FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FIRST NIGHT OF 2019 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® WINNERS ANNOUNCED
(Los Angeles, Calif. – Sept. 14, 2019) The Television Academy tonight presented the first of its two 2019 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony, which kicked-off the 71st Emmys, awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in categories including reality, variety special, documentary, animated program and short form animation, choreography for variety or reality program, and interactive program.
This year’s first Creative Arts Awards, executive produced by Bob Bain, featured presenters from television’s top shows including Will Arnett (BoJack Horseman), Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), Roy Choi and Jon Favreau (The Chef Show), Terry Crews (America’s Got Talent), Jeff Goldblum (The World According to Jeff Goldblum), Seth Green (Robot Chicken), Diane Guerrero (Orange Is the New Black), Derek Hough (World of Dance), Marie Kondo (Tidying Up With Marie Kondo), Nick Kroll (Big Mouth) and Wanda Sykes (Wanda Sykes: Not Normal).
FXX will broadcast the awards on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.
Press Contacts: Stephanie Goodell breakwhitelight (for the Television Academy) [email protected], (818) 462-1150
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The awards, as tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows:
Program Individual Total Netflix 3 12 15 National Geographic 1 7 8 CNN 3 2 5 NBC 1 4 5 FOX 1 3 4 HBO 2 2 4 YouTube 1 3 4 CBS 1 2 3 VH1 0 3 3 ABC 1 0 1 Apple Music 1 0 1 CW 0 1 1 FX Networks 0 1 1 Oculus Store 1 0 1 Twitch 1 0 1
A complete list of all awards presented tonight is attached.
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OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
MIKE CHEESEMAN, Director of Photography NATIONAL DANNY DAY, Director of Photography GEOGRAPHIC DAVID LOVEJOY, Director of Photography BEN MULLIN, Director of Photography JOHN GRIBER, Director of Photography BENJI LANPHER, Director of Photography TERRY PRATT, Director of Photography
Life Below Zero Series Body Of Work
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
JIMMY CHIN, Director of Photography NATIONAL CLAIR POPKIN, Director of Photography GEOGRAPHIC MIKEY SCHAEFER, Cinematography by
Free Solo
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA WITH W. KAMAU BELL CNN
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer Jimmy Fox, Executive Producer Layla Smith, Executive Producer Tim Pastore, Executive Producer Justin Yungfleisch, Executive Producer Amy Entelis, Executive Producer Lizzie Fox, Executive Producer Lauren Thompson, Co-Executive Producer David E.J. Berger, Supervising Producer Dwayne Kennedy, Supervising Producer Geraldine L. Porras, Supervising Producer
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
RUPAUL, Host VH1
RuPaul's Drag Race
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OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
RICHARD MCGUINNESS, Lighting Director NBC GEOFFREY AMORAL, Lighting Director WILLIAM MCGUINNESS, Lighting Director TREVOR BROWN, Lighting Director TIM STASSE, Lighting Director
Saturday Night Live Host: John Mulaney
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
AL GURDON, Lighting Designer FOX MADIGAN STEHLY, Lighting Director BEN GREEN, Lighting Director RYAN TANKER, Lighting Director PATRICK BRAZIL, Lighting Director
RENT
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
DEBORAH WALLACH, Sound Supervisor NATIONAL FILIPE MESSEDER, Sound Effects Editor GEOGRAPHIC JIM SCHULTZ, Music Editor ROLAND VAJS, Foley Editor NUNO BENTO, Foley Artist
Free Solo
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI- CAMERA) (Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
TOM FLEISCHMAN, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer NATIONAL RIC SCHNUPP, Re-Recording Mixer GEOGRAPHIC TYSON LOZENSKY, Scoring Mixer JIM HURST, Production Mixer
Free Solo
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OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
PAUL WITTMAN, Production Mixer CBS JOSH MORTON, Re-Recording Mixer PAUL SANDWEISS, Music Mixer KRISTIAN PEDREGON, Music Mixer CHRISTIAN SCHRADER, Supplemental Audio MICHAEL PARKER, Monitor Mixer PATRICK BALTZELL, House PA Mixer
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration For The Queen Of Soul
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
JOSEPH DESHANO, Editor NETFLIX MATTHEW MILLER, Editor RYAN TAYLOR, Editor CARLOS GAMARRA, Editor IAIN TIBBLES, Editor TONY ZAJKOWSKI, Editor
Queer Eye Series Body Of Work
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
ALESSANDRO SOARES, Editor CNN
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell Hmong Americans And The Secret War
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING (Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
RYAN BARGER, Editor HBO
