Students take top national honors in animation and commercial categories at the 44th College Television Awards
For the fourth year in a row, BYU students claimed top honors at the College Television Awards, widely known as the Student Emmys, taking home first place in both the animation and commercial categories.
The 44th annual awards ceremony, hosted by the Television Academy Foundation, was held on April 5 at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California. The top animation award went to BYU for the short film, Student Accomplice, while in the commercial category, BYU AdLab students won for their spot titled Welcome to the W.
While winning a Student Emmy is a major accomplishment, “Student Accomplice” has been turning heads across the industry for the past year. The film won Film of the Year in 3D Animation at the Rookie Awards, earned a bronze medal at the Student Academy Awards, and was nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award, a rare honor that’s comparable to the Oscars of the VFX world. It even snagged Pixar’s coveted RenderMan “Blooper” Award, a lighthearted prize celebrating standout animation gags and glitches.
Read the full University Communications article by Tyler Stahle here.