Northern California Area Emmy® Awards Gala
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44th Annual Northern California Area Emmy ® Awards Saturday, June 6, 2015 SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco 6:30 p.m. Reception 7:30 p.m. Awards Presentation 10:30 p.m. Dessert Celebration - 1 - - 2 - President’s Welcome Keith Sanders Media Producer San Jose State University President NATAS SF/NorCal Governors’ Service Medallion 2002 Welcome to the 44th Annual 2014-2015 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards Gala. Each year the gala is a re-imagined tour de force that depends on the organization and artistry of the Emmy® Event Committee and dozens of skilled craftspeople. Emmy® Event Committee Chair Karen Sutton leads the way tonight from the new SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. The Emmy® award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sci- ences (NATAS). This year a record number of entries were received by our chapter in 67 categories; 761 English and 135 Spanish. Tonight the gala originates from what may be our most stylish venue to date. It’s certainly the jazziest. Have fun, and the best of luck. I hope that your nomination is transformed into Emmy® gold! Keith Sanders Chapter President - 3 - - 4 - Producer’s Welcome Karen Sutton Senior Producer/Freelance Emmy ® Gala Executive Producer On behalf of the Emmy ® Awards Gala Committee, I would like to welcome you to the 44th Annual Emmy® Awards Gala. We are excited to be hosting Emmy ® 2015 at the Robert N. Miner Auditorium at the SFJAZZ Center, a cultural landmark dedicated to jazz and jazz education in the heart of San Francisco. This night will be especially intimate and memorable, as we are joined by Marcus Shelby Trio, who will be performing live jazz music throughout the evening! Marcus will also be leading us through our “Emmy ® Etiquette Sing-Along.” Please take a moment to review on page 13. The Emmy ® LIVE show is sponsored by Comcast. We also hope you are enjoying the wine, compliments of our generous wine sponsor, Watt’s Winery. Once again, we will be streamlining our on-stage show and provid- ing recipients with an additional platform to give speeches on the red carpet. In addition to the dual-live stream of the show & red carpet interviews, we will provide real-time, individual recipient speeches posted to NATAS YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Please tell your family, friends and colleagues that they can watch you receive your award LIVE on our website http://www.emmysf.tv We encourage you to post and tweet along with us throughout the evening. Add #EmmySF to all of your Emmy ® night tweets! We extend a special thank you to Sean Karlin and the Beyond Pix production team for their creative time, talent, and valuable exper- tise in putting on this evening’s awards program. We would also like to thank the NATAS Emmy ® Gala Committee, the Board of Gover- nors, and our many Emmy® Gala volunteers and staff. Congratulations to all of our Emmy ® nominees! We hope you have a memorable evening as we honor the best of the best! Sincerely, Karen Sutton, Emmy® Gala Chair - 5 - The Board of Governors The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences San Francisco/Northern California Chapter Officers: President: Keith Sanders, San Jose State University Vice President, San Francisco: Kevin Wing*, ABC News/GMA Vice President, Fresno: Kim Stephens*, KMPH Fox 26 Vice President, Hawaii: Pamela Young*, KITV 4 Vice President, Reno: Terri Russell, KOLO 8 Vice President, Smaller Markets: David Waxman, Waxman TV Secretary: John Odell*, CCSF Emeritus Treasurer: James Spalding, Spalding & Company Past President: Javier Valencia*, Independent National Trustees: Linda Giannecchini*, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Associates Alison Gibson, Media Cool Cynthia Zeiden, Zeiden Media Steve Shlisky*, KTVU Fox 2, (Alternate) Governors: Kent Beichley, KRON 4 Wayne Freedman*, KGO ABC 7 Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Pablo Iacub, KUVS Univision 19 Brian Johnson, KFSN ABC 30 Sean Karlin, Beyond Pix Studios George Lang*, The Big Picture Film & Video Arts Da Lin, KPIX 5 Terry Lowry*, LaCosse Productions Melissa Mapes, KITV 4 Joyce Mitchell*, 4U Productions David Paredes, KNTV, NBC Bay Area Ross Perich, ProMotion Studios Greg Rando, KTVU Fox 2 Erik Rosales, KMPH Fox 26 Brenda Salgando, KGMB/KHNL/KFVE Sandy Sirias, KFTV Univision 21 Matt Skryja, AAA NCNU Insurance Exchange Stephanie Stone, KFSN ABC 30 Karen Sutton, Freelance Melanie Woodrow, Freelance - 6 - Committee Chairs: Archives and Museum: John Catchings*, Catchings & Associates; Linda Giannecchini*, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Associates Awards: Julie Watts, KPIX 5 Emmy® Gala: Karen Sutton, Freelance Gold & Silver Circle: Terry Lowry*, LaCosse Productions Education: Steve Shlisky*, KTVU Fox 2 Finance: Alison