Ringling College Computer Animation alumni-led projects won big at the 4th Annual Children’s and Family Emmy Awards. The ceremony took place at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on March 1 and 2.
Michael Yates ’14 won four Emmys for his Pixar animation series Win or Lose. As co-creator, writer, director, and EP, he was awarded the Outstanding Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series, Outstanding Writing for a Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series for the episode “Pickle”, Outstanding Directing for an Animated Series for the episode “Home”, and Outstanding Editing for an Animated Program for the episode “Mixed Signals.”
The show is the first original series from Pixar Animation Studios. The series tells the story of a single week in the lives of a co-ed middle school softball team, with each episode showing the perspective of a different team member, as well as the coach and umpire. The voice cast includes comedian and actor Will Forte.
Esteban Bravo ’17 won Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation – Storyboard for Win or Lose. In 2017, Bravo also won Gold at the 44th Student Emmy Awards in the Animation category for his senior thesis short, In A Heartbeat.
Echo Wu ’16 won Outstanding Show Open as the creator, writer, director, and EP for the Netflix series Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld.
The series follows a Chinese-American 16-year-old named Jentry, who, while living with her grandmother in Texas, discovers she is being hunted by a demon king who hopes to steal her superpowers, all while navigating run-of-the-mill teen problems. Wu calls the show a love letter to her childhood. The voice cast includes Ali Wong, among other familiar voices.
Kal Athannassov ’16 won Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation – Character Design for Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld. The two grads have also shared awards for their collaboration on their senior thesis animation, The Wishgranter, which was nominated for a Student Academy Award, and won a BAFTA/LA Student Film Award and a College Emmy. Athannassov won four Daytime Emmys for past projects, Baby Yaga in 2021 and Crow: The Legend in 2019.
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