Netflix dominates the first animation Emmy contests for children and families

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) presented the first annual Emmy Awards for Kids and Families, during two ceremonies held on Saturday, December 10 (Creative Arts) and Sunday, December 11 at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. Animation was a big part of the new awards, the first standalone expansion of the Emmy Award competition since 1979.

Netflix Animation has really thrown its creative weight in this inaugural competition, winning the upper tier awards for animation such as in children's series (City of ghosts), nursery school (Ada Twist, scientist), special class (Hilda and the mountain king) and in abbreviated form (We, the people), as well as numerous craft awards for Maya and the Three e Centaur.

You can see the previously announced Individual Achievement Winners in Animation here and review the animated nominees here. Without further ado, the animation and its category winners are:

Night 1 (Creative Arts)

EXCEPTIONAL WRITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM —Maya and the Three  (Netflix)
Co-executive producer/writer: Jeff Ranjo
Writer/Producer: Tim Yoon
Writers: Jorge Gutierrez, Candie Langdale, Doug Langdale, Silvia Olivas

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATION PROGRAM — Muppet Babies  (Disney Junior)
Writers: Max Beaudry, Hanah Lee Cook, Sarah Eisenberg, Ghia Godfree, Francisco Paredes, Becky Wangberg
Story Editor: Robyn Brown

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — City of Ghosts  (Netflix)
Directors: Ako Castuera, Luis Grane, Elizabeth Ito, Bob Logan, Pendleton Ward

OUTSTANDING VOICE DIRECTION FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES — centaurworld  (Netflix)
Voice Director: Kristi Reed

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM— Cat Burglar  (Netflix)
Composer: Christopher Willis

OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Trash Trucks  (Netflix)
Editor: Sally Bergom

OUTSTANDING EDIT FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Hi Alberto  (Disney +)
Editor: Jennifer Jew

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR A PRE-SCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Octonauts & the Ring of Fire  (Netflix)
Re-Recording Mixer: Ewan Deane
Sound Designers: Jamie Mahaffey, Iain Pattison, J. Martin Taylor
Sound Designer and Sound Effects Editor: Nolan McNaughton
Supervising Dialog Editor: Dave Peacock
Dialogue editor: Sarah Faust

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Maya and the Three  (Netflix)
Foley Mixers: Jack Cucci, Tavish Grade
Music Editor: Andres Locsey
Sound Effects Editors: David Barbee, Masanobu “Tomi” Tomita
Foley Artists: John Cucci, Dan O'Connell
Supervising Sound Editing and Re-Recording Mixing: Scott Martin Gershin
Sound Designers: Chris Richardson, Andrew Vernon

EXTRAORDINARY CASTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — 
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney +)
Casting by: Tatiana Bull, Aaron Drown, David H. Wright III

OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA — Madrid Black (Oculus TV)
Producers: Emmanuel Bernard, Antoine Cayrol, Arnaud Colinart, Luke Gibbard, Corentin Lambot, Craig Skerry, Yelena Rachistky, Dash Spiegelman Director:
James Castillo
Writers: Lawrence Bennett, Lydia Rynne
Performers: Godeliv Brandt , Fernando Guillén Cuervo
CG Supervisor: Thomas Flavelle
Animation director: Aziz Kocanaogullari
Music composer: Carlos Rodriguez Rodriguez

EXCEPTIONAL PROMO ANNOUNCEMENT — Maya and the Three  (Netflix)
Senior Producer: Carly Machlis
Producer: Morgan Russell
Creative director: Erika Anaya
Director: Katia Temkin
Associate Director: Savannah Bloch
Editors: Mack Lawrence, Julian Petrohilos
Project Managers: Erin Beckner, Ben Tom George, Hanna Gullixson

