September 4, 2022
by Carla Hay
With five awards each, CBS’s “Adele: One Night Only,” Disney+’s “The Beatles: Get Back,” HBO’s “Euphoria,” Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and HBO’s “The White Lotus” were the top winners at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards (the technical categories of the Primetime Emmys), which were presented in a two-part ceremony on September 3 and September 4 on Emmys.com. FXX will televise highlights from the ceremony on September 10, 2022, while Hulu will stream this ceremony from September 11 to September 27, 2022. Other big winners at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards included Netflix’s “Arcane” and Netflix’s “Squid Game,” which won four awards each.
The biggest categories at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented September 12, 2022, in a ceremony hosted by Kenan Thompson. NBC will telecast the show in the U.S. at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Peacock will livestream the ceremony. HBO’s Succession” has the most nominations (25) in all categories.
First-time Emmy winners at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards included Adele, an executive producer and star of “Adele: One Night Only,” which won for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded). NBC’s “Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent” won for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). This prize resulted in first-time Emmy wins for executive producer Jay-Z (whose real name is Shawn Carter), Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Enimen, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent.
“The Beatles: Get Back” had several first-time Emmy winners, such as executive producers Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison and Peter Jackson. For “The Beatles: Get Back,” Jackson also won Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing of a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.
Other first-time Emmy winners were Colman Domingo (Outstanding Guest Actor in Drama Series, for “Euphoria”); Lee You-mi (Outstanding Guest Actress in Drama Series, for “Squid Game”); and Nathan Lane (Outstanding Guest Actor in Comedy Series, for Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building”). It was Lane’s seventh Emmy nomination.
Here is the complete list of winners for the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Television Movie: “Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers”
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.”
Outstanding Structured Reality Program: “Queer Eye”
Outstanding Hosted Non-Fiction Series or Special: “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy”
Outstanding Short-Form Non-Fiction or Reality: “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: Once Upon a Time in Late Night”
Outstanding Short-Form Comedy, Drama, or Variety Series: “Carpool Karaoke: The Series”
Outstanding Short-Form Animated Program: “Love, Death + Robots”
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: “Arcane” – Anne-Laure To (color script artist); “Arcane” – Julien Georgel (art direction); “Arcane” – Bruno Couchinho (background designer); “The Boys Presents: Diabolical” – Lexy Naugt (storyboard artist); “The House” – Kecy Salangad (animator); “Love, Death + Robots” – Alberto Mielgo (character designer)
Outstanding Animated Program: “Arcane”
Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Series: “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Documentary/Non-Fiction Special: “George Carlin’s American Dream”
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: “When Claude Got Shot”
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Nathan Lane, “Only Murders in the Building”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Laurie Metcalf, “Hacks”
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Colman Domingo, “Euphoria”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Lee You-mi, “Squid Game”
Outstanding Host for a Reality Competition Program: RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance: Chadwick Boseman, “What If…?”
Outstanding Narrator: Barack Obama, “Our Great National Parks”
Outstanding Actor in a Short-Form Comedy or Drama Series: Tim Robinson, “I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson”
Outstanding Actress in a Short-Form Comedy or Drama Series: Patricia Clarkson, “State of the Union”
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series: Bridget Stokes, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special: Paul Dugdale, “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program: Nneka Onuorah, “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Non-Fiction Special: Peter Jackson, “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
Outstanding Writing for a Non-Fiction Program: “Lucy and Desi”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (half-hour): “Atlanta”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (one hour): “Euphoria”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series: “How I Met Your Father”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie: “Dopesick”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program: “Life Below Zero”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Non-Fiction Program: “100 Foot Wave”
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series: “The Voice”
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special: “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series: “Euphoria”
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series: “Barry”
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie: “The White Lotus”
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series: “How I Met Your Father”
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program: “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.”
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Program: “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Non-Fiction Program: “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama series (half-hour) and Animation: “Barry”
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama (one hour): “Stranger Things”
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: “The Queen’s Gambit”
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Non-Fiction Program (single- or multi-camera): “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama series (half-hour) and Animation: “Only Murders in the Building”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama series (one hour): “Stranger Things”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie: “The White Lotus”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program (single- or multi-camera): “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special: “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (half-hour or less): “Only Murders in the Building”
Outstanding Production Design for Narrative Contemporary Program: “Squid Game”
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program: “The Gilded Age”
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Reality Competition Series: “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special: “Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent”
Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling: “Bridgerton”
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling: “Impeachment: American Crime Story”
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling for a Variety, Non-Fiction or Reality Program: “Annie Live!”
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup: “Euphoria”
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup for a Variety, Non-Fiction or Reality Program: “Legendary”
Outstanding Period and/or Character Makeup (non-prosthetic): “Pam & Tommy”
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special: “Stranger Things”
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes: “Hacks”
Outstanding Period Costumes: “The Great”
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes: “What We Do in the Shadows”
Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Non-Fiction or Reality Programming: “We’re Here”
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Comedy Series or Variety Program: “Barry”
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Series, Limited Anthology Series or Movie: “Stranger Things”
Outstanding Stunt Performance: “Squid Game”
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (original dramatic score): Theordore Shapiro, “Severance”
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (original dramatic score): Cristobal Tapia De Veer, “The White Lotus”
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (original dramatic score): David Schwartz, “Lucy and Desi”
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: Cristobal Tapia De Veer, “The White Lotus”
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics: Cinco Paul, “Corn Puddin’” from “Schmigadoon!”
Outstanding Music Direction: “Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent”
Outstanding Music Supervision: “Stranger Things”
Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming: Parris Goebel, “Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 3”
Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming: Ryan Heffington, “Euphoria”
Outstanding Main Title Design: “Severance”
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode: “Squid Game”
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie: “The Book of Boba Fett”
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series: “Abbott Elementary”
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series: “Succession”
Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series: “The White Lotus”
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.”
Outstanding Commercial: “Teenage Dream,” Sandy Hook Promise
Outstanding Motion Design: “Home Before Dark”
