61st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

2009 American television programming awards
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & SciencesHosted byKathy GriffinMost awardsLittle Dorrit (4)Television/radio coverageNetworkE!
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The 61st Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12, 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles.[1] This was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and was presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. The ceremony was hosted by American comedian Kathy Griffin and was broadcast by E!.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:[2]

Programs

Programs
Outstanding Special Class Program
  • The Alzheimer's Project: "The Memory Loss Tapes" (HBO)
    • Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery (HBO)
  • 102 Minutes That Changed America (History)
    • The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum in Science (HBO)
    • Farrah's Story (NBC)
    • Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (ABC)
    • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO)
Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Less)
Outstanding Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Nonfiction Programs
Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs

Acting

Performing

Animation

Animation
  • Afro Samurai: Resurrection – Shigemi Ikeda (art director) (Spike TV)
  • Chowder – Joe Binggeli (background painter) (for "Shnitzel & The Lead Farfel") (Cartoon Network)
  • Moral Orel – Elizabeth Harvatine (character animator) (for "Sacrifice") (Cartoon Network)
  • Robot Chicken – Joshua A. Jennings (for "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II") (Cartoon Network)
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack – Chris Roszak (background painter) (for "Sea Legs") (Cartoon Network)
  • Underfist: Halloween Bash – Andy Suriano (character designer) (Cartoon Network)

Art Direction

Art Direction
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
  • Pushing Daisies (for "Dim Sum Lose Some") (ABC)
    • Bones (for "The Hero in the Hold") (FOX)
    • Heroes (for "Cold Snap") (NBC)
    • Mad Men (for "The Jet Set") (AMC)
    • True Blood (for "Burning House of Love," "Cold Ground," "Sparks Fly Out") (HBO)
    • The Tudors (for "The Northern Uprising," "Dissension and Punishment") (Showtime)
  • Grey Gardens (HBO)
  • Little Dorrit (PBS)

Casting

Casting
  • Little Dorrit (PBS)
    • Generation Kill (HBO)
    • Grey Gardens (HBO)
    • House of Saddam (HBO)
    • Into the Storm (HBO)

Choreography

Choreography

Cinematography

Cinematography
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
  • The Tudors – Ousama Rawi (for "Dissension and Punishment") (Showtime)
    • Breaking Bad – Michael Slovis (for "ABQ") (AMC)
    • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – James L. Carter (for "For Warrick") (CBS)
    • Life on Mars – Kramer Morgenthau (for "Out Here in the Fields") (ABC)
    • Mad Men – Christopher Manley (for "The New Girl") (AMC)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series
  • Californication – Michael Weaver (for "In Utero") (Showtime)
  • Little Dorrit – Lukas Strebel (for "Part 1") (PBS)
    • Generation Kill – Ivan Strasburg (for "Combat Jack") (HBO)
    • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story – John B. Aronson (TNT)
    • Grey Gardens – Mike Eley (HBO)
    • Into the Storm – Michel Amathieu (HBO)
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni (for "Laos") (Travel)
    • Deadliest Catch – Cinematography Team (for "Stay Focused or Die") (Discovery)
    • Expedition Africa – Cinematography Team (for "Lost in Africa") (History)
    • This American Life – Adam Beckman (for "John Smith") (Showtime)
    • Whale Wars – Robert G. Case (for "Nothing's Ideal") (Animal Planet)
  • Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment – Derek Carver, Michael Applebaum, John Armstrong, Marc Bennett, Eric Freeburg (for "What Did I Sign Up For?") (Discovery)
    • The Amazing Race – Per Larsson, Sylvestre Campe, Petr Cikhart, Tom Cunningham, Peter Rieveschl (for "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me") (CBS)
    • Intervention – Bryan Donnell (for "Chad") (A&E)
    • Survivor – Cinematography Team (for "The Camp Is Cursed") (CBS)
    • Top Chef – Time Spellman (for "The Last Supper") (Bravo)

