2025-03-15
Blue’s Clues and You won the 2025 Emmy in the category of Outstanding Preschool Series!
This one felt pretty good. The episode we sent out for consideration was one that I had the privelidge of being the Lead Animator on. That meant that the work that the Academy considered and decided to award was largely my own, alongside work from a stellar team that I worked for years to mentor and provide resources to.
For the couple years leading up to this point, I put a LOT of energy into to elevating Blues Clues and You in terms of quality and consistency. To me, Blues Clues is a tentpole preschool show. It's iconic and special and it deserves to be treated with care.
I created a process for dramatically improving the musical sequences, I helped to completely overhaul the animation library, and I produced and distributed improved documentation to the team. I also identified a small handful of superstar animators who had been itching to do higher level work and I empowered them to show the team what they were made of.
It was a journey getting to this point and it was a huge team effort. I'm grateful to have been a part of it!
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