The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
s presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. They are commonly awarded to behind-the-scenes personnel such as
production designers, set decorators,
video editor
A video editor is involved in video production and the post-production of film making. The video editor's responsibilities involve decisions about the selection and combining of shots into sequences, as well as the addition of accompanying so ...
s,
costume designer
A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...
s,
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
s,
casting director
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s, and
sound editors.
The Creative Arts category also includes awards for outstanding animated programs, commercials, and guest actors.
Both the Primetime and Daytime awards each present their Creative Arts Emmys at separate Creative Arts ceremonies on the weekend before their respective main ceremonies. Both the primary and the creative arts for sports are all given away at one ceremony.
Award categories
See also
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List of American television awards
This list of American television awards is an index to articles about notable awards that are or were given by several organizations for contributions in various fields of television in the United States.
General
Emmy awards
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References
External links
Primetime Emmy AwardsDaytime Emmy AwardsSports Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards
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