63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

The 63rd Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 10, 2011 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles.[1][2] This is in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:

Governor's Award

Programs

Outstanding Reality Program Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
Outstanding Nonfiction Series Outstanding Nonfiction Special
Outstanding Animated Program Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
Outstanding Children's Program Outstanding Children's Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Program
Outstanding Special Class Program Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Nonfiction Program Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking

Acting

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

Art Direction

Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Programming

Casting

Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
  • Glee (Fox)
    • 30 Rock (NBC)
    • The Big C (Showtime)
    • Modern Family (ABC)
    • Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

Choreography

Outstanding Choreography
  • Tabitha and Napoleon D'umoSo You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Scars", "Fallin", "Outta Your Mind") (Fox) (TIE)
  • Mia MichaelsSo You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Alice in Mia-Land 'Every Little Thing She Does is Magic'", "When We Dance", "This Bitter Earth – On the Nature of Daylight") (Fox) (TIE)
    • Mark BallasDancing with the Stars (Routines: "Jive I Write Sins Not Tragedies", "Viennese Waltz 'Hedwigs Theme (Theme from Harry Potter)'", "Slow Waltz 'My Love'") (ABC)
    • Stacey TookeySo You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Mad World", "Sundrenched World", "Heaven is a Place on Earth") (Fox)
    • Travis WallSo You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Collide", "How it Ends", "Fix You") (Fox)

Cinematography

Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
  • Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers") (CBS)
    • How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Hopeless") (CBS)
    • Pair of Kings (Episode: "Return of the Kings") (Disney Channel)
    • Retired at 35 (Episode: "Rocket Man") (TV Land)
    • Rules of Engagement (Episode: "Uh Oh, It's Magic") (CBS)
    • Wizards of Waverly Place (Episode: "Dancing with Angels") (Disney Channel)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
  • Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS)
    • The Kennedys (Episode: "Life Sentences") (ReelzChannel)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO)
    • The Pillars of the Earth (Episode: "Legacy") (HBO)
    • Too Big to Fail (HBO)
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Episode: "Haiti") (Travel Channel)
Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming
  • Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Redemption Day") (Discovery Channel)

Commercial

Outstanding Commercial

Costuming

Outstanding Costumes for a Series Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS)
    • Cinema Verite (HBO)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO)
    • Upstairs Downstairs (PBS)
Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Music Program, or Special
  • Gettysburg (History) (TIE)
  • Portlandia (Episode: "Farm") (IFC) (TIE)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
  • Lonny Price for Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (PBS)
    • Laurie-Ann Gibson for Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO)
    • Louis J. Horvitz for 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS)
    • Don Mischer for 83rd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • Glenn Weiss for 64th Tony Awards (CBS)

Hairstyling

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special
  • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1106") (ABC)
    • America's Got Talent (Episode: "Episode 529") (NBC)
    • iCarly (Episode; "iStart a Fan War") (Nickelodeon)
    • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Anne Hathaway") (NBC)
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Movie
  • The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
    • Cinema Verite (HBO)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO)
    • The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)

Hosting

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Interactive Media

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media

Lighting Design / Direction

Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
  • So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Season 7 Finale: Part 2") (Fox)
    • American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox)
    • Conan (Episode: "Love Gets Liposuctioned") (TBS)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1204A") (ABC)
    • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Episode: "Michel Gondry Directs") (ABC)
  • 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS)
    • 83rd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO)

Main Title Design

Outstanding Main Title Design

Make-up

Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
  • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jon Hamm") (NBC)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1205") (ABC)
    • How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Bad News") (CBS)
    • iCarly (Episode: "iStart a Fan War") (TV Land)
    • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO)
Outstanding Make-up for a Miniseries or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
    • Cinema Verite (HBO)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO)
    • The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
  • The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye") (AMC)
    • The Cape (Episode: "Razer") (NBC)
    • Game of Thrones (Episode: "A Golden Crown") (HBO)
    • Glee (Episode: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle") (Fox)
    • Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Superfreak") (ABC)

Music

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
  • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO)
Outstanding Music Direction Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
  • Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway (PBS)
    • 83rd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Fuse)
    • An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Chaka Khan (NBC)
    • Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends (PBS)
    • The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
  • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake", Song: "Justin Timberlake Monologue") (NBC)
    • Family Guy (Episode: "Road to the North Pole", Song: "Christmastime is Killing Us") (Fox)
    • Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced (Song: "An American Prayer - Hymn II?") (HBO)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey", Song: "Jack Sparrow") (NBC)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake", Song: "3-Way (The Golden Rule)") (NBC)
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
  • The Borgias (Showtime)
    • Any Human Heart (PBS)
    • Camelot (Starz)
    • Episodes (Showtime)
    • The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
    • Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Picture Editing

