On the final night of the Creative Arts Emmys, several Black actors won key awards.
In the guest acting categories, Eddie Murphy won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live, Maya Rudolph won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series also for Saturday Night Live and Ron Cephas Jones won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for This is Us.
Of note, RuPaul also won Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program and ESPN’s The Last Dance won Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones won Outstanding Variety Special, Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special.
The rest of this year’s Emmy awards will be announced during Sunday’s ceremony on ABC.
View the full list of winners below:
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES
The Last Dance • ESPN • A Mandalay Sports Media Production in association with NBA Entertainment, ESPN Films, Netflix
Jason Hehir, Produced by
Mike Tollin, Executive Producer
Estee Portnoy, Executive Producer Curtis Polk, Executive Producer Connor Schell, Executive Producer Gregg Winik, Executive Producer Andrew Thompson, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Succession • Tern Haven • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries and Gary Sanchez Productions
Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce
OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE EXTENSION OF A LINEAR PROGRAM
Mr. Robot • Season_4.0 ARG • USA Network • Ralph Interactive, Fifth Column Games
USA Network Ralph Interactive
Fifth Column Games Roxanne Paredes, Producer Jeff McKibben, Writer
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
Bad Education • HBO • HBO Films in association with Automatik, Sight Unseen and Slater Hall Productions
Fred Berger, Produced by Eddie Vaisman, Produced by Julia Lebedev, Produced by Oren Moverman, Produced by
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Produced by Mike Makowsky, Produced by
Leonid Lebedev, Executive Producer Caroline Jaczko, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
The Mandalorian • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.
Ryan Watson, Stunt Coordinator
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • A Jewish Girl Walks Into The Apollo… • Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Mathew Price, CAS, Production Sound Mixer Ron Bochar, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer George A. Lara, CAS, Foley Mixer
David Boulton, ADR Mixer
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
The Crown • Aberfan • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
Martin Childs, Production Designer Mark Raggett, Art Director
Alison Harvey, Set Decorator
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Saturday Night Live • Host: John Mulaney • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Geoffrey Amoral, Lighting Director Richard McGuinness, Lighting Director William McGuinness, Lighting Director Tim Stasse, Lighting Director
Trevor Brown, Lighting Director
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones • Netflix • Lathan TV | Pilot Boy
Dave Chappelle, Written by
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
This Is Us • After The Fire • NBC • 20th Century Fox Television
Ron Cephas Jones as William Hill
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Insecure • Lowkey Trying • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Issa Rae Productions, Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment
Nena Erb, ACE, Editor
Lynarion Hubbard, Additional Editor
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones • Netflix • Lathan TV | Pilot Boy
Stan Lathan, Directed by
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • It’s Comedy Or Cabbage • Prime Video • Amazon Studios
David Mullen, ASC, Director of Photography
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
Back-to-School Essentials – Sandy Hook Promise
SMUGGLER, Production Company BBDO New York, Ad Agency
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
(Tie)
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance • Netflix • The Jim Henson Company
Lisa Henson, Executive Producer Halle Stanford, Executive Producer Louis Leterrier, Executive Producer Jeffrey Addiss, Co-Executive Producer Will Matthews, Co-Executive Producer
Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Co-Executive Producer Blanca Lista, Co-Executive Producer
Ritamarie Peruggi, Produced by
AND
We Are The Dream: The Kids Of The Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Know Wonder
Mahershala Ali, Executive Producer Amatus Karim Ali, Executive Producer Mimi Valdés, Executive Producer
Julie Anderson, Executive Producer Amy Schatz, Produced by
Diane Kolyer, Produced by
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Cheer • Netflix • One Potato Productions, Boardwalk Pictures and Caviar
Greg Whiteley, Executive Producer Andrew Fried, Executive Producer Dane Lillegard, Executive Producer Jasper Thomlinson, Executive Producer Bert Hamelinck, Executive Producer Adam Leibowitz, Supervising Producer Arielle Kilker, Producer
Chelsea Yarnell, Producer
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Saturday Night Live • Host: Eddie Murphy • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Maya Rudolph as Senator Kamala Harris
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
Godfather Of Harlem • EPIX • ABC Signature Studios
Mason Nicoll, Creative Director/Editor
Peter Pak, Designer/Lead Animator/Art Director Giovana Pham, Designer
Cisco Torres, Animator
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING
So You Think You Can Dance • Routines: I’ll Be Seeing You, Mambo Italiano, The Girl From Ipanema • FOX • dick clark productions, LLC and 19 Entertainment
Al Blackstone, Choreographer
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
The Mandalorian • Chapter 8: Redemption • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.
