The Midwest Emmys are back, and many MATC/MPTV TVP students have been receiving an outstanding amount of nominations. The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has nominated six programs produced by MATC students for College Student Production.

Many MATC students have been nominated for their production work before, but this is the highest number of nominations in MATC history. The winners will be announced at the 53rd Midwest Emmy Awards Ceremony in Chicago on Sunday, November 6th. To learn more about the Midwest Emmys, go to midwestemmys.org for more information.

The students and faculty of MATC’s School of Media and Creative Arts, as well as the other students and faculty at MATC, are extremely proud of the nominations given out to students, as well as receiving recognition for their hard work and outstanding talent.

Here are the nominees:

Arts and Entertainment/

Cultural Affairs Production:

MATC’s Fire Protection Technician Program

• (Nathaniel Schardin, Producer/Director; Phil Kraus, Field Production)

Save the Arts Animated Shorts

• (Jasmine Winters, Producer/Editor; Spencer Legan, Producer/Animator; James Frame, Desere Jones, Cassie Maldonado, Katy McCool, Cole Norton, Roberto Rivera Padro, Evan Thompson, John Alvarez-Wallesverd, and Micah Zellinger, Animators)

Play for Change: One Love

• (Antonio Cole, Jeff Lahti, Producers; Jacob Fatke, Post Production)

College Student Production –Long Form (Fiction and

Perseverance: Climbing the Flatland:

• Nathaniel Schardin,Producer/Director; Jacob Fatke, Phil Kraus, Antonio Cole, Field Production. Milwaukee Area Technical College

Our Clear Responsibility:

• Phil Kraus, Producer/Director; Nathaniel Schardin, Jacob Fatke, Antonio Cole, Andrew Ilk, Field Production. Milwaukee Area Technical College

Lightfall:

• Andrew Ilk, Producer. Milwaukee Area Technical

College

Entertainment/Cultural Affairs (Crystal Pillar Eligible Category)

MATC’s Fire Protection Technician Program:

• Nathaniel Schardin, Producer/Director; Phil Kraus, Field Production. Milwaukee Area Technical College

Save the Arts Animated Shorts:

• Jasmine Winters, Producer/Editor; Spencer Legan, Producer/Animator; James Frame, Desere Jones, Cassie Maldonado, Katy McCool, Cole Norton, Roberto Rivera Padro, Evan Thompson, John Alvarez-Wallesverd, Micah Zeilinger, Animators. Milwaukee Area Technical College

Play For Change: One Love:

• Antonio Cole, Jeff Lahti, Producers; Jacob Fatke, Post Production. Milwaukee Area Technical College

Long Form Production:

Perseverance: Climbing the Flatland

• (Nathaniel Schardin, Producer/Director, Jacob Fatke, Phil Kraus, and Antonio Cole, Field Production)

Long Form Production:

Our Clear Responsibility

• (Phil Kraus, Producer/Director; Nathaniel Schardin, Jacob Fatke, Antonio Cole, and Andrew Ilk, Field Production)

Long Form Production:

Lightfall

• (Andrew Ilk, Producer

Outstanding Achievement for Arts/Entertainment Programming:

This Little Light of Mine

• (Adrienne Danrich and Everett Marshburn, Co-Producers; Raul Galvan, Executive Producer)

Outstanding Crafts Achievement for On-Camera Talent:

• Program Performer/Narrator: John McGivern for his work on Arts Digest and Adrienne Danrich for her work on This Little Light of Min

Outstanding Crafts Achievement Off-Air: Photographer – Non-News Program:

• Jose Lozano for a composite reel of his work.

Along with these nominations, 16 other MATC students have also been nominated for their work on a variety of productions in the College Student Production division of the Emmy Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees and the students and faculty of MATC wish you all the best of luck.