66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

The 66th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on August 16, 2014, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. The ceremony is in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming, including guest acting roles.[1]

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that it will implement online voting for its members to select the nominees. Winners for this year were voted on via paper ballots; online voting to determine the winners will not be used until 2015.[2]

The nominees were announced on July 10, 2014.[3][4] The Governor's Award and juried award winners in Animation and Costumes for a Variety Series were announced on July 31, 2014.[5] Six Interactive Media juried awards were announced on August 13, 2014.[6]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Governor’s Award

Programs

Outstanding Structured Reality Program Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Outstanding Variety Special Outstanding Informational Series or Special
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
  • "JFK" (American Experience) (PBS)
    • Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert (HBO)
    • Running from Crazy (OWN)
    • The Sixties: The Assassination of President Kennedy (CNN)
    • The Square (Netflix)
    • Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (HBO)
Outstanding Animated Program Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
Outstanding Children's Program Outstanding Special Class Program
Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction Program
  • 30 for 30 Shorts (ESPN)
    • Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Crackle)
    • Cosmos: A National Geographic Deeper Dive (nationalgeographic.com)
    • I Was There: Boston Marathon Bombings (History.com)
    • Jay Leno's Garage (jaylenosgarage.com)
    • Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (AOL.com)
Outstanding Interactive Program

Acting

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

Animation

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation[5]
  • Adventure Time – Nick Jennings (Episode: "Wizards Only, Fools") (Cartoon Network)
  • Gravity Falls – Ian Worrel ("Dreamscaperers") (Disney Channel)
  • Long Live the Royals – Sean Szeles (CartoonNetwork.com)
  • The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed – Jasmin Lai (Cartoon Network)
  • Mickey Mouse – Narina Sokolova (Episode: "‘O Sole Minnie") (Disney Channel)
  • Mickey Mouse – Valerio Ventura (Episode: "The Adorable Couple") (Disney Channel)
  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise – Cameron Baity (Adult Swim)
  • The Simpsons – Dmitry Malanitchev (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXIV") (Fox)
  • The Simpsons – Charles Ragins (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXIV") (Fox)
  • Uncle Grandpa – Nick Edwards (Episode: "Afraid of the Dark") (Cartoon Network)

Art Direction

Outstanding Art Direction for a Contemporary Program (Half-Hour or Less) Outstanding Art Direction for a Contemporary or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera)
  • House of Lies (Episodes: "Wreckage"; "Middlegame"; "Zhang") (Showtime)
    • The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The Hofstadter Insufficiency"; "The Locomotive Manipulation"; "The Proton Transmogrification") (CBS)
    • Modern Family (Episode: "Las Vegas")
    • Silicon Valley (Episodes: "Articles of Incorporation"; "Signaling Risk"; "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency") (HBO)
    • Veep (Episodes: "Clovis"; "Detroit"; "Special Relationship") (CBS)
Outstanding Art Direction for a Period Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Single-Camera) Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program
  • Boardwalk Empire (Episodes: "Erlkönig"; "The Old Ship of Zion"; "Farewell Daddy Blues") (HBO)
  • 86th Academy Awards (ABC)

Casting

Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
  • True Detective (HBO)
    • Breaking Bad (AMC)
    • Game of Thrones (HBO)
    • The Good Wife (CBS)
    • House of Cards (Netflix)

Choreography

Outstanding Choreography

Cinematography

Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
  • True Detective – Adam Arkapaw (Episode: "Who Goes There") (HBO)
    • Breaking Bad – Michael Slovis (Episode: "Granite State") (AMC)
    • Game of Thrones – Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Two Swords") (HBO)
    • Game of Thrones – Anette Haellmigk (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose") (HBO)
    • Homeland – David Klein (Episode: "The Star") (Showtime)
    • House of Cards – Igor Martinovic (Episode: "Chapter 18") (Netflix)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
  • The Square (Netflix)
    • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Morgan Fallon (CNN)
    • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Todd Liebler & Zach Zamboni (CNN)
    • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – Bill Pope (Fox / Nat Geo)
    • Vice – Jake Burghart & Jerry Ricciotti (HBO)
Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

