The Television Academy tonight presented the third 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 honored performers, artists and craftspeople in categories including casting, choreography, commercials, lighting design, music composition, special visual effects, and guest performance.
A complete list of this year’s Creative Arts Emmy Award winners, as compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, is attached. Executive produced by Bob Bain, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards featured presenters from television’s acclaimed shows and premiering programs, including Debbie Allen (Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square), Yvette Nicole Brown (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Nicole Byer (Nailed It!; Wipe Out), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Deon Cole (black-ish), Tony Goldwyn (The Hot Zone: Anthrax), Dulé Hill (The Wonder Years), Daniel Dae Kim (The Hot Zone: Anthrax), Bernadette Peters (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) and J.B. Smoove (Maplewood Murders).
FXX will broadcast the awards on Saturday, Sept. 18 (8:00 PM ET/PT).
A complete list of all awards presented tonight is below.
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Kevin Hart as Kevin Hart on Die Hart (Quibi)
John Lutz as Gilbert Pewntz on Mapleworth Murders (Quibi)
Brendan Scannell as Pete Devon on Bonding (Netflix)
WINNER: J. B. Smoove as Chief Billy Bills on Mapleworth Murders (Quibi)
John Travolta as Ron Wilcox on Die Hart (Quibi)
Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Nathalie Emmanuel as Jordan King on Die Hart (Quibi)
Kerri Kenney-Silver as Deputy Trudy Wiegel on Reno 911! (Quibi)
WINNER: Keke Palmer as Barbie / Gammy Tay / Lil Thad / Miranda / Rick on Keke Palmer's Turnt Up with the Taylors (Facebook Watch)
Paula Pell as Mrs. Abigail Mapleworth on Mapleworth Murders (Quibi)
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
Hacks (HBO Max)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
PEN15 (Hulu)
WINNER: Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Bridgerton (Netflix)
WINNER: The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
I May Destroy You (HBO)
Mare of Easttown (HBO)
WINNER: The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)
WandaVision (Disney+)
Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming
WINNER: Debbie Allen for Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (Netflix)
Dondraico Johnson for Genius: Aretha (Nat Geo)
Brooke Lipton for Lucifer (Netflix)
Mandy Moore and Luther Brown for Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
Mandy Moore for Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming
Sergio Trujillo for Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC)
Artem Chigvintsev for Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
WINNER: Derek Hough for Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Derek Hough for The Disney Holiday Singalong (ABC)
Parris Goebel for Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 (Prime Video)
Marie Haince Lebel for World of Dance (NBC)
Outstanding Commercial
"Airpods Pro — Jump" (Apple AirPods)
"Alexa's Body" (Amazon Alexa)
"Better | Mamba Forever" (Nike)
"It Already Does That" (Apple Watch Series 6)
WINNER: "You Can't Stop Us" (Nike)
"You Love Me" (Beats by Dre)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020"), Directed by Christopher Werner (HBO)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (Episode: "Episode 1085a"), Directed by Alexander J. Vietmeier (NBC)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Episode: "Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection; Senator Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Performance by Jamila Woods"), Directed by Jim Hoskinson (CBS)
Real Time with Bill Maher (Episode: "Episode 1835"), Directed by Paul G. Casey (HBO)
WINNER: Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle"), Directed by Don Roy King (NBC)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
WINNER: Bo Burnham: Inside, directed by Bo Burnham (Netflix)
David Byrne's American Utopia, directed by Spike Lee (HBO)
8:46 – Dave Chappelle, directed by Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar and Dave Chappelle (Netflix)
Friends: The Reunion, directed by Ben Winston (HBO Max)
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote, directed by Thomas Schlamme (HBO Max)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle") (NBC)
WINNER: Dave Chappelle as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle") (NBC)
Morgan Freeman as Morgan Freeman on The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 20. The Round Toes, of the High Shoes") (Netflix)
Daniel Kaluuya as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Daniel Kaluuya") (NBC)
Dan Levy as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dan Levy") (NBC)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Don Cheadle as Colonel James Rhodes / War Machine on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Episode: "New World Order") (Disney+)
Charles Dance as Lord Mountbatten on The Crown (Episode: "Gold Stick") (Netflix)
Timothy Olyphant as Cobb Vanth on The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 9: The Marshal") (Disney+)
WINNER: Courtney B. Vance as George Freeman on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Whitey's on the Moon") (HBO)
Carl Weathers as Greef Karga on The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 12: The Siege") (Disney+)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Adams as Nina Daniels on Hacks (Episode: "I Think She Will") (HBO Max)
Yvette Nicole Brown as Judge Anita Harper on A Black Lady Sketch Show (Episode: "But the Tilapias Are Fine Though, Right?") (HBO)
Bernadette Peters as Deb on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night") (NBC)
Issa Rae as Jess on A Black Lady Sketch Show (Episode: "My Booty Look Juicy, Don't It?") (HBO)
WINNER: Maya Rudolph as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Maya Rudolph") (NBC)
Kristen Wiig as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Kristen Wiig") (NBC)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Alexis Bledel as Emily on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Testimony") (Hulu)
WINNER: Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown (Episode: "48:1") (Netflix)
Mckenna Grace as Esther Keyes on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Pigs") (Hulu)
