The TV show fronted by Anya Taylor-Joy leads the winners by collecting a total of seven coveted gongs on the opening night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
- Sep 13, 2021
AceShowbiz - Netflix chess drama "The Queen's Gambit" was the big winner at the opening night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, scooping seven honours.
The hit series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as an orphaned chess prodigy, won accolades in the categories of Cinematography, Costumes, Editing, Make-up, Production Design, Sound Editing, and Mixing on Saturday (11Sep21).
Other big winners at the ceremony in Los Angeles included Disney's "Star Wars" spin-off "The Mandalorian" - which picked up three gongs for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series, Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up, and Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series - long-running sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live", and "Pose".
Meanwhile, Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" and Disney+'s "WandaVision" were also multiple winners.
The second and third Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies will take place on Sunday.
The complete list of Saturday's Creative Arts Emmy winners is:
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour): "The Crown"
- Outstanding Contemporary Costumes: "Pose"
- Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling: "Pose"
- Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Program: "Saturday Night Live"
- Outstanding Contemporary Make-up (Non-Prosthetic): "Pose"
- Outstanding Contemporary Make-up for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Program: "Saturday Night Live"
- Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes: "WandaVision"
- Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program: "Black Is King", "The Masked Singer", "Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular"
- Outstanding Interactive Program: "Space Explorers: The ISS Experience"
- Outstanding Main Title Design: "The Good Lord Bird"
- Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series: "The Conners"
- Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling: "Bridgerton"
- Outstanding Period Costumes: "The Queen's Gambit"
- Outstanding Period Make-up and/or Character Make-up: "The Queen's Gambit"
- Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming: "A Black Lady Sketch Show"
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program: "Mare of Easttown"
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program: "The Queen's Gambit"
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program: "WandaVision"
- Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special: The Oscars
- Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality, or Competition Series: "Saturday Night Live"
- Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up: "The Mandalorian"
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series: "Ted Lasso"
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series: "The Crown"
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: "The Queen's Gambit"
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation: "Love, Death + Robots"
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour): "Lovecraft Country"
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special: "The Queen's Gambit"
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation: "Ted Lasso"
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour): "The Mandalorian"
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: "The Queen's Gambit"
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special: "David Byrne's American Utopia"
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour): "The Mandalorian"
- Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series: "Country Comfort"
- Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: "The Queen's Gambit"
- Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming: "For All Mankind: Time Capsule"
- Outstanding Motion Design: "Calls"