Gibson, Media Cool Legal/Bylaws: Mark Pearson, ARC Law Group Marketing: Patty Zubov, Platonic TV Off Camera: Kevin Wing*, ABC News/GMA Social Media: Denise Nilan, CNET Nominating: Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Programs & Activities: Cynthia Zeiden, Zeiden Media Cinema Club: Lynn R Friedman*, Lynn Friedman Photography Executive Director: Darryl R. Compton*, NATAS * Members of the Silver Circle - 7 - The Awards Committee Julie Watts, KPIX 5 (Chair) Peter Borg, KQED 9 Devon Fox, Comcast SportsNet Craig Franklin, Retired, KPIX 5 Wayne Freedman, KGO ABC 7 Linda Giannecchini, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Associates (National Awards Chair) Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Pablo Iacub, KUVS Univision 19 Da Lin, KPIX 5 Kym McNicholas, Kimerview Jennifer Mistrot, KPIX 5 Terri Russell, KOLO 8 Steve Shlisky, KTVU Fox 2 Sandy Sirias, KFTV Univision 21 Karen Sutton, Freelance Noelle Walker, KTVU Fox 2 Pamela Young, KITV 4 James Spalding, Spalding & Company (Awards Accountant) Keith Sanders, San Jose State University (President) Darryl R. Compton, NATAS (Executive Director) The Emmy ® Gala Committee Karen Sutton, Freelance (Chair) Julie Watts, KPIX 5 Kent Beichley, KRON 4 Wayne Freedman, KGO ABC 7 Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Richard Harmelink, KFSN, ABC 30 Sean Karlin, Beyond Pix Studios Da Lin, KPIX 5 Terry Lowry, LaCosse Productions Wayne Philippo, KPIX 5 Noelle Walker, KTVU Fox 2 Kevin Wing, ABC News/GMA Pamela Young, KITV 4 Patty Zubov, Platonic TV Keith Sanders, San Jose State University (President) Darryl R. Compton, NATAS (Executive Director) - 8 - 2014-2015 Awards Judging Procedures The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter annually honors outstanding individual, news and program achievements in Northern California, Hawaii and Reno. The purpose of conferring the coveted Emmy® statuette is to provide incentive for continuing outstanding individual and pro- duction achievements within the television industry. The Emmy® Awards program is also a means of focusing public attention upon the multi-talented individuals who comprise this business and to honor them. There can be one award, more than one award or no award pre- sented in each category. This was a record year with 896 entries (761 English and 135 Spanish) submitted in 67 categories from the calendar year 2014, for Emmy® award consideration. All entries were submitted and uploaded through Emmy® Express and then judged online by the following NATAS chapters: Chicago/Midwest; Mid-Atlantic (Philadel- phia); Northwest (Seattle); and Suncoast (Miami). At least five peers viewed and scored each entry. English and Spanish entries were judged separately. The online programs were scored for content, creativity, and execution (1 to 10 points), for a possible total of 30 points. Craft categories were judged on creativity and execution only, for a possible 20 points. After scoring all the entries in the category, the judge certified his or her scores and the ballot was sent directly to Spalding and Company, our accounting firm for processing. A tabulated sheet representing each category, with separate entries for English and Spanish-but not identified-was presented to the Awards Committee. The committee determined a cut-off score in each category and entries above that score were considered nominees. The committee then selected the Emmy® recipients by highest scores. The Awards Committee members made these selections without knowing which entries or categories were being considered. The nominations were announced May 6, 2015 on the Internet. 230 English and 57 Spanish entries were nominated with 873 certificates being handed out to 517 individuals. Tonight, we recognize the top scores of Emmy® award excellence. - 9 - Musical Director Marcus Shelby Marcus Anthony Shelby is a bandleader, composer, arranger, bassist, educator, and activist who currently lives in San Francisco, California. Over the past 25 years he has built a diverse biography as a composer. His work and music has focused on sharing the history, present, and future of African American lives, on social movements in the United States of America, and on early childhood music education. Currently, Shelby is an artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and the Artistic Director of the Marcus Shelby Orchestra. In March 2013, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee appointed Shelby to the San Francisco Arts Commission where he serves on the Community Arts Grants and Education Committee and the Street Artists Committee. Vocalist Tiffany Austin Vocalist, songwriter, and educator Tiffany Austin is a native of Los Angeles, California, where she was an event performer and session singer. She has received classical voice training in both England and America, and has studied jazz at the Jazz Institute in Berkeley, California. She lived in Tokyo,