Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Motion Design

Awarded for| Outstanding Motion Design
Country| United States
Presented by| Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by| Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
Website| emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Motion Design is an annual award given to recognize the best motion design work of the year. The award was introduced as a Primetime Emmy category at the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2015. Winners are selected by a jury.[1]

## Winners

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### 2010s

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2010s Year  | Program  | Recipients  | Network

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2015
(67th)
[2] | How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson | Miles Presland Donovan, creative producer; Luke Best, art director/illustrator; Peter Mellor, animation director; Chris Sayer, animator  | PBS
2016
(68th) | —  | —  | —
2017
(69th)
[3] | 13th | Angus Wall and Leanne Dare, co-creative directors; Lynn Cho, designer; Dan Meehan and Ekin Akalin, animators  | Netflix
Beyond Magic | Orion Tait, executive creative director; Thomas Schmid and Daniel Oeffinger, creative directors; William Trebutien, lead animator  | ABC
2018
(70th)
[4] | Broad City | Mike Perry, animation director; Isam Prado, supervising animator; Eric Perez, Maya Edelman, and Barbara Benas, animators[5] | Comedy Central
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste | Mike Houston, design and graphics director; Daniel de Graaf, as art director; Naoko Saito, Ryan Frost, and Chris King, motion graphics and visual effects artists[6] | Starz
2019
(71st)
[7] | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Michelle Higa Fox and Jorge L. Peschiera, creative directors; Yussef Cole, head of animation; Brandon Sugiyama and Paris London Glickman, lead animators  | Netflix

### 2020s

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2020s Year  | Program  | Recipients  | Network

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2020
(72nd)
[8] | Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates | Leanne Dare, creative director; Eben McCue, Sebastian Hoppe-Fuentes, and David Navas, animators  | Netflix
2021
(73rd)
[9] | Calls | Alexei Tylevich, creative director; Ethan Stickley, designer/animator; Scott Ulrich, Daisuke Goto, and Chi Hong, animators; James Connelly, editor  | Apple TV+
2022
(74th)
[10] | Home Before Dark | Jon Berkowitz and Brad Colwell, creative directors; Kimberly Tang, associate creative director; Nolan Borkenhagen, art director
2023
(75th)
[11] | Ms. Marvel | Ian Spendloff, director; David Lochhead, Daniella Marsh and David Stumpf, designers; Philip Robinson and Matthew Thomas, 3D artists  | Disney+
2024
(76th) | Jim Henson Idea Man | Mark Thompson, Seamus Walsh and Mark Caballero, creative directors; Ivan Viaranchyk and Max Strizich, designers; Momo Zhao, animator

## References

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1. ^ "2015 Primetime Emmy Rules Changes" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
2. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2015". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
3. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2017". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
4. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design (Juried) – 2018". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
5. ^ "Broad City". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
6. ^ "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
7. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design (Juried) – 2019". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
8. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design (Juried) – 2020". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
9. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2021". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
10. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2022". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
11. ^ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2023". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

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Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs|

* Comedy Series
* Drama Series
* Limited or Anthology Series
* Television Movie
* Reality Competition Program
* Talk Series
* Scripted Variety Series
* Animated Program
* Documentary or Nonfiction Series
* Documentary or Nonfiction Special
* Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
* Game Show
* Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
* Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
* Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
* Structured Reality Program
* Unstructured Reality Program
* Variety Special (Live)
* Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

Performance|

| Lead|

* Actor in a Comedy Series
* Actor in a Drama Series
* Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Actress in a Comedy Series
* Actress in a Drama Series
* Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

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Supporting|

* Actor in a Comedy Series
* Actor in a Drama Series
* Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Actress in a Comedy Series
* Actress in a Drama Series
* Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Guest|

* Actor in a Comedy Series
* Actor in a Drama Series
* Actress in a Comedy Series
* Actress in a Drama Series

* Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
* Character Voice-Over Performance
* Host for a Game Show
* Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
* Narrator

Directing|

* Comedy Series
* Drama Series
* Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Variety Series
* Variety Special
* Documentary/Nonfiction Program
* Reality Program

Writing|

* Comedy Series
* Drama Series
* Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Variety Series
* Variety Special
* Nonfiction Program

Animation|

* Individual Achievement in Animation

Casting|

* Comedy Series
* Drama Series
* Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Reality Program

Choreography|

* Scripted Programming
* Variety and Reality Programming

Cinematography|

* Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Multi-Camera Series
* Nonfiction Program
* Reality Program
* Series (Half-Hour)
* Series (One Hour)

Commercials|

* Commercial

Costume Design|

* Contemporary Costumes
* Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes
* Period Costumes
* Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming

Hairstyling|

* Contemporary Hairstyling
* Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program
* Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling

Lighting|

* Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series
* Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special

Main Title / Motion Design|

* Main Title Design
* Motion Design

Makeup|

* Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
* Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program
* Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
* Prosthetic Makeup

Music|

* Music Composition
* Documentary Series or Special
* Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special
* Series
* Music Direction
* Music Supervision
* Original Main Title Theme Music
* Original Music and Lyrics

Picture Editing|

* Multi-Camera Comedy Series
* Single-Camera Comedy Series
* Drama Series
* Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Nonfiction Program
* Structured or Competition Reality Program
* Unstructured Reality Program
* Variety Programming

Production Design|

* Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
* Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
* Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)
* Variety or Reality Series
* Variety Special

Sound Editing|

* Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
* Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)
* Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special
* Nonfiction or Reality Program

Sound Mixing|

* Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
* Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)
* Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
* Nonfiction Program
* Reality Program
* Variety Series or Special

Special Effects|

* Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie / Special and Visual Effects in a Single Episode

Stunts|

* Stunt Coordination
* Stunt Performance

Technical Direction|

* Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series
* Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special

Engineering|

* Engineering
* Philo T. Farnsworth Award

Retired|

* Art Direction
* Miniseries or Movie
* Single-Camera Series
* Children's Program
* Costumes
* Series
* Miniseries, Movie, or Special
* Hairstyling
* Limited Series or Movie
* Single-Camera Series
* Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
* Interactive Program
* Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
* New Series
* Program of the Year
* Short Form
* Actor
* Actress
* Animated Program
* Comedy or Drama Series
* Variety Series
* Super Emmy
* Variety Series
* Voice-Over Performance

Emmy categories
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