Achievements
The crew of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters were nominated for a 2014 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program for which Jeff Kline was named for his work as executive producer. Transformers Prime Beast Hunters won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Jose Lopez for Character Design and Yasuhiro Motoda for Character Animation.
Transformers: Prime won three 2013 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Arato Kato for Character Animation, Jason Park for Background Design, and Kirk van Wormer for Storyboards.
The series Transformers: Prime won a 2012 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program for which Jeff Kline was named for his work as executive producer.[9]
Transformers: Prime was also nominated for six Daytime Emmys in 2011, and won two Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Awards for Christophe Vacher's color design and Vince Toyama's background design.[10]
While Kline was executive producer, PBS children's series Dragon Tales was nominated for the Outstanding Children's Animated Program Daytime Emmy in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Kline's shows have also been nominated for Daytime Emmys in: 2007: My Friends Tigger & Pooh 2002: Jackie Chan Adventures; Harold and the Purple Crayon won for Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Design; Men in Black: The Series won for Outstanding Sound Editing Special Class 2001: Jackie Chan Adventures, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles 2000: Men in Black: The Series; Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles won for Outstanding Sound Editing Special Class.
Jackie Chan Adventures was nominated for an Annie Award in 2003, as was Dragon Tales in 2000. Harold and the Purple Crayon was nominated for a Humanitas Prize in 2002. Max Steel was nominated for the Annie Awards in 2000 and 2001 and for Golden Reel Awards in 2001 and 2002. Men in Black: The Series was nominated for a Kids' Choice Award in 1999 and for Golden Reel Awards in 1998, 1999, and 2002. Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles was nominated for Golden Reel Awards in 2000 and 2001.
Kline's 2013 film Jingle Bell Rocks!, for which he was an executive producer, was selected for inclusion in several film festivals, including the 2015 Cleveland International Film Festival and the Detroit Institute of Arts Cinetopia Film Festival.[11][12] Jingle Bell Rocks! was released on DVD for Record Store Day in 2014.[13]
Kline helped start the BU in L.A. industry exchange program.[14] He received the Boston University College of Communication Distinguished Alumnae Award in 2003.[15] In early 2009, Kline taught as an adjunct professor at BU's College of Communications.
