Seven Artists Are Recognized By The Television Academy For Individual Achievement Emmys

The Television Academy has revealed the winners of this year’s juried Emmy Awards from several categories, including individual achievement in animation and motion design.

For the individual achievement in animation category, seven people were recognized with the honor. Three of those people represent projects on Max and three represent Netflix. An animator on Peacock’s In the Know took home the seventh honor.

One show, however, stood out above the others, with Blue Eye Samurai’s crew earning all three individual achievement awards for Netflix. The series was recognized for its character design, production design, and storyboarding. On the Max side, three different projects were honored: Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (character animation), Scavengers Reign (background design), and Clone High (character design).

Juried category hopefuls are screened by a panel of professionals in the appropriate peer groups with the possibility of one, more than one, or no entry awarded an Emmy. As a result, there are no nominees. Instead, there is a one-step evaluation and voting procedure.

This year’s juried animation Emmy awards will be presented at the 76th Creative Arts Emmys, set to take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 7, and Sunday, September 8.

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

Background Design

• Noémie Leroux
  Scavengers Reign “The Signal” – HBO | Max – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street

Character Animation

• Alex Small-Butera (SmallBu)
  Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake “The Winter King” – HBO | Max – Cartoon Network Studios
• Jan Maas
  In the Know “Yogurt Week” – Peacock – Peacock Original, in association with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Bandera, ShadowMachine

Character Design

• Brian Kesinger
  Blue Eye Samurai “Nothing Broken” – Netflix – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
• Tara Billinger
  Clone High “Let’s Try This Again” – HBO | Max – Max in association with Lord Miller, Doozer, ShadowMachine and MTV Entertainment

Production Design

• Toby Wilson
  Blue Eye Samurai “The Great Fire Of 1657” – Netflix – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions

Storyboard

• Ryan O’Loughlin
  Blue Eye Samurai “Hammerscale” – Netflix – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions

Outstanding Motion Design

• Jim Henson Idea Man – Disney+ – Imagine Documentaries Productions, Disney Branded Television
  Mark Thompson, creative director
  Seamus Walsh, creative director
  Mark Caballero, creative director
  Ivan Viaranchyk, designer
  Max Strizich, designer
  Momo Zhao, animator