Commercial

Outstanding Commercial

Costumes

Outstanding Costumes for a Series Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose") (HBO)
    • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "New York Sour") (HBO)
    • Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode 8") (PBS)
    • Mad Men (Episode: "Time Zones") (AMC)
    • Once Upon a Time (Episode: "A Curious Thing") (ABC)
  • American Horror Story: Coven (Episode: "Bitchcraft") (FX)
    • House of Versace (Lifetime)
    • The Normal Heart (HBO)
    • Sherlock: "His Last Vow" (PBS)
    • The White Queen (Episode: "The Price of Power") (Starz)
Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or a Special[5]
  • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon") (NBC)
  • So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode 1008") (Fox)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

Hairstyling

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special
  • Downton Abbey: Episode 8 (PBS)
    • Boardwalk Empire: William Wilson (HBO)
    • Game of Thrones: The Lion and the Rose (HBO)
    • Mad Men: The Runaways (AMC)
  • Saturday Night Live: Host: Anna Kendrick (NBC)
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Movie
  • American Horror Story: Coven (FX)

Hosting

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Interactive Media

Multiplatform Storytelling[6] Original Interactive Program[6]
Social TV Experience[6] User Experience and Visual Design[6]
  • "Game of Thrones Viewers Guide" (HBO)
  • "Xfinity TV on the X1 Platform" (Comcast)

Lighting Design/Direction

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
  • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1711A") (ABC)
    • America's Got Talent (Episode: "Episode 826") (NBC)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon") (NBC)
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Episode: "Episode 1 (Will Smith/U2)") (NBC)
    • The Voice (Episode: "Episode 619A") (NBC)
  • 2014 Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremony (NBC)
    • 56th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
    • 67th Tony Awards (CBS)
    • 86th Academy Awards (ABC)
    • The Beatles: The Night That Changed America (CBS)
    • Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show Starring Bruno Mars (Fox)

Main Title Design

Outstanding Main Title Design
  • True Detective (HBO)
    • Black Sails (Starz)
    • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / Nat Geo)
    • Masters of Sex (Showtime)
    • Silicon Valley (HBO)

Make-up

Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
  • True Detective (Episode: "The Secret Fate of All Life") (HBO)
    • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Resolution") (HBO)
    • Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias") (AMC)
    • Game of Thrones (Episode: "Oathkeeper") (HBO)
    • Mad Men (Episode: "The Runaways") (AMC)
  • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon") (NBC)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "1703") (ABC)
    • Key & Peele (Episode: "East/West Bowl Rap") (Comedy Central)
    • So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Season 10 Finale) (Fox)
    • The Voice (Episode: "Episode 516B") (NBC)
Outstanding Make-up for a Miniseries or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • The Normal Heart (HBO)
    • American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
    • Anna Nicole (Lifetime)
    • Bonnie & Clyde (Lifetime)
    • Fargo (FX)
  • Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Children") (HBO)
    • American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
    • Anna Nicole (Lifetime)
    • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "William Wilson") (HBO)
    • Breaking Bad (Episode: "Felina") (AMC)
    • The Normal Heart (HBO)

Music

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
  • Alan Silvestri for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way") (Fox / Nat Geo)
    • Jeff Beal for House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 26") (Netflix)
    • T Bone Burnett for True Detective (Episode: "Form and Void") (HBO)
    • Ramin Djawadi for Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Mountain and the Viper") (HBO)
    • John Lunn for Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight") (PBS)
Outstanding Music Direction Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
  • The Beatles: The Night That Changed America (CBS)
    • 67th Tony Awards (CBS)
    • 86th Academy Awards (ABC)
    • Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn (Great Performances) (PBS)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon") (NBC)
    • The Sound of Music Live! (NBC)
  • 67th Tony Awards (Song: "Bigger!") (CBS)
    • A Christmas Carol: The Concert (Song: "No Trouble") (PBS)
    • Key & Peele (Episode: "Substitute Teacher #3") (Song: "Les Mis") (Comedy Central)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon") (Song: "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)") (NBC)
    • Sofia the First: The Floating Palace (Song: "Merroway Cove") (Disney Channel)
    • Sons of Anarchy (Episode: "A Mother's Work") (Song: "Day is Gone") (FX)
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Picture Editing