Ludwig Göransson, Composer
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones • Netflix • Lathan TV | Pilot Boy
Dave Chappelle, Executive Producer/Performer Stan Lathan, Executive Producer
Rikki Hughes, Co-Executive Producer Sina Sadighi, Producer
OUTSTANDING PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING
Hollywood • A Hollywood Ending • Netflix • Netflix
Michelle Ceglia, Department Head Hairstylist
Barry Lee Moe, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist George Guzman, Hairstylist
Michele Arvizo, Hairstylist
Maria Elena Pantoja, Hairstylist
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES
Schitt’s Creek • Happy Ending • Pop TV • Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.
Debra Hanson, Costume Designer
Darci Cheyne, Assistant Costume Designer
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Euphoria • And Salt The Earth Behind You • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Reasonable Bunch, A24, Little Lamb, Dreamcrew, ADD Content Agency | HOT | TCDY Productions
Doniella Davy, Department Head Makeup Artist
Kirsten Sage Coleman, Assistant Department Head Makeup Artist Tara Lang Shah, Makeup Artist
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Watchmen • This Extraordinary Being • HBO • HBO in association with White Rabbit, Warner Bros. Television, DC and Paramount Television
Brad North, Supervising Sound Editor Harry Cohen, Sound Designer
Jordan Wilby, Sound Effects Editor Tiffany S. Griffith, Dialogue Editor Antony Zeller, Foley Editor
A.J. Shapiro, Foley Editor Sally Boldt, Music Editor Zane Bruce, Foley Artist Lindsay Pepper, Foley Artist
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
RuPaul’s Drag Race • VH1 • World of Wonder Productions
RuPaul, Host
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
The Cave • National Geographic • A Danish Documentary Production in co-production with Ma.Ja.De Hecat Studio Paris Madam Films
Kirstine Barfod, Produced by Sigrid Dyekjær, Produced by
Pernill Rose Grønkjær, Executive Producer Eva Mulvad, Executive Producer
Carolyn Bernstein, Executive Producer Ryan Harrington, Executive Producer Matt Renner, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Saturday Night Live • Host: Eddie Murphy • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Eddie Murphy as Host
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Watchmen • HBO • HBO in association with White Rabbit, Warner Bros. Television, DC and Paramount Television
Victoria Thomas, CSA, Casting by
Meagan Lewis, CSA, Location Casting
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
Rick And Morty • The Vat Of Acid Episode • Adult Swim • Rick and Morty, LLC
Dan Harmon, Executive Producer Justin Roiland, Executive Producer Mike McMahan, Executive Producer Scott Marder, Executive Producer Keith Crofford, Executive Producer Rick Mischel, Executive Producer Richard Grieve, Executive Producer Mike Lazzo, Executive Producer Rob Schrab, Co-Executive Producer
James Siciliano, Supervising Producer Wes Archer, Supervising Director
Michael Waldron, Producer Nick Rutherford, Producer Lee Harting, Producer Ollie Green, Producer Sydney Ryan, Produced by
Michael Mendel, Produced by Jacob Hair, Directed by
Nathan Litz, Director
Jeff Loveness, Written by, Supervising Producer Albro Lundy, Written by
Photo: NBC