What weighs 5 1/2 pounds, is shiny and gold, and looks good on a desk or mantle? A paperweight is a good guess, but the answer we’re looking for is the Emmy Award, which recognizes television excellence in news, sports, daytime, primetime, documentary, and international programming. Carnegie Mellon alumni have received 97 Emmy Awards to date. The two most recent winners of a primetime Emmy are:
- Douglas Huszti (A’94): Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series, 2011, for Boardwalk Empire
- Robert Dickinson (DC’05): Outstanding Lighting Design or Lighting Direction for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special, 2011, for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
—Shannon Deep (CMU’10, HNZ’11)
