The Television Academy tonight presented the first of its two 2022 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The ceremony, which kicked off the 74th Emmys, awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in genres including animation, reality, documentary/nonfiction and variety programming.

A complete list of this year’s Creative Arts Emmy Award winners, as compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, is below.

This year’s first Creative Arts Awards, executive produced by Bob Bain, featured presenters from television’s top shows including Monica Aldama and Morgan Simianer (Cheer); Judd Apatow (George Carlin’s American Dream); W. Kamau Bell (We Need To Talk About Cosby); Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye); Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka and Shangela (We’re Here); Nicole Byer (Nailed It!); RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race); Christine Chiu and Kevin Kreider (Bling Empire); Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance); Mary Fitzgerald, Emma Hernan, Chelsea Lazkani and Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset); Chris Hardwick (Talking Dead; @midnight); Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally (101 Places to Party Before You Die); Chip and Joanna Gaines (Fixer Upper: Welcome Home); Bill Nye (The End is Nye); Randy Rainbow (The Randy Rainbow Show); and Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin (Sherman’s Showcase; South Side).

An edited presentation of the awards presented on both nights of the Creative Arts Emmys will air Saturday, Sept. 10, at 8:00 PM EDT/PDT on FXX and be available for streaming on Hulu Sept. 11-27.

TELEVISION ACADEMY 2022 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS WINNERS - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2022 

The order of the awards in this release may differ from the order in  which the awards were presented during the ceremony.

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED) 

ADELE: ONE NIGHT ONLY CBS 

Ben Winston, Executive Producer 

Adele Adkins, Executive Producer 

Jonathan Dickins, Executive Producer 

Raj Kapoor, Executive Producer 

Tara Montgomery, Executive Producer 

Terry Wood, Executive Producer 

Rob Paine, Co-Executive Producer 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES 

BRIDGET STOKES, Directed By HBO/HBO MAX 

A Black Lady Sketch Show 

Save My Edges, I'm A Donor! 

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING (Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.) 

STEPHANIE FILO, ACE, Editor BRADINN FRENCH, Editor 

TAYLOR JOY MASON, Editor S. ROBYN WILSON, Editor 

A Black Lady Sketch Show 

Save My Edges, I’m A Donor! 

HBO/HBO MAX 

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

OSCAR DOMINGUEZ, Lighting Designer SAMUEL BARKER, Lighting Director RONALD K. WIRSGALLA, Lighting Director DANIEL K. BOLAND, Lighting Director ERIN ANDERSON, Lighting Director ANDREW MUNIE, Lighting Director 

The Voice 

Live Finale

NBC 

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

NOAH MITZ, Lighting Designer BRYAN KLUNDER, Lighting Director PATRICK BOOZER, Lighting Director PATRICK BRAZIL, Lighting Director MATTHEW COTTER, Lighting Director CHRISTOPHER LANDY, Lighting Director 

Adele: One Night Only 

CBS 

OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY  PROGRAM 

(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.) 

MIA NEAL, Department Head Hairstylist 

LEAH LOUKAS, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist Annie Live! 

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE 

NBC 

CHADWICK BOSEMAN as Star Lord T’Challa DISNEY+ 

What If...? 

What If... T'Challa Became A Star-Lord? 

OUTSTANDING NARRATOR 

BARACK OBAMA, Narrator NETFLIX 

Our Great National Parks 

A World Of Wonder 

OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL 

TEENAGE DREAM - SANDY HOOK PROMISE 

Smuggler, Production Company 

BBDO New York, Ad Agency

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

PARRIS GOEBEL, Choreographer PRIME VIDEO 

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 

Routine: Opening 

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM 

MIKE PRICKETT, Director of Photography 

LAURENT PUJOL, Cinematography by 

100 Foot Wave 

Chapter IV – Dancing With God 

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM 

DANNY DAY, Director of Photography 

MICHAEL CHEESEMAN, Director of Photography 

SIMEON HOUTMAN, Director of Photography 

Life Below Zero 

Fire In The Sky 

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION 

HBO/HBO MAX 

NATIONAL  GEOGRAPHIC 

ADAM BLACKSTONE, Music Director NBC 

The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre,  

Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar And 50  

Cent 

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL  (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) 

DAVID SCHWARTZ, Composer PRIME VIDEO Lucy and Desi

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.) 

ANNE-LAURE TO, Color Script Artist NETFLIX 

Arcane 

The Boy Savior 

JULIEN GEORGEL, Art Direction NETFLIX 

Arcane 

Happy Progress Day! 

BRUNO COUCHINHO, Background Designer NETFLIX 

Arcane 

When These Walls Come Tumbling Down 

LEXY NAUT, Storyboard Artist PRIME VIDEO 

The Boys Presents: Diabolical  

Boyd In 3D 

KECY SALANGAD, Animator NETFLIX The House 

ALBERTO MIELGO, Character Designer NETFLIX 

Love, Death + Robots 

Jibaro

 

OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM 

LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM U.S. NETFLIX 

Cian O'Clery, Executive Producer 

Karina Holden, Executive Producer 

Stephanie Haber, Supervising Producer 

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION  PROGRAM 

DEIDRE PANZIERA, Lead Editor 

HANNAH CARPENTER, Editor 

BRIAN MURPHY, Editor 

JEANIE PHILLIPS, Editor 

Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls 

Naked 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM 

PRIME VIDEO 

NNEKA ONUORAH, Directed By PRIME VIDEO 

Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls 

Naked 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION  SERIES 

(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

GIANNA COSTA, Production Designer 

ALLISON SPAIN, Art Director 

RuPaul's Drag Race 

Catwalk 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

BRUCE RODGERS, Production Designer 

SHELLEY RODGERS, Art Director 

MARIA GARCIA, Art Director 

The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre,  Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar And  50 Cent

VH1 NBC 

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.) 

CASEY CALDWELL, Costume Designer 

DIEGO MONTOYA, Costume Designer 

JOSHUA "DOMINO" SCHWARTZ, Costume Designer MARCO MARCO, Costume Designer 

PATRYQ HOWELL, Costume Designer 

We’re Here 

Evansville, Indiana 

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

HBO/HBO MAX 

THE BEATLES: GET BACK DISNEY+ 

Paul McCartney, Producer 

Ringo Starr, Producer 

Yoko Ono Lennon, Producer 

Olivia Harrison, Producer 

Peter Jackson, Produced by 

Clare Olssen, Produced by 

Jonathan Clyde, Produced by 

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 

GREG IWINSKI, 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/HBO MAX 

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (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.) 

TONIA GREEN, Department Head Makeup Artist TYSON FOUNTAINE, Key Makeup Artist 

SEAN CONKLIN, Makeup Artist 

MARCEL BANKS, Makeup Artist 

JENNIFER FREGOZO, Makeup Artist 

SILVIA LECZEL, Makeup Artist 

GLEN ALEN, Makeup Artist 

Legendary 

Whorror House 

 

JEREMY DAMION AUSTIN, Makeup Artist 

MARTIN DE LUNA JR., Makeup Artist 

TYLER DEVLIN, Makeup Artist 

We’re Here 

Kona, Hawaii 

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM 

LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS 

Jibaro 

David Fincher, Executive Producer 

Tim Miller, Executive Producer 

Jennifer Miller, Executive Producer 

Joshua Donen, Executive Producer 

Sergio Jimenez, Executive Producer 

Victoria Howard, Supervising Producer 

Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Supervising Director 

Alberto Mielgo, Written By/Directed By 

HBO/HBO MAX 

HBO/HBO MAX NETFLIX 

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES CARPOOL KARAOKE: THE SERIES APPLE TV+ 

James Corden, Executive Producer 

Ben Winston, Executive Producer 

Eric Pankowski, Executive Producer 

David Young, Co-Executive Producer 

Blake Webster, Producer

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES 

FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE PRESENTS: ONCE UPON A TIME  IN LATE NIGHT 

Samantha Bee, Executive Producer/Host 

Allana Harkin, Executive Producer 

Elisa Kreisinger, Supervising Producer 

Caroline Dunphy, Producer 

Anthony Zaccone, Producer 

TBS 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM PETER JACKSON, Directed By DISNEY+ 

The Beatles: Get Back 

Part 3: Days 17-22 

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.) 

PAUL WITTMAN, Production Mixer 

TOM ELMHIRST, Music Mixer 

ERIC SCHILLING, Music Mixer 

JOSH MORTON, Re-Recording Mixer 

KRISTIAN PEDREGON, Re-Recording Mixer SHANE O'CONNOR, Re-Recording Mixer CHRISTIAN SCHRADER, Supplemental Audio Mixer 

Adele: One Night Only 

CBS 

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM  (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) 

MARTIN KWOK, Supervising Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor EMILE DE LA REY, Sound Editor 

MATT STUTTER, Sound Editor 

MICHAEL DONALDSON, Foley Editor 

STEPHEN GALLAGHER, Music Editor 

TANE UPJOHN-BEATSON, Music Editor 

SIMON RILEY, Foley Artist 

The Beatles: Get Back 

Part 3: Days 17-22

DISNEY+ 

OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM 

QUEER EYE NETFLIX 

David Collins, Executive Producer 

Michael Williams, Executive Producer 

Rob Eric, Executive Producer 

Jennifer Lane, Executive Producer 

Jordana Hochman, Executive Producer 

Mark Bracero, Executive Producer 

Lyndsey Burr, Co-Executive Producer 

Westley Harris, Supervising Producer 

Jenifer Lerman, Supervising Producer 

Shay Caldwell, Producer 

Solange Gomez, Producer 

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM 

RACHEL GRIERSON-JOHNS, Editor 

SIMON CALLOW-WRIGHT, Editor 

JOHN ROSSER, Editor 

Love On The Spectrum U.S. 

