With ILM as a lead contributor for Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+, the series won an Emmy award for Outstanding Visual Effects for a Live Action Program at last weekend’s 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards.
Based on the popular books by Rick Riordan, the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians earned eight wins on 16 nominations at the 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on March 15. Among them was “Outstanding Visual Effects for a Live Action Program,” for which Industrial Light & Magic was a lead contributor.
ILM’s Emmy winners include visual effects supervisors Jose Burgos and Jeff White, visual effects producer Katherine Chambers, executive visual effects producer Adele Jones-Venables, virtual production supervisor Sonia Contreras, associate visual effects supervisors Donny Rausch and Daniel Schmid, and associate visual effects producer Shawn Smolensky.
Percy Jackson’s senior visual effects supervisor Erik Henry accepted the award on behalf of the visual effects team, thanking ILM and other contributing effects houses MPC, Hybride, and Raynault. The 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Awards is available to stream from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Congratulations to all at ILM, and watch Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+ now.
