The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation is an annual award given to recognize the best animators of the year. There are no nominees for this category, only winners chosen by a jury.
Winners and nominations 1990s Year Recipient Program Network 1991 Teresa Drilling, Jeff Mulcasater Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors CBS 1992 John Ashlee Prat Claymation Easter CBS 1993 Natalia Demidova, Peter Kotor Shakespeare: The Animated Tales HBO Sergei Glagolev, Demitri Norosyolov 1996 Natasha Dabizha Shakespeare: The Animated Tales HBO 1997 Phil Weinstein Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh CBS Gary Hurst Testament: The Bible in Animation HBO Loraine Marshall The Willows in Winter Family Channel 1998 Eric Radomski Spawn HBO 1999 Joanna Quinn Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales – Leaving London HBO Ashley Potter Les Mills
2000s
Year Recipient Program Episode Network 2000 Bari Kumar (color stylist)Futurama "A Bicyclops Built For Two"Fox Nelson Lowry (art director)The PJs"How The Super Stoled Christmas" Don Shank (art director)The Powerpuff Girls"Twisted Sister/Cover Up" Cartoon Network 2001 Rodney Clouden (storyboard artist) Futurama "Parasites Lost" Fox Kyle Menke (storyboard artist) Invader Zim "The Nightmare Begins". Nickelodeon Curt Underle (art director)Gary & Mike "Phish Phry"UPN Brad Schiff (lead animator)Gary & Mike "Furry Duffel" 2002 Andrey Zolotukhin (production designer) Animated Tales of the World "John Henry, The Steel Driving Man" HBO Maciek Albrecht (production designer/animator) 'Twas the Night 2003 Dan Krall (layout artist) Samurai Jack "Jack and the Spartans" Cartoon Network Scott Wills (art director) Samurai Jack "Jack and the Traveling Creatures" Maciek Albrecht (animator) Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001 HBO 2004 Seonna Hong (background stylist) My Life as a Teenage Robot "The Wonderful World of Wizzley" Nickelodeon 2005 Barbara Wierzchowska (animator) Classical Baby HBO Craig McCracken (character design)Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"House of Bloos" Cartoon Network Mike Moon (art director)Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"House of Bloos" Ed Baker (storyboard artist)Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"World Wide Wabbit" Bryan Andrews (storyboard artist)Samurai Jack "The Four Seasons of Death" Justin K. Thompson (background supervisor) Star Wars: Clone Wars: Vol. 2(Chapters 21–25) Frederick Gardner (background designer) The Powerpuff Girls "West In Pieces" Gordon Hammond (character designer) The Fairly OddParents "Shelf Life" Nickelodeon 2006 Jarek Szyszko (animator)Classical Baby 2 HBO Bryan Arnett (character designer) Escape from Cluster Prime Nickelodeon Shannon Tindle (character designer) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends "Go Goo Go" Cartoon Network Sarah E. Meyer (animator) Robot Chicken "Easter Basket" Mike Diederich (storyboard artist) The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Frederick Gardner (background key designer) The Life and Times of Juniper Lee "Adventures in Babysitting" 2007 Steven Fonti (storyboard artist) Family Guy "No Chris Left Behind" Fox Sang-Jin Kim (animator) Avatar: The Last Airbender "Lake Laogai" Nickelodeon James McDermott (character designer) Eloise: The Animated Series "Me, Eloise" Starz Sue Mondt (art director) Camp Lazlo "Squirrel Secrets"Cartoon Network David Colman (character designer) Class of 3000 "Eddie's Money" Dave Dunnet (background key designer) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends "Good Wilt Hunting" Phil Rynda (character designer)Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure Sihanouk Mariona (animator) Moral Orel "The Lord's Prayer" Narnia Sokolova (background painter) My Gym Partner's a Monkey "Big Field Trip" Thomas R. Smith (animator) Robot Chicken "Lust for Puppets" 2008 Teresa Drilling (animator) Creature Comforts "Self Image, Winging It, Art" CBS Ben Balistreri (character design) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends "Mondo Coco" Cartoon Network 2009 Shigemi Ikeda (art director) Afro Samurai: Resurrection Spike TV Joe Binggeli (background painter) Chowder "Shnitzel & The Lead Farfel"Cartoon Network Elizabeth Harvatine (character animator) Moral Orel "Sacrifice" Joshua A. Jennings (character animator) Robot Chicken "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II" Chris Roszak (background painter) The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack "Sea Legs" Andy Suriano (character designer) Underfist: Halloween Bash
