2021 Creative Arts Emmy Winners

Wednesday, Sep 15, 2021

The 73rd Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held over two nights on September 11 and September 12, 2021. The combined ceremonies will air on Saturday, September 18, 2021 on FXX. Congratulations to the 10 alumni who won 10 awards across 8 projects!

The Primetime Emmys will air live Sunday, September 19, on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

For a full list of NYU Tisch Emmy nominees, click here.

Congratulations to the NYU Tisch Alumni who received awards, and good luck to the nominees to be announced on Sunday the 19th!

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes
Pose • Series Finale • FX Networks • FX Productions in association with 20th Century Television
Michelle Roy '15 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film), Assistant Costume Designer

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
Ted Lasso • The Hope That Kills You • Apple TV+ • Apple / Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television
A.J. Catoline '92 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), Editor

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
The Queen's Gambit • Exchanges • Netflix • Netflix
Michelle Tesoro '01 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), ACE, Editor

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series
Saturday Night Live • Host: Adele • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Richard McGuinness '82, (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Lighting Director

Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
Pose • Series Finale • FX Networks • FX Productions in association with 20th Century Television
Jessica Padilla (Drama), Additional Makeup Artist

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special
The Queen's Gambit • End Game • Netflix • Netflix
Rachel Chancey '92 (BFA, Drama), Foley Artist

Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie
The Mandalorian • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.
Joe Bauer '91 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), Visual Effects Supervisor

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020 • HBO • HBO in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television
Michael Carmine (Faculty, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Camera

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Special
Hamilton • Disney+ • Lin-Manuel Miranda and Nevis Productions LLC, Old 320 Sycamore, and RadicalMedia
Bill Winters '98 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Camera

Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking
76 Days: Pluto
76 Days LLC, MTV Documentary Films
Jean Tsien '83 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Produced by