Emmy voters were moved by the music, handing out five awards each to “The Beatles: Get Back” and “Adele: One Night Only” in Saturday’s portion of the two-night Creative Arts Emmys.
The music for “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show” was also a big winner, with three awards, including Music Direction for Adam Blackstone.
In the world of reality TV, “Love on the Spectrum US,” the Netflix series that follows people on the autism spectrum as they navigate the world of dating and relationships, won three Emmys, including casting. , image editing and unstructured reality program. And, RuPaul Charles won his seventh consecutive Emmy for hosting “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
The 2022 Creative Arts Emmys: Night 1, held at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles (where it was a scorching 105 degrees outside), honored outstanding artistic and technical achievement in various genres of television shows, performances of guests and exceptional work in the categories of animation, reality and documentary.
This year’s show is a two-night event, following the template established in 2021. However, the previous year it was split into five ceremonies/nights to honor Hollywood workers.
For those who want to watch this year’s Creative Arts Emmys, they’ll have to wait until next weekend. An edited version of the two shows will air on September 10 at 8 pm ET/PT on FXX. The 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards air the following night at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on NBC. It will also air live for the first time on Peacock.
Check out the full list of winners from the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys below.
Outstanding Animated Program: “Arcane”
Outstanding Casting For A Reality Show: “Love on the American Spectrum”
Excellent interpretation of the voiceover of the character: Chadwick Boseman
Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming: “Savage X Fenty Show vol. 3″
Outstanding Photography for a Nonfiction Program: “100 foot wave”
Outstanding Photography for a Reality Program: “Life below zero”
featured commercial: “Teenage Dream”, Sandy Hook Promise
Outstanding Costume for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming: The “We Are Here” team
Best Direction for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program: Peter Jackson, “The Beatles: Come Back”
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program: Nneka Onuorah, “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”
Best Directing for a Variety Series: Bridget Stokes, “A Sketch Show of Black Women”
Best Directing for a Variety Special: “Adele: One night only”
Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series: “The Beatles: Return”
Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special: “The American Dream of George Carlin”
Outstanding Outstanding Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: The “When Claude Got Shot” crew
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Program: “Annie Live”
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program: RuPaul Charles from “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Outstanding or Special Featured Nonfiction Series: Stanley Tucci, “Stanley Tucci: In Search of Italy”
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: “Arcano”, “El Niño Salvador”; “Arcano”, “Happy Progress Day”; “Arcano”, “When these walls come crashing down”; “The Diabolical Presents Boys”; “Home”; “Love, death and robots”, “Jíbaro”
Excellent lighting design/lighting direction for a variety series: “The voice”
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special: “Adele: One night only”
Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Program: “Legendary” and “We’re Here”
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score): David Schwartz, Composer, “Lucy and Desi”
Outstanding Music Direction: Adam Blackstone, “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show”
Featured Narrator: Barack Obama, “Our Great National Parks”
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: “The Beatles: Return”
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program: “Beware of Lizzo with the big grrrls”
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program: “Love on the American Spectrum”
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming: The crew of “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special: “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show”
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series: “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Excellent short-form animated show: “Love, Death + Robots”
Best Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series: “Carpool Karaoke: The Series”
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series: “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Once Upon a Time in Late Night”
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Reality or Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera): “The Beatles: Return”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multiple Cameras): “The Beatles: Return”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special: “Adele: One night only”
Outstanding Structured Reality Program: “queer eye”
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camera Work, Video Control for a Series: “Last week tonight with John Oliver”
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camera Work, Video Control for a Special: “Adele: One night only”
Excellent unstructured reality show: “Love on the American Spectrum”
Variety Special Highlight (Live): “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show”
Outstanding Variety Special (Prerecorded): Adele: Just one night
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program: “Lucy and Desi”
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series: “Last week tonight with John Oliver”
The 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be held at the Microsoft Theater. An edited performance will air Saturday, September 10 at 8:00 pm EDT/PDT on FXX and will be available for streaming on Hulu from September 11-27. Bob Bain Productions will produce all three shows.