Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
| Founded |
1946 |
| Location |
5220 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601-3109
Phone: (818)754-2800
Fax: (818)761-2827 |
| Key people |
John Shaffner
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer |
| Area served |
Television industry |
| Website |
http://www.emmys.tv/ |
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1946, just one month after network television was born. It is a nonprofit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry. The Television Academy is the only major organization devoted entirely to television and is made up of more than 15,000 members representing 28 professional peer groups, including performers, directors, producers, art directors and various other artisans, technicians and executives.
Emmy Award
In 1949, the Television Academy held the first Emmy Awards ceremony, an annual event created to recognize excellence in television programming. The name “Emmy” was derived from “Immy,” a nickname for the image orthicon camera tube, which was instrumental in the development of modern television. The word was feminized as “Emmy” to complement the design chosen for the statuette, which depicted a winged, idealized woman holding an atom.
The Emmy Awards are administered by three sister organizations who focus on various sectors of television programming: the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (primetime), the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (daytime, sports, news and documentary), and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (international).
Publications and programs
In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Primetime EmmyAwards, the Television Academy publishes the award-winning Emmy magazine and through the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, is responsible for the Archive of American Television, annual College Television Awards, Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship, acclaimed student internships and other educational outreach programs.
Current governance
- Bruce Rosenblum (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)
- Kevin Hamburger (Vice Chair)
- Frank Scherma (Second Vice Chair)
- Marcelino Ford (Secretary)
- Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg (Treasurer)
- Joetta Di Bella (Los Angeles Area Vice Chair)
- TBD (Chair’s Appointee)
- TBD (Chair’s Appointee)
- TBD (Chair’s Appointee)
- TBD (Chair’s Appointee)
- Beth Bohn (Governors' Appointee)
- Michael Olman (Governors' Appointee)
- Lori Schwartz (Governors' Appointee)
- Robert Swartz (Governors' Appointee)
- Jerry Petry (Television Academy Foundation Chairman)
- Leo Chaloukian, C.A.S. (Ex-Officio Member)
- Thomas W. Sarnoff (Ex-Officio Member)
Current Board of Governors
- Animation
- Mark Kirkland
- Melinda Leasure
- Art Directors/Set Decorators
- Leslie Frankenheimer
- James Robert Yarnell
- Casting Directors
- Sharon Lieblein, CSA
- Howard Meltzer, CSA
- Children's Programming
- Daniel Evans, III
- David Kleeman
- Cinematographers
- Gary Baum
- Kenneth Zunder, A.S.C.
- Commercials
- Sheila Manning
- Frank Scherma
- Costume Design & Supervision
- Betsey Potter
- Mary Rose
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- Daytime Programming
- John C. Fisher
- Matthew J. Olsen
- Directors
- Lee Miller
- John C. Moffitt
- Electronic Production
- Stephen A. Jones
- John D. O’Brien
- Interactive Media
- Geoff Katz
- Lori Schwartz
- Los Angeles Area
- Greg Taylor
- Sabrina Fair Thomas
- Makeup/Hairstylists
- Judy Crown
- Patricia Messina
- Music
- Mark Adler
- Ian Fraser
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- Nonfiction Programming
- Dan Birman
- Mark Samels
- Performers
- Bob Bergen
- Kathryn Joosten
- Picture Editors
- Scott Boyd, A.C.E
- Jason Rosenfield, A.C.E.
- Producers
- Tim Gibbons
- Steven Kent
- Production Executives
- Lucia Gervino
- Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg
- Professional Representatives
- Allison Binder
- Beth Bohn
- Public Relations
- Rachel McCallister
- Russ Patrick
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- Sound
- Frank Morrone, C.A.S.
- Michael Olman, C.A.S.
- Sound Editors
- Ruth Adelman
- Eileen Horta
- Special Visual Effects
- Kevin Pike
- Mark Scott Spatny
- Stunts
- Ted Barba
- Anthony Molinari
- Television Executives
- Michael Sluchan
- Robert Swartz
- Title Design
- Ellen Kahn
- Jon Teschner
- Writers
- Kirk Ellis
- Margaret Nagle
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Television Academy Honors
The Television Academy Honors was established in 2008 to recognize “Television with a Conscience" — television programming that inspires, informs, motivates and even has the power to change lives.
The Fifth Television Academy Honors will take place May 2, 2012, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
4th
- The 16th Man
- The Big C, “Taking The Plunge”
- Friday Night Lights, “I Can’t”
- Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
- The Oprah Winfrey Show, “A Two-Day Oprah Show Event: 200 Adult Men Who Were Molested Come Forward”
- Parenthood, “Pilot”
- Private Practice, “Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?”
- Wartorn 1861-2010
3rd
- CSI, “Coup De Grace”
- Glee, “Wheels”
- Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? With Maria Shriver
- Explorer, “Inside Death Row”
- Private Practice, “Nothing To Fear”
- Taking Chance
- Unlocking Autism
- Vanguard, “The OxyContin Express”
2nd
- A Home for the Holidays (10th Annual)
- Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
- Brothers & Sisters, “Prior Commitments”
- Extreme Makeover Home Edition, “The Martirez & Malek Families”
- Masterpiece Contemporary: “God on Trial"
- Stand Up to Cancer
- 30 Days
- Whale Wars
1st
- Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
- Boston Legal
- Girl Positive
- God's Warriors
- Law & Order: SVU, "Harm"
- Pictures of Hollis Woods
- Planet Earth
- Shame
- Side Order of Life
Hall of fame
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References
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