On Saturday (9/6) the Television Academy presented the first of its two 2025 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards ceremonies this weekend, honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. Topping the first night’s tally–spanning artists and craftspeople in genres including animation, drama, comedy and anthology series–was The Studio (Apple TV+) with nine Emmy Awards followed by The Penguin (HBO Max) with eight, and Severance (Apple TV+) with six. Earning four Emmys apiece were Andor (Disney+), Arcane (Netflix) and Love, Death + Robots (Netflix).
Next up were The Boys (Prime Video) and Bridgerton (Netflix) each scoring three Emmys. Adolescence (Netflix) and The Pitt (HBO Max) wound up with two Creative Arts Emmys apiece.
Among the notable winners was Jessica Lee Gagné whose work on the “Hello, Ms. Cobel” episode of Severance topped the cinematography for a one-hour series category. She became the first woman ever to garner this cinematography honor. Gagné is no stranger to making Emmy history as she recently became the first female to be nominated for both cinematography and directing in the same year. She’s up for a directing Emmy on the strength of her work on the “Chikhai Bardo” episode of Severance. The winner of that drama series directorial category will be announced during the primetime Emmy ceremony next weekend (Sunday, 9/14).
The nine wins for The Studio spanned guest actor in a comedy series (Bryan Cranston), cinematography (Adam Newport-Berra), contemporary costumes, production design, casting, picture editing, sound editing, sound mixing, and music supervision.
The eight wins for The Penguin were for contemporary makeup (non-prosthetic), prosthetic makeup, contemporary costumes, contemporary hairstyling, special visual effects in a single episode, sound editing, sound mixing and music composition (original dramatic score).
Besides cinematography, Severance earned Emmy distinction for production design, guest actress (Merritt Wever), title design, sound mixing and original dramatic score.
Andor won its four Emmys on night one of the Creative Arts ceremony for fantasy/sci-fi costumes, production design, picture editing, and special visual effects in a season.
Arcane also came away with four wins: outstanding animated program, individual achievement in animation (for background design), individual achievement in animation (colorscript and color keys artist), and sound editing for an animated program.
Love, Death + Robots too earned four Emmys–all in individual achievement in animation (for 2D animation supervisor, character designer, art director and storyboard artist).
Here’s a full rundown of the winners during the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards:
TELEVISION ACADEMY
77TH CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
JULIANNE NICHOLSON as Dance Mom HBO | MAX
Hacks
A Slippery Slope
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
MARTHA MELENDEZ, Department Head Makeup Artist
KIM COLLEA, Key Makeup Artist
MARIA MAIO, Makeup Artist
HBO | MAX
The Penguin
Cent’anni
OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
MIKE MARINO, Prosthetic Designer
MICHAEL FONTAINE, Special Makeup Effects Artist
CRYSTAL JURADO, Special Makeup Effects Artist
DIANA CHOI, Special Makeup Effects Artist
CLAIRE FLEWIN, Special Makeup Effects Artist
JERRY CONSTANTINE, Special Makeup Effects Artist
YOICHI ART SAKAMOTO, Special Makeup Effects Artist
BOBBY DIEHL, Special Makeup Effects Artist
HBO | MAX
The Penguin
After Hours
OUTSTANDING PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
AMANDA KNIGHT, Makeup Designer
SARA KRAMER, Makeup Supervisor
HARRIET THOMPSON, Makeup Supervisor
BONNY MONGER, Makeup Artist
HELEN CURRIE, Makeup Artist
NATALIE WICKENS, Makeup Artist
VICKIE ELLIS, Makeup Artist
HBO | MAX
House Of The Dragon
The Red Dragon And The Gold
OUTSTANDING PERIOD COSTUMES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JOHN WALTER GLASER III, Costume Designer
