2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards winners (September 7th)
September 16, 2024

2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards winners (September 7th)

LOS ANGELES - On September 7th, the Television Academy presented the first of its two 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television. The event awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in genres that include animation, reality, documentary/nonfiction and variety programming. Shows with multiple awards included Saturday Night Live (6), Blue Eye Samurai (4), Jim Henson Idea Man (4), and The Oscars (4).

The following is a list of winners from the Saturday presentation.

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
SHŌGUN – THE MAKING OF SHŌGUN - FX
Stephanie Gibbons, Executive Producer Sally Daws, Executive Producer Kenna McCabe, Executive Producer Melanie Pimentel, Supervising Producer Joel Kazuo Knoernschild, Senior Producer Andie Newell, Producer

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING: ONE KILLER QUESTION - HULU
Janice C. Molinari, Executive Producer Dave Roth, Executive Producer Zuriht Serna, Executive Producer Trisha Choate, Executive Producer Jillian Novak, Executive Producer Xavier Salas, Executive Producer

OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW
JEOPARDY! - 
Michael Davies, Executive Producer Lisa Broffman, Co-Executive Producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss, Producer Billy Wisse, Writer Michele Loud, Writer Marcus Brown, Writer John Duarte, Writer Mark Gaberman, Writer Debbie Griffin, Writer Robert McClenaghan, Writer Jim Rhine, Writer Steve Tamerius, Writer

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A GAME SHOW
PAT SAJAK, Host Wheel Of Fortune
ABC/Syndicated

OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
FUZZY FEELINGS - APPLE - IPHONE + MAC
Hungry Man / Passion Pictures, Production Company TBWA\ Media Arts Lab, Ad Agency

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
MAYA RUDOLPH as Connie The Hormone Monstress Big Mouth
The Ambition Gremlin
Netflix

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
BLUE EYE SAMURAI - Netflix
The Tale Of The Ronin And The Bride
MICHAEL GREEN, Executive Producer/Directed By AMBER NOIZUMI, Executive Producer/Written By ERWIN STOFF, Executive Producer JANE WU, Supervising Director/Producer
NICK READ, Producer MICHAEL GREENHOLT, Animation Director

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
(Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members and one, more than one, or no award entry is awarded an Emmy.)

NOÉMIE LEROUX, Background Designer 
Scavengers Reign
The Dream
HBO | MAX

ALEX SMALL-BUTERA, Animator
Adventure Time: Fionna And Cake
The Winter King
HBO/Max

JAN MAAS, Lead Animator 
In The Know
Yogurt Week
Peacock

BRIAN KESINGER, Lead Character Designer
Blue Eye Samurai
Nothing Broken
Netflix

TARA BILLINGER, Art Director 
Clone High
Let’s Try This Again
HBO/Max

TOBY WILSON, Production Designer
Blue Eye Samurai
The Great Fire Of 1657
Netflix

RYAN O’LOUGHLIN, Storyboard Artist
Blue Eye Samurai
Hammerscale
Netflix

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
N. JOSEPH DETULLIO, Production Designer NBC KENNETH MACLEOD, Production Designer MELISSA SHAKUN, Art Director KIMBERLY KACHOUGIAN, Set Decorator
Saturday Night Live
Host: Josh Brolin
NBC

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
MISTY BUCKLEY, Production Designer ABC ALANA BILLINGSLEY, Production Designer JOHN ZUIKER, Art Director MARGAUX LAPRESLE, Art Director
The Oscars
ABC

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
KARLA PUNO GARCIA, Choreographer CBS 76th Annual Tony Awards
Routines: Opening Number / Lifetime Achievement
CBS

OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
    
JODI MANCUSO, Department Head Hairstylist CARA HANNAH, Key Hairstylist INGA THRASHER, Hairstylist JOSEPH WHITMEYER, Hairstylist
AMANDA DUFFY EVANS, Hairstylist CHAD HARLOW, Hairstylist GINA FERRUCCI, Hairstylist ELLIOTT SIMPSON, Hairstylist
Saturday Night Live
Host: Ryan Gosling
NBC

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
LOUIE ZAKARIAN, Department Head Makeup Artist JASON MILANI, Key Makeup Artist AMY TAGLIAMONTI, Key Makeup Artist RACHEL PAGANI, Makeup Artist
YOUNG BEK, Makeup Artist BRANDON GRETHER, Makeup Artist JOANNA PISANI, Makeup Artist
Saturday Night Live
Host: Ryan Gosling
NBC

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
CIAN O'CLERY, Casting By SEAN BOWMAN, Casting By MARINA NIETO RITGER, Casting By EMMA CHOATE, Casting By
Love On The Spectrum
Netflix

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
LAURA HUDOCK, Director Of Photography LAELA KILBOURN, Director Of Photography DANIEL CARTER, Director Of Photography ERYNN PATRICK LAMONT, Director Of Photography KERI OBERLY, Director Of Photography
THORSTEN THIELOW, Director Of Photography MARTINA RADWAN, Director Of Photography
Girls State
Apple TV+

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
CHARLIE BECK, Director Of Photography MICHAEL CHEESEMAN, Director Of Photography DANNY DAY, Director Of Photography PEDRO DELBREY, Camera Operator
Life Below Zero - Bulletproof
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members and one, more than one, or no award entry is awarded an Emmy.)
 
