Takeda Entertainment Wins Emmy for Eli Lilly documentary

Scene from the Emmy-winning film “Melissa’s Story” produced for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals

Let’s pop the champagne! Takeda Entertainment just won an Emmy from the Suncoast Regional Chapter. We took the top prize in the Human Interest-News category for a documentary we produced for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals titled “Melissa’s Story.”

This is our sixth Emmy; the second in the past five years. The previous win was for a client film in 2010.

Special thanks to the amazing people at BI Worldwide including executive producers Dawn Martin and Damon Schoening and creative director/co-writer Tom Nusbaum. Also part of the Emmy team are Lori Kay Allred (director), Scott Takeda (producer/co-writer), Brock Sherman (art director), Chad Zellmer (Director of Photography), Matthew Head (music composer), and Melissa Crouse (co-producer).