The 75th annual Emmy® Award nominations were announced on July 12, 2023 by actress Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy Chairman Frank Scherma. Congratulations to the following graduates of the AFI Conservatory who were recognized for their extraordinary creative work!
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
PERRY MASON, “Chapter Eleven”
– Keith P. Cunningham (AFI Class of 1990), Production Designer
Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON “The Lord of the Tides”
– Catherine Goldschmidt (AFI Class of 2009), Cinematographer
Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY, “Bad Meat”
– Carl Franklin (AFI Class of 1986), Director/Executive Producer
Outstanding Directing For A Reality Program
QUEER EYE, “Speedy for Life”
– Ali Moghadas (AFI Class of 2007), Director
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series
THE LAST OF US, “Endure and Survive”
– Emily Mendez (AFI Class of 2015), Editor
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, “My Love Language is Words of Defamation”
– Taylor Mason (AFI Class of 2012), Editor
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special
BEING MARY TYLER MOORE
– James Adolphus (AFI Class of 2011), Cinematographer/Director/Producer
STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE
– Annetta Marion (AFI DWW Class of 2005), Producer
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking
THE TERRITORY
– Darren Aronofsky (AFI Class of 1992), Executive Producer
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
ANDOR
– John Roesch (AFI Class of 1977), Foley Artist
Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork For A Series
THE VOICE, “Live Top 10 Performances”
– Guido Frenzel (AFI Class of 1994), Camera
– Scott Kaye (AFI Class of 1979), Camera
Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork For A Special
2022 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY
– Guido Frenzel (AFI Class of 1994), Camera
In addition to the individual AFI Alumni honored for their achievement, please join us in also celebrating the following AFI Alumni whose contributions helped to create the outstanding work honored today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Outstanding Animated Program
ENTERGALACTIC
– Carole Kravetz Aykanian (AFI Class of 1986), Editor
THE SIMPSONS (Treehouse Of Horror XXXIII)
– Kim Blanchette (AFI Class of 1983), Stop-motion Animator: Chiodo Bros. Productions Inc.
Outstanding Comedy Series
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
– Dime Davis (AFI DWW Class of 2015), Director
– Drew Thomas (AFI Class of 1994), Camera Operator
BARRY
– Frederic J.A. Richter (AFI Class of 2012), Clip Clearance
MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
– Alex Nepomniaschy (AFI Class of 1982), Cinematographer
– Benjamin K. Cox (AFI Class of 2013), Assistant Art Director
– Ryan Webb (AFI Class of 1995), Assistant Property Master / Assistant Prop Master / Prop Buyer
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
– Jude Weng (AFI DWW Class of 1998), Director
WEDNESDAY
– Gandja Monteiro (AFI DWW Class of 2018), Director
Outstanding Drama Series
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
– Eileen Shim (AFI Class of 2016), Writer/Co-Producer
– Catherine Goldschmidt (AFI Class of 2009), Cinematographer
THE LAST OF US
– Emily Mendez (AFI Class of 2015), Editor
– Harrison Yurkiw (AFI Class of 2009), Art Direction
THE WHITE LOTUS
– Paul Aton (AFI Class of 2014), Visual Effects Producer: Ingenuity Studios
YELLOWJACKETS
– François Dagenais (AFI Class of 1995), Cinematographer
Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series
BEEF
– Eric Jihwan Jeon (AFI Class of 2010), Art Direction
– Zirao Zhang (AFI Class of 2021), Concept Illustrator
DAHMER – MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY
– Erik Holmberg (AFI TVW Class of 1988), Co-Executive producer
– Carl Franklin (AFI Class of 1986), Director/Executive Producer
– Helen Harwell (AFI Class of 1990), Supervising Art Director
– Taylor Mason (AFI Class of 2012), Editor
DAISY JONES & THE SIX
– Stacy Traub (AFI Class of 1994), Writer/Executive Producer
– Garret Price (AFI Class of 20o5), Editor
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE
– Susannah Grant (AFI Class of 1991), Executive Producer
OBI-WAN KENOBI
– Todd Cherniawsky (AFI Class of 1993), Production Designer
– Arielle Ness-Cohn (AFI Class of 2016), Art Director
– Robert Aguirre (AFI Class of 2018), Assistant Art Director
Outstanding Emerging Media Program
FOR ALL MANKIND, “Season 3 Experience”
–Mike Langer (AFI Class of 2014), Writer
– Katia Nájera (AFI Class of 2018), Set Designer/ Art Department Researcher / Assistant Art Director
– Xi Yang (AFI Class of 2017), Lead Set Designer / Art Department Assistant / Set Designer
– Caroline Grebner (AFI Class of 2020), Art Department Assistant
– Esmé Jackson (AFI Class of 2020), Assistant Art Director/Set Designer
– Rachel Kahn (AFI Class of 2020), Set Decoration Assistant
– Doriane Desfaugeres (AFI Class of 2018), Assistant Art Director
– Shi Min Yong (AFI Class of 2020), Art Department Assistant
Outstanding Scripted Variety Series
A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW
– Taylor Mason (AFI Class of 2012), Editor
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER
– DM Brent (AFI Class of 2016), Research Associate Producer
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
LOVE IS BLIND
– Brett Smith (AFI Class of 1999), Camera Operator
QUEER EYE
– Jennifer Lane (AFI Class of 1994), Executive Producer
– Ali Moghadas (AFI Class of 2007), Director
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
SELLING SUNSET
– Natasha Bedu (Class of 2006), Editor
Jules
The White Lotus
And
The Last of Us
Jorge Rivera
The outstanding quality of AFI scholarships distinguishes its alumnae.
Congratulations to all participants.