At the 44th Annual Northern California Emmy Awards on Saturday night, Becoming California was awarded an EMMY for Best Cultural/Historical Documentary. Its producer/director, Kit Tyler, also received an EMMY for Best Editing of a non-news program. Becoming California received nominations in four categories.

The EMMY award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

I’m thrilled that Becoming California won two EMMYS! It’s been a long time dream of mine to make a film about California’s environment that would inspire positive change.  I’m proud and honored to have had the opportunity to realize this dream with such an incredibly talented team led by Producer and Director Kit Tyler.

No one was more delighted to win the EMMY award than writers Kit Tyler and Richard York, who struggled to make sense of more than 250 million years of environmental change in California.

Included on the Best Documentary EMMY are Richard Tsai, Art Director and Animator, at Field of Vision, and Ron Chapple, Aerial Photographer at Aerial Filmworks.

Becoming California is narrated by Academy Award winner Jane Fonda, with original music by Grammy-winning musician Pat Metheny.

Since its public television premiere on KQED 9 (San Francisco/Bay Area) last September, it has broadcast on PBS over 200 times in 16 states. The National Science Foundation largely funded the documentary, with additional support from project partners and supporters.

For more information about the EMMY Awards, visit: http://emmysf.tv

Video clips of the awards for Becoming California:

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