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VOICE ARTS™ AWARDS WINNERS Winners of 1st Annual Voice Arts™ Awards Announced And Celebrated At New York Gala November 10, 2014  By John FlorianVoiceOverXtra Story and Event Photos (New York) - Ever evolving, the voice over industry reached a significant milestone here Sunday night with presentations of the 1st Annual Voice Arts™ Awards, honoring and celebrating best work and achievements in voice over talent, production and other aspects of the voice over business. Legendary and prolific audiobook narrator Scott Brick and top-tier voice talent Joe Cipriano (pictured, Brick left) were among dozens of award winners at the gala reception and ceremony at the Museum of the Moving Image, attended by media and entertainment celebrities and executives, producers, audiobook publishers, agents, trainers and voice actors - both "big name" talents and those enroute to great success. The awards are the creation of the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS), a non-profit organization that is also presenting the 5th Annual That's Voiceover Career Expo here today.  At the awards ceremony, SOVAS CEO Rudy Gaskins (pictured) and Executive Director Steve Ulrich pledged that the awards will continue as an annual competition. Many awards presenters and recipients praised Gaskins and SOVAS board member Joan Baker for their vision and work in creating SOVAS and the awards program.Celebrities doted the gala's awards stage and audience. CNN anchor Don Lemon presented the Voice Arts™ Icon Award for lifetime achievement to James Earl Jones for the legendary talent's incomparable voice overs - from Sesame Street to Darth Vader to "This is CNN" and beyond. Jones is currently on Broadway heading the zany family in "You Can't Take It With You," and his cast cheered from the ceremony audience. ABC's John Quinones (host of "What Would You Do?") announced several awards, including - in Spanish - the Outstanding Spanish Language Voice Over (won by Luis Garcia).  Also opening the winners' envelopes on stage were well-known voice over industry personalities including Joe Cipriano, Pat Fraley, Cedering Fox, Scott Brick, Marc Graue, Joan Baker and Chuck Duran and Stacey Aswad (pictured).Congratulations to all Voice Arts Awards nominees and winners! To see all nominees, please click here. And for the winners, read on ... AND THE WINNERS ARE ... OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TELEVISION PROMOTION CAMPAIGN 2014 Tour De France (NBC Sports Group) Artist’s Name: Michael Izquierdo Chief Marketing Officer: John Miller Creative Director: Don Simon Director, Marketing: Anne Ford Editor: Kevin Mattice Executive Producer: Bill Bergofin Producer/Writer: Ray Worsdale Vice President, Creative Director & Brand: Lorin Finkelstein Vice President, Promotions: Brian Matthews Writer: Richard OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TELEVISION EPISODIC PROMO, BEST MALE VOICE Mighty Ships (SBS Discovery Media & Nordic On-Air) Artist’s Name: David Bateson Creative Director: Daniel Halasz On-Air Director: Claus Lee OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM NARRATION Snapped on the Oxygen Network (Jupiter Entertainment) Artist’s Name: Sharon Martin Executive Producers: Deborah Allen, Stephen Land OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – BIOGRAPHY Living On Air Artist’s Name: Joe Cipriano Director: Marice Tobias Original Music: Greg Chun Sound Design: AJ McKay OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – TEENS Scowler by Daniel Kraus (Listening Library) Artist’s Name: Kirby Heyborne Producer: Kelly Gildea OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – CLASSICS The New York Stories by John O’Hara (Penguin Random House Audio) Artists’ Names: Becky Ann Baker, Dylan Baker, Bobby Cannavale, Jon Hamm, Richard Kind, Jan Maxwell, Gretchen Mol and Dallas Roberts Producer: Diane McKiernan OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – SCIENCE FICTION Until The End Of The World by Sarah Lyons Fleming (Podium Publishing) Artist’s Name: Julia Whelan Executive Producer: James Tonn Producer and Editor: Greg Lawrence Proofer: Emily Derr OUTSTANDING LOCAL TELEVISION COMMERCIAL Cleveland Indians (Studio Center) Artist’s Name: Kevin Johnson Producer/Engineer: Katie Boyle OUTSTANDING LOCAL RADIO COMMERCIAL Motor Werks (Studio Center) Artist’s Name: Robert Garson Producer/Engineer: Katie Boyle OUTSTANDING NATIONAL RADIO COMMERCIAL, BEST MALE VOICE Krystal (Studio Center) Artist’s Name: Dave Hoffman Producer/Engineer: Bob Schott  OUTSTANDING MOVIE
