| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1991 |
| Website |
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The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation is an annual award given to recognize the best animators of the year. There are no nominees for this category, only winners chosen by a jury.
Winners and nominations
1990s
| Year | Recipient | Program | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 [1] | Teresa Drilling, Jeff Mulcasater | Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors | CBS |
| 1992 [2] | John Ashlee Prat | Claymation Easter | CBS |
| 1993 [3] | Natalia Demidova, Peter Kotor | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | HBO |
| Sergei Glagolev, Demitri Norosyolov | |||
| 1994 | Not awarded | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 1996 [4] | Natasha Dabizha | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | HBO |
| 1997 [5] | Phil Weinstein | Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh | CBS |
| Gary Hurst | Testament: The Bible in Animation | HBO | |
| Loraine Marshall | The Willows in Winter | Family Channel | |
| 1998 [6] | Eric Radomski | Spawn | HBO |
| 1999 [7] | Joanna Quinn | Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales – Leaving London | HBO |
| Ashley Potter | |||
| Les Mills | |||
2000s
| Year | Recipient | Program | Episode | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2000 [8] |
Bari Kumar | Futurama | Fox | ||
| Nelson Lowry | The PJs | ||||
| Don Shank | The Powerpuff Girls | Cartoon Network | |||
|
2001 [9] |
Rodney Clouden (storyboard artist) | Futurama | Fox | ||
| Kyle Menke | Invader Zim | Nickelodeon | |||
| Curt Underle (art director) | Gary & Mike | UPN | |||
| Brad Schiff (lead animator) | |||||
|
2002 [10] |
Andrey Zolotoukhine (production designer) | Animated Tales of the World | HBO | ||
| Maciek Albrecht (production designer) | 'Twas the Night | ||||
|
2003 [11] |
Dan Krall (layout artist) | Samurai Jack | Cartoon Network | ||
| Scott Wills (art director) | |||||
| Maciek Albrecht (animator) | Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001 | HBO | |||
|
2004 [12] |
Seonna Hong (background stylist) | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Nickelodeon | ||
|
2005 [13] |
Barbara Wierzchowska (animator) | Classical Baby | HBO | ||
| Craig McCracken (character design) | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Cartoon Network | |||
| Mike Moon (art director) | |||||
| Ed Baker (storyboard story) | |||||
| Bryan Andrews (storyboard story) | Samurai Jack | ||||
| Justin Thompson (background supervisor) | Star Wars Clone Wars: Vol. 2 (Chapters 21–25) | ||||
| Frederick Gardner (background designer) | The Powerpuff Girls | ||||
| Gordon Hammond (character designer) | The Fairly OddParents | Nickelodeon | |||
|
2006 [14] |
Jarek Szyszko (animator) | Classical Baby 2 | HBO | ||
| Bryan Arnett (character designer) | Escape from Cluster Prime | Nickelodeon | |||
| Shannon Tindle (character designer) | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Cartoon Network | |||
| Sarah E. Meyer (animator) | Robot Chicken | ||||
| Mike Diederich (storyboard artist) | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | ||||
| Frederick Gardner (background key designer) | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | ||||
| 2007 | Thomas Perkins | Ben 10 | Cartoon Network | ||
|
2008 [15] |
Teresa Drilling (animator) | Creature Comforts | "Self Image, Winging It, Art" | CBS | |
| Ben Balistreri (character design) | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | "Mondo Coco" | Cartoon Network | ||
|
2009 [16] |
Shigemi Ikeda (art director) | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Spike TV | ||
| Joe Binggeli (background painter) | Chowder | "Shnitzel & The Lead Farfel" | Cartoon Network | ||
| Elizabeth Harvatine (character animator) | Moral Orel | "Sacrifice" | |||
| Joshua A. Jennings | Robot Chicken | " Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II" | |||
| Chris Roszak (background painter) | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | "Sea Legs" | |||
| Andy Suriano (character designer) | Underfist: Halloween Bash | ||||
2010s
| Year | Recipient | Program | Episode | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2010 [17] |
Andy Harkness (art director) | Prep & Landing | ABC | |
| William M. George III (background key design) | ||||
| Joe Mateo (storyboard artist) | ||||
| Greg Colton (storyboard artist) | Family Guy | " Road to the Multiverse" | Fox | |
| Nora Murphy-Berden (background painter) | Generator Rex | "The Day That Everything Changed" | Cartoon Network | |
| Chu-Hui Song (background painter) | ||||
| Chris Do (art director) | Heart of Stone | Vevo | ||
| Andy Bialk (character design) | The Ricky Gervais Show | "Charity" | HBO | |
| Charles Ragins (background design) | The Simpsons | " Postcards from the Wedge" | Fox | |
|
2011 [18] |
Drew Hodges (character animator) | Community: " Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" | NBC | |
| Jill Daniels (background painter) | Phineas and Ferb | " Wizard of Odd" | Disney Channel | |
| Brian Woods (background design) | ||||
| Peter Chung (character design) | Firebreather | Cartoon Network | ||
| Sung Chang (character animator) | ||||
| Philip Bourassa (character design) | Young Justice | " Independence Day" | ||
| Vanessa Marzaroli (production design) | Lilac Wine | DrMartens.com | ||
|
2012 [19] |
Jill Daniels | Phineas and Ferb | "Doof Dynasty" | Disney Channel |
| Bill Schwab | Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice | ABC | ||
