The winners in the animation categories of the 34th Annual Creative Arts and Entertainment Emmy Awards were announced June 14, 2007, at a black tie gala at Hollywood & Highland ballroom in Hollywood. More than 1,100 producers, performers and craftspeople came together for the event. The gala's sponsors included American Airlines, Kmart, Purpose and Soapnet.com. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences introduced new categories this year for Outstanding Broadband Program in comedy, drama, variety and childrens. Presenters for the childrens' categories included Christopher Lloyd from PBS' CYBERCHASE and Tom Kenny, known as the voice of SpongeBob on Nickelodeon's SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS.
Winners in the animation categories are listed below:
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
* THE BACKYARDIGANS (Nickelodeon) Jeff Astolfo, Animator
* BEN 10 (Cartoon Network) Thomas Perkins, Character Design
* JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLY WINKS (PBS) Trevor Wall, Storyboard Artist
OUTSTANDING CHILDRENS ANIMATED PROGRAM
* ARTHUR (PBS)Pierre Valette, Exec ProducerToper Taylor, Exec ProducerLesley Taylor, Exec ProducerMarc Brown, Exec ProducerPaul Higgins, Coordinating ProducerDiane Dallaire, ProducerJacqui Deegan, ProducerGeoff Adams, ProducerTolon Brown, ProducerGreg Bailey, Director/ProducerDebra Toffan, Voice DirectorPeter K. Hirsch, Head WriterStephanie Simpson, Head WriterDeitrich Smith, WriterRaye Lankford, WriterHillary Illick, Writer
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS ANIMATED PROGRAM
* TUTENSTEIN (Discovery Kids)Bruce Johnson, Exec ProducerWilliam Baumann, Exec ProducerFred Schaefer, Co-Exec ProducerPaul Cummins, Exec ProducerJessica Hanlon-Rapsas, Exec ProducerTapaas Chakravarti, Exec ProducerMark Young, Supervising ProducerSteven Wilzbach, Line ProducerCyrus Mistry, Line ProducerSiobhan Ni Ghadhra, ProducerNorton Virgien, Director OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MAIN TITLE DESIGN
* THE UPSIDE DOWN SHOW (Noggin)Mark Bowey, Graphic ArtistRobert Michaels, Title DesignerTerrence Williams, Title Designer OUTSTANDING PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
* DISNEY'S THE EMPEROR'S NEW SCHOOL (Disney Channel) Eartha Kitt as Yzma
ORIGINAL SONG-CHILDREN'S/ANIMATED
* BETWEEN THE LIONS * PBS Song Title: Q Without U Sarah Durkee, Lyricist/Composer Paul Jacobs, Lyricist/Composer
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING - LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATION
* THE BATMAN (Kids WB!)Timothy J. Borquez, MPSE, Supervising Sound EditorThomas Syslo, Supervising Sound EditorKeith Dickens, Sound EditorDoug Andorka, Sound EditorEric Freeman, Sound EditorMark Keatts, ADR EditorMark Keefer, Dialogue EditorMichael Garcia, Dialogue Editor
OUTSTANDING BROADBAND PROGRAM - CHILDRENS
* CYBERCHASE (PBS)Frances Nankin, Exec ProducerSandra Sheppard, Exec ProducerEllen Doherty, Senior Series ProducerJill Peters, Senior DirectorBob Morris, Producer/DirectorSuzanne Rose, ProducerMichelle Chen, ProducerElizabeth Hummer, Producer/DirectorArash Hoda, ProducerAnthony Chapman, Online Exec ProducerDavid Hirmes, Online ProducerBianca Degroat, PerformerMatt Wilson, PerformerGeorge Arthur Bloom, Head Writer
OUTSTANDING BROADBAND PROGRAM - VARIETY
* IT'S JERRYTIME! (Ozone Inc)Jerry Zucker, Writer/ComposerOrrin Zucker, Director/Associate Director