Sophie Okonedo as Charlotte Wells on Ratched (Episode: "The Dance") (Netflix)
Phylicia Rashad as Carol "Mama C" Clarke on This Is Us (Episode: "I've Got This") (NBC)
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series
America's Got Talent (Episode: "The Finals") (NBC)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Finale") (ABC)
The Masked Singer (Episode: "The Spicy 6 – The Competition Heats Up!") (Fox)
WINNER: Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adele") (NBC)
The Voice (Episode: "Live Top 17 Performances") (NBC)
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
WINNER: David Byrne's American Utopia (HBO)
Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max)
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
The Oscars (ABC)
The Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd (CBS)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Jeff Russo for Fargo (Episode: "East/West") (FX)
Jeff Russo and Zoë Keating for Oslo (HBO)
WINNER: Carlos Rafael Rivera for The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "End Game") (Netflix)
Nicholas Britell for The Underground Railroad (Episode: "Chapter 2: South Carolina") (Prime Video)
Christophe Beck for WandaVision (Episode: "Previously On") (Disney+)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Kris Bowers for Bridgerton (Episode: "Diamond of the First Water") (Netflix)
Martin Phipps for The Crown (Episode: "The Balmoral Test") (Netflix)
Adam Taylor for The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Crossing") (Hulu)
Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq for Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Rewind 1921") (HBO)
WINNER: Ludwig Göransson for The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue") (Disney+)
Siddhartha Khosla for This Is Us (Episode: "Birth Mother") (NBC)
Outstanding Music Direction
Aron Forbes for Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (Apple TV+)
WINNER: Bo Burnham for Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)
Rickey Minor for Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special (Multiple Platforms)
Karl Mansfield for David Byrne's American Utopia (HBO)
Harvey Mason Jr. for Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Goodbye") (NBC)
Outstanding Music Supervision
Alexandra Patsavas for Bridgerton (Episode: "Diamond of the First Water") (Netflix)
Sarah Bridge for The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)
Amanda Krieg Thomas, Alexis Martin Woodall and Ryan Murphy for Halston (Episode: "The Party's Over") (Netflix)
WINNER: Ciara Elwis and Matt Biffa for I May Destroy You (Episode: "Ego Death") (HBO)
Liza Richardson for Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Strange Case") (HBO)
Randall Poster for The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "Adjournment") (Netflix)
Dave Jordan and Shannon Murphy for WandaVision (Episode: "Don't Touch That Dial") (Disney+)
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Michael Abels for Allen v. Farrow (HBO)
Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons for Bridgerton (Netflix)
WINNER: Blake Neely for The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
Marcus Mumford and Tom Howe for Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for WandaVision (Disney+)
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Bo Burnham: Inside (Song: "Comedy") (Netflix)
The Boys (Episode: "The Big Ride") (Song: "Never Truly Vanish") (Prime Video)
The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "Adjournment") (Song: "I Can't Remember Love") (Netflix)
Soundtrack of Our Lives (Song: "The End Titles") (YouTube)
WINNER: WandaVision (Episode: "Breaking the Fourth Wall") (Song: "Agatha All Along") (Disney+)
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday") (Song: "Crimson Love") (NBC)
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
WINNER: Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple TV)
Late Night with Seth Meyers: CORRECTIONS (YouTube)
The Randy Rainbow Show (YouTube)
Reno 911! (Quibi)
Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News (Paramount+)
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie
The Boys (Prime Video)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
WINNER: The Mandalorian (Disney+)
WandaVision (Disney+)
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode
The Crown (Episode: "Gold Stick") (Netflix)
The Nevers (Episode: "Ignition") (HBO)
WINNER: Star Trek: Discovery (Episode: "Su'kal") (Paramount+)
The Umbrella Academy (Episode: "743") (Netflix)
Vikings (Episode: "The Signal") (Prime Video)
Outstanding Stunt Coordination
Doom Patrol (HBO Max)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+)
WINNER: The Mandalorian (Disney+)
S.W.A.T. (CBS)
Warrior (HBO Max)
Outstanding Stunt Performance
Cobra Kai (Episode: "December 19") (Netflix)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Episode: "Truth") (Disney+)
Gangs of London (Episode: "Episode 2") (AMC+)
Lovecraft Country (Episode: "I Am.") (HBO)
WINNER: The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue") (Disney+)
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series
America's Got Talent (Episode: "Episode 1523") (NBC)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Live – Sacha Baron Cohen, Wesley Snipes, and Music from Charlotte Lawrence") (ABC)
WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dan Levy") (NBC)
The Voice (Episode: "Live Finale (Part 2)") (NBC)
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special
David Byrne's American Utopia (HBO)
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
WINNER: Hamilton (Disney+)
The Oscars (ABC)
The Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd (CBS)
Outstanding Television Movie
WINNER: Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (Netflix)
Oslo (HBO)
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
Sylvie's Love (Prime Video)
Uncle Frank (Prime Video)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
WINNER: Bo Burnham: Inside, written by Bo Burnham (Netflix)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Into the MAGAverse, written by Devin Delliquanti and Zhubin Parang (Comedy Central)
8:46 – Dave Chappelle, written by Dave Chappelle (Netflix)
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero, written by Mitchell Marchand (CBS)
Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 (Showtime)
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