Emmy® Award Winners

Joe Matoske ’10 (cinema studies) is an editor on HBO’s VICE News Tonight, which won four News and Documentary Emmy® awards. Matoske contributed to Best Story in a Newscast with his work on “Taken by Isis,” as well as Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast with his work on “Collapse of the Caliphate,” parts 1, 2, and 3. As part of the Vice Investigates team, Matoske won a 2020 ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Non-Scripted Series for work on “Amazon on Fire.” The award guarantees entrance into ACE (American Cinema Editors).

Associate Professor of Theatre Design/Technology David Grill ’86 earned his fifth Primetime Emmy® Award in the category of Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special for his work as a lighting director on the Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show Starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. This was Grill’s tenth nomination and adds to his previous award wins in 2017, 2015, 2013, and 2002.