2020 Juried Emmy Winners: ‘Primal’ Spears 3 Wins For Individual Achievement

The Television Academy has announced the juried award winners for the 72nd Emmy Awards in the animation, interactive media, and motion design categories. The awards will be presented at the 2020 Creative Arts Awards ceremonies on Thursday, September 17, streaming on Emmys.com.

In the individual achievement for animation, three of the five winners were artists who contributed to the first season of Adult Swim’s dialogueless limited series Primal. Among the winners was Primal creator Genndy Tartakovsky, who picked up his fourth Emmy win for his storyboarding efforts on the series. The other Primal honorees were art director Scott Wills (his third Emmy) and character designer Stephen DeStefano (his first win).

Here are the juried winners, including interactive media and motion design:

Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation

• Archer “Road Trip” — FX Networks — FX Productions
  Jill Dykxhoorn, lead background artist
• Cosmos: Possible Worlds “Vavilov” — National Geographic — Possible Worlds LLC in association with Fox
  Dan MacKenzie, character animator
• Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal “Spear and Fang” — Adult Swim — Cartoon Network Studios
  Genndy Tartakovsky, storyboard artist
• Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal “Spear and Fang” — Adult Swim — Cartoon Network Studios
  Scott Wills, art director
• Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal “A Cold Death” — Adult Swim — Cartoon Network Studios
  Stephen DeStefano, character designer

Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming

• Create Together — Youtube — Hitrecord, Brian Graden Media, YouTube Originals
  Sam Wasserman, executive producer
  Joseph Gordon-Levitt, executive producer
• The Line — Oculus — Arvore Immersive Experiences
  Ricardo Laganaro, director
  Ricardo Justus, executive producer
  Edouard de Montmort, executive producer

Outstanding Motion Design

• Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates — Netflix — A Concordia Studio Production
  Leanne Dare, creative director
  Eben McCue, animator
  Sebastian Hoppe-Fuentes, animator
  David Navas, 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 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will stream on Emmys.com for four consecutive nights beginning Monday, September 14, through Thursday, September 17, at 8pm ET/5pm PT with a fifth broadcast ceremony on Saturday, September 19, at 8pm ET/5pm PT on FXX.