LOS ANGELES — The Television Academy hosted the first of its five 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies, honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television on Emmys.com. The ceremony awarded many artists and craftspeople in the categories of Reality and Nonfiction.
The ceremony was hosted by Emmy-nominated host Nicole Byer and featured presenters from some of the season’s most popular shows, including Gina Carano (The Mandalorian), RuPaul Charles (RuPaul's Drag Race), Daryl Mitchell (NCIS: New Orleans), Rob Riggle (Holey Moley), Drew Scott (Property Brothers: Forever Home; Brother vs. Brother) and J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm).
The 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards are being streamed on Emmys.com for four consecutive nights - Monday, September 14, through Thursday the 17, at 8:00pm (EST). A fifth broadcast ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 19, at 8:00pm (EST) on FXX.
The following is a list of winners from the first night.
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTS: CREATING COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS
Erin Newsome, Executive Producer Sarah Lavoie, Executive Producer Maricruz Merlo, Supervising Producer Meghan Gleason, Producer
Matt Wizan, Producer Tatiana Villegas, Producer
National Geographic
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
GOLOKA BOLTE, CSA, Casting by ETHAN PETERSEN, Casting by
RuPaul's Drag Race
VH1
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
ERIC MILANO, Re-Recording Mixer CNN Apollo 11
CNN
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
ERIC MILANO, Sound Design CNN Apollo 11
CNN
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
LAURA KARPMAN, Composer
Why We Hate
Tools & Tactics
Discovery Channel
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
Cinematography by MUHAMMED KHAIR AL SHAMI
Cinematography by AMMAR SULAIMAN
Cinematography by MOHAMMED EYAD
The Cave
National Geographic
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
MICHAEL CHEESEMAN, Director of Photography DANNY DAY, Director of Photography
DWAYNE FOWLER, Director of Photography JOHN GRIBER, Director of Photography SIMEON HOUTMAN, Director of Photography BEN MULLIN, Director of Photography
Life Below Zero
The New World
National Geographic
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
MARK LEWIS, Written by
Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer
Closing The Net
Netflix
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM
STEVEN BOGNAR, Directed by JULIA REICHERT, Directed by
American Factory
Netflix
OUTSTANDING NARRATOR
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, Narrator
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Antarctica
BBC AMERICA
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
ARIELLE KILKER, Supervising Editor NETFLIX DAVID NORDSTROM, Supervising Editor
KATE HACKETT, Editor
DANIEL MCDONALD, Editor
MARK MORGAN, Editor SHARON WEAVER, Editor TED WOERNER, Editor
Cheer
God Blessed Texas
Netflix
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
TODD DOUGLAS MILLER, Editor
Apollo 11
CNN
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
JAMIE MARTIN, Lead Editor
MICHAEL ROHA, Editor
PAUL CROSS, Editor
MICHAEL LYNN DEIS, Editor
RYAN MALLICK, Editor
RuPaul's Drag Race
I'm That Bitch
VH1
OUTSTANDING HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH
Leah Remini, Executive Producer/Host Eli Holzman, Executive Producer Aaron Saidman, Executive Producer Ray Dotch, Executive Producer
Devon Graham Hammonds, Executive Producer Chris Rowe, Co-Executive Producer
Mike Rinder, Co-Executive Producer
A&E
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
THE APOLLO
Lisa Cortés, Produced by
Jeanne Elfant Festa, Produced by Cassidy Hartmann, Produced by Roger Ross Williams, Produced by Dan Cogan, Executive Producer Nicholas Ferrall, Executive Producer Julie Goldman, Executive Producer
HBO
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
GREG WHITELEY, Directed by Cheer
Daytona
Netflix
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
QUEER EYE
David Collins, Executive Producer Michael Williams, Executive Producer Rob Eric, Executive Producer
Jennifer Lane, Executive Producer Jordana Hochman, Executive Producer Adam Sher, Executive Producer
David George, Executive Producer
David Eilenberg, Executive Producer Rachelle Mendez, Co-Executive Producer Mark Bracero, Co-Executive Producer
Netflix