Game of Thrones Season 5 Wins Eight Creative Arts Emmys

Yesterday, the Creative Arts Emmys were held in Los Angeles, at the Microsoft Theater. This prelude run up to the main Primetime Emmy Awards show is where the bulk of the technical awards are handed out, from Lighting and Sound to Costume and Special Effects. It’s also (for some reason) where they put the Guest Star turns on television shows by big named actors, mixed in with such specialized categories like “Outstanding Structured Reality Program” and “Outstanding Commercial.” Diana Rigg was nominated in that category this season for the show. Sadly, she lost.

Though Game of Thrones gets nominated in dozens of categories every year (twenty four alone for Season 5) the Creative Arts Emmys are where the show wins the bulk of its awards. Last night, of those record  24 nominations, 17 of them were on the docket. Of that, Game of Thrones took home eight, the most of any program that evening. That helped propel HBO to take home the most wins of any channel, 29 in all. (That’s double the second place finisher, which was NBC with 11.)

We’ve got the results listed below–or you can wait until September 19th to find out who won, when the show airs on FFX at 8pm. The Primetime Emmy Awards air live the next night, September 20th, on FOX. Game of Thrones will be up for their other seven nominations that night, which include Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress nominations for Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke and Lena Headey, along with Outstanding Director nods for Jeremy Podeswa and David Nutter, and Outstanding Writing for Benioff and Weiss.

And the winners are:

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Game Of Thrones: Mother’s Mercy
JANE WALKER, Department Head Makeup Artist HBO, NICOLA MATTHEWS, Makeup Artist

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
Game Of Thrones: High Sparrow/Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken/Hardhome
DEBORAH RILEY, Production Designer HBO, PAUL GHIRARDANI, Art Director, ROB CAMERON, Set Decorator

OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Game Of Thrones: The Dance Of Dragons
KATIE WEILAND, Editor HBO

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
Game of Thrones: Hardhome
TIM KIMMEL, Supervising Sound Editor HBO, PAULA FAIRFIELD, Sound Designer, BRADLEY C. KATONA, Sound Effects Editor, PAUL BERCOVITCH, Supervising Dialogue Editor, TIM HANDS, Supervising ADR Editor, DAVID KLOTZ, Music Editor, BRETT VOSS, Foley Editor, JEFFREY WILHOIT, Foley Artist, DYLAN T. WILHOIT, Foley Artist

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
Game of Thrones: Hardhome
RONAN HILL, Production Mixer HBO, RICHARD DYER, Production Mixer, ONNALEE BLANK, C.A.S., Re-Recording Mixer, MATHEW WATERS, C.A.S., Re-Recording Mixer

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Game Of Thrones
NINA GOLD, CSA, Casting Director HBO, ROBERT STERNE, Casting Director, CARLA STRONGE, Casting Director

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Game Of Thrones: The Dance Of Dragons
STEVE KULLBACK, Visual Effects Producer HBO, JOE BAUER, Visual Effects Supervisor, ADAM CHAZEN, Visual Effects Associate Producer, JABBAR RAISANI, Visual Effects Plate Supervisor, ERIC CARNEY, Visual Effects Previs Lead, STUART BRISDON, Special Effects Supervisor, DEREK SPEARS, Lead CG Supervisor, JAMES KINNINGS, Lead Animator, MATTHEW ROULEAU, CG Supervisor

OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Game of Thrones
ROWLEY IRLAM, Stunt Coordinator HBO

Congratulations to all the winners.

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