AMANDA MCLAUGHLAN, Costume Supervisor
DOUGIE HAWKES, Associate Costume Designer
GEORGE SAYER, Assistant Costume Designer
ANTHONY BROOKMAN, Assistant Costume Designer
NETFLIX
Bridgerton
Into The Light
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
KAMERON LENNOX, Costume Designer
BETSY GLICK, Costume Supervisor
TYLER KINNEY, Assistant Costume Designer
APPLE TV+
The Studio
CinemaCon
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
HELEN HUANG, Costume Designer
KATE SMITH, Costume Supervisor
AUSTIN WITTICK, Assistant Costume Designer
BECCA FREUND, Assistant Costume Designer
ESTHER J. HAN, Assistant Costume Designer
HBO | MAX
The Penguin
A Great Or Little Thing
OUTSTANDING FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
MICHAEL WILKINSON, Costume Designer
KATE O’FARRELL, Costume Supervisor
RICHARD DAVIES, Assistant Costume Designer
PAULA FAJARDO, Assistant Costume Designer
DISNEY+
Andor
Harvest
OUTSTANDING PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI HAIRSTYLING
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
ERIKA ÖKVIST, Hair Designer
FARIDA GHWEDAR, Hairstylist
GRACE STELLA GORMAN, Hairstylist
EMMA RIGBY, Hairstylist
HANNAH FORBES, Hairstylist
LAURA SIM, Barber
NETFLIX
Bridgerton
Old Friends
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING
BRIAN BADIE, Department Head Hairstylist
JENN VASILOPOULOS, Key Hairstylist
MARIKO MIYAGI, Hairstylist
HBO | MAX
The Penguin
Cent’anni
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JEREMY HINDLE, Production Designer
CHRIS SHRIVER, Art Director
ANN BARTEK, Art Director
DAVID SCHLESINGER, Set Decorator
APPLE TV+
Severance
Chikhai Bardo
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR)
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JULIE BERGHOFF, Production Designer
BRIAN GREGO, Art Director
CLAIRE KAUFMAN, Set Decorator
APPLE TV+
The Studio
The Note
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
LUKE HULL, Production Designer
TOBY BRITTON, Supervising Art Director
REBECCA ALLEWAY, Set Decorator
DISNEY+
Andor
Who Are You?
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
CATHY SANDRICH GELFOND, CSA, Casting by
ERICA BERGER, Casting by
HBO | MAX
The Pitt
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
BRYAN CRANSTON as Griffin Mill APPLE TV+
The Studio
CinemaCon
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
MELISSA KOSTENBAUDER, CSA, Casting by
FRANCINE MAISLER, CSA, Casting by
APPLE TV+
The Studio
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
SHAHEEN BAIG, Casting by NETFLIX
Adolescence
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR COMEDY PROGRAMMING
CORY DEMEYERS, Supervising Stunt Coordinator HBO | MAX
The Righteous Gemstones
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR DRAMA PROGRAMMING
JOHN KOYAMA, Supervising Stunt Coordinator PRIME VIDEO
The Boys
OUTSTANDING STUNT PERFORMANCE
JENNIFER MURRAY, Stunt Performer
RIVER GODLAND, Stunt Performer
ALEC BACK, Stunt Performer
MOSES NYARKO, Stunt Performer
PRIME VIDEO
The Boys
The Insider
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
ARCANE
The Dirt Under Your Nails
NETFLIX
Christian Linke, Executive Producer/Written by
Alex Yee, Executive Producer/Written by
Marc Merrill, Executive Producer
Brandon Beck, Executive Producer
Shauna Spenley, Executive Producer
Brian Wright, Executive Producer
Melinda Wunsch Dilger, Executive Producer
Hervé Dupont, Executive Producer
Ken Basin, Executive Producer
Jérôme Combe, Executive Producer
Pascal Charrue, Executive Producer/Supervising Director
Arnaud Delord, Executive Producer/Supervising
Director/Directed by
Christine Ponzevera, Co-Executive Producer
Amanda Overton, Co-Executive Producer
Bart Maunoury, Directed by
Amanda Wyatt, Voice Director
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
JULIE ANDREWS as Lady Whistledown NETFLIX
Bridgerton
Into The Light
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.)
