Final season of Game of Thrones wins 10 Creative Arts Emmys!

The Primetime Emmys happen next weekend. That’s when the more buzzy awards will be handed out, stuff like Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress, Best Writing, Best Drama, and so on. This weekend, Hollywood’s brightest gathered for the Creative Arts Emmys, a ceremony dedicated  to the professionals who don’t spend quite as much time in the spotlight but are just as important to making a show like Game of Thrones as good as it is: special effects technicians and hair stylists, sound mixers and costumers, and so on. These are their stories.

Game of Thrones has a huge presence at this year’s Emmy Awards, Creative Arts and otherwise. In fact, the show is nominated for a record 32 Emmys for its final season, and it’s already taken home 10! Here’s what the show won at the Creative Arts Emmys!

The most anticipated award of the ceremony was probably Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, where Carice van Houten (Melisandre) had her first-ever nomination.

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

• American Horror Story: Apocalypse — Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon
• Game of Thrones — Carice van Houten as Melisandre
• The Handmaid’s Tale — Cherry Jones as Holly
• How To Get Away With Murder — Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness
• Orange Is The New Black — Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset
• This Is Us — Phylicia Rashad as Carol Clarke

Unfortunately, van Houten didn’t win the award, but at least she and Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy) got to present:

Composer Ramin Djawadi, however, did take home the gold for his fantastic work on the show.

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)

• Barry — “What?!”
• Game Of Thrones — “The Long Night”
• The Handmaid’s Tale — “The Word”
• House Of Cards — “Chapter 73”
• This Is Us — “Songbird Road: Part One”

If this isn’t an award-winning song, nothing is:

Deborah Riley and her team didn’t take home the production design award. It still went to an HBO show, though:

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)

• Chernobyl
• Fosse/Verdon
• Game Of Thrones — “The Bells”
• The Man In The High Castle — “Now More Than Ever, We Care About You”
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — “We’re Going To The Catskills!”
• A Series Of Unfortunate Events — “Penultimate Peril: Part 1”

Game of Thrones reigned supreme in the sound-related categories:

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

• Better Call Saul — “Talk”
• Game of Thrones — “The Long Night”
• Gotham — “Legend Of The Dark Knight: I Am Bane”
• Star Trek: Discovery — “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2”
• Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan — “Pilot”

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

• Better Call Saul — “Talk”
• Game of Thrones — “The Long Night”
• The Handmaid’s Tale — “Holly”
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — Vote For Kennedy, Vote For Kennedy
• Ozark — “The Badger”

You’d think Game of Thrones would be a shoo-in for a cinematography award, but the voters preferred the ’50s throwback stylings of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel:

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour)

• Game Of Thrones — “The Iron Throne”
• The Handmaid’s Tale — “Holly”
• The Handmaid’s Tale — “The Word”
• Hanna — “Forest”
• The Man In The High Castle — “Jahr Null”
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — “Simone”
• Ray Donovan — “Staten Island: Part 1”

Nina Gold took a well-deserved award for the amazing casting work she’s done on Game of Thrones over the years:

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

• Game Of Thrones
• Killing Eve
• Ozark
• Pose
• Succession

The hairstyling award again went to Mrs. Maisel:

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series

• American Horror Story: Apocalypse — “Forbidden Fruit”
• Game Of Thrones — “The Long Night”
• GLOW — “The Good Twin”
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — “We’re Going To The Catskills!”
• Post — “Pilot”

Star Trek: Discovery beat out Game of Thrones in the prosthetic makeup category…

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special

• American Horror Story: Apocalypse — “Apocalypse Then”
• Chernobyl
• Fosse/Verdon
• Game Of Thrones — “The Long Night”
• Star Trek: Discovery — “If Memory Serves”

…but Thrones came out on top in the non-prosthetic one:

Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)

• American Horror Story: Apocalypse — “Forbidden Fruit”
• Game Of Thrones — “The Long Night”
• GLOW — “The Good Twin”
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — “We’re Going To The Catskills!”
• Pose — “Pilot”

Naturally, Game of Thrones took top honors when it came to visual effects. I mean, did you watch this final season?

Outstanding Special Visual Effects

• Game of Thrones — “The Bells”
• The Man In The High Castle — “Jahr Null”
• The Orville — “Identity Part II”
• Star Trek: Discovery — “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2”
• The Umbrella Academy — “The White Violin”

In the interesting Interactive Media category, the inventive Black Mirror: Bandersnatch came out on top:

Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within A Scripted Program

• Bandersnatch (Black Mirror) — House of Tomorrow
• Game of Thrones — Fight For The Living: Beyond The Wall Virtual Reality Experience
• The Good Place — Interactive Fan Experience

Rowley Irlam and his team racked up a well-deserved win the Outstanding Stunt Coordination category:

Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

• The Blacklist
• Blindlist
• Game of Thrones
• S.W.A.T.
• SEAL Team

Game of Thrones also came out on top for editing…

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series

• Game Of Thrones — “The Iron Throne”
• Game Of Thrones — “The Long Night”
• Game Of Thrones — “Winterfell”
• The Handmaid’s Tale — “The Word”
• Killing Eve — “Desperate Times”
• Ozark — “One Way Out”

…and costumes:

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes

• American Horror Story: Apocalypse — “Forbidden Fruit”
• Game Of Thrones — “The Bells”
• Good Omens — “Hard Times”
• The Handmaid’s Tale — “The Word”
• A Series Of Unfortunate Events — “Penultimate Peril: Part 2”

Finally, the show’s iconic title sequence was given its due:

Outstanding Main Title Design

• Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
• Game of Thrones
• Star Trek: Discovery
• True Detective
• Warrior

If you don’t recall, the title sequence was changed quite a bit for the final season:

We shall never see its like again.

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Congratulations to all the winners! For your next dose of awards goodness, the Primetime Emmy Awards air next Sunday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. CST on Fox.

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