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The Return of the River Artist’s Name: Debbe Hirata (pictured) Director of Photography/Producer: John Gussman Voice Casting Agent: Wendi Wills Writer/Producer: Jessica Plumb OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – MYSTERY The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley (Penguin Random House Audio) Artist’s Name: Jayne Entwistle Producer: Orli Moscowitz OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – AUTHOR PERFORMANCE Living On Air by Joe Cipriano Artist’s Name: Joe Cipriano Director: Marice Tobias Original Music: Greg Chun Sound Design: AJ McKay OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION - CHILDREN’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BEST FEMALE VOICE How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks (Listening Library) Artist’s Name: Mandy Williams Producer: Dan Musselman OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – CRIME & THRILLER Kill Fee by Owen Laukkanen (Penguin Random House Audio) Artist’s Name: Edoardo Ballerini Producer: Diane McKiernan OUTSTANDING SPANISH LANGUAGE VOICEOVER Demo Artist's Name: Luis Garcia Producer: Francisco "Paco” Galvez OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION - NON-FICTION, BEST MALE VOICE Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss (Penguin Random House Audio) Artist’s Name: Scott Brick Producer: Dan Musselman OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – ROMANCE Dragos Takes a Holiday: A Novella of the Elder Races by Thea Harrison (Audible, Inc.) Artist’s Name: Sophie Eastlake Producer: Teddy Harrison OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY One More Thing by B.J. Novak (Penguin Random House Audio) Artists’ Names: B.J. Novak, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Jason Schwartzman, Katy Perry, Lena Dunham and Mindy Kaling Producer: Kelly Gildea OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION - SCIENCE FICTION, BEST ENSEMBLE William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher (Penguin Random House Audio) Artists’ Names: Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, Ian Doescher, January LaVoy and Marc Thompson Producer: Aaron Blank OUTSTANDING PROMO DEMO REEL Promo Demo Artist’s Name: Mitch Phillips Producer: Chuck Duran OUTSTANDING ANIMATION DEMO REEL Animation Reel 2014 Artist’s Name: Jay Britton Producer: Chuck Duran OUTSTANDING BODY OF WORK Artist’s Name: Lori Alan OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL DEMO REEL, BEST MALE VOICE Commercial Reel 2014 Artist’s Name: Jay Britton Producer: Nancy Wolfson OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL DEMO REEL, BEST FEMALE VOICE VOChefDeb Commercial Reel Artist’s Name: Debbie Munro Copywriter: Debbie Munro Producers: Scott Burns, Seann Shaffer OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TELEVISION IMAGE PROMO 2014 Kentucky Derby (NBC Sports Group) Artist’s Name: Lisa Loeb Chief Marketing Officer: John Miller Art Director: Kevin Shinkle Creative Director: Don Simon Director, Marketing: Anne Ford Director, NBC Sports Promotions: William Lee Executive Producer: Bill Bergofin Producer/Editor: Heather Croteau Vice President, Creative Director & Brand: Lorin Finkelstein Vice President, Promotions: Brian Matthews OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION – HISTORY, BEST MALE VOICE The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (Penguin Random House Audio) Artist’s Name: Edward Herrmann Producer: Diane McKiernan OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION - FICTION AND FANTASY, BEST FEMALE VOICE On The Rocks by Erin Duffy (Harper Audio) Artist’s Name: Cyndi Shope Director: Adam Conner OUTSTANDING AUDIO BOOK NARRATION - FICTION AND FANTASY, BEST MALE VOICE A Warm Place To Call Home, by Michael Siemsen (Podium Publishing) Artist’s Name: Ray Chase Executive Producer: James Tonn Producer and Editor: Greg Lawrence Proofer: Emily Derr OUTSTANDING VOICEOVER PODCAST VO Buzz Weekly Artists’ Names: Chuck Duran and Stacey J. Aswad Editor: Jeff Castelluccio Editor, Cameraperson and Graphic Designer: Jory Federighi Special Guest: Kevin Michael Richardson OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ANIMATION Peg+Cat Artist’s Name: Hayley Faith Negrin Peg: Hayley Faith Negrin OUTSTANDING VIDEO GAME CHARACTER Diablo III Artist’s Name: Michael Gough Agent: Sandie Schnarr Deckard Cain: Michael Gough Voice Director: Andrea Romano Voice Director/Casting Director: Andrea Toyias OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TELEVISION COMMERCIAL Valspar – "Chameleons” Artists’ Names: Lori Alan and Brandon Paul Eells Jon: Brandon Paul Eells Val: Lori Alan Advertising Agency: FCB Global MORE ABOUT SOVAS AND VOICE ARTS AWARDS ... For more about SOVAS, the awards competition and other programs, please visit: www.SOVAS.org. PARTING SHOT ...  John Florian, James Earl Jones (sort of) and John Melley (Outstanding Podcast nominee for The Voice Over Marketing Podcast). |
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AND you included a picture of my dear friend Debbe Hirata!
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!