The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the television industry. It is considered one of the four major entertainment awards in the United States, the others being the Grammy, the Oscar, and the Tony. The Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, is named after "immy", an informal term for the image orthicon tube that was common in early television cameras.
The Daytime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first ceremony was held in 1974, expanding what was originally a primetime-themed Emmy Award. Ceremonies generally are held in May or June.
The American Advertising Federation (AAF), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the oldest national advertising trade association in the United States. The AAF also has 15 district operations, each located in and representing a different region of the nation. The AAF's members are nearly 100 corporate members which are advertisers, advertising agencies, and media companies; a national network of nearly 200 local federations, representing 40,000 advertising professionals, located across the country; and more than 200 AAF college chapters, with over 6,500 student members. The AAF operates programs and initiatives including the Advertising Hall of Fame, the ADDY Awards, the National Student Advertising Competition, the Mosaic Center on Multiculturalism, and summer Ad Camps for high school students in Chicago and Washington.
The Marketing Arm, also known as TMA, is a marketing and creative agency owned by Omnicom Group. With offices in New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago; Dallas; Wilton, CT; Irvine, CA; London; Manchester; São Paulo; and Shanghai. The agency specializes in strategy and execution across sports and entertainment, experiential, celebrity and influencer, digital and social, shopper and promotion, and content production.
Jeff Lester is an American actor known for his television appearances. In 1996, Lester transitioned from acting to producing, writing and directing where he has created award-winning commercials and short films.
Laurence Paul Shanet is an American commercial director and film director, also known under his working moniker Kranky. He has also directed music videos, internet content and stage plays, and worked at various times as a writer and producer, in both the advertising and entertainment industries. His work has won the 2004 Young Director Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival, and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Steven Thomas Fischer is an American film director, producer, and cartoonist. His work has been honored by the Directors Guild of America, The New York Festivals, the CINE Golden Eagle Awards, and Marquis Who's Who in Entertainment.
James Honeyborne is the creative director of Freeborne Media, he previously worked as an executive producer at the BBC Natural History Unit where he oversaw some 35 films, working with multiple co-producers around the world. His projects include the Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning series Blue Planet II, the Emmy Award-nominated series Wild New Zealand with National Geographic, and the BAFTA-winning BBC1 series Big Blue Live with PBS.
Merkley + Partners is a full-service advertising agency located in New York City. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omnicom Group, and a member of DAS. Currently the agency has 160 employees.
Christopher Guinness is an animator and art director from Trinidad and Tobago. Graduating from Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada, he is a multi-award winner in the Caribbean advertising and animation circuit.
Christine L. Chen is a Taiwanese-American journalist, the author of Amazon.com bestseller Happy-Go-Yoga, a certified yoga instructor, and the founder of Christine Chen Yoga. She is an adjunct instructor in communications at New York University's American Language Institute, and a regular blogger/contributor for The Huffington Post, Yoga Journal, HealthDay News, and Sonima.
PeakBiety Branding + Advertising is an independent advertising agency focusing on brand perception. The headquarters are located in downtown Tampa, Florida and the agency serves a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, financial services, manufacturing and professional services. PeakBiety is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) and is one of the only agencies in the area to hold such a membership. The agency was founded in 1990 by Glen Peak and Mike Biety after both having worked for many years in large national agencies. It grew steadily through the 1990s by managing high-profile accounts.
Spot Filmworks is a privately owned production company headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin that specializes in producing broadcast, interactive, and branded content work.
Southeast Emmy Awards are a division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Atlanta, Georgia division was founded in 1975. In addition to granting the Southeast Emmy Awards, this division awards scholarships, honors industry veterans at the Gold and Silver Circle Celebration, conducts National Student Production Awards of Excellence, has a free research capability and a nationwide job bank. The chapter also participates in judging Emmy entries at the regional and national levels.
The NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter is one of 19 regional chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Lower Great Lakes Chapter was founded in 1969. In addition to granting Emmy® Awards to professional members in the Lower Great Lakes region, the chapter awards scholarships, honors industry veterans with the Gold and Silver Circle Awards, conducts Regional Student Television Awards of Excellence (RSTV), has a free research and a nationwide job bank. The chapter also participates in judging Emmy® Award entries at the regional and national levels.
Rodney W. Brown is a producer of local and national television. He was part of an African-American artistic renaissance in Washington, D.C., during the mid- to late 1970s that included Allan C Barnes, Wilfred Williams, Gary Price, Johnny Malone, Leon C. Collins and others.
Humble is a commercial production company with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Humble and its sister post-production company Postal, specialize in the integration of live action production, design, edit, animation, and visual effects for advertising and original creative content.
The News & Documentary Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in recognition of excellence in American national news and documentary programming. Ceremonies generally are held in the fall, with the Emmys handed out in about 40 awards categories.
Rodgers Townsend is a nationally acclaimed, full-service marketing communications agency located in St. Louis, Missouri. The agency provides strategic planning, advertising, direct/one-to-one marketing, and digital marketing and design services to a wide range of clients both nationally and regionally.
Nico Beyer is a German film director and producer. He is noted for his unique visual style and wide array of different techniques and formats.