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver The Wax & The Furious (segment)
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OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
SETH MACFARLANE as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, FOX Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Seamus
Family Guy Con Heiress
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
THE SIMPSONS FOX Mad About The Toy
James L. Brooks, Executive Producer Matt Groening, Executive Producer Al Jean, Executive Producer Matt Selman, Executive Producer John Frink, Executive Producer J. Stewart Burns, Co-Executive Producer Bill Odenkirk, Co-Executive Producer Joel H. Cohen, Co-Executive Producer Rob LaZebnik, Co-Executive Producer Jeff Westbrook, Co-Executive Producer Brian Kelley, Co-Executive Producer Dan Vebber, Co-Executive Producer Ryan Koh, Co-Executive Producer Richard Raynis, Produced by Tom Klein, Animation Producer Andrea Romero, Animation Producer Mike B. Anderson, Supervising Producer Michael Price, Written by Rob Oliver, Directed by Eddie Rosas, Assistant Director Carlton Batten, Lead Animation Timer
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
THOM ZIMNY, Directed by NETFLIX
Springsteen On Broadway
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OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM
ELIZABETH CHAI VASARHELYI, Directed by NATIONAL JIMMY CHIN, Directed by GEOGRAPHIC
Free Solo
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
GRETCHEN PALEK, SVP, Casting & Talent NETFLIX DANIELLE GERVAIS, VP, Casting & Talent QUINN FEGAN, Casting Producer ALLY CAPRIOTTI GRANT, Location Casting PAMELA VALLARELLI, Location Casting
Queer Eye
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
HISHAM ABED, Directed by NETFLIX
Queer Eye Black Girl Magic
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
ZALDY GOCO, Costume Designer (RuPaul) VH1 ART CONN, Costume Designer (Michelle Visage)
RuPaul's Drag Race Trump: The Rusical
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL
HECTOR POCASANGRE, Hairstylist VH1
RuPaul's Drag Race Trump: The Rusical
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OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON- PROSTHETIC)
LOUIE ZAKARIAN, Department Head Makeup Artist NBC AMY TAGLIAMONTI, Key Makeup Artist JASON MILANI, Key Makeup Artist RACHEL PAGANI, Additional Makeup Artist SARAH EGAN, Makeup Artist YOUNG BECK, Makeup Artist
Saturday Night Live Host: Adam Sandler
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
OUR PLANET NETFLIX
Sophie Lanfear, Produced by Alastair Fothergill, Series Producer Keith Scholey, Series Producer
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
LEAVING NEVERLAND HBO
Dan Reed, Produced by Nancy Abraham, Executive Producer Lisa Heller, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL SERIES OR SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
ANTHONY BOURDAIN PARTS UNKNOWN CNN
Anthony Bourdain, Executive Producer Christopher Collins, Executive Producer Lydia Tenaglia, Executive Producer Sandra Zweig, Executive Producer Jared Andrukanis, Co-Executive Producer Michael Steed, Producer Jonathan Cianfrani, Producer
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EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING (Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members. There is a possibility of one or more than one award given.)
RBG CNN
Julie Cohen, Produced by Betsy West, Produced by Amy Entelis, Executive Producer Courtney Sexton, Executive Producer
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THE SENTENCE HBO
Sam Bisbee, Produced by Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Produced by Rudy Valdez, Executive Producer Theodora Dunlap, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING MOTION DESIGN (Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members and one, more than one, or no award entry is awarded an Emmy.)
MICHELLE HIGA FOX, Creative Director NETFLIX JORGE L. PESCHIERA, Creative Director YUSSEF COLE, Head Of Animation BRANDON SUGIYAMA, Lead Animator PARIS GLICKMAN, Lead Animator
Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj
OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA (Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members and one, more than one, or no award entry is awarded an Emmy.)
ARTIFICIAL TWITCH
Bernie Su, Executive Producer Evan Mandery, Executive Producer Michael Y. Chow, Executive Producer Bonnie Buckner, Executive Producer Ken Kalopsis, Executive Producer
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WOLVES IN THE WALLS: IT'S ALL OVER OCULUS STORE
Fable Studio Facebook Pete Billington, Director & Creator Jessica Yaffa Shamash, Creative Producer & Creator Edward Saatchi, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION (Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members and one, more than one, or no award entry is awarded an Emmy.)
