2010 Creative Arts & Primetime Emmy® Award Nominees: On July 8, 2010, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards. The Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of primetime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from in any primetime period (6:00 PM – 2:00 AM) during the 2009 calendar year. With representation from its Dean’s Council, faculty and alumni community, the Tisch School of the Arts family racked up 50 nominees! Break a leg! The Primetime Emmy® Awards will be broadcast on August 29, 2010 on NBC.

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

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