四虎影视 Computer Animation alumni-led projects won big at the 4th Annual Children’s and Family Emmy Awards. The ceremony took place at Lincoln Center鈥檚 Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on March 1 and 2.
Michael Yates 鈥�14 won four Emmys for his Pixar animation series Win or Lose. As co-creator, writer, director, and EP, he was awarded the Outstanding Children鈥檚 or Young Teen Animated Series, Outstanding Writing for a Children鈥檚 or Young Teen Animated Series for the episode 鈥淧ickle鈥�, Outstanding Directing for an Animated Series for the episode 鈥淗ome鈥�, and Outstanding Editing for an Animated Program for the episode 鈥淢ixed Signals.鈥�
The show is the first original series from Pixar Animation Studios. The series tells the story of a single week in the lives of a co-ed middle school softball team, with each episode showing the perspective of a different team member, as well as the coach and umpire. The voice cast includes comedian and actor Will Forte.
Esteban Bravo 鈥�17 won Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation 鈥� Storyboard for Win or Lose. In 2017, Bravo also won Gold at the 44th Student Emmy Awards in the Animation category for his senior thesis short, In A Heartbeat.
Echo Wu 鈥�16 won Outstanding Show Open as the creator, writer, director, and EP for the Netflix series Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld.
The series follows a Chinese-American 16-year-old named Jentry, who, while living with her grandmother in Texas, discovers she is being hunted by a demon king who hopes to steal her superpowers, all while navigating run-of-the-mill teen problems. Wu calls the show a love letter to her childhood. The voice cast includes Ali Wong, among other familiar voices.
Kal Athannassov 鈥�16 won Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation 鈥� Character Design for Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld. The two grads have also shared awards for their collaboration on their senior thesis animation, The Wishgranter, which was nominated for a Student Academy Award, and won a BAFTA/LA Student Film Award and a College Emmy. Athannassov won four Daytime Emmys for past projects, Baby Yaga in 2021 and Crow: The Legend in 2019.
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