BRUNO COUCHINHO, Background Designer NETFLIX
Arcane
The Dirt Under Your Nails
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FAUSTINE DUMONTIER, Colorscript & Color Keys Artist NETFLIX
Arcane
The Message Hidden Within The Pattern
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DARYL GRAHAM, 2D Animation Supervisor NETFLIX
Love, Death + Robots
400 Boys
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ROBERT VALLEY, Character Design NETFLIX
Love, Death + Robots
400 Boys
*******
GIGI CAVENAGO, Art Director NETFLIX
Love, Death + Robots
How Zeke Got Religion
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EDGAR MARTINS, Storyboard Artist NETFLIX
Love, Death + Robots
How Zeke Got Religion
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SCRIPTED PROGRAMMING
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
MARGUERITE DERRICKS, Choreographer PRIME VIDEO
Étoile
Routines: Piece 2 / Growing Pressure / Big In Japan / Piece 1
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
ERIC KISSACK, ACE, Editor APPLE TV+
The Studio
The Promotion
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
RUSSELL GRIFFIN, ACE, Editor PARAMOUNT+
Frasier
My Brilliant Sister
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
MERRITT WEVER as Gretchen George APPLE TV+
Severance
Who Is Alive?
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
YAN MILES, ACE, Editor DISNEY+
Andor
Who Are You?
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
PEGGY TACHDJIAN, ACE, Editor NETFLIX
Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story
Blame It On The Rain
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SEASON OR A MOVIE
MOHEN LEO, Visual Effects Supervisor
TJ FALLS, Visual Effects Producer
LUKE MURPHY, Special Effects Supervisor
NEAL SCANLAN, Special Creature Effects by
SCOTT PRITCHARD, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor
JOSEPH KASPARIAN, Hybride Visual Effects Supervisor
SUE ROWE, Scanline Visual Effects Supervisor
PAOLO D’ARCO, In-House VFX Supervisor
JEAN-CLÉMENT SORET, Digital Colourist
DISNEY+
Andor
OUTSTANDING TITLE DESIGN
OLIVER LATTA, Creative Director/Designer/Animator/Compositor
TEDDY BLANKS, Typographer
APPLE TV+
Severance
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SINGLE EPISODE
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JOHNNY HAN, Overall VFX Supervisor
MICHELLE ROSE, Overall VFX Producer
ALEXANDRE PROD’HOMME, On-Set VFX Supervisor
ERIN SULLIVAN, VFX Editor
GORAN PAVLES, Vendor VFX Supervisor
EMANUEL FUCHS, Vendor VFX Supervisor
ED BRUCE, Vendor VFX Supervisor
NATHANIEL LAROUCHE, Vendor VFX Supervisor
ADRIEN SAINT GIRONS, Vendor VFX Supervisor
HBO | MAX
The Penguin
Bliss
OUTSTANDING MOTION DESIGN
(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.)
MICHAELA OLSEN, Creative Director
HAYLEY MORRIS, Art Director
JULIE GRATZ, Art Director
ANTHONY GALANTE, Cinematographer
MINKYUNG CHUNG, Designer
SABRINA CHANEY, Compositor
PRIME VIDEO
Octopus!