2010s Year Recipient Program Episode Network 2010 Andy Harkness (art director) Prep & Landing ABC William M. George III (background key design) Joe Mateo (storyboard artist) Greg Colton (storyboard artist) Family Guy "Road to the Multiverse" Fox Nora Murphy-Berden (background painter) Generator Rex "The Day That Everything Changed" Cartoon Network Chu-Hui Song (background painter) Chris Do (art director) Heart of Stone Vevo Andy Bialk (character design) The Ricky Gervais Show "Charity" HBO Charles Ragins (background design) The Simpsons "Postcards from the Wedge" Fox 2011 Drew Hodges (character animator) Community: "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" NBC Jill Daniels (background painter) Phineas and Ferb "Wizard of Odd" Disney Channel Brian Woods (background design) Peter Chung (character design) Firebreather Cartoon Network Sung Chang (character animator) Philip Bourassa (character design) Young Justice "Independence Day" Vanessa Marzaroli (production design) Lilac Wine DrMartens.com 2012 Jill Daniels Phineas and Ferb "Doof Dynasty" Disney Channel Bill Schwab Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice ABC Chris Tsirgiotis Secret Mountain Fort Awesome "Nightmare Sauce" Cartoon Network Robertryan Cory 2013 Andy Ristaino Adventure Time "Puhoy" Cartoon Network Andy Bialk Dragons: Riders of Berk "We Are Family (Part 2)" Joseph Holt Mickey Mouse "Croissant de Triomphe" Disney Channel Jenny Gase-Baker Alberto Mielgo Tron: Uprising "The Stranger" Disney XD Paul Wee The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" Fox 2014 Nick Jennings Adventure Time "Wizards Only, Fools" Cartoon Network Jasmin Lai The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed Nick Edwards Uncle Grandpa "Afraid of the Dark" Ian Worrel Gravity Falls "Dreamscaperers" Disney Channel Narina Sokolova Mickey Mouse "‘O Sole Minnie" Valerio Ventura "The Adorable Couple" Sean Szeles Long Live the Royals CartoonNetwork.com Cameron Baity Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise Adult Swim Dmitry Malanitchev The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" Fox Charles Ragins 2015 Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) Adventure Time "Walnuts & Rain" Cartoon Network Nick Cross (production design) Over the Garden Wall Alonso Ramirez Ramos (storyboard artist) Gravity Falls "Not What He Seems" Disney XD Nick Cross (background painter) Tome of the Unknown CartoonNetwork.com Chris Tsirgiotis (background layout designer) J.J. Villard (character design) King Star King "Fat Frank's Fantasy Lounge" Adult Swim Brad Schaffer (character animation) Robot Chicken "Robot Chicken's Bitch Pudding Special" 2016 Jason Kolowski (production designer) Adventure Time "Bad Jubies" Cartoon Network Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) "Stakes Pt. 8: The Dark Cloud" Chris Tsirgiotis (background designer) Long Live the Royals "Punk Show" Jason Carpenter (animation production designer) He Named Me Malala Nat Geo Scott DaRos (character animator) Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship Adult Swim 2017 Bryan Andrews (storyboard) Samurai Jack "XCIII" Adult Swim Scott Wills (production design) Craig Kellman (character design) "XCII" Lou Romano (background design) "XCV" Justin Nichols (character animation) Wander Over Yonder "The End of the Galaxy" Disney XD 2018 Lindsay Small-Butera (character animation) Adventure Time "Ketchup" Cartoon Network Patrick Bryson (background painter) Steven Universe "Jungle Moon" Stu Livingston (storyboard artist) Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Nickelodeon Jeff Scher (production designer)Juried Animation Winners Announced For 70th Emmy Awards|Cartoon Brew The Number on Great-Grandpa's ArmAdjunct Jeff Scher wins Emmy-NYU-TISCH HBO Justin Martin The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular Disney Channel Caroline Cruikshank (character animation) The Simpsons "Springfield Splendor" Fox 2019 Céline Desrumaux (production designer) Age of Sail YouTube Bruno Mangyoku (character design) Jasmin Lai (color) Elaine Lee (background painter) Carmen Sandiego "The Chasing Paper Caper" Netflix Alberto Mielgo (production designer) Love, Death & Robots "The Witness" David Pate (character animator) Jun-ho Kim (background designer) "Good Hunting" Owen Sullivan (storyboard artist) "Sucker of Souls"
