The Television Academy tonight presented the first of its three 2021 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The ceremony, which kicked off the 73rd Emmys, awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in categories including costumes, hairstyling, makeup, picture editing, sound editing, and production design.
A complete list of the night's Creative Arts Emmy Award winners, as compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, is below.
This year’s first Creative Arts Awards, executive produced by Bob Bain, featured presenters from television’s top shows including Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood), Alex Borstein (Family Guy; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Carl Clemons-Hopkins (Hacks), Lisa Edelstein (The Kominsky Method), Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso), Paris Jackson (American Horror Stories), Maz Jobrani (Gander), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Marlee Matlin (CODA), Thuso Mbedu (The Underground Railroad), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), Angelica Ross (American Horror Story), Roselyn Sánchez (Fantasy Island), Paul Scheer (Black Monday) and Ming-Na Wen (The Mandalorian; The Book of Boba Fett).
FXX will broadcast the awards on Saturday, Sept. 18 (8:00 PM ET/PT).
2021 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Fargo – Dana Gonzales (Episode: "East/West") (FX)
Mare of Easttown – Ben Richardson (Episode: "Illusions") (HBO)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit – Steven Meizler (Netflix)
Small Axe – Shabier Kirchner (Episode: "Mangrove") (Prime Video)
The Underground Railroad – James Laxton (Episode: "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter") (Prime Video)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
Call Me Kat – Patti Lee (Episode: "Plus One") (Fox)
The Conners – Donald A. Morgan (Episode: "A Stomach Ache, A Heartbreak and a Grave Mistake") (ABC)
WINNER: Country Comfort – George Mooradian (Episode: "Crazy") (Netflix)
Last Man Standing – Donald A. Morgan (Episode: "Time Flies") (Fox)
The Upshaws – Donald A. Morgan (Episode: "Big Plans") (Netflix)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Grown-ish – Mark Doering-Powell (Episode: "Know Yourself") (Freeform)
Hacks – Adam Bricker (Episode: "Primm") (HBO Max)
Made for Love – Nathaniel Goodman (Episode: "User One") (HBO Max)
WINNER: The Mandalorian – Matthew Jensen (Episode: "Chapter 15: The Believer") (Disney+)
Servant – Marshall Adams (Episode: "2:00") (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Bridgerton – Jeffrey Jur (Episode: "Art of the Swoon") (Netflix)
WINNER: The Crown – Adriano Goldman (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)
Euphoria – Marcell Rév (Episode: "Trouble Don't Last Always") (HBO)
Lovecraft Country – Tat Radcliffe (Episode: "Sundown") (HBO)
The Mandalorian – Baz Idoine (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") (Disney+)
Perry Mason – David Franco (Episode: "Chapter 2") (HBO)
The Umbrella Academy – Neville Kidd (Episode: "Right Back Where We Started") (Netflix)
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes
Black-ish (Episode: "Our Wedding Dre") (ABC)
Euphoria (Episode: "F**k Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob") (HBO)
Hacks (Episode: "There Is No Line (Pilot)") (HBO Max)
I May Destroy You (Episode: "Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect") (HBO)
Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Miss Lady Hawk Herself") (HBO)
The Politician (Episode: "New York State of Mind") (Netflix)
WINNER: Pose (Episode: "Series Finale") (FX)
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
Black-ish (Episode: "Our Wedding Dre") (ABC)
The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Vows") (Hulu)
Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Sore Must Be the Storm") (HBO)
The Politician (Episode: "What's in the Box?") (Netflix)
WINNER: Pose (Episode: "Series Finale") (FX)
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Program
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Finale") (ABC)
Legendary (Episode: "Pop Tart") (HBO Max)
RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "The Pork Chop") (VH1)
WINNER: Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Maya Rudolph") (NBC)
The Voice (Episode: "Live Top 17 Performances") (NBC)
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
Euphoria (Episode: "F**k Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob") (HBO)
The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Pigs") (Hulu)
Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Sore Must Be the Storm") (HBO)
The Politician (Episode: "What's in the Box?") (Netflix)
WINNER: Pose (Episode: "Series Finale") (FX)
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction, Or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Top 11") (ABC)