Commercial

Commercial

Costuming

Costuming
  • Pushing Daisies (for "Bzzzzzzzzz!") (ABC)
    • Mad Men (for "Meditations in an Emergency") (AMC)
    • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (for "Pilot") (HBO)
    • The Tudors (for "Protestant Anne of Cleves") (Showtime)
    • Ugly Betty (for "In the Stars") (ABC)
  • Little Dorrit (for "Part 3") (PBS)
    • Grey Gardens (HBO)
    • House of Saddam (for "Part 1") (HBO)
    • Into the Storm (HBO)
    • The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (TNT)
  • So You Think You Can Dance (for "Episode 415/416A") (FOX)

Directing

Directing
  • Marina Zenovich for Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO)
    • Bertram van Munster for The Amazing Race (for "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me") (CBS)
    • Paul Starkman for Project Runway (for "Finale, Part 1") (Bravo)
    • Adam Beckman and Christopher Wilcha for This American Life (for "John Smith") (Showtime)
    • Steve Hryniewicz for Top Chef (for "The Last Supper") (Bravo)

Hairstyling

Hairstyling
  • Grey Gardens (HBO)
    • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (TNT)
    • House of Saddam (HBO)
    • Into the Storm (HBO)
    • Little Dorrit (PBS)

Interactive Media

Interactive Media

Lighting Design / Direction

Lighting Design / Direction

Main Title Design

Main Title Design

Makeup

Makeup
Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
  • MADtv (for "Episode 1405") (Fox)
    • Dancing with the Stars (for "Episode 804") (ABC)
    • Saturday Night Live (for "Host: Josh Brolin") (NBC)
    • So You Think You Can Dance (for "Episode 421/422A") (Fox)
Outstanding Make-up for a Miniseries or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)

Music

Music
  • 81st Annual Academy Awards (Song: "Hugh Jackman Opening Number") (ABC)
    • A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (Song: "Much Worse Things") (Comedy Central)
    • The 2008 ESPYS (Song: "I Love Sports") (ESPN)
    • Flight of the Conchords (Song: "Carol Brown") (HBO)
    • A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (Song: "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus") (NBC)
    • Saturday Night Live (Song: "Motherlover") (NBC)

Picture Editing

Picture Editing
  • Breaking Bad – Lynne Willingham (for "ABQ") (AMC)
    • Battlestar Galactica – Michael O'Halloran, Julius Ramsay, Andrew Seklir (for "Daybreak, Part 2") (Syfy)
    • Lost – Mark Goldman, Christopher Nelson, Stephen Semel (for "The Incident") (ABC)
    • Mad Men – Cindy Mollo (for "Maidenform") (AMC)
    • 24 – Scott Powell (for "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.") (Fox)
  • 30 Rock – Ken Eluto (for "Apollo, Apollo") (NBC)
    • How I Met Your Mother – Susan Federman (for "The Naked Man") (CBS)
    • The Office – Claire Scanlon (for "Dream Team") (NBC)
    • The Office – Dean Holland and David Rogers (for "Stress Relief") (NBC)
    • The Office – Stuart Bass (for "Two Weeks") (NBC)
  • Taking Chance – Lee Percy, Brian A. Kates (HBO)
    • Generation Kill – Oral Norrie Ottey (for "A Burning Dog") (HBO)
    • Generation Kill – Jason Krasucki (for "The Cradle of Civilization") (HBO)
    • Grey Gardens – Alan Heim, Lee Percy (HBO)
    • 24: Redemption – Scott Powell (FOX)
  • Project Runway – Jamie Pedroza, Mary DeChambres, Spiro Lampros, Richie Edelson, Maris Berzins, Matthew Moul, Steve Lichtenstein (for "Finale, Part 1") (Bravo)
    • The Amazing Race – Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Mike Bolanowski, Jennifer Nelson, Jacob Parsons (for "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me") (CBS)
    • The Celebrity Apprentice – Chris Simpson, Jeff Runyan, Jason Pedroza, Matthew Thomas Blair, Jason Steinberg, Kevin Manning (for "Grave Reservations") (NBC)
    • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Wes Paster, Matt Deitrich, Steve Mellon, Karin Hoving, Arek Hope, Hilary Scratch, Phil Stuben (for "The Martirez Family") (ABC)
    • Penn & Teller: Bullshit! – Steven Uhlenberg, Ian Sears, Brian Horn, Richard Erbeznik, Tim Sullivan (for "New Age Medicine") (Showtime)
    • Top Chef – Antonia Tighe, Alan Hoang, Adrienne Salisbury, Kevin Leffler, Katherine Griffin, Susan K. Hoover, LaRonda Morris (for "The Last Supper") (Bravo)
  • This American Life – Joe Beshenkovsky (for "John Smith") (Showtime)
    • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Jesse Fisher (for "Laos") (Travel)
    • Deadliest Catch – Kelly Coskran and Josh Earl (for "Stay Focused or Die") (Discovery)
    • 102 Minutes That Changed America – Seth Skundrick (History)
    • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired – Joe Bini (HBO)
  • Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger – Michael D. Schultz (HBO)
    • AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty – Michael Polito, Pi Ware, Oren Castro (USA)
    • A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All – Jason Baker (Comedy Central)
    • The Kennedy Center Honors – Michael Polito (CBS)
    • Ricky Gervais: Out of England — The Stand-Up Special – Booey Kober (HBO)

