2021 Emmys: ‘Love, Death and Robots,’ ‘Black Is King’ win early juried awards

Erik Anderson August 25, 2021

Love, Death and Robots, Black Is King, The Simpsons and more are among early winners for this year’s Emmy Awards, as the Television Academy announced juried category honorees in the fields of animation, costume, interactive programming and motion design.

Netflix’s Love, Death and Robots dominated the Individual Achievement in Animation section with four wins. Those animators were joined by animators from Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal and The Simpsons for non-competitive, juried prizes.

Beyoncé’s Black Is King from Disney+was largely ignored in the top fields of Emmy nominations but did take home the juried win for its costumes by Zerina Akers and Timothy White for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program. They were joined by the costume teams from The Masked Singer and Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular.

“All three winning shows are superb examples of the art of costume design and supervision, showing great creativity in the conception and execution of each unique vision,” said Television Academy governor Laura Guzik.

This year, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will take place over two days and three events; September 11 at 5pm PT and September 12 at 1pm PT and 5pm PT, where these juried awards will be presented alongside competitive awards like the guest acting prizes. All will take place outside on the events deck at L.A. Live and then air on FXX September 18, the day before the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Here are this year’s juried Emmy Awards winners:

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal • “Plague of Madness” • Adult Swim • Cartoon Network Studios
David Krentz, Storyboard Artist

Love, Death and Robots • “Ice” • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix
Robert Valley, Production Designer

Love, Death and Robots • “Ice” • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix
Patricio Betteo, Background Artist

Love, Death and Robots • “All Through the House” • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix
Dan Gill, Stop Motion Animator

Love, Death and Robots • “Automated Customer Service” • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix
Laurent Nicolas, Character Designer

The Simpsons • “Wad Goals” • Fox • A Gracie Films Production in association with 20th Television Animation
Nik Ranieri, Lead Character Layout Artist

Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program

Black Is King • Disney+ • Walt Disney Studios
Zerina Akers, Costume Designer
Timothy White, Costume Supervisor

The Masked Singer • “Super 8 – The Plot Chickens! Part 2” • Fox • Fox Alternative Entertainment
Marina Toybina, Costume Designer
Grainne O’Sullivan, Costume Supervisor
Gabrielle Letamendi, Assistant Costume Designer
Lucia Maldonado, Assistant Costume Designer

Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular • IFC • The Riddle Entertainment Group, Emerald Street, Get Lifted and RadicalMedia
Ariyela Wald-Cohain, Costume Designer
Patty Malkin, Costume Supervisor
Erica Schwartz, Assistant Costume Supervisor

Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming

For All Mankind: Time Capsule • Apple TV+ • Apple / Tall Ship Productions
Apple
Tall Ship Productions

Outstanding Motion Design

Calls • Apple TV+ • Apple / Studiocanal / Bad Hombre Productions in association with CANAL+
Alexie Tylevich, Creative Director
Ethan Stickley, Designer/Animator
Scott Ulrich, Animator
Daisuke Goto, Animator
Chi Hong, Animator
James Connelly, Editor

Photos courtesy of Netflix/Disney+

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.