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
  • Breaking Bad – Skip MacDonald (Episode: "Felina") (AMC)
    • Breaking Bad – Kelley Dixon (Episode: "To'hajiilee") (AMC)
    • Breaking Bad – Kelly Dixon & Chris McCaleb (Episode: "Granite State") (AMC)
    • House of Cards – Byron Smith (Episode: "Chapter 14") (Netflix)
    • True Detective – Affonso Goncalves (Episode: "Who Goes There") (HBO)
  • Orange Is the New Black – William Turro (Episode: "Tit Punch") (Netflix)
    • Modern Family – Ryan Case (Episode: "Las Vegas") (ABC)
    • Orange Is the New Black – Shannon Mitchell (Episode: "Tall Men With Feelings") (Netflix)
    • Orange Is the New Black – Michael S. Stern (Episode: "Can't Fix Crazy") (Netflix)
    • Portlandia – Bill Benz & Daniel Gray Longino (Episode: "Getting Away") (IFC)
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
  • Sherlock: "His Last Vow" – Yan Miles (PBS)
    • Fargo – Bridget Durnford (Episode: "The Rooster Prince") (FX)
    • Fargo – Regis Kimble (Episode: "Buridan's Ass") (FX)
    • Fargo – Skip MacDonald (Episode: "The Crocodile's Dilemma") (FX)
    • The Normal Heart – Adam Penn (HBO)
  • The Big Bang Theory – Peter Chakos (Episode: "The Cooper Extraction") (CBS)
    • The Colbert Report – Christein Aromando & Jason Baker (Episode: "Episode 9115") (Comedy Central)
    • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Robert York, Eric Davies, Graham Frazier & Daric Schlesselman (Episode: "Episode 19006") (Comedy Central)
    • How I Met Your Mother – Sue Federman (Episode: "Gary Blauman") (CBS)
    • Jimmy Kimmel Live! – James Crowe, Jason Bielski, Brian Marsh, Kevin McCullough & Matt Williams (Episode: "Behind the Scandelabra") (ABC)
Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Eric Davies (Comedy Central)
    • AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks – Michael Polito, Debra Light, Thomas Mitchell, Dave Brown & Pi Ware (TNT)
    • Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays – Kent Beyda
    • The Colbert Report – Christein Aromando (Comedy Central)
    • The Colbert Report – Jason Baker (Comedy Central)
  • The Square – Pedro Kos, Christopher de la Torre & Muhamed El Manasterly (Netflix)
    • American Masters – Gordon Mason, Stephen Ellis & Phil McDonald (PBS)
    • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Nick Brigden (CNN)
    • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – John Duffy, Michael O'Halloran & Eric Lea (Fox / Nat Geo)
    • The Sixties: The Assassination of President Kennedy – Chris A. Peterson (CNN)
Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming
  • Deadliest Catch – Josh Earl, Rob Butler & Art O'Leary (Discovery Channel)
    • The Amazing Race – Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Andy Castor, Jennifer Nelson & Jacob Parsons (CBS)
    • Naked and Afraid – Emily Hsuan & Chris Meyer (Discovery Channel)
    • Project Runway – Julie Cohen, Scott Austin Hahn, Adrienne Salisbury, Eileen Finkelstein, Ryan Mallick & Yaffa Lerea (Lifetime)
    • Survivor – Frederick Hawthrone, Joubin Mortazavi, Evan Mediuch, Dave Armstrong, Andrew Bolhuis & Tim Atzinger (CBS)
    • The Voice – John M. Larson, Hudson H. Smith III, Robert M. Malachowski Jr., William Fabian Castro, Eric B. Shanks, Jason Stewart, Robby Thompson, Noel Guerra & James Munoz (NBC)

