The 63rd Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 10, 2011 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. This is in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Governor's Award John Walsh
Programs + Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Hoarders (A&E) Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo) MythBusters (Discovery Channel) Undercover Boss (CBS) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (HBO) Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking (HBO) Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO) The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO) American Masters (PBS) 30 for 30 (ESPN) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel) Biography (Bio) Moguls and Movie Stars (TCM) Pioneers of Television (PBS) Gettysburg (History) Becoming Chaz (OWN) His Way (HBO) Jaws: The Inside Story (Bio) Stand Up to Cancer (ABC / CBS / NBC) Futurama: "The Late Philip J. Fry" (Comedy Central) The Cleveland Show: "Murray Christmas" (Fox) Robot Chicken: "Star Wars Episode III" (Adult Swim) The Simpsons: "Angry Dad: The Movie" (Fox) South Park: "Crack Baby Athletic Association" (Comedy Central) Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa (ABC) Adventure Time: "It Came from the Nightosphere" (Cartoon Network) Regular Show: "Mordecai and the Rigbys" (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken: "Robot Chicken's DP Christmas Special" (Adult Swim) SpongeBob SquarePants: "That Sinking Feeling" (Nickelodeon) A Child's Garden of Poetry (HBO) Degrassi (TeenNick) iCarly (Nickelodeon) Victorious (Nickelodeon) Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics (Nickelodeon) Masterclass (HBO) 64th Tony Awards (CBS) 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS) 68th Golden Globe Awards (NBC) 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) The Daily Show Correspondents Explain (thedailyshow.com) 30 Rock: The Webisodes (NBC.com) Jay Leno's Garage (jaylenosgarage.com) Writer's Draft (Fox Movie Channel) Freedom Riders (PBS) Gasland (HBO) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (PBS)
Acting + Paul McCrane as Josh Peyton on Harry's Law (Episode: "With Friends Like These") (NBC) Beau Bridges as Nick Brody on Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "Brody") (ABC) Bruce Dern as Frank Harlow on Big Love (Episode: "D.I.V.O.R.C.E.") (HBO) Jeremy Davies as Dickie Bennett on Justified (Episode: "Reckoning") (FX) Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning on The Good Wife (Episode: "Real Deal") (CBS) Robert Morse as Bert Cooper on Mad Men (Episode: "Blowing Smoke") (AMC) Loretta Devine as Adele Webber on Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "This is How We Do It") (ABC) Cara Buono as Dr. Faye Miller on Mad Men (Episode: "Chinese Wall") (AMC) Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson on Shameless (Episode: "Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father") (Showtime) Randee Heller as Ida Blankenship on Mad Men (Episode: "The Beautiful Girls") (AMC) Mary McDonnell as Capt. Sharon Raydor on The Closer (Episode: "Help Wanted") (TNT) Julia Stiles as Lumen Pierce on Dexter (Episode: "In the Beginning") (Showtime) Alfre Woodard as Ruby Jean Reynolds on True Blood (Episode: "Night on the Sun") (HBO) Justin Timberlake as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake") (NBC) Will Arnett as Devin Banks on 30 Rock (Episode: "Plan B") (NBC) Matt Damon as Carol Burnett on 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword") (NBC) Idris Elba as Lenny on The Big C (Episode: "Blue-Eyed Iris") (Showtime) Zach Galifianakis as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Zach Galifianakis") (NBC) Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman on Modern Family (Episode: "Boys' Night") (ABC) Gwyneth Paltrow as Holly Holliday on Glee (Episode: "The Substitute") (Fox) Elizabeth Banks as Avery Jessup on 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword") (NBC) Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes on Glee (Episode: "Rumours") (Fox) Tina Fey as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey") (NBC) Dot-Marie Jones as Coach Beiste on Glee (Episode: "Never Been Kissed") (Fox) Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw on Raising Hope (Episode: "Don't Vote for this Episode") (Fox) Maurice LaMarche as Lrrr and Orson Welles on Futurama (Episode: "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences") (Comedy Central) Bob Bergen as Porky Pig on The Looney Tunes Show (Episode: "Jailbird and Jailbunny") (Cartoon Network) Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Barney Gumble, and Louie on The Simpsons (Episode: "Donnie Fatso") (Fox) Seth Green as Various Characters on Robot Chicken (Episode: "Catch Me If You Kangaroo Jack") (Adult Swim) Christopher Plummer as Narrator on Moguls and Movie Stars (Episode: "The Birth of Hollywood") (TCM) Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young on Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Come on Over for Dinner") (ABC)
Art Direction + Hot in Cleveland (Episodes: "Sisterhood of the Traveling SPANX", "I Love Lucci: Part Two", "LeBron Is Le Gone") (TV Land) The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The Love Car Displacement", "The 21-Second Excitation", "The Agreement Dissection") (CBS) How I Met Your Mother (Episodes: "Subway Wars", "Natural History") (CBS) Mike & Molly (Episode: "Pilot") (CBS) Rules of Engagement (Episodes: "Last of the Red Hat Lovers", "Singing and Dancing", "The Set Up") (CBS) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) The Borgias (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding") (Showtime) Mad Men (Episode: "Public Relations") (AMC) Modern Family (Episode: "Halloween") (ABC) True Blood (Episode: "Beautifully Broken") (HBO) Mildred Pierce (HBO) Downton Abbey (PBS) The Kennedys (ReelzChannel) Upstairs Downstairs (PBS) 2010 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV) 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) American Idol (Episode: "Episode 1018") (Fox) Gettysburg (History) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Russell Brand") (NBC)
