68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

2016 American television programming awards
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  • Los Angeles, California
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The 68th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held over two nights on September 10 and 11, 2016.[1] The nominations were announced on July 14, 2016.[2] The ceremony is in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming, including guest acting roles. The awards were announced on September 10 and 11, 2016.[3][4][5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:

Governor's Award

  • American Idol[6]

Programs

Programs

Acting

Acting

Animation

Animation
  • Adventure Time – Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Stakes Pt. 8: The Dark Cloud") (Cartoon Network)
  • Adventure Time – Jason Kolowski (production design) (Episode: "Bad Jubies") (Cartoon Network)
  • He Named Me Malala – Jason Carpenter (production design) (Nat Geo)
  • Long Live the Royals – Chris Tsirgiotis (background design) (Episode: "Long Live the Royals") (Cartoon Network)
  • Robot Chicken – Scott DaRos (character animation) (Episode: "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship") (Adult Swim)

Casting

Casting
  • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
    • Fargo (FX)
    • Grease: Live (Fox)
    • The Night Manager (AMC)
    • Roots (History)

Choreography

Choreography
  • Kathryn Burns for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Routines: "I'm So Good at Yoga" / "A Boy Band Made Up of Four Joshes" / "Settle for Me") (The CW)
  • Quest Crew for America's Best Dance Crew (Routines: "Runaway Baby" / "Take U There" / "Summer Thing") (MTV)

Cinematography

Cinematography
  • Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn – John Simmons (Episode: "Go Hollywood") (Nickelodeon)
    • The Big Bang Theory – Steven V. Silver (Episode: "The Convergence Convergence") (CBS)
    • Mom – Steven V. Silver (Episode: "Sticky Hands and a Walk on the Wild Side") (CBS)
    • The Soul Man – George Mooradian (Episode: "White Trash") (TV Land)
  • The Man in the High Castle – James Hawkinson (Episode: "The New World") (Amazon)
  • Life Below Zero (Episode: "Breaking Through") (Nat Geo)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "We're Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today") (CBS)
    • Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Carpe Diem") (Discovery Channel)
    • Intervention (Episode: "Sierra") (A&E)
    • Project Runway (Episode: "Mad Dash Mayhem") (Lifetime)
    • Survivor (Episode: "Second Chance") (CBS)

Commercial

Programs

Costumes

Costumes
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (Episode: "Chutes and Ladders") (FX)
    • Empire (Episode: "Past Is Prologue") (Fox)
    • The Good Wife (Episode: "End") (CBS)
    • Grace and Frankie (Episode: "The Party") (Netflix)
    • Transparent (Episode: "Kina Hora") (Amazon)
  • Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Winds of Winter") (HBO)
    • Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight") (PBS)
    • Outlander (Episode: "Not in Scotland Anymore") (Starz)
    • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Episode: "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia") (FX)
    • Roots (Episode: "Night One") (History)

Directing

Directing

Hairstyling

Hairstyling
  • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Fred Armisen") (NBC)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "The Finals: Part 1") (ABC)
    • Grease: Live (Fox)
    • Key & Peele (Episode: "Y'all Ready for This?") (Comedy Central)
    • The Wiz Live! (NBC)
  • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
    • All the Way (HBO)
    • American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
    • Fargo (FX)
    • Roots (Episode: "Night One") (History)

Hosting

Hosting

Interactive Media

Interactive Media
Outstanding Original Interactive Program (Juried)
Outstanding Multiplatform Storytelling (Juried)
  • Archer Scavenger Hunt (FX)
Outstanding Social TV Experience (Juried)
Outstanding User Experience and Visual Design (Juried)
  • Cartoon Network App Experience (Cartoon Network)
Outstanding Interactive Program

Lighting Design / Direction

Lighting Design / Direction

Main Title Design

Main Title Design
  • The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)
    • Marvel's Jessica Jones (Netflix)
    • Narcos (Netflix)
    • The Night Manager (AMC)
    • Vinyl (HBO)

