Game of Thrones and Sherlock honoured at Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Orange Is The New Black and Breaking Bad were also honoured at the ceremony
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Your support makes all the difference.Game of Thrones and Sherlock have each walked away with four awards at this year’s Creative Arts Emmys.
HBO’s fantasy drama Game of Thrones took home prizes for User Experience and Visual Design and Outstanding costumes. While the season four finale ‘The Children’ was given awards for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup and Outstanding Special and Visual Effects. The episode featured the infamous White Walkers and furious fire-breathing dragons.
The show is adapted from George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels and is renowned for its high production values in re-creating in vivid detail the expansive fantasy world depicted in the books.
Meanwhile home grown favourite Sherlock was given the award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a miniseries for the final episode of series three ‘His Last Vow’. The episode saw the super-sleuth kill media mogul Charles Augustus Magnussen before he was swiftly exonerated to investigate the return of Moriarty.
The show also garnered awards in the categories of Music Composition for a miniseries, Sound editing for a miniseries and single-camera picture editing.
Other notable winners included Netflix series Orange Is The New Black, which was awarded three trophies. Uzo Aduba was presented with a trophy for playing Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in the category of Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
The on-demand show also won awards for Outstanding Picture editing in comedy series and Outstanding casting in comedy series.
Breaking Bad won Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series.
Comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live took home the most prizes after it earned five trophies.
The Creative Arts Emmys are held the weekend before the Emmy Awards, which will be broadcast on 25 August.
See the full list of winners below:
Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Joe Morton, Scandal
Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Reality Host: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Structured Reality Program: Shark Tank
Unstructured Reality Program: Deadliest Catch
Choreography: Tabitha and Napoleon D'Umo, So You Think You Can Dance
Variety Special: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks
Writing for a Variety Series: The Colbert Report
Directing for a Variety Series: Saturday Night Live
Special Class Program: The 67th Tony Awards
Short-Form Live Action Entertainment Program: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Interactive Program: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience
Informational Series or Special: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and Vice
Documentary or Nonfiction Series: American Masters and Years of Living Dangerously
Documentary or Nonfiction Special: JFK (American Experiences)
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: Life According to Sam
Short-Form Nonfiction Program: 30 for 30 Shorts
Writing for Nonfiction Programming: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Directing for Nonfiction Programming: The Square
Animated Program: Bob's Burgers
Short-Form Animated Program: Disney Mickey Mouse
Character Voice-Over Performance: Harry Shearer, The Simpsons
Narrator: Jeremy Irons, Game of Lions
Children's Program: One Last Hug: Three Days at Grief Camp
Art Direction for a Single-Camera Contemporary or Fantasy Series: Game of Thrones
Art Direction for a Period Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Boardwalk Empire
Art Direction for a Half-Hour Series: House of Lies
Art Direction for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program: The 86th Academy Awards
Casting for a Drama Series: True Detective
Casting for a Comedy Series: Orange Is the New Black
Casting for a Miniseries, TV Movie or Special: Fargo
Costumes for a Variety Program or Special: Saturday Night Live and So You Think You Can Dance
Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series: True Detective
Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series: How I Met Your Mother
Cinematography for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Sherlock: His Last Vow
Cinematography for Reality Programming: Deadliest Catch
Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming: The Square
Costumes for a Series: Game of Thrones
Costumes for a Miniseries, TV Movie or Special: American Horror Story: Coven
Picture Editing for a Drama Series: Breaking Bad
Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series: Orange Is the New Black
Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series: The Big Bang Theory
Picture Editing for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Sherlock: His Last Vow
Picture Editing for Reality Programming: Deadliest Catch
Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials: The Daily Show
Picture Editing from Nonfiction Programming: The Square
Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series: Downton Abbey
Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special: Saturday Night Live
Hairstyling for a Miniseries or TV Movie: American Horror Story: Coven
Make-Up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic): True Detective
Make-Up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic): Saturday Night Live
Make-Up for a Miniseries or TV Movie (Non-Prosthetic): The Normal Heart
Make-Up for a Series, Miniseries, TV Movie or Special (Prosthetic): Game of Thrones
Main Title Theme Music: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Main Title Design: True Detective
Original Music and Lyrics: "Bigger!," The 67th Tony Awards
Music Composition for a Series: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Music Composition for a Miniseries, TV Movie or Special: Sherlock: His Last Vow
Music Direction: The Beatles: The Night That Changed America
Sound Editing for a Series: Black Sails
Sound Editing for a Miniseries, TV Movie or Special: Sherlock: His Last Vow
Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Sound Mixing for a One-Hour Series: House of Cards
Sound Mixing for a Half-Hour Series: Nurse Jackie
Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or TV Movie: Treme
Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special: The 56th Grammy Awards
Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming: Jimi Hendrix, Hear My Train A Comin', American Masters
Special Visual Effects: Game of Thrones
Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role: Black Sails
Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: The Blacklist
Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Technical Direction for a Series: Dancing with the Stars
Technical Direction for a Miniseries, TV Movie or Special: The Sound of Music Live!
Lighting Design/Direction for a Variety Series: Dancing with the Stars
Lighting Design/Direction for a Variety Special: 2014 Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremony
Commercial: Misunderstood, Apple
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