Several With Wesleyan Ties Nominated for Emmy Awards

David PesciJuly 21, 20102min
Nine from the Wesleyan Community receive nominations for the coveted TV awards

The following Wesleyan Alumni received Emmy nominations recently. The Emmy Awards will be presented on August 29.

Sasha Alpert ’82   Project Runway – Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. Sasha Alpert is a producer with the show. Project Runway received two nominations.

Carter Bays ’97  and Craig Thomas ’97  How I Met Your Mother –  Outstanding Music and Lyrics. Thomas and Bays are co-creators and writers. How I Met Your Mother received four nominations.

Marc Levin  ’73, P’05   Brick City – Exception Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking – Marc Levin is executive producer

Bruce C. McKenna  ’84 The Pacific (with Robert Schenkkhan) for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special – Part Ten. The Pacific received 24 nominations.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus P’14 The New Adventures of Old Christine – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Matt Senreich ‘96  Robot Chicken – Outstanding Short-format Animated Program – Senreich co-created the show with Seth Green. Robot Chicken has 2 nominations.

Paul Spillenger   P’13  – Life – Outstanding Nonfiction Series, Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming. Spillenger, Producer for the Discovery Channel show was also nominated. Life has 6 nominations.

Matthew Weiner  ’87  Mad Men – Outstanding Drama Series. Weiner is creator, writer, executive producer — he is nominated twice (co-writer) for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Mad Men received 17 nominations.