CÉLINE DESRUMAUX, Production Designer YOUTUBE
Age of Sail
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BRUNO MANGYOKU, Character Designer YOUTUBE
Age of Sail
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JASMIN LAI, Color YOUTUBE
Age of Sail
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ELAINE LEE, Background Painter NETFLIX
Carmen Sandiego The Chasing Paper Caper
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ALBERTO MIELGO, Production Designer NETFLIX
Love, Death & Robots The Witness
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JUN-HO KIM, Background Designer NETFLIX
Love, Death & Robots Good Hunting
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DAVID PATE, Character Animator NETFLIX
Love, Death & Robots The Witness
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OWEN SULLIVAN, Storyboard Artist NETFLIX
Love, Death & Robots Sucker Of Souls
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
ANTHONY BOURDAIN, Written by CNN
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Kenya
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
HANNAH GADSBY, Written by NETFLIX
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
CREATING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE NBC (NBC.COM)
Lorne Michaels, Executive Producer Oz Rodriguez, Co-Executive Producer Chris Voss, Co-Executive Producer Matt Yonks, Co-Executive Producer Michael Scogin, Supervising Producer Erin Doyle, Producer
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OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
DAVE SARETSKY, Technical Director HBO AUGUST YUSON, Senior Video Control JOHN HARRISON, Camera DANTE PAGANO, Camera JAKE HOOVER, Camera PHIL SALANTO, Camera
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Psychics
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SPECIAL
OLEG SEKULOVSKI, Technical Director CBS TAYLOR CAMPANIAN, Video Control JOEL BINGER, Camera JIM VELARDE, Camera EDWARD NELSON, Camera MARK MCINTIRE, Camera ADAM MARGOLIS, Camera JORGE FERRIS, Camera MIKE JAROCKI, Camera PETER HUTCHISON, Camera CHARLIE WUPPERMAN, Camera JOSHUA GITERSONKE, Camera IAN MCGLOCKLIN, Camera DOUG LONGWILL, Camera JOSHUA GREENROCK, Camera TRACE DANTZIG, Camera WILLIAM O'DONNELL, Camera MAX KERBY, Camera SCOTT ACOSTA, Camera
The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019
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OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
NASA AND SPACEX: THE INTERACTIVE DEMO-1 LAUNCH YOUTUBE
NASA
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA WITHIN AN UNSCRIPTED PROGRAM
FREE SOLO NATIONAL 360 GEOGRAPHIC
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Directed by/Produced by Jimmy Chin, Directed by/Produced by Evan Hayes, Produced by National Geographic Framestore
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
ADAM SCHLESINGER, Music & Lyrics by CW RACHEL BLOOM, Music & Lyrics by JACK DOLGEN, Lyrics by
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend I Have To Get Out / Song Title: Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
ALEX LACAMOIRE, Music Direction by FX NETWORKS
FOSSE/VERDON Life Is A Cabaret
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OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
MARCO BELTRAMI, Music by NATIONAL BRANDON ROBERTS, Music by GEOGRAPHIC
Free Solo
OUTSTANDING NARRATOR
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, Narrator NETFLIX
Our Planet One Planet
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
BOB EISENHARDT, ACE, Editor NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Free Solo
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS NETFLIX The Witness
David Fincher, Executive Producer Tim Miller, Executive Producer Jennifer Miller, Executive Producer Joshua Donen, Executive Producer Victoria Howard, Supervising Producer Gennie Rim, Producer Alberto Mielgo, Written by/Directed by Gabriele Pennacchioli, Supervising Director
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OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM VARIETY SERIES
CARPOOL KARAOKE: THE SERIES APPLE MUSIC
Ben Winston, Executive Producer James Corden, Executive Producer Eric Pankowski, Executive Producer David Young, Supervising Producer Sheila Rogers, Supervising Producer Diana Miller, Producer
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
QUEER EYE NETFLIX
David Collins, Executive Producer Michael Williams, Executive Producer Rob Eric, Executive Producer Jennifer Lane, Executive Producer Jordana Hochman, Executive Producer David George, Executive Producer Adam Sher, Executive Producer David Eilenberg, Executive Producer Rachelle Mendez, Co-Executive Producer Mark Bracero, Co-Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
EUGENE LEE, Production Designer NBC AKIRA YOSHIMURA, Production Designer KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, Production Designer JOSEPH DETULLIO, Production Designer
Saturday Night Live Host: John Mulaney Host: Emma Stone
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OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JASON SHERWOOD, Production Designer FOX ADAM ROWE, Art Director JOHN SPARANO, Set Decorator
RENT
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members. There is a possibility of one or more than one award given.)
TESSANDRA CHAVEZ, Choreographer NBC
World Of Dance Routines: Piece By Piece, Don't Wanna Think, Fix You
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)
CARPOOL KARAOKE: WHEN CORDEN MET CBS MCCARTNEY LIVE FROM LIVERPOOL
Ben Winston, Executive Producer Rob Crabbe, Executive Producer James Longman, Co-Executive Producer Josie Cliff, Supervising Producer Sheila Rogers, Supervising Producer Jeff Kopp, Supervising Producer Carly Shackleton, Supervising Producer James Corden, Producer Lou Fox, Producer Lauren Greenberg, Producer Ian Karmel, Producer Diana Miller, Producer Benjamin Riad, Producer Gabe Turner, Producer
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OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE: ABC NORMAN LEAR’S ‘ALL IN THE FAMILY’ AND ‘THE JEFFERSONS'
Norman Lear, Executive Producer Jimmy Kimmel, Executive Producer Adam McKay, Executive Producer Justin Theroux, Executive Producer Will Ferrell, Executive Producer Brent Miller, Executive Producer Eric Cook, Co-Executive Producer
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PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS
Free Solo 7 Love, Death & Robots 5 Queer Eye 4 Age of Sail 3 RuPaul's Drag Race 3 Saturday Night Live 3 Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 2 Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 2 Our Planet 2 RENT 2 United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell 2
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