| Chris Tsirgiotis | Secret Mountain Fort Awesome | "Nightmare Sauce" | Cartoon Network | |
| Robertryan Cory | ||||
|
2013 [20] |
Andy Ristaino | Adventure Time | " Puhoy" | Cartoon Network |
| Andy Bialk | Dragons: Riders of Berk | "We Are Family (Part 2)" | ||
| Joseph Holt | Mickey Mouse | "Croissant de Triomphe" | Disney Channel | |
| Jenny Gase-Baker | ||||
| Alberto Mielgo | Tron: Uprising | "The Stranger" | Disney XD | |
| Paul Wee | The Simpsons | " Treehouse of Horror XXIII" | Fox | |
| 2014 | Nick Jennings | Adventure Time | " Wizards Only, Fools" | Cartoon Network |
| Jasmin Lai | The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed | |||
| Nick Edwards | Uncle Grandpa | "Afraid of the Dark" | ||
| Ian Worrel | Gravity Falls | " Dreamscaperers" | Disney Channel | |
| Narina Sokolova | Mickey Mouse | "‘O Sole Minnie" | ||
| Valerio Ventura | "The Adorable Couple" | |||
| Sean Szeles | Long Live the Royals | CartoonNetwork.com | ||
| Cameron Baity | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise | Adult Swim | ||
| Dmitry Malanitchev | The Simpsons | " Treehouse of Horror XXIV" | Fox | |
| Charles Ragins | ||||
|
2015 [21] |
Tom Herpinch (storyboard artist) | Adventure Time | " Walnuts & Rain" | Cartoon Network |
| Nick Cross (production design) | Over the Garden Wall | |||
| Alonso Ramirez Ramos (storyboard artist) | Gravity Falls | " Not What He Seems" | Disney XD | |
| Nick Cross (background painter) | Tome of the Unknown | CartoonNetwork.com | ||
| Chris Tsirgiotis (background layout designer) | ||||
| JJ Villard (character design) | King Star King | "Fat Frank's Fantasy Lounge" | Adult Swim | |
| Brad Schaffer (character animation) | Robot Chicken | "Robot Chicken's Bitch Pudding Special" | ||
|
2016 [22] |
Jason Kolowski (production designer) | Adventure Time | " Bad Jubies" | Cartoon Network |
| Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) | " Stakes Pt. 8: The Dark Cloud" | |||
| Chris Tsirgiotis (background designer) | Long Live the Royals | "Punk Show" | ||
| Jason Carpenter (animation production designer) | He Named Me Malala | Nat Geo | ||
| Scott DaRos (character animator) | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship | Adult Swim | ||
|
2017 [23] |
Bryan Andrews (storyboard) | Samurai Jack | "XCIII" | Adult Swim |
| Scott Wills (production design) | ||||
| Craig Kellman (character design) | "XCII" | |||
| Lou Romano (background design) | "XCV" | |||
| Justin Nichols (character animation) | Wander Over Yonder | "The End of the Galaxy" | Disney XD | |
|
2018 [24] |
Lindsay Small-Butera (character animation) | Adventure Time | " Ketchup" | Cartoon Network |
| Patrick Bryson (background painter) | Steven Universe | " Jungle Moon" | ||
| Stu Livingston (storyboard artist) | Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie | Nickelodeon | ||
| Jeff Scher (production designer) [25] | The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm [26] | HBO | ||
| Justin Martin | The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular | Disney Channel | ||
| Caroline Cruikshank (character animation) | The Simpsons | " Springfield Splendor" | Fox | |
|
2019 [27] |
Céline Desrumaux (production designer) | Age of Sail | YouTube | |
| Bruno Mangyoku (character design) | ||||
| Jasmin Lai (color) | ||||
| Elaine Lee (background painter) | Carmen Sandiego | "The Chasing Paper Caper" | Netflix | |
| Alberto Mielgo (production designer) | Love, Death & Robots | "The Witness" | ||
| David Pate (character animator) | ||||
| Jun-ho Kim (background designer) | "Good Hunting" | |||
| Owen Sullivan (storyboard artist) | "Sucker of Souls" | |||
2020s
| Year | Recipient | Program | Episode | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2020 [28] |
Jill Dykxhoorn (lead background artist) | Archer | "Road Trip" | FXX |
| Dan MacKenzie (character animator) | Cosmos: Possible Worlds | "Vavilov" | Nat Geo | |
| Genndy Tartakovsky (storyboard artist) [29] | Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal | "Spear and Fang" | Adult Swim | |
| Scott Wills (art director) | ||||
| Stephen DeStefano (character designer) | "A Cold Death" | |||
|
2021 [30] |
David Krentz (storyboard artist) [31] | Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal | "Plague of Madness" | Adult Swim |
| Robert Valley (production designer) | Love, Death & Robots | "Ice" | Netflix | |
| Patricio Betteo (background artist) | ||||
| Dan Gill (stop motion animator) | "All Through the House" | |||
| Laurent Nicolas (character designer) | "Automated Customer Service" | |||
| Nik Ranieri (lead character layout artist) | The Simpsons | " Wad Goals" | Fox | |
|
2022 (74th) [32] [33] |
Anne-Laure To (color script artist) | Arcane | "The Boy Savior" | Netflix |
| Julien Georgel (art direction) | "Happy Progress Day!" | |||
| Bruno Couchinho (background designer) | "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down" | |||
| Lexy Naut (storyboard artist) | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | "Boyd in 3D" | Prime Video | |
| Kecy Salangad (animator) | The House | Netflix | ||
| Alberto Mielgo (character designer) | Love, Death & Robots | "Jibaro" | ||
|
2023 (75th) [34] |
Meybis Ruiz Cruz (lead character designer) | Entergalactic | Netflix | |
| Maya Edelman (animation director) | More Than I Want to Remember | Paramount+ | ||
| Nik Ranieri (character layout) | The Simpsons | " Lisa the Boy Scout" | Fox | |
| Almu Redondo (Art Director) | Star Wars: Visions | "Screecher's Reach" | Disney+ | |
Programs with multiple awards
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See also
References
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