‘The Queen’s Gambit’ wins nine awards
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ topped the 2021 Creative Arts Emmys, presented across three ceremonies over Saturday and Sunday, with Netflix’s chess-themed drama collecting nine awards including for casting, cinematography, costumes, editing, makeup, production design, score, sound editing and sound mixing.
The Mandalorian followed with seven Emmys, including one for composer Ludwig Göransson—his second consecutive win for the Disney+ series. RuPaul’s Drag Race won five awards, with host RuPaul scoring his sixth consecutive win and 10th Emmy. Saturday Night Live also collected five awards, bringing the live series, which returns for its 47th season on Oct. 2, to 83 Emmy wins.
Guest acting Emmys went to Lovecraft Country’s Courtney B. Vance and The Crown’s Claire Foy on the drama side and SNL hosts Maya Rudolph and Dave Chappelle on the comedy side.
Rudolph’s guest-acting win was her fourth Emmy, with the actress winning her third TV award earlier in the day for her character voiceover performance in the animated series Big Mouth Sterling K. Brown won his third Emmy, for his narration of Lincoln: Divided We Stand, and Stanley Tucci won his fourth Emmy, for hosted nonfiction series or special for Searching for Italy. MTV Documentary Films scored its first Emmy for 76 Days, which chronicles the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, winning in the category of exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking.
Apple TV+’s Boys State collected the Emmy for documentary or nonfiction special; Disney+’s Secrets of the Whales, executive produced by James Cameron, grabbed the trophy for documentary or nonfiction series; and Queer Eye topped the category for a structured reality program. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man was honored for short form nonfiction or reality series, with executive producer and host Emmanuel Acho accepting the award wearing a suit with the written names of individuals killed by police brutality. “Let’s continue to love and care for one another,” he urged. A win for Love, Death and Robots, for short form animated program, delivered Emmys to a team that included Deadpool director Tim Miller — who thanked Netflix for taking on the show “that no one wanted to do” — as well as David Fincher and Jennifer Yuh Nelson.
Winners from The Queen’s Gambit included composer Carlos Rafael Rivera, who saluted creator Scott Frank’s “brave direction”; editor Michelle Tesoro; and sound designer Wylie Stateman — a nine-time Academy Award-nominee for films including Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Numerous members of the Queen’s Gambit team have worked with Frank before, including on Godless. “That team is like a family,” said Tesoro. “It’s just nice when you love everybody on the team and it’s fun. It’s all about showing up to work and appreciating everything.”
Mandalorian composer Ludwig Göransson won his second consecutive Emmy for the Disney+ series. Göransson is also one Tony away from EGOT, as he additionally earned an Oscar for the Black Panther score and has won three Grammys, including for song of the year and record of the year for “This is America,” as well as for the Black Panther soundtrack.