10 Los Angeles Area Emmy® Wins for PBS SoCal Marks 8th Consecutive Year Leading All Other LA TV Stations, An Unprecedented Achievement in Awards’ 76-Year History
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Los Angeles, Calif. – July 29, 2024 – PBS SoCal Southern California’s flagship PBS organization, announced today a total of 10 wins out of 12 nominated categories at the 76th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards presented on Sat. July 27 by the Television Academy and its Los Angeles Area Peer Group. The total tally marks the 8th consecutive year that the organization was honored more than any other LA-based broadcast organization – an unprecedented achievement in the awards’ 76-year history. After receiving 23 nominations earlier this summer, the organization’s Original arts and culture series ARTBOUND took home five of the trophies including key categories “LA Local Color” and “Education / Information.” All 33 categories were presented during a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, hosted by award-winning journalist Michaela Pereira.
Past Emmy award-winning, locally produced original arts and culture series ARTBOUND received the most wins for PBS SoCal, including season 14 documentaries “Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages,” which looked at the impact of a revered regional publisher, and “L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement,” exploring the birth of affirmative action policies to increase the enrollment of students of color from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. The series was also honored in categories that included news/topical short promo, music composition for “América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros” and feature segment for “Little Amal.”
Additional PBS SoCal awards went to documentaries that included the four-episode urban garden activist series 10 DAYS IN WATTS from actor and filmmaker Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time, Murder in the First). Two specials from PBS SoCal were also honored, including the Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God, CODA) and Troy Kotsur (CODA) hosted 2023 MEDIA ACCESS AWARDS with Easterseals, recognizing artists and film/TV projects inclusive of disabled characters and actors, and BONNIE BOSWELL PRESENTS “Saving Moms,” investigating the country’s rapidly growing maternal mortality epidemic. Rounding out the trophy count in the “Independent Programming” category was the documentary EVERYBODY DANCE, following the lives of five Southern California kids with disabilities as they prepare for a ballet dance recital, as well as the WEEKLY ARTS digital series for “Celebrating Black Artists.”
The recipients honored for their work on PBS SoCal content were as follows in the designated categories:
L.A. Local Color
Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages (Artbound)
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Daniel Baghdasarian, Producer
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Richie Kulchar, Director, Producer
Ben Boyd, Director of Photography, Editor
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer
Education/Information
L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement (Artbound)
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Kitty Hu, Director, Producer
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Shannon Sun-Higginson, Producer
Carol Paik, Producer
Bryant Griffin, Director
Gionatan Tecle, Director of Photography
Joshua Guishard, Editor
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer
Ben Caldwell, Coordinating Producer
Crime/Social Issues
Bonnie Boswell Presents: Saving Moms
Bonnie Boswell, Executive Producer, Host
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Phil Hughes, Editor
Taylor Hamilton, Supervising Producer
Sasheen Artis, Coordinating Producer
Cynda Wang, Associate Producer
Culture/History
Legacy (10 Days in Watts)
Raphael Sbarge, Director, Executive Producer
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Rick Pratt, Editor, Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Nico Giles Wiggins, Associate Producer
Chris Boyer, Co-Producer
Anita M. Cal, Coordinating Producer
Saga Elmohtaseb, Producer
Informational Series (more than 50% remote)
Weekly Arts: Celebrating Black Artists
Justin Cram, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Brendan Bubion, Editor, Producer
Paula Kiley, Associate Producer
Daniel Leonard, Editor
Suzanne Méjean Pinney, Editor
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Entertainment
2023 Media Access Awards with Easterseals
Deborah Calla, Executive Producer
Allen Rucker, Producer
Paul Miller, Director
John Hamilton, Producer
Michelle Merker, Producer
Amanda Hang, Producer
C. Drew Unser, Editor
Marlee Matlin, Co-Host
Troy Kotsur, Co-Host
Independent Programming
Everybody Dance
Dan Watt, Director, Producer
Isaiah Camp, Editor, Producer
Music Composition
América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros (Artbound)
Luis Parody, Composer
Feature Segment
Little Amal (Artbound)
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Suzanne Méjean Pinney, Editor
Robert McDonnell, Senior Supervising Producer
Matt Bass, Director of Photography
Matt Pappas, Director of Photography
Short Promo - News/Topical
Artbound (Season 14)
Olivia Cox, Editor, Producer
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