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