July 18, 2008

California State University, alumnus Roy Christopher, who has won nine Emmys for his design work on television, was nominated for a 10th to recognize his production design of the Academy Awards broadcast earlier this year.

Christopher received his bachelor’s degree from Fresno State in 1957 and a master’s in 1961, launching a design career that has seen 36 previous Emmy nominations and nine awards, seven for work on Oscars telecast.

Christopher is nominated as a production designer in the Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming category.

Nominations were announced in Hollywood on Thursday, July 17. The Emmys will be presented Sept. 21.