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Outstanding Single-or Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
  • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO)
    • Dexter (Episode: "Take It!") (Showtime)
    • The Killing (Episode: "Pilot") (AMC)
    • Mad Men (Episode: "Blowing Smoke") (AMC)
    • Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase") (AMC)
  • How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Subway Wars") (CBS)
    • 30 Rock (Episode: "100") (NBC)
    • The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection") (CBS)
    • Modern Family (Episode: "Halloween") (ABC)
    • Modern Family (Episode: "Slow Down Your Neighbors") (ABC)
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming
  • Cinema Verite (HBO)
    • Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Four") (HBO)
    • Sherlock ("A Study in Pink")
    • Too Big to Fail (HBO)
  • Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Redemption Day") (Discovery Channel)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win") (CBS)
    • Project Runway (Episode: "There is an 'I' in Team") (Lifetime)
    • Survivor (Episode: "Don't You Work for Me?") (CBS)
    • Top Chef (Episode: "Give Me Your Huddled Masses") (Bravo)
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
  • Freedom Riders (PBS)
    • American Masters ("LENNONYC") (PBS)
    • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Episode: "Haiti") (Travel Channel)
    • Becoming Chaz (OWN)
    • If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (HBO)

Sound

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO)
    • Game of Thrones (Episode: "A Golden Crown") (HBO)
    • Nikita (Episode: "Pandora") (The CW)
    • True Blood (Episode: "Hitting The Ground") (HBO)
    • The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye") (AMC)
  • The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
    • Cinema Verite (HBO)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO)
    • Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
  • Gettysburg (History)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win") (CBS)
    • American Idol (Episode: "Auditions No. 2: New Orleans") (Fox)
    • American Masters (Episode: "Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides") (PBS)
    • Baseball: The Tenth Inning (Episode: "Top of the Tenth") (PBS)
    • Whale Wars (Episode: "To the Ends of the Earth") (Animal Planet)
  • House (Episode: "Bombshells") (Fox)
    • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO)
    • Burn Notice (Episode: "Last Stand") (USA)
    • Dexter (Episode: "Take It!") (Showtime)
    • Glee (Episode: "The Substitute") (Fox)
    • Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase") (AMC)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
  • The Kennedys (Episode: "Lancer and Lace") (ReelzChannel)
    • Cinema Verite (HBO)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO)
    • Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming
  • American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox)
    • 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS)
    • 83rd Academy Awards (ABC)
  • Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Redemption Day") (Discovery Channel)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win") (CBS)
    • American Idol (Episode: "Auditions No. 2: New Orleans") (Fox)
    • American Masters ("LENNONYC") (PBS)
    • Gettysburg (History)

Special Visual Effects

Outstanding Special Visual Effects Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries or Movie
  • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO)
    • The Borgias (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice" / "The Assassin") (Showtime)
    • Game of Thrones (Episode: "Fire and Blood") (HBO)
    • Stargate Universe (Episode: "Awakening") (Syfy)
    • The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye") (AMC)
  • Gettysburg (History)
    • Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO)
    • The Pillars of the Earth (Episode: "Witchcraft") (Starz)
    • Sherlock ("A Study in Pink")

Stunt Coordination

Outstanding Stunt Coordination

Technical Direction

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox)
    • 30 Rock (Episode: "Live Show (West Coast") (NBC)
    • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Episode: "Episode 15135") (Comedy Central)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1104A") (ABC)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake") (NBC)
  • Great Performances: Don Pasquale (PBS)
    • 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS)
    • 83rd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
    • Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
  • Freedom Riders (PBS)
    • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Episode: "Haiti") (Travel Channel)
    • Gasland (HBO)
    • Gettysburg (History)
    • Moguls and Movie Stars (Episode: "The Birth of Hollywood") (TCM)
  • 64th Tony Awards (CBS)
    • Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (HBO)
    • Louis C.K.: Hilarious (Epix)
    • Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education (Comedy Central)
    • The Real Women of SNL (NBC)

Programs with multiple awards

By network [note 1]
  • HBO – 15
  • PBS – 10
  • Fox – 9
  • CBS – 7
  • NBC – 5
  • Discovery Channel / History – 4
  • ABC / Cartoon Network / ReelzChannel – 3
By program
  • Boardwalk Empire – 7
  • Deadliest Catch / Gettysburg – 4
Note
  1. Only includes categories above

References

  1. Gorman, Bill (September 10, 2011). "2010-11 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards Winners". Zap2It. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. "Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). Television Academy. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
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