The Television Academy has announced the newly elected members to the Board of Governors who will serve their two-year terms beginning on January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2019.
Governors elected to serve a first-ever two-year term are: Lesley Aletter, Brenda Brkusic, Jeff Calderon, Rich Carter, Terri Carter, John Debney, Keiren Fisher, Greg Kupiec, Eboni Nichols, Laurie Parres, Christopher Reeves, Glenn Rigberg, Jill Sanford, John Simmons, Halina Siwolop, Steven Spignese and Michael Spiller.
Governors elected to serve a new two-year term after a one or multiple-year absence from the Television Academy’s governing body are: Bob Bergen, Scott Boyd, Jason Rosenfield, Lori Schwartz and John Ziffren.
Additionally, governors re-elected to serve a second two-year term are: Frank Morrone, Jill Daniels, Peter Golden, Terry Ann Gordon, Steven Kent, Sam Linsky, Philip D. Segal and Mark Scott Spatny.
Animation Peer Group
Jill Daniels
Art Directors/Set Decorators
Halina Siwolop
Casting Directors
Peter Golden, CSA
Children’s Programming
Jill Sanford
Choreography
Eboni Nichols
Cinematography
John Simmons, ASC
Commercials
Rich Carter
Costume Design & Supervision
Terry Ann Gordon
Daytime Programming
Steven Kent
Directors
Michael Spiller
Documentary Programming
Jason Rosenfield
Interactive Media
Lori Schwartz
Lighting, Camera & Technical Arts
Jeff Calderon
Los Angeles Area
Brenda Brkusic
Makeup Artists/Hair Stylists
Terri Carter
Motion & Title Design
Greg Kupiec
Music
John Debney
Performers
Bob Bergen
Picture Editors
Scott Boyd, ACE
Producers
John Ziffren
Production Executives
Keiren Fisher
Professional Representatives
Glenn Rigberg
Public Relations
Steven Spignese
Reality Programming
Philip D. Segal
Sound
Frank Morrone, CAS
Sound Editors
Christopher Reeves
Special Visual Effects
Mark Scott Spatny
Stunts
Lesley Aletter
Television Executives
Sam Linsky
Writers
Laurie Parres
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More