Mark another win for Bender, Fry and the hard-working gang at Comedy Central’s Futurama. Exec produced by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler, the episode “The Late Philip J. Fry” took home the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program on Saturday (Sep. 10) at the Creative Emmy Award ceremony. The series has won three Emmys and four nominations in previous years. The episode, which was first broadcast in July 29, 2010, finds Fry traveling into the future in Farnsworth’s new time machine before a big date with Leela. Here is the complete list of winners:
Outstanding Animated Program
Futurama • The Late Philip J. Fry • Comedy Central • The Curiosity Company in
association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Matt Groening, Executive Producer
David X. Cohen, Executive Producer
Ken Keeler, Executive Producer
Dan Vebber, Co-Executive Producer
Patric M. Verrone, Co-Executive Producer
Josh Weinstein, Co-Executive Producer
Eric Horsted, Co-Executive Producer
Michael Rowe, Co-Executive Producer
Lee Supercinski, Produced By
Claudia Katz, Produced By
Gregg Vanzo, Animation Executive Producer
Lewis Morton, Written by
Peter Avanzino, Supervising Director/Directed By
Scott Vanzo, Director of Computer Graphics
Ira Sherak, Assistant Director
Outstanding Short-format Animated Program
Disney Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa • ABC • Walt Disney Studios
John Lasseter, Executive Producer
Dorothy McKim, Producer
Kevin Deters, Written By/Directed By
Stevie Wermers, Written By/Directed By
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Futurama • Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences • Comedy Central • The Curiosity Company in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Maurice LaMarche as Lrrr & Orson Welles
(JURIED WINNERS) Individual Achievement in Animation
Community: Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas • NBC • A Harmonious Claptrap production in association with 23D Films, Inc.
Drew Hodges, Character Animator
Disney Phineas And Ferb • Wizard Of Odd • Disney Channel • Disney Television Animation
Jill Daniels, Background Painter
Brian Woods, Background Design
Firebreather • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios
Peter Chung, Character Design
Sung Chang, Character Animator
Lilac Wine • drmartens.com • Blind, Inc.
Vanessa Marzaroli, Production Design
Young Justice • Independence Day • Cartoon Network • Warner Bros. Animation
Philip Bourassa, Character Design
Outstanding Special VFX for a Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Robert Stromberg, VFX Designer HBO
David Taritero, VFX Producer
Justin Ball, VFX Supervisor
Richard Friedlander, VFX Producer
Paul Graff, VFX Supervisor
Steve Kirshoff, Special Effects Coordinator
J. John Corbett, Lead Compositor
Brian Sales, Lead Compositor
Ah Dee, Lead Compositor
Outstanding Special VFX for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
History: Gettysburg
Kent Johnson, VFX Supervisor
J. David Everhart, VFX Producer
Mike Yup, Lead VFX Animator
Jon Rhinehardt, Lead VFX Compositor
Jason Korber, VFX Compositor
Jared Jones, VFX Compositor
Ethan Summers, Lead Model Maker
Brent Steinberg, CGI Artist
Max Poolman, Special Effects Supervisor
The rest of the Emmy awards will be handed out on Sunday, Sept. 18, which will be telecast on FOX-TV. Highlights from the Creative Arts ceremony will air on ReelzChannel on Sept. 17.