Episode 1 

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM 

LAURA RITCHIE, Casting by 

KAT ELMORE, Casting by 

JEFFREY MARX, Casting by 

Love On The Spectrum U.S. 

NETFLIX 

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM

RUPAUL, Host VH1 RuPaul's Drag Race

OUTSTANDING HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL  (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

STANLEY TUCCI: SEARCHING FOR ITALY CNN 

Stanley Tucci, Executive Producer/Host 

Tom Barry, Executive Producer 

Eve Kay, Executive Producer 

Adam Hawkins, Executive Producer 

Amy Entelis, Executive Producer 

Lyle Gamm, Executive Producer 

Jon Adler, Executive Producer 

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM JABEZ OLSSEN, Editor DISNEY+ 

The Beatles: Get Back 

Part 3: Days 17-22 

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A  SERIES 

(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

DAVE SARETSKY, Technical Director DANTE PAGANO, Camera 

JOHN HARRISON, Camera 

RICH FREEDMAN, Camera 

JOHN SCHWARTZ, Camera 

AUGIE YUSON, Video Control 

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Union Busting

HBO/HBO MAX 

 

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A  SPECIAL (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

MICHAEL ANDERSON, Technical Director DAN WINTERBURN, Technical Director DANNY WEBB, Camera 

ROB PALMER, Camera 

DAVID EASTWOOD, Camera 

VINCENT FOILETT, Camera 

ALLEN MERRIWEATHER, Camera BRUCE GREEN, Camera 

ROBERT DEL RUSSO, Camera 

BRIAN LATAILLE, Camera 

KEITH DICKER, Camera 

PATRICK GLEASON, Camera 

DANNY BONILLA, Camera 

ROB VUONA, Camera 

DAVE RUDD, Camera 

KEYAN SAFYARI, Camera 

FREDDY FREDERICK, Camera 

GABRIEL DE LA PARRA, Camera JOFRE ROSERO, Camera 

DAVID CARLINE, Camera 

KOSTA KRSTIC, Camera 

TERRANCE HO, Video Control 

JOEY LOPEZ, Video Control 

Adele: One Night Only 

CBS 

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM  (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) (Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.) 

MICHAEL HEDGES, Re-Recording Mixer BRENT BURGE, Re-Recording Mixer ALEXIS FEODOROFF, Re-Recording Mixer GILES MARTIN, Music Mixer 

The Beatles: Get Back 

Part 3: Days 17-22

DISNEY+ 

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL  (Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.) 

GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM HBO/HBO MAX 

Teddy Leifer, Executive Producer 

Judd Apatow, Executive Producer 

Michael Bonfiglio, Executive Producer 

Kelly Carlin, Executive Producer 

Joseph Beshenkovsky, Co-Executive Producer 

Amanda Glaze, Supervising Producer 

Wayne Federman, Producer 

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM 

MARK MONROE, Written By PRIME VIDEO Lucy And Desi 

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.) 

WHEN CLAUDE GOT SHOT PBS 

Lois Vossen, Executive Producer 

Brad Lichtenstein, Producer 

Steven Cantor, Producer 

Jamie Schutz, Producer 

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE) 

THE PEPSI SUPER BOWL LVI HALFTIME SHOW STARRING DR. DRE,  SNOOP DOGG, MARY J. BLIGE, EMINEM, KENDRICK LAMAR AND 50  CENT 

Shawn Carter, Executive Producer 

Desiree Perez, Executive Producer 

Jesse Collins, Executive Producer 

Dionne Harmon, Co-Executive Producer 

Dave Meyers, Co-Executive Producer 

Aaron B. Cooke, Supervising Producer 

Dr. Dre, Performer 

Snoop Dogg, Performer 

Mary J. Blige, Performer 

Eminem, Performer 

Kendrick Lamar, Performer 

50 Cent, Performer

NBC 

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL P

AUL DUGDALE, Directed By CBS Adele: One Night Only 

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM 

ARCANE 

When These Walls Come Tumbling Down 

CHRISTIAN LINKE, Executive Producer/Story by MARC MERRILL, Executive Producer 

BRANDON BECK, Executive Producer 

JANE CHUNG, Executive Producer 

THOMAS VU, Executive Producer 

JERÔME COMBE, Co-Executive Producer 

MELINDA WUNSCH DILGER, Co-Executive Producer PASCAL CHARRUE, Co-Executive Producer/Directed by ARNAUD DELORD, Co-Executive Producer/Directed by ALEX YEE, Co-Executive Producer/Written by/Story by ASH BRANNON, Co-Executive Producer/Story by CONOR SHEEHY, Story by 

BARTHELEMY MAUNOURY, Animation Director 

DAVID LYERLY, Voice Director

NETFLIX 

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