SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - The 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards has received three Emmy Awards in recognition of outstanding production excellence. This brings a total of 14 Emmy wins for the GRAMMY Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the Creative Arts Primetime Emmys at the 60th Annual Emmy Award presentation on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
The three Emmys wins include Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special; Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special; and Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music Or Comedy Programming.
"It is an honor for our milestone 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast to be recognized by the Television Academy with three Emmys for production excellence," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "We are extremely proud and congratulate our fantastic partners and crew members who work tirelessly to ensure the success of Music's Biggest Night. We applaud their Emmy wins and thank them for their outstanding contributions on yet another stellar show."
The 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which aired on Feb. 10, 2008 live on CBS, were produced by John Cossette Productions in association with AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette were executive producers, Walter C. Miller was producer/director, Tisha Fein was the coordinating producer, David Wild and Ken Ehrlich were the writers, and Tzvi Small was supervising producer. Musical directors for the telecast and pre-telecast were Rickey Minor and Larry Batiste, respectively.
The individuals who will receive an award in each category are detailed in the list below:
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special: Thomas Holmes, Production Mixer; Klaus Landsberg, Production Mixer; John Harris, Broadcast Music Mixer; Eric Schilling, Broadcast Music Mixer; Eric Johnston, Broadcast Audio Playback Mixer; Tom Pesa, Foldback Mixer; Mikael Stewart, FOH Production Mixer; Ron Reaves, FOH Music Mixer; Mike Parker, Stage Foldback Mixer, Bob LaMasney, Audio Sweetener
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: John B. Field, Technical Director; Eric Becker, Technical Director; Mike Breece, Camera; David Eastwood, Camera; Freddy Frederick, Camera; Hank Geving, Camera; Dean Hall, Camera; Larry Heider, Camera; Dave Hilmer, Camera; Ed Horton, Camera; Marc Hunter, Camera; Charlie Huntley, Camera; Dave Levisohn, Camera; Steve Martyniuk, Camera; Rob Palmer, Camera; Bill Philbin, Camera; Hector Ramirez, Camera; Brian Reason, Camera; Ted Ashton, Camera; Keith Winikoff, Video Control; Guy Jones, Video Control
Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-camera) for VMC Programming: Robert Dickinson, Lighting Designer; Matt Firestone, Lighting Director; Andy O'Reilly, Lighting Director.
