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Disney Wins Twenty-Two 2023 Children’s & Family Emmys

2023 Children’s & Family Emmys winners
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This weekend, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted the 2023 Children’s & Family Creative Arts Emmys, and Disney-branded projects won 22 awards out of the record-breaking 94 nominations they had received.

Disney+’s “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” and Disney Channel’s “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” led the tally with four wins apiece.

“Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures,” “Baymax!,” and Marvel’s “I Am Groot” also scored two wins each.

And it should be noted two of the winners were recently cancelled shows: “The Muppets Mayhem” and “The Mysterious Benedict Society.

Here is the full list of winners for Disney (categories where Disney received no wins were omitted):


OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S OR FAMILY VIEWING SERIES

The Muppets Mayhem (Disney+)
Co-Creators/Executive Producers – Bill Barretta, Adam F. Goldberg, Jeff Yorkes
Executive Producers – Michael Bostick, Kris Eber, David Lightbody, Leigh Slaughter
Co-Executive Producers – Julie Bean, Hannah Friedman
Producer – Michael Steinbach

OUTSTANDING YOUNG TEEN SERIES

The Crossover (Disney+)
Executive Producers – Kwame Alexander, Maverick Carter, Daveed Diggs, Kimberly Ann Harrison, Todd Harthan, Jamal Henderson, Lebron James, Damani Johnson, Jay Marcus, Erin O’Malley, Robert Prinz, Bob Teitel, George Tillman, Jr., Lezlie Wills
Co-Executive Producer – Valerie C. Woods
Supervising Producer – Ali Kinney
Producer – Marsha L. Swinton

OUTSTANDING FICTION SPECIAL

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+)
Executive Producers – Victoria Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, Kevin Feige, James Gunn, Simon Hatt, Sara Smith, Brad Winderbaum
Line Producer – Nikolas Korda

OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN ANIMATED SERIES

Zootopia+ (Disney+)
Executive Producers – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Jennifer Lee
Producer – Nathan Curtis

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SPECIAL

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Moon Girl Landing (Disney Channel)
Executive Producers – Laurence Fishburne, Steve Loter, Helen Sugland
Supervising Producer – Rodney Clouden
Producer – Pilar Flynn
Co-Producers – Jeffrey M. Howard, Kate Kondell
Line Producer – Rafaael Chidez
Consulting Producer – Lisa Muse Bryant

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM PROGRAM

I Am Groot (Disney+)
Executive Producers – Victoria Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, Kevin Feige, James Gunn, Kirsten Lepore, Brad Winderbaum
Supervising Producer – Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt
Producer – Carrie Wassenaar

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM

Tony Hale as Mr. Benedict
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM

Mykal-Michelle Harris as Alice Baxter
Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
Kaz Aiwaza – Color Script Artist/Background Paint Lead

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR AN ANIMATED CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM

Baymax! (Disney+)
Screenplay – Cirocco Dunlap

OUTSTANDING VOICE DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
Voice Director – Sam Riegel

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM

“Finally Free” – High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)
Composer & Lyricists – Joshua Bassett, Tova Litvin, Doug Rockwell

OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
Production Designer – Sean Jimenez
Art Director – Christopher Whittier
Character Design Lead – Jose Lopez
Supervising Director – Ben Juwono
Animation Lead – Kat Kosmala
Animation Director – Jen Dickinson

OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney+)
Editors – Danielle Altura, Zachary Bulman, Pamela Cabrera, Petrus Gammelgard

OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

Baymax! (Disney+)
Editors – Sarah Reimers, Shannon Stein

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney+)
Re-Recording Mixers – Fil Brown, Melissa Ellis
Supervising Sound Editor – Heather Olsen, MPSE
Foley Mixer – David Bonilla, MPSE
Foley Artist – John “J” Lampinen
Dialogue Editor – Robbi Smith, MPSE

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

I Am Groot (Disney+)
Supervising Sound Editor – Coya Elliott
Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Villaflor
Sound Designer – Kyrsten Mate
Score Supervisor/Supervising Music Editor – Anele Onyekwere
Music Editor – Tom Kramer
Dialogue Editor and ADR Editor – James Spencer
Sound Effects Editor – Malcolm Fife
Foley Artists – Shelley Roden MPSE, John Roesch MPSE
Foley Mixer – Scott Curtis

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
Casting Directors – Tatiana Bull, Aaron Drown, Jennifer Trujillo

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN

The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+)
Production Designer – Cynthia Charette
Art Director – Nathan Ogilvie
Set Decorator – Amber Haley

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+)
Costume Designer – Judianna Makovsky

OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+)
Hair Department Head – Cassie Russek
Key Hairstylist – Amber Hamilton
Co-Key Hairstylist – Monique Hyman
Hairstylists – Kat Drazen, Stephanie Fenner, Dugg Kirkpatrick, Sean Smith, Linda Traxler, Dawn Turner
Background Supervisor – Raissa Patton
Makeup Department Head – Alexei Dmitriew
Key Makeup Artists – Melissa Meinhart, Scott Stoddard, LuAndra Whitehurst
Makeup Artists – Nicole Amos, Jane Galli, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Michelle Miller, Jon Moore, Mike Ornelaz, Beate Petruccelli, Robin Pritchard, Mark Ross, Matt Sprunger, Cale Thomas, Adam Walls, Samantha Ward
Makeup Artist/Department Coordinator – Amanda Sprunger
Special Effects Designers – Shane Mahan, Lindsay MacGowan

OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+)
Stunt Coordinator – Heidi Moneymaker
Co-Stunt Coordinator – Wayne Dalglish