Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Motion Design
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Television award category
Awarded forOutstanding Motion Design
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held byJim Henson Idea Man (2024)
| 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 |
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]
2010s
| Year | Program | Recipients | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Program | Recipients | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2025 (77th) [12] |
Octopus! | Minkyung Chung, designer; Michaela Olsen, creative director; Hayley Morris and Julie Gratz, art directors; Anthony Galante, cinematographer; Sabrina Chaney, compositor | Prime Video |
References
- ↑ "2015 Primetime Emmy Rules Changes" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2015". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2017". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design (Juried) – 2018". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Broad City". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design (Juried) – 2019". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design (Juried) – 2020". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2021". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2022". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Outstanding Motion Design – 2023". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ↑ David, Clayton (August 12, 2025). "Netflix, Prime Video and Beyoncé Lead Wins in 77th Emmy Juried Categories". Variety. Retrieved August 12, 2025.