On Saturday, The Television Academy presented the first of its two 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievements in television at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
In what looked more like the VMAs or the Grammys, the ceremony, which kicked off the 74th Emmys, awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in genres including animation, reality, documentary/nonfiction and variety programming.
The Beatles: Get Back and Adele: One Night Only won five awards apiece during the first of the two-night presentation.
The Beatles: Get Back handed two Emmys to Peter Jackson, for directing an outstanding documentary. “Shout out to the Beatles,” gushed Jackson, who also won three Oscars for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Jackson is now halfway there to EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status.
Adele: One Night Only’s five awards included outstanding pre-recorded variety special. Adele is now just a Tony away from achieving EGOT status with the win.
BBDO New York and client Sandy Hook continue their dominance in awards shows as they picked up another Emmy for their campaign, this time Teenage Dream where school shooting victims sing Katie Perry’s song.
RuPaul won an Emmy for RuPaul’s Drag Race. RuPaul is now the most honored person of color in Emmy history, with a total of 12 wins and seven consecutive wins for outstanding host.
Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous Emmy for his voice performance as T’Challa in Disney+ series What If…? Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted, saying, “What a beautifully aligned moment it really is that one of the last things he would work on would not only be revisiting a character that was so important to him and his career and to the world, but also that it be an exploration of something new, diving into a new potential future.”
Barack Obama won his first Emmy, for narrating the Netflix docuseries Our Great National Parks. With two Grammy wins, the former president is now halfway to EGOT.
Riot Games and Netflix’s animated series Arcane received four Emmys, including animated series and three juried awards. The streamer’s Love on the Spectrum also nabbed three.
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show also came away a big winner for three Emmys, while
Programs that won two Emmys include A Black Lady Sketch Show, Drag Race, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Luci and Desi and the Love Death + Robots episode “Jibaro” (including one juried award).
REELated:
The list of winners is below:
Outstanding Animated Program
Arcane • When These Walls Come Tumbling Down • Netflix • A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix
Outstanding Casting For A Reality Program
Love On The Spectrum U.S. • Netflix • Northern Pictures for Netflix (WINNER)
Outstanding Character Voice-over Performance
What If…? • What If… T’Challa Became A Star-Lord? • Disney+ • Marvel Studios
Chadwick Boseman as Star Lord T’Challa
Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 • Routine: Opening • Prime Video • Fenty Films & Endeavor Content
Parris Goebel, Choreographer
Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program
100 Foot Wave • Chapter IV – Dancing With God • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Topic Studios, Library Films, Amplify Pictures, React Films and Cinetic
Mike Prickett, Director of Photography
Laurent Pujol, Cinematography by
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
Life Below Zero • Fire In The Sky • National Geographic • BBC Studios for National Geographic
Danny Day, Director of Photography
Michael Cheeseman, Director of Photography
Simeon Houtman, Director of Photography
Outstanding Commercial
Teenage Dream – Sandy Hook Promise
BBDO New York, Ad Agency Smuggler, Production Company
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
The Beatles: Get Back • Part 3: Days 17-22 • Disney+ • Apple Corps Limited and WingNut Films Productions Limited
Peter Jackson, Directed by
Outstanding Directing For A Reality Program
Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls • Naked • Prime Video • Amazon Studios (WINNER)
Nneka Onuorah, Directed by
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show • Save My Edges, I’m A Donor! • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with For Better or Words, Inc., Hoorae, 3 Arts Entertainment and Jax Media
Bridget Stokes, Directed by
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Adele: One Night Only • CBS • Fulwell 73 UK Limited and Onward Productions in association with Harpo Productions
Paul Dugdale, Directed by
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
The Beatles: Get Back • Disney+ • Apple Corps Limited and WingNut Films Productions Limited
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
George Carlin’s American Dream • HBO/HBO Max • HBO Documentary Films presents an Apatow/Rise Films Production in association with Pulse Films
Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
When Claude Got Shot • PBS • 371 Productions, Inc., Independent Television Service and Black Public Media
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program
RuPaul’s Drag Race • VH1 • World of Wonder
RuPaul, Host
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy • CNN • CNN Original Series, RAW
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series
The Voice • Live Finale • NBC • MGM Television and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon and ITV Studios The Voice USA, Inc. (WINNER)
Oscar Dominguez, Lighting Designer
Samuel Barker, Lighting Director
Ronald K. Wirsgalla, Lighting Director
Daniel K. Boland, Lighting Director
Erin Anderson, Lighting Director
Andrew Munie, Lighting Director
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Adele: One Night Only • CBS • Fulwell 73 UK Limited and Onward Productions in association with Harpo Productions
Noah Mitz, Lighting Designer
Bryan Klunder, Lighting Director
Patrick Boozer, Lighting Director
