FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FINAL NIGHT OF 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® WINNERS ANNOUNCED (LOS ANGELES – Sept. 19, 2020) — The Television Academy tonight hosted the finale for its 2020 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television on FXX. The ceremony awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in an eclectic mix of categories across all genres. The ceremony was hosted by Emmy-nominated host Nicole Byer, and featured presenters from some of the season’s most popular shows including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution), Jeff Bridges (The Old Man), Rose Byrne (Mrs. America), Bobby Cannavale (Homecoming), Gina Carano (The Mandalorian), RuPaul Charles (RuPaul's Drag Race), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black; Disclosure), Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian; Better Call Saul), Brandee Evans (P-Valley), Josh Flagg (Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles), Jeannie Gaffigan (Dinner with the Gaffigans), Jim Gaffigan (Dinner with the Gaffigans), Chris Hardwick (The Wall; The Talking Dead), Jerry Harris (Cheer), John Hodgman (Dicktown from Cake), Sofia Hublitz (Ozark), Gabriel Iglesias (Mr. Iglesias), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911), Dylan McDermott (Hollywood), Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy), Desus Nice & The Kid Mero (Desus & Mero), Daryl Mitchell (NCIS: New Orleans), Hilarie Burton Morgan (Friday Night In With The Morgans), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Friday Night In With The Morgans; The Walking Dead), Erin Moriarty (The Boys), Lamorne Morris (Woke), Leslie Odom Jr. (Central Park), Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Jeff Probst (Survivor), Issa Rae (A Black Lady Sketch Show; Insecure), Monica Raymund (Hightown), Rob Riggle (Holey Moley), Drew Scott (Property Brothers: Forever Home; Brother vs. Brother), J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Wanda Sykes (Crank Yankers; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Tracy Tutor (Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles). The 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards streamed on Emmys.com for four consecutive nights, Monday, Sept. 14, through Thursday, Sept. 17, all of which are now available to watch on Emmys.com. Tonight was the final Creative Arts ceremony, broadcast nationwide on FXX. Winners' names are known only by Ernst & Young LLP until they are revealed to the director of the Emmys ceremony as the show is airing. All five shows were produced by Bob Bain Productions. TELEVISION ACADEMY 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 # # # Press Contact: Stephanie Goodell breakwhitelight (for the Television Academy) [email protected] 818-462-1150 For more information, please visit emmys.com. The Creative Arts awards, as tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows: Individual Program Total HBO 16 3 19 Netflix 14 5 19 Disney+ 7 1 8 NBC 7 1 8 ABC 4 1 5 National Geographic 3 2 5 VH1 5 - 5 Adult Swim 3 1 4 Prime Video 4 - 4 CNN 3 - 3 FOX 3 - 3 Pop TV 3 - 3 CBS 2 - 2 Quibi 2 - 2 A&E - 1 1 AMC - 1 1 Apple TV - 1 1 BBC America 1 - 1 Discovery Channel 1 - 1 EPIX 1 - 1 ESPN - 1 1 FX Networks 1 - 1 HISTORY 1 - 1 Hulu 1 - 1 MagicLabsMedia.com - 1 1 Oculus - 1 1 Showtime 1 - 1 USA Network - 1 1 YouTube - 1 1 A complete list of all awards presented tonight is attached. (Please note: The order of the awards in this press release may differ from the order in which the awards were presented during the ceremony.) 2 TELEVISION ACADEMY 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM RICK AND MORTY ADULT SWIM The Vat Of Acid Episode Dan Harmon, Executive Producer Justin Roiland, Executive Producer Mike McMahan, Executive Producer Scott Marder, Executive Producer Keith Crofford, Executive Producer Rick Mischel, Executive Producer Richard Grieve, Executive Producer Mike Lazzo, Executive Producer Rob Schrab, Co-Executive Producer James Siciliano, Supervising Producer Wes Archer, Supervising Director Michael Waldron, Producer Nick Rutherford, Producer Lee Harting, Producer Ollie Green, Producer Sydney Ryan, Produced by J. Michael Mendel, Produced by Jacob Hair, Directed by Nathan Litz, Director Jeff Loveness, Written by/Supervising Producer Albro Lundy, Written by OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL VICTORIA THOMAS, CSA, Casting by HBO MEAGAN LEWIS, CSA, Location Casting Watchmen OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES EDDIE MURPHY, Host NBC Saturday Night Live Host: Eddie Murphy 3 TELEVISION ACADEMY 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING (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.) THE CAVE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Kirstine Barfod, Produced by Sigrid Dyekjær, Produced by Pernill Rose Grønkjær, Executive Producer Eva Mulvad, Executive Producer Carolyn Bernstein, Executive Producer Ryan Harrington, Executive Producer Matt Renner, Executive Producer OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM RUPAUL, Host VH1 RuPaul's Drag Race OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL BRAD NORTH, Supervising Sound Editor HBO HARRY COHEN, Sound Designer JORDAN WILBY, Sound Effects Editor TIFFANY S. GRIFFITH, Dialogue Editor ANTONY ZELLER, Foley Editor A.J. SHAPIRO, Foley Editor SALLY BOLDT, Music Editor ZANE BRUCE, Foley Artist LINDSAY PEPPER, Foley Artist Watchmen This Extraordinary Being OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC) DONIELLA DAVY, Department Head Makeup Artist HBO KIRSTEN SAGE COLEMAN, Assistant Department Head Makeup Artist TARA LANG SHAH, Makeup Artist Euphoria And Salt The Earth Behind You 4 TELEVISION ACADEMY 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) DEBRA HANSON, Costume Designer POP TV DARCI CHEYNE, Assistant Costume Designer Schitt's Creek Happy Ending OUTSTANDING PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING MICHELLE CEGLIA, Department Head Hairstylist NETFLIX BARRY LEE MOE, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist GEORGE GUZMAN, Hairstylist MICHELE ARVIZO, Hairstylist MARIA ELENA PANTOJA, Hairstylist Hollywood A Hollywood Ending OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED) DAVE CHAPPELLE: STICKS & STONES NETFLIX Dave Chappelle, Executive Producer/Performer Stan Lathan, Executive Producer Rikki Hughes, Co-Executive Producer Sina Sadighi, Producer OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) LUDWIG GÖRANSSON, Composer DISNEY+ The Mandalorian Chapter 8: Redemption OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (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.) AL BLACKSTONE, Choreographer FOX So You Think You Can Dance Routines: I'll Be Seeing You, Mambo Italiano, The Girl From Ipanema 5 TELEVISION ACADEMY 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN MASON NICOLL, Creative Director/Editor EPIX PETER PAK, Designer/Lead Animator/Art Director GIOVANA PHAM, Designer CISCO TORRES, Animator Godfather Of Harlem OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES MAYA RUDOLPH as Senator Kamala Harris NBC Saturday Night Live Host: Eddie Murphy OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM CHEER NETFLIX Greg Whiteley, Executive Producer Andrew Fried, Executive Producer Dane Lillegard, Executive Producer Jasper Thomlinson, Executive Producer Bert Hamelinck, Executive Producer Adam Leibowitz, Supervising Producer Arielle Kilker, Producer Chelsea Yarnell, Producer 6 TELEVISION ACADEMY 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) JIM HENSON'S THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE NETFLIX Lisa Henson, Executive Producer Halle Stanford, Executive Producer Louis Leterrier, Executive Producer Jeffrey Addiss, Co-Executive Producer Will Matthews, Co-Executive Producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Co-Executive Producer Blanca Lista, Co-Executive Producer Ritamarie Peruggi, Produced by ******* WE ARE THE DREAM: THE KIDS OF THE OAKLAND MLK HBO ORATORICAL FEST Mahershala Ali, Executive Producer Amatus Karim Ali, Executive Producer Mimi Valdés, Executive Producer Julie Anderson, Executive Producer Amy Schatz, Produced by Diane Kolyer, Produced by OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL ESSENTIALS - SANDY HOOK PROMISE SMUGGLER, Production Company BBDO New York, Ad Agency OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (ONE HOUR) M. DAVID MULLEN, ASC, Director of Photography PRIME VIDEO The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel It's Comedy Or Cabbage OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL STAN LATHAN, Directed by NETFLIX Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones 7 TELEVISION ACADEMY 2020 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES NENA ERB, ACE, Editor HBO LYNARION HUBBARD, Additional Editor Insecure Lowkey Trying OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES RON CEPHAS JONES as William Hill NBC This Is Us After The Fire OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL DAVE CHAPPELLE, Written by NETFLIX Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES GEOFFREY AMORAL, Lighting Director NBC RICHARD MCGUINNESS, Lighting Director WILLIAM MCGUINNESS, Lighting Director TIM STASSE, Lighting Director TREVOR BROWN, Lighting Director Saturday Night Live Host: John Mulaney OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR