One Tisch professor received his Creative Arts Emmy at a ceremony held by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on August 21.

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series: Mad Men
Carrie Audino ’97 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), CSA, Casting

Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: The Pacific
Jennifer Euston ’97 (BFA, Cinema Studies), CSA, New York Casting Director

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special: The Pacific • Part Five
Daniel S. Irwin ’92 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), MPSE, Supervising Dialogue and ADR Editor

Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming: By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama
Sam Pollard, Professor (Kanbar, F&TV), Editor
Arielle Amsalem ’06 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Editor

Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special: Jimmy Kimmel Live
Rodney Munoz ’92/’93 (BFA/MFA, Design)

Outstanding Comedy Series: Modern Family
Bill Wrubel ’93 (MFA,Kanbar, Goldberg DDW), Co-Executive Producer
Paul Corrigan ’94 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Co-Executive Producer
Brad Walsh ’94 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Co-Executive Producer

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Steve Bodow ’95 (MPS, Kanbar, ITP), Supervising Producer

Outstanding Casting for A Drama Series
Mad Men • AMC • Lionsgate Television
Carrie Audino ’97 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), CSA, Casting

Outstanding Casting For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
The Pacific • HBO • Playtone and Dreamworks in association with HBO Miniseries
Jennifer Euston ’97 (BFA, Cinema Studies), CSA, New York Casting Director

Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming
By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama • HBO • Green Film Company, Citi Productions, Class 5 Films and GOOD in association with HBO Documentary Films
Sam Pollard, Professor (Kanbar, F&TV), Editor
Arielle Amsalem ’06 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Editor

With the worldwide credit crunch at its height, Annie Ryan and Michael West wanted to make a show about what it was like to have the rug pulled from underneath you. Freefall is the much-acclaimed result . . .

AS THE financial markets of the world were collapsing, Annie Ryan and Michael West were planning a piece of theatre. The husband-and-wife creative team behind Dublin’s Corn Exchange Theatre company knew they wanted to make a contemporary play about the times in which they were living  – but the times were changing as they talked.

So change became their subject. “Our work involves a lot of transformations,” says Ryan, the company’s artistic director. “We rarely use props, so we’re interested in how to transform space in front of an audience. We knew we wanted to make something about transformation. Then the whole world turned upside down. We wanted to make a piece about the feeling of what it was like to have the rug pulled from underneath you.”

Ryan, West and I talk in the garden of their mews house in South Dublin while their children – Thomas, nine, and Olly, six – play round about us. When they began working on the play – Freefall, currently at the Traverse as part of the Fringe – in the autumn of 2008, they admit they had no idea how far-reaching the implications of the change would be, either for Ireland or for them personally.

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Solondz Nurtures His Indie Cred

(From The New York Times)

IF Todd Solondz, assiduous chronicler of suburban ugliness, perversity and despair, had directed “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” what sort of movie would have invaded theaters? Would Cameron Diaz’s goofy Natalie have started a rocky romance with a man with cerebral palsy? Would Lucy Liu’s tough-as-nails Alex have attacked a Planned Parenthood office? Would Bernie Mac’s dutiful Bosley have harbored a secret sexual fetish steeped in racial taboos? These are the sorts of themes Mr. Solondz has explored in his offbeat, frequently queasy oeuvre, and so he was surprised when, in the early aughts, Drew Barrymore met with him to discuss the possibility of him overseeing the “Charlie’s Angels” sequel.

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Fundamentals of Filmmaking is taught by Rosanne Limoncelli, director of production for film and new media in the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, Television, and New Media at Tisch School of the Arts.

Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series
How I Met Your Mother • Duel Citizenship • Of Course • Hooked • CBS • Twentieth Century Fox Television
Stephan G. Olson ’87 (MFA, Design), Production Designer

Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series
Glee • Pilot – Director’s Cut • FOX • A Ryan Murphy TV Production in association with 20th Century Fox TV
Christopher Brown ’99 (MFA, Design), Art Director

Outstanding Casting for A Drama Series
Mad Men • AMC • Lionsgate Television
Carrie Audino, CSA ’97 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Casting

The Pacific • HBO • Playtone and Dreamworks in association with HBO Miniseries
Jennifer Euston, CSA ’97 (BFA, Cinema Studies), New York Casting Director

Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series
Nurse Jackie • Apple Bong • Showtime • Showtime Presents, Lionsgate Television, Jackson Group Entertainment, Madison Grain Elevator, Inc. & Delong Lumber; A Caryn Mandabach Production
Vanja Cernjul ’98 (MFA, Kanbar, Film), Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series
Breaking Bad • No Mas • AMC • Sony Pictures Television
Michael Slovis ’79 (Kanbar, Film), Director of Photography

Outstanding Costumes For A Series
The Good Wife • Crash • CBS • CBS Productions
Daniele Hollywood ’85/’86 (BFA/MFA, Design), Assistant Costume Designer

Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming
By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama • HBO • Green Film Company, Citi Productions, Class 5 Films and GOOD in association with HBO Documentary Films
Sam Pollard, Faculty (Kanbar, F&TV), Editor
Arielle Amsalem ’06 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Editor

Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music Or Comedy Programming
Saturday Night Live • Host: Betty White • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
Rick McGuinness ’82 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Lighting Director

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
Saturday Night Live • Host: Blake Lively (Song title: Shy Ronnie) • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
Andy Samberg ’00 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Lyrics

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Justified • FX Networks • Sony Pictures Television and FX Productions
Oscar Owens ’97 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Music

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Glee • FOX • A Ryan Murphy TV Production in association with 20th Century Fox TV
Matthew Morrison ’01 (Drama) as Will Schuester

30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio
Alec Baldwin ’94 (BFA, Drama) as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Dexter • Showtime • Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions
Michael C. Hall ’96 (MFA, Acting) as Dexter Morgan

Outstanding Comedy Series
Modern Family • ABC • Twentieth Century Fox Television
Paul Corrigan ’94 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Co-Executive Producer
Brad Walsh ’94 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Co-Executive Producer
Bill Wrubel ’93 (MFA, MTW), Co-Executive Producer

Nurse Jackie • Showtime • Showtime Presents, Lionsgate Television, Jackson Group Entertainment, Madison Grain Elevator, Inc. & Delong Lumber; A Caryn Mandabach Production
Evan Dunsky ’81 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Co-Executive Producer
Richie Jackson ’87 (BFA, Acting), Co-Executive Producer/Executive Producer
Alan Taylor ’91 (MFA, Kanbar, Film), Director

Outstanding Drama Series
Dexter • Showtime • Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions
Michael C. Hall ’96 (MFA, Acting), Executive Producer

Lost • ABC • Grass Skirts Productions, LLC in association with ABC Network and Studios
Damon Lindelof ’95 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Executive Producer
Elizabeth Sarnoff ’91 (BFA, Drama), Co-Executive Producer

True Blood • HBO • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment in association with HBO Entertainment
Alexander Woo ’03 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Producer

Outstanding Made For Television Movie
You Don’t Know Jack • HBO • Bee Holder, Cine Mosaic and Levinson/Fontana Productions in association with HBO Films
Lydia Dean Pilcher ’83 (MFA, Kanbar, Film), Executive Producer

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Steve Bodow ’95 (MPS, Kanbar, ITP), Supervising Producer
David Javerbaum ’95 (MFA, MTW), Executive Producer

Saturday Night Live • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
Lorne Michaels, Dean’s Council

Outstanding Special Class Programs
82nd Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Alec Baldwin ’94 (BFA, Drama), Host

The Simpsons: 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! • FOX • Warrior Poets
Morgan Spurlock ’94 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Executive Producer

Teddy: In His Own Words • HBO • Kunhardt McGee Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films
Jacqueline Glover ’88 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Supervising Producer
Sheila Nevins, Former Faculty (Kanbar, F&TV), Producer

Outstanding Reality Program
Dirty Jobs • Discovery Channel • Produced by Pilgrim Films and Television, Inc. for Discovery Channel
Eddie Barbini ’84 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Executive Producer
Scott Popjes ’88 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Supervising Producer

Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking
Sergio • HBO • Silverbridge Productions and Passion Pictures in association with Screen Pass Pictures, Impact Partners, Motto Pictures, BBC Storyville and HBO Documentary Films
Sheila Nevins, Former Faculty (Kanbar, F&TV), Executive Producer

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
The Pacific • Part Five • HBO • Playtone and Dreamworks in association with HBO Miniseries
Daniel S. Irwin, MPSE ’92 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Supervising Dialogue and ADR Editor

Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming
The Amazing Race • I Think We’re Fighting the Germans, Right? • CBS • World Race Productions Inc.
Troy Smith ’89 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
Saturday Night Live • Host: Joseph Gordon-Levitt • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
Barry Frischer ’72 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Camera

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Lost • The End • ABC • Grass Skirts Productions, LLC in association with ABC Network and Studios
Damon Lindelof ’95 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Writer

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Episode #15040 • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Steve Bodow ’95 (MPS, Kanbar, ITP), Head Writer
David Javerbaum ’95 (MFA, MTW), Writer
Elliott Kalan ’03 (BFA, Kanbar, DDW), Writer

Real Time With Bill Maher • 721- With Rachel Maddow, Niall Ferguson, Joe Queenan And Michael Ware • HBO • Bill Maher Productions and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
Jonathan Schmock ’78 (BFA, Acting), Writer

Saturday Night Live • Host: Betty White • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
James Anderson ’81 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Writer
Jessica Conrad ’07 (BFA, Kanbar, Goldberg DDW), Writer
Lorne Michaels, Dean’s Council, Writer
Marika Sawyer, Writer ’05 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV)

The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien • #146 • NBC • Conaco & NBC Universal
Matt O’Brien ’92 (BFA, Kanbar, Goldberg DDW), Writer

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
82nd Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Colleen Werthmann ’92 (BFA, Acting), Writer, Special Material

To view a full list of nominees for 2010, download the PDF.

This year eleven members—including nine alumni—of the Tisch School community received statuettes for their achievements.

Outstanding Children’s Animated Program
Curious George (PBS)
Executive Producers: Ron Howard (Parent of Alumnae) and Brian Grazer (Dean’s Council Member)

Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show
Cash Cab (Discovery)
Writer: Brock Mahan ’04 (BFA, Kanbar, Goldberg DDW)

New Approaches – Daytime Entertainment
Unplugged (MTV)
Lighting Designer: Christopher Landy ’96 (MFA, Design)

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series
All My Children (ABC)
Costume Designer: David Zyla ’88 (Drama)

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series
All My Children (ABC)
Lighting Director: Daniel Kinsley ’81 (MFA, Design)

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling
Sesame Street (PBS)
Costume Designer/Muppets: Polly Smith ’75 (MFA, Design)
Costume Designer/Muppets: Jason Weber ’87 (MFA, Design)

Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Photography (Film or Electronic)
The Electric Company (PBS)
Camera: Aaron Medick, ’97 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV)
Camera: Shaun Harkins ’81 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV)

Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera /Video Control
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
Camera Operator: Chad Smith ’95 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV)

For a full list of Creative Arts Winners, click here.

For a full list of Telecast Winners, click here.

Presenters:

Nina Berman , Ed Kashi and Larry Towell
Monday, June 21, 6:30-8:30pm
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway (at Waverly)
Dean’s Conference Room, 12th floor
Free and open to the public.
Photo ID required up on entry to the building.

For a photographer, how is it possible to judge the impact of one’s documentary work on society? Do the people in the pictures, or others like them, gain from one’s intervention? To what extent are collaborations with non-governmental organizations effective? Can a photographer manage to work independently? What strategies are being used to alert the public? photography & human rights:

WHAT WORKS?
Larry Towell
Ed Kashi
Nina Berman

These issues will be discussed in tandem with possible pathways, insights and practical advice for young and emerging documentary photographers and human rights activists whose aim it is to work in a changed yet still evolving media environment.

A panel discussion moderated by Peter Lucas.

This panel is presented the Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation as a part of the Summer Program in Photography & Human Rights.

Presenters are Nina Berman, documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape; Ed Kashi, photojournalist, filmmaker, and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times; and Larry Towell, documentary photographer, writer, poet, and folk musician.