Make-up

Make-up
Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
  • Key & Peele (Episode: "Y'all Ready for This?") (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Make-up for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
    • All the Way (HBO)
    • Fargo (FX)
    • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
    • Roots (Episode: "Night One") (History)
  • Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Door") (HBO)
    • All the Way (HBO)
    • American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
    • Penny Dreadful (Episode: "And Hell Itself My Only Foe") (Showtime)
    • The Walking Dead (Episode: "No Way Out") (AMC)

Music

Music
  • The Hunting Ground (Song: "Til It Happens to You") (CNN)
    • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Episode: "I'm Going on a Date with Josh's Friend!") (Song: "Settle For Me") (The CW)
    • Empire (Episode: "A Rose by Any Other Name") (Song: "Good People") (Fox)
    • Galavant (Episode: "A New Season aka Suck It Cancellation Bear") (Song: "A New Season") (ABC)
    • Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special (Song: "Frozen Lullaby") (Vimeo)

Picture Editing

Picture Editing
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Kabir Akhtar (Episode: "Josh Just Happens to Live Here!") (The CW)
    • Silicon Valley – Brian Merken (Episode: "The Uptick") (HBO)
    • Silicon Valley – Tim Roche (Episode: "Daily Active Users") (HBO)
    • Veep – Shawn Paper (Episode: "Mother") (HBO)
    • Veep – Steven Rasch (Episode: "Inauguration") (HBO)
  • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story – C. Chi-Yoon Chung (Episode: "The Race Card") (FX)
    • Fargo – Skip Macdonald (Episode: "Waiting for Dutch") (FX)
    • Fargo – Skip Macdonald and Curtis Thurber (Episode: "Did you do this? No, you did it!") (FX)
    • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story – Adam Penn (Episode: "From the Ashes of Tragedy") (FX)
    • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story – Stewart Schill (Episode: "The Verdict") (FX)
  • The Big Bang Theory – Peter Chakos (Episode: "The Opening Night Excitation") (CBS)
    • 2 Broke Girls – Darryl Bates (Episode: "And the Sax Problem") (CBS)
    • Horace and Pete – Gina Sansom (Episode: "Episode 3") (LouisCK.net)
    • Last Man Standing – Kris Trexler (Episode: "The Road Less Driven") (ABC)
    • Mike & Molly – Stephen Prime (Episode: "I See Love") (CBS)
    • Mom – Ben Bosse and Joseph Bella (Episode: "Atticus Finch and the Downtrodden") (CBS)
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Anthony Miale (Segment: "Public Defenders") (HBO)
    • Conan – Robert James Ashe, Dave Grecu, and Christopher P. Heller (Episode: "Conan in Korea") (TBS)
    • Drunk History – Jody McVeigh-Schultz (Episode: "Inventors") (Comedy Central)
    • Key & Peele – Rich LaBrie, Neil Mahoney, Nicholas Monsour, and Stephen Waichulis (Episode: "The End") (Comedy Central)
    • Lemonade – Bill Yukich (HBO)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? – Mark Cegielski, James Horak, Julie Janata, Elise Ludwig, Justin Robertson, Conrad Stanley, and Shelly Stocking (Episode: "Bryan Cranston") (TLC)
    • The Amazing Race – Andy Castor, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Ryan Leamy, Jennifer Nelson, Paul C. Nielsen, and Jacob Parsons (Episode: "We're Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today") (CBS)
    • Shark Tank – Editing Team (Episode: "Episode 702") (ABC)
    • Survivor – Editing Team (Episode: "Signed, Sealed and Delivered") (CBS)
    • The Voice – Editing Team (Episode: "Episode 1005") (NBC)
  • Project Greenlight – Steve Lichtenstein, Craig A. Colton, Nena Erb, and Dan Golding (Episode: "Accident Waiting to Happen") (HBO)
    • Born This Way – M'daya Meliani, Chris Ray, and Dan Zimmerman, Editor (Episode: "Don't Limit Me") (A&E)
    • Born This Way – Daniel Cerny and Peggy Tachdjian (Episode: "Up Syndrome") (A&E)
    • Deadliest Catch – Josh Earl and Ben Bulatao (Episode: "Carpe Diem") (Discovery Channel)
    • Naked and Afraid XL – Malinda Zehner, Mike Bary, Todd Beabout, Jacob Parsons, Eric Goldfarb, Mike Levine, and Andrew P. Jones (Episode: "40 Days Jungle Rich") (Discovery Channel)