Sound

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • Black Sails (Episode: "I.") (Starz)
    • Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "White Horse Pike") (HBO)
    • Breaking Bad (Episode: "Felina") (AMC)
    • Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Watchers on the Wall") (HBO)
    • The Walking Dead (Episode: "Too Far Gone") (AMC)
  • Sherlock: "His Last Vow" (PBS)
    • American Horror Story: Coven (Episode: "Fearful Pranks Ensue") (FX)
    • Bonnie & Clyde (Episode: "Night Two") (Lifetime)
    • Fargo (Episode: "The Crocodile's Dilemma") (FX)
    • Klondike (Episode: "Part 1") (Discovery Channel)
    • Mob City (Episodes: "Oxpecker", "Stay Down") (TNT)
Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way") (Fox / Nat Geo)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "Part Like The Red Sea") (CBS)
    • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Punjab") (CNN)
    • Vice (Episode: "Terrorist University / Armageddon Now") (HBO)
    • The World Wars (Episode: "Trial by Fire") (History)
  • House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 14") (Netflix)
    • Breaking Bad (Episode: "Felina") (AMC)
    • Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode 8") (PBS)
    • Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Watchers on the Wall") (HBO)
    • Homeland (Episode: "Good Night") (Showtime)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
  • Treme (Episode: "Sunset on Louisianne") (HBO)
    • American Horror Story: Coven (Episode: "Fearful Pranks Ensue") (FX)
    • Fargo (Episode: "The Crocodile's Dilemma") (FX)
    • Killing Kennedy (National Geographic)
    • Sherlock: "His Last Vow" (PBS)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming
  • 56th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
    • 86th Academy Awards (ABC)
    • The Beatles: The Night That Changed America (CBS)
    • The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
    • The Voice (Episode: "Episode 516B") (NBC)
  • Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin‍ '​ (American Masters) (PBS)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "Part Like The Red Sea") (CBS)
    • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Tokyo") (CNN)
    • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way") (Fox / Nat Geo)
    • Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Careful What You Wish For") (Discovery Channel)

Special Visual Effects

Outstanding Special Visual Effects Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role

Stunt Coordination

Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Miniseries, or Movie

Technical Direction

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
  • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1711A") (ABC)
    • The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Locomotive Manipulation") (CBS)
    • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Episode: "Episode 18153") (Comedy Central)
    • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Episode: "In Austin") (ABC)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon") (NBC)
    • The Voice (Episode: "Episode 519A") (NBC)
  • The Sound of Music Live! (NBC)
    • 67th Tony Awards (CBS)
    • 86th Academy Awards (ABC)
    • 2014 Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremony (NBC)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way") (Fox / Nat Geo)
    • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Congo") (CNN)
    • JFK (American Experience) (PBS)
    • The World Wars (Episode: "Trial by Fire") (History)
    • Years of Living Dangerously (Episode: "The Surge") (Showtime)
  • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
    • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
    • Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
    • Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
    • Portlandia (IFC)
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

References

  1. ↑ "NBC to air Emmy Awards on Monday (yes, Monday) Aug. 25". January 28, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Emmys to Introduce Online Voting in 2014". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. November 14, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 Emmy Nominations: ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘True Detective’ Among the Honored". New York Times. July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Emmy Awards 2014: the nominations in full". Daily Telegraph. July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Weinstein, Shelli (July 31, 2014). "Television Academy Lauds Casting Director Marion Dougherty with Governors Award". Variety. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Wallenstein, Andrew (August 13, 2014). "TV Academy Awards Six Interactive Media Emmys". Variety. Retrieved August 16, 2014.

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