59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The 59th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium on September 8, 2007, and were hosted by comedian-actor Carlos Mencia. The ceremony was broadcast a week later on September 15 on E!, the night before the Primetime telecast on Fox. 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:Acting
Achievement in Engineering Development
- Teranex
- TM Systems QC Station
- * OSRAM HMI Metal Halide Lamp Technology
Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour)
- South Park
- *
- * Robot Chicken
- * The Simpsons
- * SpongeBob SquarePants
Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or more)
- '
- * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- * '
- * Secrets of the Deep
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- Jane Eyre
- * Broken Trail
- * Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Return to Halloweentown
- * The Starter Wife
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
- How I Met Your Mother
- * The Class
Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
- Rome
- * Deadwood
- * Heroes
- * Shark
- * The Tudors
- * Ugly Betty
Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program
- 79th Academy Awards
- Tony Bennett: An American Classic
- * Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo
- * Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of The Mayflower
- * Engineering an Empire
- * Hell's Kitchen
- * MADtv
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
- Ugly Betty
- * 30 Rock
- * Desperate Housewives
- * Entourage
- * Weeds
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
- Friday Night Lights
- * Brothers & Sisters
- * Grey's Anatomy
- * Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- * The Tudors
Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- Broken Trail
- * Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Jane Eyre
- * The Path to 9/11
- * The Ron Clark Story
- * The Starter Wife
Outstanding Children's Program
- Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Private Worlds: Kids and Autism
- * Hannah Montana
- * The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- * That's So Raven
- * When Parents are Deployed
Outstanding Choreography
- John DeLuca and Rob Marshall for Tony Bennett: An American Classic
- Mia Michaels for So You Think You Can Dance
- Wade Robson for So You Think You Can Dance
- * Louis Van Amstel for Dancing with the Stars
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Broken Trail
- * Jane Eyre
- * The Path to 9/11
- * The Valley of Light
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
- Two and a Half Men
- * According to Jim
- * Rules of Engagement
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
- Rome
- *
- * Deadwood
- * The Sopranos
- * Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
- Planet Earth
- * Deadliest Catch
- * Meerkat Manor
- * This American Life
- * When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming
- The Amazing Race
- * Dirty Jobs
- * Intervention
- * Project Runway
- * Top Chef
Outstanding Commercial
- "Animals"
- * "Battle"
- * "Happiness Factory"
- * "Jar"
- * "Pinball"
- * "Singing Cowboy"
- * "Snowball"
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- Jane Eyre
- * Broken Trail
- * Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Longford
- * The Starter Wife
Outstanding Costumes for a Series
- The Tudors
- * Deadwood
- * Desperate Housewives
- * Rome
- * Ugly Betty
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Television Program or Series
- The Fallen Alternate Reality Game
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
- Spike Lee for When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
- * Kevin Burns for
- * Lauren Greenfield for Thin
- * Rory Kennedy for Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
- * Christopher Wicha for This American Life
Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
- A Lion in the House
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
- * American Experience
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- Jane Eyre
- * 79th Academy Awards
- * Broken Trail
- * Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series
- Rome
- * Dancing with the Stars
- * Deadwood
- * Desperate Housewives
- * Ugly Betty
Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for VMC Programming
- 49th Grammy Awards
- * 79th Academy Awards
- * American Idol
- * Dancing with the Stars
- * Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Outstanding Main Title Design
- Dexter
- * Hu$tle
- * The Lost Room
- * The Path to 9/11
- * Standoff
- * Ugly Betty
Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Broken Trail
- * Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of The Mayflower
- *
- * The Starter Wife
Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)
- Deadwood
- *
- * Dancing with the Stars
- * MADtv
- * Rome
Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Prosthetic)
- House
- *
- * Grey's Anatomy
- * MADtv
- * Nip/Tuck
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
- Two and a Half Men
- * American Idol
- * The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- * Dancing with the Stars
- * How I Met Your Mother
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Dramatic Underscore)
- Jeff Beal for '
- * Todd Boekelheide for Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
- * John Cameron for The Path to 9/11
- * George S. Clinton for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * David Mansfield and Van Dyke Parks for Broken Trail
- * Rob Lane for Longford
- * Joseph LeDuca for '
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
- George Fenton for Planet Earth
- * Jeff Beal for Rome
- * Sean Callery for 24
- * John M. Keane for
- * Mark Snow for Ghost Whisperer
- * W. G. Snuffy Walden for Kidnapped
Outstanding Music Direction
- 79th Academy Awards
- * 60th Tony Awards
- * Dancing with the Stars
- * Scrubs
Outstanding Nonfiction Series
- Planet Earth
- * American Masters
- * Biography
- * Deadliest Catch
- * Inside the Actors Studio
Outstanding Nonfiction Special
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
- * AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies
- * Blood Diamonds
- * Brando
- *
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
- The Tudors
- * 30 Rock
- * Dexter
- * Hu$tle
- * On the Lot
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- Saturday Night Live
- * Family Guy
- * MADtv
- * Scrubs
- * Scrubs
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera)
- Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo
- * 79th Academy Awards
- * Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
- * Tony Bennett: An American Classic
- * A Tribute to James Taylor
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
- * AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies
- * Deadliest Catch
- * Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
- * Meerkat Manor
- * Planet Earth
Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming
- The Amazing Race
- * American Idol
- *
- * Project Runway
- * Survivor
Outstanding Reality Program
- '
- * Antiques Roadshow
- * Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
- * '
- *
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
- The Office
- * My Name Is Earl
- * My Name Is Earl
- * Weeds
- * Weeds
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
- Dexter
- * Heroes
- * Lost
- * The Sopranos
- * The Sopranos
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- The Path to 9/11
- * Broken Trail
- * Jane Eyre
- * Life Support
- * The Starter Wife
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Broken Trail
- * '
- * The Path to 9/11
- * '
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
- 24
- * Battlestar Galactica
- *
- * ER
- * Lost
- * Smallville
Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
- Planet Earth
- * The Amazing Race
- * American Masters
- * Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
- * When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
- Entourage
- Scrubs
- * 30 Rock
- * My Name Is Earl
- * The Office
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
- ' '
- * 24
- * Boston Legal
- * Deadwood
- * Heroes
- * The Sopranos''
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Broken Trail
- * Jane Eyre
- *
- * The Lost Room
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety, Music Series, or Special
- Tony Bennett: An American Classic
- * 49th Grammy Awards
- * 79th Academy Awards
- * The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- * The Magic Flute
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
- American Masters
- * The Amazing Race
- * Deadliest Catch
- * Planet Earth
- * When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Outstanding Stunt Coordination
- '
- * 24
- * '
- * ER
- * Heroes
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- American Idol
- * 49th Grammy Awards
- * 79th Academy Awards
- * Comic Relief 2006
- *
- * Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show starring Prince
- * Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series
- Saturday Night Live
- * American Idol
- * Dancing with the Stars
- * Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- * Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Outstanding Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- '
- * Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- * Drive
- * '
- * The Path to 9/11
- * Secrets of the Deep
Outstanding Visual Effects for a Series
- Battlestar Galactica
- * Eureka
- * Grey's Anatomy
- * Heroes
- * Rome