Casting + Glee – Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson (Fox) 30 Rock – Jennifer McNamara Shroff and Katja Blichfeld (NBC) The Big C – Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson (Showtime) Modern Family – Jeff Greenberg (ABC) Nurse Jackie – Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson (Showtime) Boardwalk Empire – Ellen Lewis and Meredith Tucker (HBO) Game of Thrones – Nina Gold and Robert Sterne (HBO) The Good Wife – Mark Saks (CBS) The Killing – Junie Lowry-Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Stuart Aikins, Corrine Clark and Jennifer Page (AMC) Mad Men – Laura Schiff and Carrie Audino (AMC) Mildred Pierce – Laura Rosenthal (HBO) Cinema Verite – Randi Hiller (HBO) Downton Abbey – Jill Trevellick (PBS) Too Big to Fail – Alexa L. Fogel and Christine Kromer (HBO) Upstairs Downstairs – Andy Pryor (PBS)
Choreography + Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Scars", "Fallin", "Outta Your Mind") (Fox) (TIE) Mia Michaels – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Alice in Mia-Land 'Every Little Thing She Does is Magic'", "When We Dance", "This Bitter Earth – On the Nature of Daylight") (Fox) (TIE) Mark Ballas – Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "Jive I Write Sins Not Tragedies", "Viennese Waltz 'Hedwigs Theme (Theme from Harry Potter)'", "Slow Waltz 'My Love'") (ABC) Stacey Tookey – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Mad World", "Sundrenched World", "Heaven is a Place on Earth") (Fox) Travis Wall – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Collide", "How it Ends", "Fix You") (Fox)
Cinematography + Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers") (CBS) How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Hopeless") (CBS) Pair of Kings (Episode: "Return of the Kings") (Disney Channel) Retired at 35 (Episode: "Rocket Man") (TV Land) Rules of Engagement (Episode: "Uh Oh, It's Magic") (CBS) Wizards of Waverly Place (Episode: "Dancing with Angels") (Disney Channel) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Home") (HBO) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "A Return to Normalcy") (HBO) The Borgias (Episodes: "The Poisoned Chalice" / "The Assassin") (Showtime) The Good Wife (Episode: "Double Jeopardy") (CBS) Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS) The Kennedys (Episode: "Life Sentences") (ReelzChannel) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO) The Pillars of the Earth (Episode: "Legacy") (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Episode: "Haiti") (Travel Channel) American Masters (Episode: "Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor and the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter") (PBS) Gasland (HBO) Gettysburg (History) If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (HBO) Whale Wars (Episode: "To the Ends of the Earth") (Animal Planet) Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Redemption Day") (Discovery Channel) The Amazing Race (Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win") (CBS) Intervention (Episode: "Rachel") (A&E) Survivor (Episode: "Rice Wars") (CBS) Top Chef (Episode: "Give Me Your Huddled Masses") (Bravo)
Commercial + "Born of Fire" (Chrysler) "Baby" (McDonald's) "Baby Driver" (Subaru) "Conan" (American Express) "Polar Bear" (Nissan) "Questions" (Old Spice Body Wash)
Costuming + The Borgias (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding") (Showtime) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Anastasia") (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Pointy End") (HBO) Glee (Episode: "New York") (Fox) Mad Men (Episode: "The Beautiful Girls") (AMC) Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS) Cinema Verite (HBO) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO) Upstairs Downstairs (PBS) Gettysburg (History) (TIE) Portlandia (Episode: "Farm") (IFC) (TIE)
Directing + Josh Fox for Gasland (HBO) Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato for Becoming Chaz (OWN) Kent Jones and Martin Scorsese for American Masters (Episodes: "A Letter to Elia" / "Reflecting on Kazan") (PBS) Paul Starkman for Top Chef (Bravo) Bertram van Munster for The Amazing Race (CBS) Lonny Price for Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (PBS) Laurie-Ann Gibson for Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO) Louis J. Horvitz for 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS) Don Mischer for 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) Glenn Weiss for 64th Tony Awards (CBS)
Hairstyling + Mad Men (Episode: "Christmas Comes But Once a Year") (AMC) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episode: "A Golden Crown") (HBO) Glee (Episode: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle") (Fox) Mad Men (Episode: "Hands and Knees") (AMC) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1106") (ABC) America's Got Talent (Episode: "Episode 529") (NBC) iCarly (Episode; "iStart a Fan War") (Nickelodeon) The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Anne Hathaway") (NBC) The Kennedys (ReelzChannel) Cinema Verite (HBO) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO) The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Hosting + Jeff Probst for Survivor (CBS) Tom Bergeron for Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Cat Deeley for So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Phil Keoghan for The Amazing Race (CBS) Ryan Seacrest for American Idol (Fox)
Interactive Media + Oscar Digital Experience (ABC) Conan O'Brien Presents: Team Coco (TBS) Fringe: Division (Fox) Grey's Anatomy Sync (ABC) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Lighting Design / Direction + So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Season 7 Finale: Part 2") (Fox) American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) Conan (Episode: "Love Gets Liposuctioned") (TBS) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1204A") (ABC) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Episode: "Michel Gondry Directs") (ABC) 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS) 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO)
Main Title Design + Game of Thrones (HBO) Any Human Heart (PBS) Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Rubicon (AMC) Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Make-up