Pinoy animator bags Creative Arts Emmy

Filipino animator Joseph "Joe" Mateo bagged an Emmy award for Creative Arts on Saturday for a work he did for animation giant Disney. Mateo won an award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for Disney's Prep & Landing, for which Mateo was the storyboard artist. The award was given during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. on August 21 in Los Angeles, California. The Creative Arts Emmys are under the Emmy Awards for technical and other such achievements in American television. Recipients of the awards include behind-the-scene staff such as art directors, costume designers, cinematographers, casting directors and sound editors.—Jerrie M. Abella/JV, GMANews.TV