NYU Alumni Score Big at the 2007 Emmys
By Richard Pierce
Alumni and faculty from NYU and the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) were well represented at this year’s 59th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Television’s highest honors were handed out in two installments this year at the Shrine Auditorium, with the Creative Arts Emmys awarded on Sept. 8, and the all the rest on Sunday, Sept. 16 during the Prime Time Emmy Awards on FOX.
The awards are a symbol of peer recognition from over 13,000 members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Each member casts a ballot for the category of competition in their field of expertise.
TSOA/Kanbar Institute of Film and Television faculty Spike Lee and Sam Pollard each won two awards; one in Nonfiction Programming for When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, and the other when the documentary was also singled out for an Exceptional Merit Award in Nonfiction Filmmaking. The overall winners from TSOA and NYU were:
2007 Primetime Emmy winners
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
David Javerbaum, TSOA ’95, Executive Producer
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Outstanding Drama Series
Brad Grey, TSOA Dean’s Council, Executive Producer
The Sopranos
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
David Chase ’68, University College (Heights)
The Sopranos, “Made in America”
Outstanding Drama Series
David Chase ’68, University College (Heights),
Executive Producer
The Sopranos
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Alan Taylor, TSOA ’91
The Sopranos, "Kennedy and Heidi"
2007 Creative Arts Emmy winners
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series,
Miniseries, Movie or Special
Jamie Kelman, TSOA ’95, Prosthetic Makeup Artist
House
Outstanding Art Direction for a
Multi-Camera Series
Steve Olson, TSOA ’87, Production Designer
How I Met Your Mother
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
Spike Lee, TSOA ‘82/’88, Faculty, Grad Film & TV, Director
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Outstanding Picture Editing for
Nonfiction Programming
Sam Pollard, TSOA Faculty, Undergraduate Film & TV, Supervising Editor
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Andy Samberg, TSOA ’00, Lyricist
Saturday Night Live: Host: Justin Timberlake, Song title: “Dick In A Box”
Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series
Barry Frischer, TSOA ’72, Camera
Saturday Night Live: Host: Alec Baldwin and Musical Guest: Christina Aguilera
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking
Spike Lee, TSOA ’82/’88, Faculty in Grad Film & TV, Director
Sam Pollard, TSOA Faculty in Undergraduate Film & TV, Supervising Editor
Jacqueline Glover, TSOA ’88, Supervising Producer
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