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
MICHAEL J. BENAVENTE, Supervising Sound Editor
CHRIS TERHUNE, Sound Designer
JOE SCHIFF, Dialogue Editor
CHRISTOPHER BATTAGLIA, MPSE, Supervising Sound Effects Editor
MITCHELL LESTNER, Sound Effects Editor
JACOB FLACK, MPSE, Sound Effects Editor
ODIN BENITEZ, Sound Effects Editor
JAMES MILLER, Sound Effects Editor
RANDY WILSON, Supervising Foley Editor
JUSTIN HELLE, Foley Editor
RON MELLEGERS, Foley Editor
MAARTEN HOFMEIJER, Music Editor
STEFAN FRATICELLI, Foley Artist
BRANDON BAK, Foley Artist
JASON CHARBONNEAU, Foley Artist
HBO | MAX
The Last Of Us
Through The Valley
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
RICH BOLOGNA, Co-Supervising Sound Editor
LARRY ZIPF, Co-Supervising Sound Editor
MICHAEL MCMENOMY, Dialogue Editor
ANGELA ORGAN, Supervising ADR Editor
TONY MARTINEZ, ADR Editor
WYATT SPRAGUE, Sound Effects Editor
DIEGO PEREZ, Sound Effects Editor
MATT HAASCH, Foley Editor
BEN HOLIDAY, Supervising Music Editor
LUKE DENNIS, Music Editor
GARETH RHYS JONES, Foley Artist
HBO | MAX
The Penguin
After Hours
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR)
GEORGE HADDAD, MPSE, Supervising Sound Editor
BORJA SAU, Dialogue Editor
LLOYD STUART MARTIN, Sound Effects Editor
RANDY WILSON, Supervising Foley Editor
JUSTIN HELLE, Foley Editor
LORENA PEREZ BATISTA, Music Editor
JASON CHARBONNEAU, Foley Artist
STEFAN FRATICELLI, Foley Artist
APPLE TV+
The Studio
The Golden Globes
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
BRAD BEAUMONT, MPSE, Co-Supervising Sound Editor
ELIOT CONNORS, MPSE, Co-Supervising Sound Editor
STEPHEN P. ROBINSON, Sound Editor
JANET “PJ” PASCUAL, Foley Editor
DAN O’CONNELL, Foley Artist
JOHN CUCCI, Foley Artist
NETFLIX
Arcane
The Dirt Under Your Nails
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
RICH BOLOGNA, Re-Recording Mixer
ANDY KRIS, Re-Recording Mixer
CHRIS GEBERT, Production Mixer
JULIEN PIRRIE, Foley Mixer
HBO | MAX
The Penguin
After Hours
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
BOB CHEFALAS, Re-Recording Mixer
JACOB RIBICOFF, Re-Recording Mixer
DAVID SCHWARTZ, Production Mixer
GEORGE LARA, Foley Mixer
APPLE TV+
Severance
Cold Harbor
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
LINDSEY ALVAREZ, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer
FRED HOWARD, Re-Recording Mixer
BUCK ROBINSON, Production Sound Mixer
RON MELLEGERS, Foley Mixer
APPLE TV+
The Studio
The Golden Globes
OUTSTANDING PERFORMER IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
DESI LYDIC as Herself YOUTUBE
The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
THEODORE SHAPIRO, Composer APPLE TV+
Severance
Cold Harbor
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
MICK GIACCHINO, Composer HBO | MAX
The Penguin
After Hours
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER, Composer HBO | MAX
The White Lotus
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION
GABE HILFER, Music Supervisor APPLE TV+
The Studio
The Promotion
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
CHRISTOPHER LENNERTZ, Music & Lyrics PRIME VIDEO
The Boys
We’ll Keep The Red Flag Flying Here /
Song Title: Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (HALF-HOUR)
ADAM NEWPORT-BERRA, Director of Photography APPLE TV+
The Studio
The Oner
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (ONE HOUR)
JESSICA LEE GAGNÉ, Director of Photography APPLE TV+
Severance
Hello, Ms. Cobel
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
MATTHEW LEWIS, Director of Photography NETFLIX
Adolescence
Episode 2
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
SHAWN HATOSY as Dr. Jack Abbot HBO | MAX
The Pitt
9:00 P.M.
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
REBEL RIDGE NETFLIX
Daniel Jason Heffner, Executive Producer
Macon Blair, Executive Producer
Louise Lovegrove, Executive Producer
Anish Savjani, Produced by
Neil Kopp, Produced by
Vincent Savino, Produced by
Jeremy Saulnier, Produced by