Louis Manuel McManus (May 31, 1898 – April 17, 1968) was an American television engineer,

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edit ...

, and designer of the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known as the designer for the appearance of the

Emmy award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

statuette and symbol for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. During the 1930s, McManus worked primarily as an editor and edited many films and shorts, including those featuring Laurel and Hardy and the '' Our Gang'' characters. In addition to editing, he also designed the title cards for many films. It was his work as a designer that inspired him to submit a design entry for the Emmy award in 1948. He used his wife, Dorothy, as a model for the figure. His design was ultimately chosen for the award, out of a field of forty-eight other proposals submitted. McManus was awarded an Emmy statue (in the ''Special Award'' category) in 1949 (the first year awards were presented) for his work in designing the Emmy.

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* American film editors 1898 births 1968 deaths {{US-tv-bio-stub