SSDL RELEASE: SSDL Two Time Winner at 42nd Telly Awards
SSDL Two Time Winner at 42nd Telly Awards
May 31, 2021
“Sports Stories with Denny Lennon Takes Silver in Online Documentary and Bronze in Online Sports for Jerry West Interview”
New York, New York - The Telly Awards, the world’s largest honor for video and television content across all screens, announced this year’s winners on May 25th. Sports Stories with Denny Lennon (SSDL) walked away with two awards for “The Definitive Jerry West”, capturing a Silver for Online Documentary and a Bronze for Online Sports.
The 2021 Telly Award winners included a number of well known channels, media organizations and companies, including Adobe, Al Jazeera, Apple, BBC Global, CBS, Disney, HBO, Netflix, Microsoft, and PlayStation.
SSDL partnered with Allport Productions and the Alpha Command Unit for the edited 40-minute documentary/interview “The Definitive Jerry West”, which takes a historical look at the impact of one of the all-time greats of basketball.
The interview took place in November of 2020 at Buck Studio ( formerly 7428 Studio) in the Centinela Adobe Corridor.
Established in 1979, this year The Telly Awards received more than 20,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents, a 15% increase in entries from the previous year. The increase was driven by a significant rise in remote and virtual productions.
Entries are judged by the Telly Award Judging Council, a group of leading video and television experts from some of the most prestigious companies in entertainment, publishing, advertising, and emerging technology.
This is the first time SSDL has submitted and won a Telly Award. Edging out SSDL for the Gold in Online Documentary was “Fly on the Wall - The Virus”, an entry from the powerhouse Al Jazeera Media Network, the group that also won this year’s prestigious “Company of the Year” Telly Award to go with their 60 total wins across all categories.
Despite the fact that Al Jazeera and SSDL won a combined 62 awards, SSDL was somehow left off of the “Company of the Year” list of winners this year.
The SSDL Award Winning Team includes:
Denny Lennon, Executive Producer and Host
Jerry West, Interviewee
Chris Allport, Creative Director
Marlee Rice, Line Producer
Bob MacColl, Cinematographer
Christine Jinbo, Producer
Ciena Lennon, Photographer
Special thanks to Wayne Boehle for arranging the interview with the 83-year-old West, a Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame inductee whose image serves at the logo of the NBA.
Link available on SSDL Website:
https://www.sportsstoriesdl.com/
Link to Telly Awards Website:
Silver Award Online Documentary
Bronze Award Online Sports
Denny Lennon is the host of the Video Podcast “Sports Stories with Denny Lennon” and the “Preps To Olympians” Live Show, which are available on YouTube, LA36 and KTLA Orange County.