2020s Year Recipient Program Episode Network 2020(72nd) Jill Dykxhoorn (lead background artist) Archer "Road Trip" FXX Dan MacKenzie (character animator) Cosmos: Possible Worlds "Vavilov" Nat Geo Genndy Tartakovsky (storyboard artist)'Primal' Season Two Gets Trailer, Adult Swim/HBO Max Release Dates|Cartoon Brew Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal "Spear and Fang" Adult Swim Scott Wills (art director) Stephen DeStefano (character designer) "A Cold Death" 2021(73rd) David Krentz (storyboard artist)Emmys: Juried Winners Set For Animation, Costume, Interactive Programming & Motion Design - Deadline Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal "Plague of Madness" Adult Swim Robert Valley (production designer) Love, Death & Robots "Ice" Netflix Patricio Betteo (background artist) Dan Gill (stop motion animator) "All Through the House" Laurent Nicolas (character designer) "Automated Customer Service" Nik Ranieri (lead character layout artist) The Simpsons "Wad Goals" Fox 2022(74th)Emmys: 2024 Juried Awards Winners Revealed – Deadline Anne-Laure To (color script artist) Arcane "The Boy Savior" Netflix Julien Georgel (art direction) "Happy Progress Day!" Bruno Couchinho (background designer) "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down" Lexy Naut (storyboard artist) The Boys Presents: Diabolical "Boyd in 3D" Prime Video Kecy Salangad (animator) The House Netflix Alberto Mielgo (character designer) Love, Death & Robots "Jibaro" 2023(75th) Meybis Ruiz Cruz (lead character designer)Entergalactic Netflix Maya Edelman (animation director)More Than I Want to Remember Paramount+ Nik Ranieri (character layout) The Simpsons "Lisa the Boy Scout" Fox Almu Redondo (art director) Star Wars: Visions "Screecher's Reach" Disney+ 2024(76th) Alex Small-Butera (SmallBu) (animator) Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake "The Winter King" Max Toby Wilson (production designer)Blue Eye Samurai "The Great Fire of 1657"Netflix Ryan O'Loughlin (storyboard artist) "Hammerscale" Brian Kesinger (lead character designer) "Nothing Broken" Tara Billinger (character designer) Clone High "Let's Try This Again" Max Jan Maas (lead animator) In the Know "Yogurt Week" Peacock Noémie Leroux (background designer) Scavengers Reign "The Dream" Max 2025(77th) Bruno Couchinho (background designer)Arcane "The Dirt Under Your Nails"Netflix Faustine Dumontier (colorscript and color keys artist) "The Message Hidden Within the Pattern" Daryl Graham (2D animation supervisor)Love, Death & Robots "400 Boys" Robert Valley (character design) Gigi Cavenago (art director) "How Zeke Got Religion" Edgar Martins (storyboard artist) 2026(78th) Uzoma Dunkwu (character design) Eyes of Wakanda "Into the Lion's Den" Disney+ David Krentz (storyboard artist)Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal "Kingdom of Sorrow"Adult Swim Scott Wills (art director) "Vengeance of Death" Howard Chen (background design) The Mighty Nein "Mote of Possibility" Prime Video Takashi Okazaki (character design) Star Wars: Visions "The Duel: Payback" Disney+
Programs with multiple awards
13 awards Love, Death & Robots (Netflix)
7 awards Adventure Time (Cartoon Network / HBO Max) Samurai Jack (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim) The Simpsons (Fox)
6 awards Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal (Adult Swim)
5 awards Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Cartoon Network) Mickey Mouse (Disney Channel) Robot Chicken (Adult Swim)
4 awards Arcane (Netflix) Prep & Landing (ABC)
3 awards Age of Sail (YouTube)