Production Design

Production Design
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
  • Game of Thrones (Episodes: "Blood of My Blood"; "The Broken Man"; "No One") (HBO)
    • American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
    • House of Cards (Episodes: "Chapter 41"; "Chapter 47"; "Chapter 48") (Netflix)
    • The Man in the High Castle (Episode: "The New World") (Amazon)
    • Penny Dreadful (Episodes: "Fresh Hell"; "Evil Spirits In Heavenly Places"; "And Hell Itself My Only Foe") (Showtime)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More)
  • Downton Abbey (Episodes: "Episode Five"; "Episode Seven") (PBS)
    • Fargo (Episode: "Waiting for Dutch") (FX)
    • The Knick (Episodes: "Ten Knots"; "The Best With the Best to Get the Best"; "Wonderful Surprises") (Cinemax)
    • Masters of Sex (Episodes: "The Excitement of Release"; "Surrogates"; "Party of Four") (Showtime)
    • Outlander (Episode: "Not In Scotland Anymore"; "Faith") (Starz)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)
  • Transparent (Episodes: "Kina Hora"; "The Book of Life"; "Man on the Land") (Amazon)
    • The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The Positive Negative Reaction"; "The Big Bear Precipitation"; "The Fermentation Bifurcation") (CBS)
    • The Muppets (Episodes: "The X Factor"; "Pigs in a Blackout"; "Single All The Way") (ABC)
    • Silicon Valley (Episodes: "Two in the Box"; "Bachmanity Insanity"; "Daily Active Users") (HBO)
    • Veep (Episodes: "The Eagle"; "C**tgate") (HBO)
  • Portlandia (Episodes: "Family Emergency"; "Pickathon"; "Weirdo Beach") (IFC)
    • Drunk History (Episode: "New Jersey") (Comedy Central)
    • Key & Peele (Episodes: "Y'all Ready For This?"; "The End") (Comedy Central)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episodes: "Host: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler"; "Host: Larry David"; "Host: Peter Dinklage") (NBC)
    • The Voice (Episodes: "Live Finale (Part 2)"; "The Blind Auditions Premiere (Part 2)"; "Live Semifinal Performances") (NBC)

Sound

Sound
  • Black Sails (Episode: "XX.") (Starz)
    • Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Door") (HBO)
    • Gotham (Episode: "Azrael") (Fox)
    • Marvel's Daredevil (Episode: "New York's Finest") (Netflix)
    • Vikings (Episode: "The Last Ship") (History)
  • Fargo (Episode: "The Castle") (FX)
    • American Horror Story: Hotel (Episode: "Checking In") (FX)
    • The Night Manager (Episode: "Episode 5") (AMC)
    • Roots (Episode: "Night Two") (History)
    • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (PBS)
Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
  • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Episode: "From the Ashes of Tragedy") (FX)
    • Fargo (Episode: "The Gift of the Magi") (FX)
    • The Night Manager (Episode: "Episode 5") (AMC)
    • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (PBS)
    • True Detective (Episode: "Down Will Come") (HBO)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming

Special Visual Effects

Special Visual Effects
  • Game of Thrones (Episode: "Battle of the Bastards") (HBO)
    • Black Sails (Episode: "XX.") (Starz)
    • The Man in the High Castle (Episode: "The New World") (Amazon)
    • Penny Dreadful (Episode: "And They Were Enemies") (Showtime)
    • Vikings (Episode: "The Last Ship") (History)

Stunt Coordination

Stunt Coordination
  • Game of Thrones (HBO)
    • The Blacklist (NBC)
    • Gotham (Fox)
    • Marvel's Daredevil (Netflix)
    • Rush Hour (CBS)

