CMU Alumni Win Emmys for Production Design
(World News USA)

September 15, 2017 Carnegie Mellon University alumni Andrew Leitch and Eugene Lee earned television`s top prize in production design at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Sept. 10. In all, 14 CMU alumni garnered 17 nominations for eight Emmy Awards. The Television Academy`s 69th Emmy Awards will air live at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 on CBS from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Stephen Colbert will serve as host. Of the alumni nominated, 13 hail from the design and production area of CMU`s School of Drama, including scenic, costume and lighting designers. Judith Light, a 1970 graduate, was nominated for `Outstanding Supporting Actress in a...