‘Queen’s Gambit’ Leads 2021 Creative Arts Emmys: Full Winners List
The Queen’s Gambit put the competition into checkmate at the 2021 Creative Arts Emmys, held on Saturday and Sunday across three ceremonies. The Netflix chess-drama picked up an impressive nine awards, including casting, cinematography, costumes, editing, makeup, production design, score, sound editing, and sound mixing.
Other big winners included Disney+’s The Mandalorian and NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which stand at seven wins apiece. RuPaul’s Drag Race took home five awards, including a sixth consecutive win for the show’s host RuPaul. Meanwhile, Bo Burnham’s Netflix comedy special Inside, David Attenborough documentary A Life on Our Planet, Marvel’s WandaVision, Apple comedy Ted Lasso, and FX’s Pose have three wins each.
An edited version of the Creative Arts Emmys is set to air at 8 p.m. on September 18 on FXX ahead of the Primetime Emmys, which will air live on September 19 on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
Check out the full list of winners below.
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Charles Dance, The Crown
Don Cheadle, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Courtney B. Vance, Lovecraft Country — WINNER
Carl Weathers, The Mandalorian
Timothy Olyphant, The Mandalorian
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Claire Foy, The Crown — WINNER
McKenna Grace, The Handmaid’s Tale
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Sophie Okonedo, Ratched
Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Morgan Freeman, The Kominsky Method
Daniel Kaluuya, Saturday Night Live
Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live — WINNER
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Dan Levy, Saturday Night Live
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Yvette Nicole Brown, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Issa Rae, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Jane Adams, Hacks
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live — WINNER
Bernadette Peters, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
TELEVISION MOVIE
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square — WINNER
Oslo
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Sylvie’s Love
Uncle Frank
STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow
Property Brothers: Forever Home
Queer Eye — WINNER
Running Wild With Bear Grylls
Shark Tank
UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Becoming
Below Deck
Indian Matchmaking
RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked — WINNER
Selling Sunset
HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
Nicole Byer, Nailed It!
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race — WINNER
Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, Top Chef
HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy — WINNER
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell
Vice
DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES
Allen v. Farrow
American Masters
City So Real
Pretend It’s a City
Secrets of the Whales — WINNER
DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Boys State — WINNER
Framing Britney Spears (The New York Times Presents)
The Social Dilemma
Tina
NARRATOR
Sterling K. Brown, Lincoln: Divided We Stand — WINNER
Anthony Hopkins, Mythic Quest
David Attenborough, A Perfect Planet
Sigourney Weaver, Secrets of the Whales
David Attenborough, The Year Earth Changed
ANIMATED PROGRAM
Big Mouth
Bob’s Burgers
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal — WINNER
The Simpsons
South Park: The Pandemic Special
CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Jessica Walter, Archer
Maya Rudolph, Big Mouth — WINNER
Stacey Abrams, black-ish: Election Special
Julie Andrews, Bridgerton
Tituss Burgess, Central Park
Stanley Tucci, Central Park
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Additional Winners:
CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Ted Lasso
CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Crown
CASTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
The Queen’s Gambit
CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
RuPaul’s Drag Race
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SCRIPTED PROGRAMMING (JURIED)
Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (JURIED)
Dancing With The Stars
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
Country Comfort
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (HALF-HOUR)
The Mandalorian
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
The Crown
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
The Queen’s Gambit
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
Life Below Zero
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES
Pose
FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES
WandaVision
PERIOD COSTUMES
The Queen’s Gambit
COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (JURIED) — THREE-WAY TIE
Black Is King
The Masked Singer
Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular
DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM
Dick Johnson Is Dead
DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
RuPaul’s Drag Race
DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Saturday Night Live
DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Bo Burnham: Inside
CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING
Pose
PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING
Bridgerton
HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
Saturday Night Live
LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
David Byrne’s American Utopia
LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Saturday Night Live
CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Pose
CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Saturday Night Live
PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
The Queen’s Gambit
PROSTHETIC MAKEUP
The Mandalorian
MAIN TITLE DESIGN
The Good Lord Bird
ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
The Flight Attendant
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
The Queen’s Gambit
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
The Mandalorian
MUSIC DIRECTION
Bo Burnham: Inside
MUSIC SUPERVISION
I May Destroy You
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
WandaVision, “Agatha All Along”
MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
The Conners
SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Ted Lasso
SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Crown
SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
The Queen’s Gambit
PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
The Social Dilemma
PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
RuPaul’s Drag Race
PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Life Below Zero
PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING
A Black Lady Sketch Show
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
Mare of Easttown
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
The Queen’s Gambit
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR)
WandaVision
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES
Saturday Night Live
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
The Oscars
SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
Love, Death + Robots
SHORT FORM COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
J.B. Smoove, Mapleworth Murders
ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Keke Palmer, Turnt Up With The Taylors
SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man
SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
Love, Death + Robots
SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
Lovecraft Country
SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
The Queen’s Gambit
SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
Ted Lasso
SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
The Mandalorian
SOUND MIXING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
The Queen’s Gambit
SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
David Byrne’s American Utopia
SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SEASON OR A MOVIE
The Mandalorian
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SINGLE EPISODE
Star Trek: Discovery
STUNT COORDINATION
The Mandalorian
STUNT PERFORMANCE
The Mandalorian
TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SPECIAL
Hamilton
WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
The Social Dilemma
WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Bo Burnham: Inside
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION (JURIED) — SIX-WAY TIE
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal
Love, Death + Robots (4)
The Simpsons
COMMERCIAL
You Can’t Stop Us – Nike
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING (JURIED)
76 Days: Pluto
INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING (JURIED)
For All Mankind: Time Capsule
INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience
MOTION DESIGN (JURIED)
Calls