La prima parte delle premiazioni dei Creative Arts Emmys, la cerimonia che onora i conseguimenti artistici e tecnici televisivi, si è tenuta ieri sera al Microsoft Theater di Los Angeles.
I grandi vincitori della serata sono stati il documentario premio Oscar Free Solo che ha vinto in tutte e sette le categorie in cui è stato nominato. Per il quarto anno consecutivo RuPaul ha vinto come conduttore di reality con “RuPaul’s Drag Race” mentre “Queer Eye” di Netflix si è portato a casa quattro premi.
Anthony Bourdain ha vinto postumi due Emmy per la serie “Parts Unknown”: come serie informativa e la scrittura. Norman Lear, una leggenda della televisione, è diventato la persona più anziana (97 anni) ad aver vinto un Emmy nella sua carriera, grazie allo speciale “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” prodotto da Jimmy Kimmel. Sir David Attenborough (93) ha vinto per la narrazione del documentario “Our Planet” di Netflix.
“I Simpson” hanno vinto come miglior programma animato, “Leaving Neverland” di HBO è stato riconosciuto come ‘uno speciale documentario’. I filmaker di “RBG” e “The Sentence” hanno ottenuto dei meriti eccezionali.
Netflix si erge con 15 vittorie (la vittoria comprende diverse vittorie nel campo animato), seguono: National Geographic con 8; CNN ed NBC con 5; Fox, HBO e YouTube con 4.
Variety special (live): “Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All In The Family’ And ‘The Jeffersons’” (ABC)
Variety special (pre-recorded): “Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool” (CBS)
Choreography for variety or reality programming: Tessandra Chavez, “World of Dance” (NBC)
Production design for a variety special: “Rent” (Fox)
Production design for a variety, reality or competition series: “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Structured reality program: “Queer Eye” (Netflix)
Short form variety series: “Carpool Karaoke: the Series” (Apple)
Short form animated program: “Love, Death & Robots” (Netflix)
Picture editing for a nonfiction program: Bob Eisenhardt, “Free Solo” (National Geographic)
Narrator: Sir David Attenborough, “Our Planet” (Netflix)
Music composition for a documentary series or special (original dramatic score): Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts, “Free Solo” (National Geographic)
Music direction: Alex Lacamoire, “Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
Original music and lyrics: Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen, “Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (CW)
Creative achievement in interactive media within an unscripted program: “Free Solo” (National Geographic)
Interactive program: “NASA and SpaceX: The Interactive Demo-1 Launch” (YouTube)
Technical direction, camerawork, video control for a special: “Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019” (CBS)
Technical direction, camerawork, video control for a series: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO)
Short form nonfiction or reality series: “Creating Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Writing for a variety special: Hannah Gadsby, “Nanette” (Netflix)
Writing for a nonfiction program: Anthony Bourdain, “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown” (CNN)
Motion design: “Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj” (Netflix)
Exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking: (tie) “RBG” (CNN); “The Sentence” (HBO)
Informational series or special: “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown” (CNN)
Documentary or nonfiction special: “Leaving Neverland” (HBO)
Documentary or nonfiction series: “Our Planet” (Netflix)
Makeup for a multi-camera series or special (non-prosthetic): “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Hairstyling for a multi-camera series or special: Hector Pocasangre, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)
Costumes for variety, nonfiction or reality programming: Zaldy Goco, Art Conn, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)
Directing for a reality program: Hisham Abed, “Queer Eye” (Netflix)
Casting for a reality program: “Queer Eye” (Netflix)
Directing for a documentary/nonfiction program: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, “Free Solo” (National Geographic)
Directing for a variety special: Thom Zimny, “Springsteen on Broadway” (Netflix)
Animated program: “The Simpsons” (Fox)
Character voice-over performance: Seth MacFarlane, “Family Guy” (Fox)
Picture editing for variety programming: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
Jimmy Chin and Alex Honnold atop the summit of El Capitan just after Alex free solo climbed Freerider. (National Geographic/Samuel Crossley)
PIcture editing for an unstructured reality program: “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)
Picture editing for a structured reality or competition program: “Queer Eye” (Netflix)
Sound mixing for a variety series or special: “Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul” (CBS)
Sound mixing for a nonfiction program (single or multi-camera): “Free Solo” (National Geographic)
Sound editing for a nonfiction program (single or multi-camera): “Free Solo” (National Geographic)
Lighting design/direction for a variety special: “Rent” (Fox)
Lighting design/direction for a variety series: “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Host for a reality or competition program: RuPaul, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)
Unstructured reality program: “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)
Cinematography for a nonfiction program: “Free Solo” (National Geographic TV)
Cinematography for a reality program: “Life Below Zero” (National Geographic TV)