Legendary (Episode: "Pop Tart") (HBO Max)
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (Apple TV+)
RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "The Pork Chop") (VH1)
WINNER: Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Elon Musk") (NBC)
Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming (Juried Award)
WINNER: Black Is King (Disney+)
WINNER: The Masked Singer (Episode: "Super 8 – The Plot Chickens! Part 2") (Fox)
WINNER: Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular (IFC)
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes
The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Nightshade") (Hulu)
Lovecraft Country (Episode: "I Am.") (HBO)
The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") (Disney+)
The Umbrella Academy (Episode: "The Frankel Footage") (Netflix)
WINNER: WandaVision (Episode: "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience") (Disney+)
Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming (Juried Award)
WINNER: For All Mankind: Time Capsule (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Interactive Program
Create Together with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (YouTube)
Inside COVID19 (Oculus)
WINNER: Space Explorers: The ISS Experience (Oculus)
Welcome to the Blumhouse Live (Prime Video)
Outstanding Main Title Design
Between the World and Me (HBO)
WINNER: The Good Lord Bird (Showtime)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
Raised by Wolves (HBO Max)
WandaVision (Disney+)
Outstanding Motion Design (Juried Award)
WINNER: Calls – Alexei Tylevich, (creative director), Ethan Stickley, (designer/animator), Scott Ulrich, (animator), Daisuke Goto, (animator), Chi Hong, (animator), James Connelly, (editor) (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
WINNER: The Conners – Brian Schnuckel (Episode: "Jeopardé, Sobrieté and Infidelité") (ABC)
Man with a Plan – Sue Federman (Episode: "Driving Miss Katie") (CBS)
Mom – Joe Bella (Episode: "Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak") (CBS)
Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling
WINNER: Bridgerton (Episode: "Art of the Swoon") (Netflix)
The Crown (Episode: "War") (Netflix)
The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue") (Disney+)
Ratched (Episode: "The Dance") (Netflix)
WandaVision (Episode: "Don't Touch That Dial") (Disney+)
Outstanding Period Costumes
Bridgerton (Episode: "Diamond of the First Water") (Netflix)
The Crown (Episode: "Terra Nullius") (Netflix)
Halston (Episode: "Versailles") (Netflix)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "End Game") (Netflix)
Ratched (Episode: "Pilot") (Netflix)
Outstanding Period Makeup and/or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
Halston (Episode: "Versailles") (Netflix)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "Adjournment") (Netflix)
Ratched (Episode: "Pilot") (Netflix)
Star Trek: Discovery (Episode: "Terra Firma, Part 2") (Paramount+)
WandaVision (Episode: "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience") (Disney+)
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming
WINNER: A Black Lady Sketch Show – Daysha Broadway, Stephanie Filo and Jessica Hernández (Episode: "Sister, May I Call You Oshun?") (HBO)
Bo Burnham: Inside – Bo Burnham (Netflix)
Hamilton – Jonah Moran (Disney+)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Ryan Barger and Anthony Miale (Episode: "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") (HBO)
Saturday Night Live – Ryan Spears (Segment: "Murder Show") (NBC)
Saturday Night Live – Ryan McIlraith (Segment: "Stu") (NBC)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
The Flight Attendant (Episode: "After Dark") (HBO Max)
The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Chicago") (Hulu)
WINNER: Mare of Easttown (HBO)
The Undoing (HBO)
Yellowstone (Episode: "Going Back to Cali") (Paramount Network)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Bridgerton (Episode: "After the Rain") (Netflix)
The Crown (Episode: "War") (Netflix)
Halston (Netflix)
The Mandalorian (Episodes: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") (Disney+)
Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter Three") (HBO)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
Emily in Paris (Episode: "Emily in Paris") (Netflix)
Hacks (Episode: "Primm") (HBO Max)
Ted Lasso (Episode: "For the Children") (Apple TV+)
United States of Al (Episodes: "Pilot") (CBS)
WINNER: WandaVision (Disney+)
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special
Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max)
78th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC)
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
WINNER: The Oscars (ABC)
Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 (Showtime)
