2015 American television programming awards
The 67th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles . The event was broadcast in the U.S. by FXX on September 19, 2015.[1] The ceremony was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of creative, technical, visual, and other similar achievements in American television programming, including voice-over and guest acting roles.[2]
For the first time, online voting was used to determine the winners. Online voting was also used to determine the nominees, which were announced on July 16, 2015.[3] Juried award winners for animation, costumes for a variety series, motion design, and interactive awards were announced on September 10, 2015.[4] [5] [6]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold :
Governor's Award [ edit ] Programs [ edit ] Programs A Tribute to Mel Brooks (FX Networks)
Acting Peter Coyote on The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Episode: "Episode 1: Get Action (1858–1901)") (PBS)
Animation [ edit ] Animation Adventure Time – Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Walnuts & Rain") (Cartoon Network) Gravity Falls – Alonso Ramirez Ramos (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Not What He Seems") (Disney XD) King Star King – JJ Villard (character design) (Episode: "Fat Frank's Fantasy Lounge") (Adult Swim) Over the Garden Wall – Nick Cross (production design) (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken – Bradley Schaffer (character animation) (Episode: "Robot Chicken's Bitch Pudding Special") (Adult Swim) Tome of the Unknown – Nick Cross (background painter) (CartoonNetwork.com) Tome of the Unknown – Chris Tsirgiotis (background layout designer) (CartoonNetwork.com)
Casting [ edit ] Casting Veep (HBO) Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Choreography [ edit ] Choreography Derek Hough , Julianne Hough , and Tessandra Chavez for Dancing with the Stars (Routine: "Elastic Heart") (ABC) Travis Wall for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Wave" / "When I Go" / "Wind Beneath My Wings") (Fox) Witney Carson for Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "369" / "It's Not Unusual" / "Sing with a Swing-Apache") (ABC) Spencer Liff for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Hernando's Hideaway" / "World on a String" / "Maybe This Time") (Fox) Sonya Tayeh for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Vow" / "So Broken" / "Europe, After the Rain") (Fox)
Cinematography [ edit ] Cinematography Mike & Molly – Gary Baum (Episode: "Checkpoint Joyce") (CBS) 2 Broke Girls – Christian La Fountaine (Episode: "And the Old Bike Yarn") (CBS) The Big Bang Theory – Steven V. Silver (Episode: "The Expedition Approximation") (CBS) The Millers – Gary Baum (Episode: "Con-Troversy") (CBS) Boardwalk Empire – Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls") (HBO) Bessie – Jeffrey Jur (HBO) Virunga – Franklin Dow (Netflix) Citizenfour – Laura Poitras (HBO) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Sam Painter (HBO) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – Marc Smerling (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – James Whitaker (HBO) Deadliest Catch (Episode: "A Brotherhood Tested") (Discovery Channel)
Commercial [ edit ] Costumes [ edit ] Costumes Transparent (Episode: "Symbolic Exemplar") (Amazon) Empire (Episode: "The Lyon's Roar") (Fox) Empire (Episode: "Pilot ") (Fox) Gotham (Episode: "Under The Knife") (Fox) The Mindy Project (Episode: "San Francisco Bae") (Fox) Olive Kitteridge (Episode: "Incoming Tide") (HBO) American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Monsters Among Us") (FX) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls") (HBO) Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS) Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO) Wolf Hall (Episode: "Anna Regina") (PBS) Drunk History (Episode: "Hollywood") (Comedy Central) Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry (NBC)