Patrick Brazil, Lighting Director
Matthew Cotter, Lighting Director
Christopher Landy, Lighting Director
Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Lucy And Desi • Prime Video • Amazon Studios, Imagine Documentaries, White Horse Pictures in association with Paper Kite Productions and Diamond Docs
David Schwartz, Composer
Outstanding Music Direction
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar And 50 Cent • NBC • Jesse Collins Entertainment, DPS and Roc Nation
Adam Blackstone, Music Director
Outstanding Narrator
Our Great National Parks • A World Of Wonder • Netflix • A Netflix Documentary Series / A Wild Space Production in association with Higher Ground Productions & Freeborne Media
Barack Obama, Narrator
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
The Beatles: Get Back • Part 3: Days 17-22 • Disney+ • Apple Corps Limited and WingNut Films Productions Limited
Jabez Olssen, Editor
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program
Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls • Naked • Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Deidre Panziera, Lead Editor
Hannah Carpenter, Editor
Brian Murphy, Editor
Jeanie Phillips, Editor
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program
Love On The Spectrum U.S. • Episode 1 • Netflix • Northern Pictures for Netflix
Rachel Grierson-Johns, Editor
Simon Callow-Wright, Editor
John Rosser, Editor
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming
A Black Lady Sketch Show • Save My Edges, I’m A Donor! • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with For Better or Words, Inc., Hoorae, 3 Arts Entertainment and Jax Media
Stephanie Filo, ACE, Editor
Bradinn French, Editor
Taylor Joy Mason, Editor
S. Robyn Wilson, Editor
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar And 50 Cent • NBC • Jesse Collins Entertainment, DPS and Roc Nation
Bruce Rodgers, Production Designer
Shelley Rodgers, Art Director
Maria Garcia, Art Director
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality Or Competition Series
RuPaul’s Drag Race • Catwalk • VH1 • World of Wonder (WINNER)
Gianna Costa, Production Designer
Allison Spain, Art Director
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Love, Death + Robots • Jibaro • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series • Apple TV+ • Apple presents a CBS Studios production in association with Fulwell 73
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: Once Upon A Time In Late Night • TBS • TBS in association with Full Frontal Digital
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Single Or Multi-camera)
The Beatles: Get Back • Part 3: Days 17-22 • Disney+ • Apple Corps Limited and WingNut Films Productions Limited
Martin Kwok, Supervising Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor
Emile De La Rey, Sound Editor
Matt Stutter, Sound Editor
Michael Donaldson, Foley Editor
Stephen Gallagher, Music Editor
Tane Upjohn-Beatson, Music Editor
Simon Riley, Foley Artist
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Single Or Multi-camera)
The Beatles: Get Back • Part 3: Days 17-22 • Disney+ • Apple Corps Limited and WingNut Films Productions Limited
Michael Hedges, Re-Recording Mixer
Brent Burge, Re-Recording Mixer
Alexis Feodoroff, Re-Recording Mixer
Giles Martin, Music Mixer
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special
Adele: One Night Only • CBS • Fulwell 73 UK Limited and Onward Productions in association with Harpo Productions
Paul Wittman, Production Mixer
Tom Elmhirst, Music Mixer
Eric Schilling, Music Mixer
Josh Morton, Re-Recording Mixer
Kristian Pedregon, Re-Recording Mixer
Shane O’Connor, Re-Recording Mixer
Christian Schrader, Supplemental Audio Mixer
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Queer Eye • Netflix • Scout Productions Inc. and ITV Entertainment LLC for Netflix
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • Union Busting • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television
Dave Saretsky, Technical Director
Dante Pagano, Camera
John Harrison, Camera
Rich Freedman, Camera
John Schwartz, Camera
Augie Yuson, Video Control
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special
Adele: One Night Only • CBS • Fulwell 73 UK Limited and Onward Productions in association with Harpo Productions
Michael Anderson, Technical Director
Dan Winterburn, Technical Director
Danny Webb, Camera
Rob Palmer, Camera
David Eastwood, Camera
Vincent Foilett, Camera
Allen Merriweather, Camera
Bruce Green, Camera
Robert Del Russo, Camera
Brian Lataille, Camera
Keith Dicker, Camera
Patrick Gleason, Camera
Danny Bonilla, Camera
Rob Vuona, Camera
Dave Rudd, Camera
Keyan Safyari, Camera
Freddy Frederick, Camera
Gabriel De La Parra, Camera
Jofre Rosero, Camera
David Carline, Camera
Kosta Krstic, Camera
Terrance Ho, Video Control
Joey Lopez, Video Control
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Love On The Spectrum U.S. • Netflix • Northern Pictures for Netflix
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar And 50 Cent • NBC • Jesse Collins Entertainment, DPS and Roc Nation
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-recorded)
Adele: One Night Only • CBS • Fulwell 73 UK Limited and Onward Productions in association with Harpo Productions
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Lucy And Desi • Prime Video • Amazon Studios, Imagine Documentaries, White Horse Pictures in association with Paper Kite Productions and Diamond Docs
Mark Monroe, Written by
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television
Daniel O’Brien, Senior Writer
Owen Parsons, Senior Writer
Charlie Redd, Senior Writer
Joanna Rothkopf, Senior Writer
Seena Vali, Senior Writer
Johnathan Appel, Writer
Ali Barthwell, Writer
Tim Carvell, Writer
Liz Hynes, Writer
Greg Iwinski, Writer
Ryan Ken, Writer
Mark Kramer, Writer
Sofía Manfredi, Writer
John Oliver, Writer
Taylor Kay Phillips, Writer
Chrissy Shackelford, Writer
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