Sound

Sound
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
  • Battlestar Galactica (for "Daybreak, Part 2") (Syfy)
    • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (for "Mascara") (CBS)
    • Smallville (for "Bloodline") (The CW)
    • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (for "Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today") (FOX)
    • 24 (for "10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.") (FOX)
Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
  • 102 Minutes That Changed America (History)
    • The Amazing Race (for "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me") (CBS)
    • China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (HBO)
    • Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (American Masters) (PBS)
    • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
  • House (for "House Divided") (Fox)
    • Battlestar Galactica (for "Daybreak, Part 2") (Syfy)
    • Boston Legal (for "Last Call") (ABC)
    • Lost (for "The Incident") (ABC)
    • 24 (for "10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.") (Fox)
  • Generation Kill (for "The Cradle of Civilization") (HBO)
    • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (TNT)
    • Grey Gardens (HBO)
    • Taking Chance (HBO)
    • 24: Redemption (FOX)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
  • Entourage (for "Pie") (HBO)
  • Weeds (for "The Three Coolers") (Showtime)
    • Flight of the Conchords (for "Unnatural Love") (HBO)
    • The Office (for "Michael Scott Paper Company") (NBC)
    • Scrubs (for "My Jerks") (ABC)
    • 30 Rock (for "Kidney Now!") (NBC)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming

Special Visual Effects

Special Visual Effects
  • Heroes (for "The Second Coming" / "The Butterfly Effect") (NBC)
    • Battlestar Galactica (for "Daybreak, Part 2") (Syfy)
    • Fringe (for "Pilot") (Fox)
    • Ghost Whisperer (for "Ghost in the Machine") (CBS)
    • Sanctuary (for "Sanctuary for All") (Syfy)
  • Generation Kill (for "The Cradle of Civilization") (HBO)
    • Into the Storm (HBO)

Stunt Coordination

Stunt Coordination

Technical Direction

Technical Direction

Writing

Writing
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO)
    • American Experience (for "The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer") (PBS)
    • American Masters (for "Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About") (PBS)
    • Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (for "When I'm Bad, I'm Better — The Groundbreakers") (PBS)
    • Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (for "New Age Medicine") (Showtime)

References

  1. ^ "Tina Fey, Justin Timberlake Among Big Creative Arts Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 12, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Emmys.com list of 2009 Nominees & Winners

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