Emmy's

I would like to thank the Academy (hahha) /  by Charlene Wang de Chen

an exciting certificate came in the mail

It was super nice of Jess to give the Television Academy my info which resulted in this official certificate of recognition of my work on Emmy Award ;) winning Russian Doll!

Part of why I think it was so exciting for all of us involved that Russian Doll won the Production Design Emmy is we were such a small team in the Art Department and Set Decorating Department. I’ve regularly worked in Set Decorating Teams that are at least 4 assistant decorators and shoppers, a PA (or two), and our own coordinator supporting the key head Set Decorator and a huge Art Department (like 20+ people) infrastructure to prop the work up.

On Russian Doll the Set Decorating Department was just Jess and me. We didn’t even have our own PA! The entire Art Department, including us, was just 7 of us (at our biggest 9) crammed into one room on the 4th floor of an old 19th century tenement building in Soho above a Chipotle and FedEx store. True glamour.

RUSSIAN DOLL WON THE PRODUCTION DESIGN EMMY! /  by Charlene Wang de Chen

Production Designer Michael Bricker, Set Decorator Jessica Petruccelli, and Art Director John Cox

Production Designer Michael Bricker, Set Decorator Jessica Petruccelli, and Art Director John Cox

I didn’t go to California with Michael, Jess, and John for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony, but the night it was happening Jess and I texted a lot as it was happening and I was on the 5 train subway going northbound in Manhattan en route home, refreshing all the feeds when I found out…

RUSSIAN DOLL WON THE EMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RUSSIAN DOLL WON THE EMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the text exchange Jess and I had right before and when they won!

This is the text exchange Jess and I had right before and when they won!

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RUSSIAN DOLL PRODUCTION DESIGN NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY!!!!!!!!!! /  by Charlene Wang de Chen

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What an exciting day. Russian Doll was nominated for 13 (13!) Emmy’s!

Most importantly (ok to us) Russian Doll was nominated for an Emmy for OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR)!!!!

Jessica (the set decorator for Russian Doll, I was the assistant set decorator) and I were texting the night before about the Emmy nominations being announced today.

As Emmy nominations were being announced, I was out shopping for used furniture with Andy in Long Island for “In the Heights.” I kept trying to refresh Twitter feeds and websites but for some reason we couldn’t get the info on the nominations while in the car.

While I was standing in the middle of four different dusty and cluttered antique displays, Jess and I were texting again and she told me Russian Doll was indeed nominated in the category for Production Design.

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It is so thrilling! Even though we are each working on different projects at the moment, the Russian Doll Art Dept crew is all going out for dreams tonight to celebrate.