MACHINE DAZZLE, Costume Designer Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History Of Popular Music
HBO/Max

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
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 RYAN KEN, Writer MARK KRAMER, Writer SOFÍA MANFREDI, Writer JOHN OLIVER, Writer TAYLOR KAY PHILLIPS, Writer CHRISSY SHACKELFORD, Writer
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
HBO/Max

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
JESSIE GASKELL, Written by CONAN O'BRIEN, Written by MATT O'BRIEN, Written by MIKE SWEENEY, Written by
Conan O’Brien Must Go
Ireland
HBO/Max

OUTSTANDING EMERGING MEDIA PROGRAM
FALLOUT: VAULT 33
Amazon MGM Studios Kilter Films Bethesda Studios
Prine Video

OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN EMERGING MEDIA PROGRAMMING
(Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members and one, more than one, or no award entry is awarded an Emmy.)

SILENT HILL: ASCENSION Genvid Entertainment
ASCENSION.COM

WHAT IF...? – AN IMMERSIVE STORY
APPLE VISION PRO
Marvel Studios ILM Immersive Disney+ Dave Bushore, Director/Executive Producer Shereif M. Fattouh, Producer/Executive Producer

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
DANIEL TIMMONS, Supervising Sound Editor 
JEREMY S. BLOOM, Sound Designer IAN CYMORE, Dialogue Editor RYAN RUBIN, Music Editor
Jim Henson Idea Man
DISNEY+ 

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
DAVID FLEMING, Composer 
Jim Henson Idea Man
DISNEY+ 

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
RICKEY MINOR, Music Director 
ABC 
The Oscars
   
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
MARK JENSEN, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer
Welcome To Wrexham
Giant Killers
FX

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
GARY A. RIZZO, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer 
JOHN RAMPEY, Production Mixer SABI TULOK, Production Mixer DENNIS HAMLIN, Production Mixer
The Beach Boys
DISNEY+

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
BRIAN RIORDAN, Re-Recording Music Mixer PHIL DETOLVE, Re-Recording Mixer PETER GARY, Music Mixer BRIAN FLANZBAUM, Production Mixer
JOSH WEIBEL, Monitor Mixer BRIAN RUGGLES, FOH Mixer
Billy Joel: The 100th - Live At Madison Square Garden
CBS

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
SIERRA NEAL, Editor PAUL CROWDER, ACE, Editor
Jim Henson Idea Man
Disney+

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING
KELLY LYON, ACE, Editor SEAN MCILRAITH, Editor RYAN MCILRAITH, Editor
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's In LA
Paranormal
NETFLIX

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING (SEGMENT)
CATHERINE TRASBORG, Editor 
The Daily Show
The Dailyshowography Of Vivek Ramaswamy: Enter The RamaVerse
COMEDY CENTRAL

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
MICHAEL BROWN, Editor
 JOSH DRISKO, Editor MICHAEL OLIVER, Editor BRYAN ROWLAND, Editor
STEVE WELCH, Editor Welcome To Wrexham
Up The Town?
FX

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
SEAN BASAMAN, Supervising Editor 
JOHN M. LARSON, ACE, Supervising Editor ROBERT M. MALACHOWSKI JR., ACE, Supervising Editor MATT ANTELL, Editor
JOHN BALDINO, Editor MATTHEW BLAIR, Editor MELISSA SILVA BORDEN, Editor WILLIAM FABIAN CASTRO, Editor ANDREW CIANCIA, Editor NICHOLAS DON VITO, Editor GLEN EBESU, Editor RICK ENRIQUE, Editor GREG FITZSIMMONS, Editor BRIAN FREUNDLICH, Editor NOEL A. GUERRA, ACE, Editor ALYSSA DRESSMAN LEHNER, Editor JOHN HOMESLEY, Editor OMEGA HSU, ACE, Editor NIKI HUNTER, Editor RYAN P. JAMES, Editor LISE KEARNEY, Editor TERRI MALONEY, Editor JAMES J. MUNOZ, Editor BARRY MURPHY, Editor RICH REMIS, Editor ROBBY THOMPSON, Editor MATT WAFAIE, Editor ERIC WISE, Editor
The Voice
Series Body Of Work
NBC

OUTSTANDING NARRATOR
ANGELA BASSETT, Narrator Queens
African Queens
National Geographic

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
BECKHAM
John Battsek, Produced by Nicola Howson, Produced by Fisher Stevens, Produced by Billie Shepherd, Produced by David Gardner, Executive Producer Gary Neville, Executive Producer Jonathan Sides, Co-Executive Producer Craig South, Co-Executive Producer
Netflix

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JIM HENSON IDEA MAN
Brian Grazer, Produced by Ron Howard, Produced by Sara Bernstein, Produced by Margaret Bodde, Produced by Justin Wilkes, Produced by Mark Monroe, Produced by Christopher St. John, Produced by
Disney+
 