Directing [ edit ] Directing Alex Gibney for Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO) Dave Grohl for Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Washington D.C.") (HBO) Andrew Jarecki for The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO) Brett Morgen for Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO) Laura Poitras for Citizenfour (HBO) Don Roy King for The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Hairstyling [ edit ] Hairstyling Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Six") (PBS) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Martin Freeman") (NBC) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1907") (ABC) Key & Peele (Episode: "Aerobics Meltdown") (Comedy Central) So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode 1115") (Fox) The Voice (Episode: "Episode 818B") (NBC) American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Bessie (HBO) Grace of Monaco (Lifetime) Olive Kitteridge (HBO) The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime)
Hosting [ edit ] Interactive Media [ edit ] Interactive Media Outstanding Multiplatform Storytelling (Juried)[4] Outstanding Original Interactive Program (Juried)[4] Outstanding Social TV Experience (Juried)[4] @midnight with Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Outstanding User Experience and Visual Design (Juried)[4]
Lighting Design / Direction [ edit ] Lighting Design / Direction The Voice (Episode: "Episode 818A") (NBC) American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1911A") (ABC) Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4190") (CBS) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Amy Adams") (NBC) So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry (NBC) 57th Grammy Awards (CBS) 87th Academy Awards (ABC) Dancing with the Stars: 10th Anniversary Special (ABC) The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Main Title Design [ edit ] Make-up [ edit ] Make-up Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother's Mercy") (HBO) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "What Jesus Said") (HBO) The Knick (Episode: "Method and Madness") (Cinemax) Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC) Sons of Anarchy (Episode: "Faith and Despondency") (FX) The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "1907") (ABC) Key & Peele (Episode: "Episode 406") (Comedy Central) RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "ShakesQueer") (Logo) So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode 1108") (Fox) American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Bessie (HBO) Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History) Olive Kitteridge (HBO) The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime) American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "The Good Listener") (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO) The Knick (Episode: "Crutchfield") (Cinemax) Penny Dreadful (Episode: "Grand Guignol") (Showtime) The Walking Dead (Episode: "Strangers ") (AMC)
Motion Design [ edit ] Motion Design How We Got to Now – Luke Best, Miles Presland Donovan, Peter Mellor, and Chris Sayer (PBS)
Music Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star GRAMMY Salute (CBS) 87th Academy Awards (ABC) Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (NBC) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Live from Lincoln Center – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert with the New York Philharmonic (PBS) Peter Pan Live! (NBC) Inside Amy Schumer (Episode: "Cool With It") (Song: "Girl You Don't Need Make Up") (Comedy Central) 87th Academy Awards (Song: "Moving Pictures") (ABC) The Comedians (Episode: "Celebrity Guest") (Song: "Kiss an Old Man") (FX) Glee (Episode: "Dreams Come True ") (Song: "This Time") (Fox) How Murray Saved Christmas (Song: "You Gotta Believe") (NBC) Sons of Anarchy (Episode: "Papa's Goods") (Song: "Come Join the Murder") (FX)
Picture Editing [ edit ] Picture Editing Game of Thrones – Katie Weiland (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO) Silicon Valley – Brian Merken (Episode: "Two Days of the Condor") (HBO) Inside Amy Schumer – Jesse Gordon, Nick Paley, Billy Song, and Laura Weinberg (Episode: "Last Fuckable Day") (Comedy Central) The Last Man on Earth – Stacey Schroeder (Episode: "Alive in Tucson") (Fox) Silicon Valley – Tim Roche (Episode: "Sand Hill Shuffle") (HBO) Transparent – Catherine Haight (Episode: "Pilot") (Amazon) Olive Kitteridge – Jeffrey M. Werner (Episode: "Security") (HBO) 24: Live Another Day – Scott Powell (Episode: "10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.") (Fox) American Crime – Luyen Vu (Episode: "Episode One") (ABC) Houdini – David Beatty and Sabrina Plisco (Episode: "Part 1") (History) Wolf Hall – David Blackmore (Episode: "Entirely Beloved") (PBS) The Big Bang Theory – Peter Chakos (Episode: "The Comic Book Store Regeneration") (CBS) 2 Broke Girls – Darryl Bates and Ben Bosse (Episode: "And the Move-In Meltdown") (CBS) Hot in Cleveland – Ronald A. Volk (Episode: "I Hate Goodbyes") (TV Land ) Mike & Molly – Stephen Prime (Episode: "Fight to the Finish") (CBS) The Colbert Report – Jason Baker (Segment: "Farewell Colbert") (Comedy Central) Conan – Robert James Ashe, Dave Grecu, and Christopher P. Heller (Segment: "Conan in Cuba") (TBS) Key & Peele – Phil Davis, Christian Hoffman, and Rich LaBrie (Segment: "Scariest Movie Ever") (Comedy Central) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Ryan Barger (Segment: "N.S.A. Edward Snowden") (HBO) Late Show with David Letterman – Andrew Evangelista and Mark Spada (Segment: "Finale Montage") (CBS) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – Caitlyn Green, Richard Hankin, Shelby Siegel, and Zac Stuart-Pontier (Episode: "Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay") (HBO) The Case Against 8 – Kate Amend (HBO) Citizenfour – Mathilde Bonnefoy (HBO) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Andy Grieve (HBO) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen (HBO) Deadliest Catch – Alex Durham, Josh Earl, and Alexander Rubinow (Episode: "A Brotherhood Tested") (Discovery Channel) The Amazing Race – Andy Castor, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Ryan Leamy, Jennifer Nelson, Paul C. Nielsen, and Jacob Parsons (Episode: "Morocc' and Roll") (CBS) Project Runway – Andrea Bailey, Jim Bedford, Julie Cohen, Ed Greene, and Jensen Rufe (Episode: "Finale", Part 2) (Lifetime) Project Runway – Mary DeChambres and Carlos David Rivera (Episode: "Something Wicked This Way Comes") (Lifetime) Shark Tank – David R. Finkelstein, Terri Maloney, Ed Martinez, Matt McCartie, Matt Stevenson, Andrew Oliver, Nick Staller, and Joel Watson (Episode: "Episode 608") (ABC) Survivor – David Armstrong, Tim Atzinger, Bill Bowden, Frederick Hawthorne, Evan Mediuch, Joubin Mortazavi, and Plowden Schumacher (Episode: "Survivor Warfare (Worlds Apart)") (CBS)
Production Design [ edit ] Production Design Game of Thrones (Episodes: "High Sparrow "; "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"; "Hardhome") (HBO) Constantine (Episodes: "The Darkness Beneath"; "Feast of Friends"; "The Saint of Last Resorts", Part 1) (NBC) Gotham (Episode: "Pilot") (Fox) House of Cards (Episodes: "Chapter 29"; "Chapter 36") (Netflix) True Blood (Episodes: "Jesus Gonna Be Here"; "I Found You"; "Fire in the Hole") (HBO) Boardwalk Empire (Episodes: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls"; "Friendless Child"; "Eldorado") (HBO) The Knick (Episodes: "Method and Madness"; "Mr. Paris Shoes"; "Get the Rope") (Cinemax) Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS) Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC) Masters of Sex (Episodes: "Blackbird"; "Below the Belt"; "One for the Money, Two for the Show") (Showtime) Silicon Valley (Episodes: "Sand Hill Shuffle"; "Homicide"; "Adult Content") (HBO) 2 Broke Girls (Episodes: "And the Zero Tolerance"; "And the Fun Factory"; "And a Loan for Christmas") (CBS) The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The First Pitch Insufficiency"; "The Clean Room Infilltration"; "The Skywalker Incursion") (CBS) Hot in Cleveland (Episodes: "Vegas, Baby"; "I Hate Goodbyes"; "All About Elka") (TV Land) Transparent (Episode: "The Letting Go") (Amazon) Veep (Episodes: "Joint Session"; "Tehran"; "Convention") (HBO) Portlandia (Episodes: "Dead Pets"; "Call Me Al"; "Fashion") (IFC ) 57th Grammy Awards (CBS) 87th Academy Awards (ABC) Peter Pan Live! (NBC) The Voice (Episodes: "Episode 701"; "Episode 806"; "Episode 815A") (NBC)
Sound Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome ") (HBO) Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History) 24: Live Another Day (Episode: "7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.") (Fox) American Crime (Episode: "Episode One") (ABC) American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Curtain Call ") (FX) Texas Rising (Episode: "Vengeance is Mine") (History) Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Seattle") (HBO) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Madagascar") (CNN) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO) Better Call Saul (Episode: "Marco") (AMC) Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS) Homeland (Episode: "Redux ") (Showtime) House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 27") (Netflix) Bessie (HBO) American Crime (Episode: "Episode Eleven") (ABC) American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Magical Thinking ") (FX) Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History) Texas Rising (Episode: "Vengeance is Mine") (History) Modern Family (Episode: "Connection Lost ") (ABC) Parks and Recreation (Episode: "One Last Ride ") (NBC) Silicon Valley (Episode: "Server Space") (HBO) The Simpsons (Episode: "Simpsorama ") (Fox) Veep (Episode: "Mommy Meyer") (HBO) The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC) 57th Grammy Awards (CBS) 87th Academy Awards (ABC) Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4214") (CBS) The Voice (Episode: "Finale Results") (NBC) Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Seattle") (HBO) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Jamaica") (CNN) Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Lost at Sea") (Discovery Channel) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
Special Visual Effects [ edit ] Stunt Coordination [ edit ] Stunt Coordination Game of Thrones (HBO) The Blacklist (NBC) Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Sons of Anarchy (FX) The Walking Dead (AMC)
Technical Direction [ edit ] Technical Direction Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Taraji P. Henson") (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Expedition Approximation") (CBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Episode: "Show 20015") (Comedy Central) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 2009") (ABC) Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4214") (CBS) The Voice (Episode: "Episode 718B") (NBC) 87th Academy Awards (ABC) 68th Tony Awards (CBS) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Peter Pan Live! (NBC) The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Writing [ edit ] Writing Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO) American Experience (Episode: "Last Days in Vietnam ") (PBS) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Iran") (CNN) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO) The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Episode: "Episode 5: The Rising Road (1933–1939)") (PBS) Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store , Written by Louis C.K. (LouisCK.net)
Wins by network [ edit ] Network Program Individual Total HBO 6 23 29 NBC 2 9 11 FX 2 6 8 ABC 1 3 4 Cartoon Network 2 2 4 Comedy Central 1 3 4 Fox 1 3 4 PBS 1 3 4 Amazon 0 3 3 CBS 0 3 3 Discovery Channel 1 2 3 Netflix 0 3 3 Adult Swim 0 2 2 Cartoon Network 0 2 2 americanexpress.com/unstagedapp 1 0 1 Bravo 1 0 1 Cinemax 0 1 1 CNN 1 0 1 Disney XD 0 1 1 funnyordie.com 1 0 1 History 0 1 1 IFC 0 1 1 LouisCK.net 0 1 1 Pemberley Digital 1 0 1 Showtime 0 1 1 WGN America 0 1 1 YouTube 1 0 1
Programs with multiple awards [ edit ] Program Awards Game of Thrones 8 American Horror Story: Freak Show 5 Bessie 4 The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special 4 Deadliest Catch 3 Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief 3 Transparent 3 Adventure Time 2 Boardwalk Empire 2 Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways 2 House of Cards 2 The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst 2 Olive Kitteridge 2 Over the Garden Wall 2 Saturday Night Live 2 Silicon Valley 2 Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry 2 Tome of the Unknown 2
References [ edit ] ^ "Creative Arts Emmys Show" . Television Academy . Retrieved July 16, 2015 . ^ "2015 Emmy Nominees: 'Game of Thrones' And 'Mad Men' Lead The Chase" . Inquisitr . July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015 . ^ "Emmys to Introduce Online Voting in 2014" . Television Academy . November 14, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013 . ^ a b c d e f g h Friedlander, Whitney (September 10, 2015). "Taylor Swift, Jimmy Fallon Among Juried Emmy Award Winners" . Variety . Retrieved September 10, 2015 . ^ "Emmy Award nominations" (PDF) . Television Academy . Retrieved September 12, 2015 . ^ "Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF) . Television Academy . Retrieved September 12, 2015 . ^ "A+E Networks To Receive Television Academy's 2015 Governors Award" . Deadline Hollywood . September 3, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015 . External links [ edit ]