Technical Direction

Technical Direction

Writing

Writing
  • Making a Murderer (Episode: "Eighteen Years Lost") (Netflix)
    • American Experience (Episode: "Walt Disney") (PBS)
    • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Borneo") (CNN)
    • Everything Is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted (HBO)
    • Jackie Robinson (PBS)

Wins by network

Network Program Individual Total
HBO 1 15 16
FX 3 9 12
Netflix 2 4 6
PBS 0 6 6
Fox 1 4 5
A&E 2 2 4
Adult Swim 2 2 4
Amazon 0 4 4
Cartoon Network 1 3 4
NBC 0 4 4
ABC 2 1 3
CBS 2 1 3
Comedy Central 1 2 3
CNN 1 1 2
The CW 0 2 2
Nat Geo 0 2 2
Showtime 0 2 2
ActingDead.com 0 1 1
AMC 0 1 1
AOL 1 0 1
IFC 0 1 1
Logo 0 1 1
MTV 0 1 1
Nickelodeon 0 1 1
Oculus Story Studio 0 1 1
Starz 0 1 1
TLC 0 1 1
USA 0 1 1

Programs with multiple awards

Program Awards
Game of Thrones 9
Grease: Live 4
Making a Murderer 4
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story 4
Cartel Land 3
American Horror Story: Hotel 2
Childrens Hospital 2
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 2
Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton (Live from Lincoln Center) 2
Downton Abbey 2
Fargo 2
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2
The Man in the High Castle 2
Saturday Night Live 2

Programs with multiple nominations

Program Nominations
Game of Thrones 15
Saturday Night Live 15
Fargo 10
Grease: Live 9
House of Cards 9
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story 9
The Big Bang Theory 7
Dancing with the Stars 7
Roots 7
American Horror Story: Hotel 6
Downton Abbey 6
Making a Murderer 6
The Night Manager 6
Penny Dreadful 6
Veep 6
What Happened, Miss Simone? 6
The Wiz Live! 6
88th Academy Awards 5
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown 5
Cartel Land 5
He Named Me Malala 5
Key & Peele 5
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 5
Silicon Valley 5
Transparent 5
The Voice 5
All the Way 4
Better Call Saul 4
Childrens Hospital 4
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 4
Deadliest Catch 4
The Man in the High Castle 4
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 4
Adele Live in New York City 3
Born This Way 3
Chef's Table 3
The Good Wife 3
Gotham 3
The Knick 3
The Late Late Show with James Corden 3
Lemonade 3
Masters of Sex 3
Mr. Robot 3
Narcos 3
So You Think You Can Dance 3
South Park 3
Vice 3
Vikings 3
69th Tony Awards 2
The Amazing Race 2
American Idol 2
Bates Motel 2
Black Sails 2
Conan 2
The Crossroads of History 2
Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton (Live from Lincoln Center) 2
Drunk History 2
Empire 2
Everything Is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted 2
Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 2
Horace and Pete 2
The Hunting Ground 2
Inside Amy Schumer 2
Intervention 2
Jackie Robinson 2
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures 2
Marvel's Daredevil 2
Marvel's Jessica Jones 2
Modern Family 2
Mom 2
Outlander 2
Portlandia 2
Project Greenlight 2
Project Runway 2
Ray Donovan 2
RuPaul's Drag Race 2
Shark Tank 2
The Simpsons 2
Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show 2
SuperMansion 2
Survivor 2
Vinyl 2
The Walking Dead 2

References

  1. ^ "Jimmy Kimmel to Host 2016 Emmy Awards". Variety. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "68th Emmy® Awards Nominations" (PDF). Television Academy. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Creative Arts Emmys: 'Murderer' & 'Grease Live' Lead The Field On Night 2". Deadline Hollywood. September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  4. ^ "2016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Part 1" (PDF). Television Academy. September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Part 2" (PDF). Television Academy. September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  6. ^ "'American Idol' to Receive Governors Award From Television Academy," from Variety, August 19, 2016
  7. ^ Elise Sandberg, Bryn (July 21, 2016). "Emmys: Peter Scolari Replaces Peter MacNicol as Guest Actor Nominee". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 21, 2016.

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