Winners of the 61st Emmy Awards, held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, September 21, 2009, had its share of New York University Tisch School of the Arts alumni. The winners are:
CREATIVE EMMY AWARD WINNERS
Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming 2008 MTV Video Music Awards • MTV
Star Theodos Kahn '99/'02 (BFA/MFA, Design)
Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series
How I Met Your Mother • ShelterIsland • Not A Father's Day • CBS • 20th Century Fox Television
Stephan G. Olson '87 (MFA, Design), Production Designer
Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries Or Movie
Grey Gardens • HBO • Specialty Films and Locomotive in association with HBO Films
Kalina Ivanov '83/'89 (BFA/MFA, F&TV/Design), Production Designer
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie
Taking Chance • HBO • Motion Picture Corporation of American and Civil Dawn Pictures in association with HBO Films
Brian A. Kates '94 (BFA, F&TV), Editor
Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing
Stand Up To Cancer • ABC/CBS/NBC • Laura Ziskin Productions & Seligman Entertainment Inc.
Andy Grieve '00 (BFA, F&TV), Editor
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
Generation Kill • The Cradle Of Civilization • HBO • Company Pictures and Blown Deadline Productions in association with HBO Films
Jennifer Ralston, MPSE '95 (BFA, F&TV), Supervising ADR Editor
Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations • Laos • Travel Channel • Zero Point Zero Production, Inc.
Todd Liebler '85 (BFA, F&TV), Camera
Outstanding Writing For Nonfiction Programming
Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired • HBO • Milwood Pictures, Graceful Pictures, BBC, Antidote Films in association with HBO Documentary Films and ThinkFilm
Joe Bini '86 (BFA, F&TV), Writer
Outstanding Reality Program
Intervention • A&E • Produced by GRB Entertainment for A&E Network
Jeff Grogan '96 (BFA, Dramatic Writing), Supervising Producer
PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD WINNERS
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal
Media Studios
Alec Baldwin ’94 (BFA, Drama)
Jack Donaghy
Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Steve Bodow ’95 (MPS, ITP)
Head Writer
David Javerbaum ’95 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
Writer
Elliott Kalan ’03 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
Writer
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
David Javerbaum ’95 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
Writer


















