On Saturday night, our cartoon "Good Day Saves Christmas" won the Promotion: Single Spot category at the Northern California Regional Emmys in San Francisco!
This was a really fun project that took months to complete. Starting in July, I wrote up a script and worked with our art and promo managers to craft the story into something special. The intro to it was inspired by Disney's classic animated films (which my daughter forces me to watch regularly), and I think really helped set the tone of the whole spot. Check it out:
I also took screen captures and printed it out in a book for my daughters. We've got a new holiday tradition in the Nelson house!
This is the third time I've been lucky enough to call myself an Emmy winner. The first was in 2006, when my senior project in college won the Student Production category in the Northwest Regional Emmys. "Oregon's War at Home" was a short documentary on Vietnam protests at the University of Oregon, which I directed, shot, edited and co-wrote. The second came in 2012, when I won in the Feature News Report: Light category in the Northern California Regional Emmys. "The Seabreacher" is a story that I produced, shot and edited.
2006, 2012, 2018. I've won every six years in three different stages of my career. See you again in 2024!
