2019 Juried Emmy Winners: ‘Love, Death & Robots’ And ‘Age of Sail’ Win Big

The Television Academy has announced the juried award winners for the 71st Emmy Awards in the animation, interactive media, and motion design categories. The awards will be presented at the 2019 Creative Arts Awards ceremonies on Saturday, September 14.

In the individual achievement for animation, all eight winners came from projects that were presented on Netflix and Youtube. It’s quite the change from last year when all six individual achievement honors went to artists working on projects for legacy media brands.

Three of the animation awards were presented to Age of Sail (pictured, top right) the John Kahrs-directed 360/vr film for the recently-shuttered Google Spotlight Stories. The Netflix adult animated anthology Love, Death & Robots, also came up big, winning four individual achievement awards. Albert Mielgo’s short from the anthology series, “The Witness” (pictured, top left) which won two individual achievement honors, is also nominated in the Short Form Animated Program category of the upcoming Emmys.

Here are the juried winners:

Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation

• Age of Sail — Youtube — Google Spotlight Stories and Boathouse Studios
  Céline Desrumaux, production designer
• Age of Sail — Youtube — Google Spotlight Stories and Boathouse Studios
  Bruno Mangyoku, character designer
• Age of Sail — Youtube — Google Spotlight Stories and Boathouse Studios
  Jasmin Lai, color
• Carmen Sandiego “The Chasing Paper Caper” — Netflix — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media
  Elaine Lee, background painter
• Love, Death & Robots “The Witness” — Netflix — Blur Studio
  Alberto Mielgo, production designer
• Love, Death & Robots “Good Hunting” — Netflix — Blur Studio
  Jun-ho Kim, background designer
• Love, Death & Robots “The Witness” — Netflix — Blur Studio
  David Pate, character animator
• Love, Death & Robots “Sucker of Soul” — Netflix — Blur Studio
  Owen Sullivan, storyboard artist

Outstanding Innovation In Interactive Media

• Artificial — Twitch — 96 Next
  Bernie Su, executive producer
  Evan Mandery, executive producer
  Michael Y. Chow, executive producer
  Bonnie Buckner, executive producer
  Ken Kalopsis, executive producer
• Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over — Oculus Store — Fable Studio, Facebook, Story Studio, Third Rail Projects
  Fable Studio
  Facebook
  Pete Billington, director and creator
  Jessica Yaffa Shamash, creative producer and creator
  Edward Saatchi, executive producer

Outstanding Motion Design

• Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj — Netflix — A Netflix Original Production
  Michelle Higa Fox, creative director
  Jorge L. Peschiera, creative director
  Yussef Cole, head of animation
  Brandon Sugiyama, lead animator
  Paris London Glickman, lead animator

Juried categories require all entrants to be screened by a panel of professionals in the appropriate peer group. As a consequence, there are no nominees but instead a one-step evaluation and voting procedure. Deliberations include open discussions of each entrant’s work with a thorough review of the merits of awarding the Emmy.

The 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards presentation will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles beginning at 5pm on Saturday, September 14, and Sunday, September 15, and will air Saturday, September 21, at 8pm ET/PT on FXX.