SG1/SGA Nominated For Emmys

Announcements made by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Portions of the official announcement:

Nominations for the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards for the period of June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005, were announced today (July 14) by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, North Hollywood, California. The Academy?s Chairman of the Board & CEO Dick Askin presided, assisted by Jami Gertz and Michael Imperioli.

The awards presentation telecast awarding Emmys in 27 categories before a black-tie audience will be televised by the CBS Television Network on Sunday, September 18, from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. The Academy’s Governors Ball will follow the telecast at the Shrine Exhibition Hall, adjacent to the auditorium.

This year’s Emmy telecast will be executive-produced by Ken Ehrlich, produced by Michael B. Seligman and Renato Basile, with Danette Herman serving as coordinating producer and executive in charge of talent and Bruce Gowers directing.

On Sunday, September 11, also at the Shrine Auditorium, 61 awards ‘categories’ (a single award) and ‘areas’ (possibility of one, more than one or no award) will be handed out at a black-tie presentation chaired by Lee Miller, executive produced by Michael Hoey and John Moffit with Spike Jones, Jr. producing and Ron de Moraes directing.

Additional awards may also be given for the four “juried areas” (no nominations) of Costumes for a Variety or Music Program, Voice-Over Performance, Individual Achievement in Animation and Interactive Television. The announcement of these awards, if any, will be released in August. Two additional awards may also be given for Engineering Development and the Governors Award. These awards, if any, will be announced later this month.

A total of 434 separate nominations in 88 categories and areas, compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were made. [HBO led the list with 93 nominations. The SciFi Channel picked up seven: Battlestar Galactica (2), Stargate Atlantis (2), Stargate SG-1 (1), Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (1), Legend of Earthsea (1).]

The complete list of Primetime Emmy nominations and other Academy news and information is available for download from the Academy’s website, located at http://www.emmys.tv/downloads/.

Nominations were made by active Academy members who voted for programs and other peer categories of their expertise. For example, performers, in addition to voting for programs, voted for performers, while writers voted for writers, directors for directors, etc.

Peer panels made up of active Academy members will screen nominations during the month of August and, in secret ballot, select the Emmy winners.

Stargate Nominations:

Outstanding Main Title Theme Music: Stargate Atlantis – SCI FI – Pegasus Productions Inc. Atlantis produced in association with Acme Shark and MGM Television: Music and Main Title Theme by Joel Goldsmith.

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series: Stargate Atlantis – “Rising” – SCI FI – Pegasus Productions Inc. Atlantis produced in association with Acme Shark and MGM Television:
Michelle Comens, Visual Effects Producer;
John Gajdecki, Visual Effects Supervisor;
Bruce Woloshyn, Digital Effects Supervisor;
Jinnie Pak, Visual Effects Coordinator;
Dan Mayer, Lead 3D Animator;
Wes Sargent, Lead 3D Animator;
Jose Burgos, Lead 3D Animator;
Debora Dunphy, Lead Digital Compositing Artist;
Chris Doll, Lead Digital Compositing.

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series: Stargate SG-1 – “Reckoning (Part 2)” – SCI FI – MGM Television Entertainment in association with Double Secret Productions and Gekko Film Corp.:
Michelle Comens, Visual Effects Supervisor;
James Rorick, Visual Effects Coordinator;
Karen Watson, Lead Visual Effects Compositor;
Krista McLean, Lead Compositor In House;
Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Digital Effects Supervisor;
Adam de Bosch Kemper, Lead CGI Animator;
Brett Keyes, Lead Visual Effects Animator;
John Tichenor, VFX Consultant;
Ryan Jensen, Lead Matte Artist.