Jeremy Webb (Directing Fiction graduate, 1997) has been nominated for an EMMY award in the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series category in this year’s Primetime EMMY Awards for his work on series three of Downton Abbey, for which he directed two episodes.
The nominations for Best Miniseries or Movie include the History Channel’s The Bible, on which 2012 Digital Post Production graduate Helen Brownell worked as VFX Artist on a couple of episodes, and Top of the Lake, on which Richard Flynn (Sound graduate, 1994) acted as Sound Recordist.
The 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony is a nominated in the Outstanding Special Class Programs Category.
Several NFTS recent graduates were involved in this event: Aneil Karia (Live Action Director) and Abigail Dankwa (Stage Manager) are both NFTS Producing and Directing Television Entertainment graduates; Animator/Video Engineer Zsolt Balogh (SFX/VFX, 2010); Cinematography graduates Stuart Bentley (DoP), Chloë Thomson & Vanessa Whyte; Editor Joseph Pierce graduated from Directing animation (2008) and Orchestrator Ben Foster is an NFTS Composing for Film and Television graduate (2003).
The EMMY presentation ceremony will take place on September 22.
