Robert Walker Emery won three Telly Awards for his video The History of the Christmas Tree that he made for the Dallas Woman’s Club.
He won silver in the non-broadcasting category for directing and bronze for history and low-budget (under $700 per minute). Emery said his award is for craft filmmaking that he produced on his computer, not professional filmmaking so he wasn’t competing against cable or broadcast networks or film studios, but there were thousands of entries for the New York-based Telly Awards from around the country.
He said the Dallas Woman’s Club hired him early last year to put on a stage show for Christmas, but when the pandemic hit, like everyone else, he had to pivot.