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality, or Competition Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") (HBO)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Episode: "Dr. Jon Lapook / Performance by Maroon 5") (CBS)
The Masked Singer (Episode: "The Season Premiere – The Masks Return") (Fox)
RuPaul's Drag Race (Episodes: "Condragulations", "Bossy Rossy Ruboot") (VH1)
WINNER: Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Kristen Wiig") (NBC)
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup
Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown") (HBO)
WINNER: The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") (Disney+)
Pose (Episode: "On the Run") (FX)
Star Trek: Discovery (Episode: "That Hope Is You, Part 1") (Paramount+)
This Is Us (Episode: "There") (NBC)
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
The Flight Attendant – Heather Persons (Episode: "In Case of Emergency") (HBO Max)
Hacks – Susan Vaill (Episode: "Primm") (HBO Max)
Hacks – Jessica Brunetto (Episode: "There Is No Line (Pilot)") (HBO Max)
Hacks – Ali Greer (Episode: "Tunnel of Love") (HBO Max)
WINNER: Ted Lasso – A.J. Catoline (Episode: "The Hope That Kills You") (Apple TV+)
Ted Lasso – Melissa McCoy (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again") (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
The Crown – Paulo Pandolpho (Episode: "Avalanche") (Netflix)
WINNER: The Crown – Yan Miles (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)
The Handmaid's Tale – Wendy Hallam Martin (Episode: "The Crossing") (Hulu)
The Mandalorian – Dylan Firshein and J. Erik Jessen (Episode: "Chapter 11: The Heiress") (Disney+)
The Mandalorian – Andrew S. Eisen (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") (Disney+)
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Mare of Easttown – Amy E. Duddleston and Naomi Sunrise Filoramo (Episode: "Fathers") (HBO)
Mare of Easttown – Amy E. Duddleston (Episode: "Miss Lady Hawk Herself") (HBO)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit – Michelle Tesoro (Episode: "Exchanges") (Netflix)
WandaVision – Nona Khodai (Episode: "On a Very Special Episode…") (Disney+)
WandaVision – Zene Baker, Michael A. Webber, Tim Roche and Nona Khodai (Episode: "The Series Finale") (Disney+)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Cobra Kai (Episode: "December 19") (Netflix)
WINNER: Love, Death & Robots (Episode: "Snow in the Desert") (Netflix)
Mythic Quest (Episode: "Everlight") (Apple TV+)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (Episode: "No Small Parts") (Paramount+)
Ted Lasso (Episode: "The Hope That Kills You") (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Episode: "One World, One People") (Disney+)
WINNER: Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown") (HBO)
The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") (Disney+)
Star Trek: Discovery (Episode: "That Hope Is You (Part 1)") (Paramount+)
The Umbrella Academy (Episode: "The End of Something") (Netflix)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special
Fargo (Episode: "East/West") (FX)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (Episode: "The Two Faces (Part Two)") (Netflix)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "End Game") (Netflix)
The Underground Railroad (Episode: "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter") (Prime Video)
WandaVision (Episode: "The Series Finale") (Disney+)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
B Positive (Episode: "High Risk Factor") (CBS)
Cobra Kai (Episode: "December 19") (Netflix)
Hacks (Episode: "Falling") (HBO Max)
The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 21. Near, Far, Wherever You Are") (Netflix)
WINNER: Ted Lasso (Episode: "The Hope That Kills You") (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
The Boys (Episode: "What I Know") (Prime Video)
The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)
The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Chicago") (Hulu)
Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown") (HBO)
WINNER: The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") (Disney+)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Genius: Aretha (Episode: "Respect") (Nat Geo)
Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Sore Must Be the Storm") (HBO)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "End Game") (Netflix)
The Underground Railroad (Episode: "Chapter 1: Georgia") (Prime Video)
WandaVision (Episode: "The Series Finale") (Disney+)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You (Apple TV+)
WINNER: David Byrne's American Utopia (HBO)
Hamilton (Disney+)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") (HBO)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Episode: "Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection; Senator Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Performance by Jamila Woods") (CBS)