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A LIVE-ACTION PROGRAM — Endlings  (Hulu)
VFX and animation executive producer: Matthew JR Bishop
CG Supervisor: Terry Bradley
VFX producer: Teodora Ilie
VFX supervisors on set: Daryl Shail
On-Set Data Officer: Cody McCaig
VFX Editors: Yulia Kopyttseva, Luba Kukharenko, Alyssa Schmidt, Rachel Wong
Principal Composers: Steve Lowry, Nial McFadyen
Main FX Composer: Stephen Curran Conductors
lights: Belma Abdicevic, Tom Perry
Animation Directors: Adam Beck, Jeff Robinson
Resource Supervisors: Aravindan Rajasingham, James Wallace
VFX Principal Technical Director: Gustavo Fernandes
Senior Tracing and Layout Artist: Hasanain Rashid
Rigging Lead: Sean Sullivan
Rigging Artist: Michael Johnston
Character Finaling Lead Artist: Pedro Vilas
Rotoscope Lead Artist: Tarl Lambert

GREAT MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHICS — Hilda and the Mountain King  (Netflix)
Graphic producer: Melissa Buisán
Creative director: Jay Grandin
Animation director: Conor Whelan
Title Designer/Illustrator: Eric Pautz

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION/SET DECOR/STAGE DESIGN —

Muppets Haunted Mansion  (Disney +)
Production Designer: Darcy Prevost
Art Director: Kathryn Molenaar
Set Decorator: Jeanine Ringer
Virtual Production Art Director: Mark D. Allen
Virtual Production Art Director, CG Supervisors: James Dastoli, Robert Dastoli

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Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock  (Apple TV +)
Production Designer: Tyler Bishop Harron
Production Designer: Brentan Harron, Bill Ives
Production Designer: Evan Spence
Production Designer: Paul Healy, Alan McCullagh, Ian Nothnagel

Second night winners

BEST ANIMATED SERIES — City of Ghosts  (Netflix)
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Ito
Co-Executive Producer: Joanne Shen
Line Producer: Dayla Kennedy

BEST PRE-SCHOOL ANIMATED SERIES — Ada Twist, Scientist  (Netflix)
Executive Producers: Andrea Beaty, Mark Burton, Tonia Davis, Cathal Gaffney, Chris Nee, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Darragh O'Connell, David Roberts, Priya Swaminathan Co-Producer
executive : Kerri Grant
Creative producer: Alex Pitz
Supervising Producer: Gillian Higgins
Producers: Nayanshi Shaw, Peedee Shindell
Consulting Producer: Jean Herlihy

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM OF A SPECIAL CLASS  Hilda and the Mountain King  (Netflix)
Executive Producers: Kurt Mueller
Co-executive producers: Luke Pearson, Stephanie Simpson
Supervising Producers: Andy Coyle, Bryan Korn
Producers: Steve Jacobson, Chantal Ling, Rachel Simon
Associated Producers: Emerald Producer of the Wright-Collie line
: Victor Reyes

OUTSTANDING SHORT PROGRAM  — We the People  (Netflix)
Executive Producers: Kenya Barris, Tonia Davis, Chris Nee, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Priya Swaminathan
Producers: Ada Chiaghana, Erynn Sampson, Peedee Shindell
Directors: Peter Ramsey, Tim Rauch
Writers : SHE, Ronald Colson, Jeff Gitelman, David Harris, Maxx Moore

BEST PRESCHOOL SERIES — Sesame Street  (HBO Max)
Executive Producers: Benjamin Lehmann, Kay Wilson Stallings
Production Supervisor: Sal Perez
Senior Producers: Karyn Leibovich, Stephanie Longardo
Production Coordinator: Mindy Fila Producers
: Michael J. Cargill, Todd E. James, Andrew Moriarty, Ken Scarborough, Matt Vogel, Kimberly Wright, Autumn Zitani
Associate Producers: Christina Elefante, Kelly Ferrara, Bryce-Loren Walker
Line Producer: Aimee Blackton

OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN A PRE-SCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Daniel Ross as Donald Mickey Mouse
and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas  (Disney Junior)

OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM — Eric Bauza, as Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck and Tweety
Looney tunes cartoons  (HBO Max)

OUTSTANDING YOUNG VOICE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED OR PRE-SCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM — Andy Walken, as Young Durpleton
centaurworld  (Netflix)