Two shows set in early 1600s Japan, FX’s 10-episode historical drama based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel, and Netflix’s animated drama about a mixed-race sword master living a life in disguise and shame while seeking vengeance, led the pack at the awards ceremonies held over two days this weekend at the Peacock Theater in LA.
This past Saturday and Sunday evenings at the Peacock Theaters at L.A. LIVE, the Television Academy presented both its 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television. The ceremonies awarded a wide range of artists and craftspeople responsible for some of the best comedy, drama, limited series and television movies of the past year. The ceremonies were not televised live; an edited show will air Sept. 14 on FXX.
Among the animation and VFX-driven show nominees, Shōgun, FX’s historical drama series based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel, was the big winner, taking home 14 awards in the 25 categories it was nominated.
A complete list of this year's Creative Arts Emmy Award winners, is available 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
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
- 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
- Shōgun – FX, FX Productions
Nadia Tzuo, Creative Director
Mike Zeng, Designer
Alex Silver, Animator
Lee Buckley, Animator
Ilya Tselyutin, Animator
Evan Larimore, Animator
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie
- 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
- 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
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- Big Mouth “The Ambition Gremlin” – Netflix, Netflix
Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress
Outstanding Emerging Media Program
- Fallout: Vault 33 - Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Kilter Films, Bethesda Game Studios
Amazon MGM Studios
Kilter Films
Bethesda Studios
Source: The Television Academy
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
