSA MARZAROLI, Production Design DRMARTENS.COM
Lilac Wine

PHILIP BOURASSA, Character Design CARTOON NETWORK
Young Justice
Independence Day

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES
ROBERT STROMBERG, Visual Effects Designer HBO
DAVID TARITERO, Visual Effects Producer
JUSTIN BALL, Visual Effects Supervisor
RICHARD FRIEDLANDER, Visual Effects Producer
PAUL GRAFF, Visual Effects Supervisor
STEVE KIRSHOFF, Special Effects Coordinator
J. JOHN CORBETT, Lead Compositor
BRIAN SALES, Lead Compositor
AH DEE, Lead Compositor
Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire (Pilot)

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES,
MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
KENT JOHNSON, Visual Effects Supervisor HISTORY
J. DAVID EVERHART, Visual Effects Producer
MIKE YIP, Lead Visual Effects Animator
JON RHINEHARDT, Lead Visual Effects Compositor
JASON KORBER, Visual Effects Compositor
JARED JONES, Visual Effects Compositor
ETHAN SUMMERS, Lead Model Maker
BRENT STEINBERG, CGI Artist
MAX POOLMAN, Special Effects Supervisor
Gettysburg

OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
ANGUS WALL, Creative Director HBO
ROBERT FENG, Art Director
KIRK H. SHINTANI, Animator
HAMEED SHAUKAT, Designer
Game Of Thrones

OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
BORN OF FIRE * CHRYSLER 200
Wieden+Kennedy, Ad Agency
Serial Pictures, Production Company