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
SHARK TANK 
Mark Burnett, Executive Producer Clay Newbill, Executive Producer Yun Lingner, Executive Producer Max Swedlow, Executive Producer Mark Cuban, Executive Producer Lori Greiner, Executive Producer Kevin O'Leary, Executive Producer Barbara Corcoran, Executive Producer Daymond John, Executive Producer Robert Herjavec, Executive Producer Brandon Wallace, Executive Producer Becky Blitz, Supervising Producer Shaun Polakow, Senior Producer Shawn Aly, Senior Producer
Andrew Kimmel, Senior Producer
ABC

OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
WELCOME TO WREXHAM 
Josh Drisko, Executive Producer Bryan Rowland, Executive Producer Jeff Luini, Executive Producer Alan Bloom, Executive Producer Andrew Fried, Executive Producer Sarina Roma, Executive Producer Dane Lillegard, Executive Producer Nicholas Frenkel, Executive Producer George Dewey, Executive Producer Rob McElhenney, Executive Producer Ryan Reynolds, Executive Producer Humphrey Ker, Executive Producer Miloš Balać, Co-Executive Producer Aaron Lovell, Producer Patrick McGarvey, Supervising Producer Shannon Owen, Producer Liz Spano, Producer
FX

EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
(Juried Award: All entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate peer group members and one, more than one, or no award entry is awarded an Emmy.)
GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT HBO | MAX
Joe Brewster, Produced by Michèle Stephenson, Produced by Tommy Oliver, Produced by
HBC/Max

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
ALAN CUMMING, Host The Traitors
Peacock

OUTSTANDING HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
MY NEXT GUEST WITH DAVID LETTERMAN AND JOHN MULANEY
Tommy Alter, Producer Tom Keaney, Executive Producer Mary Barclay, Executive Producer Michael Steed, Executive Producer Séamus Murphy-Mitchell, Executive Producer Justin Wilkes, Executive Producer Jake Fuller, Executive Producer
NETFLIX

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM
AMANDA MCBAINE, Directed By JESSE MOSS, Directed By
Girls State
APPLE TV+

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
GEOFFREY AMORAL, Lighting Director NBC RICK MCGUINNESS, Lighting Director TREVOR BROWN, Moving Light Programmer TIM STASSE, Moving Light Programmer
WILLIAM MCGUINNESS, Chief Lighting Technician FRANK GRISANTI, Video Control
Saturday Night Live
Host: Kristen Wiig
NBC

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
STEVE COHEN, Lighting Designer
MARK FOFFANO, Lighting Consultant JUSTIN CHEATHAM, Lighting Director TAD INFERRERA, Lighting Director
ADRIAN BASSETT, Chief Lighting Technician Billy Joel: The 100th - Live At Madison Square Garden
CBS

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERAWORK FOR A SERIES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
BILL DIGIOVANNI, Technical Director JOHN PINTO, Camera PAUL CANGIALOSI, Camera ANTHONY TARANTINO, Camera DAVE DRISCOLL, Camera
BRIAN PHRANER, Camera DANIEL ERBECK, Camera
Saturday Night Live
Host: Timothée Chalamet
NBC

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERAWORK FOR A SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JON PRETNAR, Technical Director
ROB BALTON, Camera MARK BRITT, Camera BOBBY DEL RUSSO, Camera
DANIEL ERBECK, Camera NICK FAYO, Camera PETE FORREST, Camera JONNY HARKINS, Camera SHAUN HARKINS, Camera RAY HOOVER, Camera JOHN KOSMOCHEWSKI, Camera JAY KULICK, Camera
KEVIN MURPHY, Camera LYN NOLAND, Camera JIMMY O’DONNELL, Camera CHRIS PIAZZA, Camera MARK RENAUDIN, Camera ED STAEBLER, Camera MARK WHITMAN, Camera RICH YORK, Camera
JEFF SIEGEL, Camera BRETT TURNBULL, Camera J.M. HURLEY, Video Control MICHAEL MAIATICO, Video Control
Billy Joel: The 100th - Live At Madison Square Garden
CBS

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
CIAN O'CLERY, Directed By 
Love On The Spectrum
Episode 7
Netflix

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
HAMISH HAMILTON, Directed By 
The Oscars
ABC

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
LIZ PATRICK, Directed By 
Saturday Night Live
Host: Ryan Gosling
NBC

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)
DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC
Craig Plestis, Executive Producer Chris Wagner, Executive Producer Clara Plestis, Executive Producer Ashley Edens, Executive Producer Deena Katz, Executive Producer Arlene Van Dyke, Executive Producer Stephanie Wagner, Supervising Producer Brittany Cherry, Producer
Ariel Kubit, Producer Chelsea Gonnering, Line Producer
CBS

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
THE OSCARS
Raj Kapoor, Executive Producer Molly McNearney, Executive Producer Katy Mullan, Executive Producer Rob Paine, Co-Executive Producer Taryn Hurd, Producer Sarah Levine Hall, Producer Jimmy Kimmel, Host
ABC