The 59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in

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. The awards were presented on September 8, 2007, in a ceremony hosted by

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. The ceremony was broadcast by E! on September 15, preceding the

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on September 16. A total of 80 Creative Arts Emmys were presented across 66 categories. ''

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'' received five wins from 11 nominations, leading all programs in both wins and nominations. ''

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'' and ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'' tied for the second-most awards with four each, followed by ''

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'', and '' When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts'' with three each. '' The 60th Annual Tony Awards'', ''

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'', '' Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List'', ''

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'', ''When the Levees Broke'', and '' Where's Lazlo?'' won Emmys in their respective overall program fields.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2006–2007 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.

Programs

Performing

Animation

Art Direction

Casting

Choreography

Cinematography

Commercial

Costumes

Directing

Hairstyling

Lighting Direction

Main Title Design

Makeup

Music

Picture Editing

Sound Editing

Sound Mixing

Special Visual Effects

Stunt Coordination

Technical Direction

Writing

Special awards

Governors Award

The Governors Award, recognizing an individual or group "whose works stand out with the immediacy of current achievement", was presented to two programs: * ''

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" (Fox) was recognized for raising "more than $75 million to benefit relief programs for children and young people in extreme poverty in America and Africa". * The Addiction Project (HBO) was "an unprecedented multi-platform and outreach campaign ..aimed at helping Americans understand

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Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development

One

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, four plaques, and one certificate of recognition were presented to recognize engineering achievements: * The Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Howard A. Anderson for his visual effects work. * Plaques for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development went to TM Systems' QC Station, Osram Sylvania Products' OSRAM HMI Metal Halide Lamp Technology, Digital Vision's DVNR Image Processing Hardware-DVO Image Process Software, and

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's Teranex Video Computer. * A Certificate of Achievement, recognizing a historic contribution to television technology, was presented to Sycom for its work on the

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Syd Cassyd Founders Award

The Syd Cassyd Founders Award was presented to Rich Frank, former television executive and president of the Television Academy, for his "significant positive impact on the Academy through isefforts and service over many years of involvement".

Nominations and wins by program

For the purposes of the lists below, any wins in juried categories are assumed to have a prior nomination.

Nominations and wins by network

Presenters

The following individuals presented awards at the ceremony: *

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Ceremony information

Carlos Mencia performing in Anchorage, Alaska 2010

The 59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were executive produced by Lee Miller and John Moffitt, produced by Spike Jones Jr. through his company SJ2 Entertainment, and directed by Chris Donovan. Comedian

was announced as the host in August. Nominations were announced on July 19, a week later than usual due to changes in voting rules. The awards were presented on September 8 in a four-hour ceremony at the

, which was then edited into a two-hour broadcast shown on E! on September 15, the day before the main ceremony on

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. Major rule changes for this year's Creative Arts categories included: * Public performances taped for television were moved from Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special to Outstanding Special Class Program. * Broadband programs were allowed to compete in categories alongside cable and broadcast programs. * So-called "dangling" episodes – episodes of an eligible program airing outside of the eligibility window – now qualified for awards in the same year that the program was competing. Previously, such episodes were ineligible for any awards.

Notes

References

External links

59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
at Emmys.com *
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website
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