Creative Arts Emmys 2017: ‘Big Little Lies,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Westworld’ Win Big

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Emmys Week 2017 kicked off this past weekend with the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, a two-night extravaganza honoring the outstanding artistic and technical achievements of our favorite shows. Traditionally, the Creative Arts Emmys are a good indication of who will win Primetime Emmy gold, and this year was no different.

Netflix‘s Stranger Things collected five awards over the two nights, winning big awards for casting, original main title music, and main title design, among others. The hit HBO fantasy/sci-fi series Westworld also racked up five wins in categories that recognize the show’s incredible attention to detail, including visual effects, hairstyling, and makeup.

On the limited-series and TV movie front, Big Little Lies took home three statuettes for casting, music supervision, and contemporary costumes. The major casting accolade is particularly important for the BLL and Stranger Things teams, as a win in this category at the Creative Arts Emmys has traditionally been a harbinger of wins at the Primetime ceremony.

Other big wins include Alexis Bledel for her short but memorable turn in The Handmaid’s Tale and the unbelievable Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer in Saturday Night Live. The actresses won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama and Comedy awards, respectively.

If you’re interested in seeing this weekend’s event, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will air on Saturday, September 16th at 8 pm on FXX.

Scroll below to check out the full list of winners from this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.

Full List of Winners, Night 1:

Outstanding Host for a Reality/Reality-Competition Program: RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Outstanding Special Class Program: 70th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Outstanding Choreography: TIE — Mandy Moore, Dancing With the Stars (ABC), and Travis Wall, So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Outstanding Structured Reality Program: Shark Tank (ABC)
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program: United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program: Life Below Zero (National Geographic)
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program: Ava DuVernay and Spencer Averick, 13th (Netflix)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi Camera): The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (Hulu)
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: 13th (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voiceover Performance: Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy (Fox)
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: Planet Earth II (BBC America)
Outstanding Music Direction: Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (ABC)
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within an Unscripted Program: The Oscars (ABC)
Outstanding Interactive Program: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: O.J.: Made in America (ESPN)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program: Planet Earth II (BBC America)
Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program: O.J.: Made in America (ESPN)

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program: Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
Outstanding Animated Program: Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Governor’s Award: ITVS
Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic): Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Nonfiction Event or Award Special: Hairspray Live! (NBC)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi Camera): The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (Hulu)
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics: 13th, “Letter to the Free,” performed by Common (Netflix)
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series: Viceland at the Women’s March (Viceland)
Outstanding Informational Series or Special: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E)

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: Hairspray Live! (NBC)
Outstanding Narrator: Meryl Streep, Five Came Back
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality Competition Series: Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special: Hairspray Live! (NBC)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program: Bruce Ready, Born This Way (A&E)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program: RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming: Zaldy Goco and Perry Meek, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program: Sasha Alpert and Megan Sleeper, Born This Way (A&E)
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special: Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga (Fox)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special: Glenn Weiss, The Oscars (ABC)
Outstanding Variety Special: Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 (CBS)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner (TBS)
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: LA 92 (National Geographic)

Full List of Winners, Night 2:

Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Gerald McRaney (“This Is Us” — “The Big Day”)
Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Alexis Bledel (“The Handmaid’s Tale” — “Late”)
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Dave Chappelle (“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Dave Chappelle”)
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy (“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Melissa McCarthy”)

Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series: Kim Estes (“Dicks”)
Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series :Jane Lynch (“Dropping the Soap”)
Casting for a Drama Series: Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein Bennett & Chase Paris (“Stranger Things”)
Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: David Rubin (“Big Little Lies”)
Casting for a Comedy Series: Dorian Frankel & Sibby Kirchgessner (“Veep”)
Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour): David Miller (“Veep”)
Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour): Colin Watkinson (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series: Donald A. Morgan (“The Ranch”)
Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie: Fred Elmes (“The Night Of”)

Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score): Jeff Beal (“House of Cards” — “Chapter 63”)
Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score): Jeff Russo (“Fargo” — “Aporia”)
Original Main Title Theme Music: Michael Stein, Kyle Dixon (“Stranger Things”)
Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series: Jennifer Lilly (“Master of None”)
Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series: Peter Chakos (“The Big Bang Theory”)
Stunt Coordination For a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie: James Lew (“Marvel’s Luke Cage”)
Period/ Fantasy Costumes for a Series, Limited Series or Movie: Michele Clapton, Alex Fordham, Emma O’Loughlin & Kate O’Farrell (“The Crown”)
Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More): Martin Childs, Mark Raggett & Celia Bobak (“The Crown”)

Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score): Jeff Russo (“Fargo” — “Aporia”)
Children’s Program: “Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas” (HBO)
Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less): Jim Gloster, Andrew Leitch & Kimberly Wannop (“Veep”)
Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More): Julie Berghoff, Evan Webber & Sophie Neudorfer (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour): Keith Rogers, Scott Weber, Roger Stevenson, Kyle O’Neal (“Westworld” — “The Bicameral Mind”)
Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program: Eddie Perez (“Shameless”)
Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program: HBO, Kilter Films & Bad Robot (“Westworld”)
Commercial: John X Hannes & Smuggler (“Calling JohnMalkovich.com – Squarespace”)
Special Visual Effects: Jay Worth, Elizabeth Castro, Joe Wehmeyer, Eric Levin-Hatz, Bobo Skipper, Gustav Ahren, Paul Ghezzo, Mitchell S. Drain, Michael Lantieri (“Westworld” — “The Bicameral Mind”)

Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role: Thomas Mahoney, Matthew Wheelon Hunt, Alex Gitler, Sina San, Michael Capton, Jon Anastasiades, Ryan Bauer, Mark Anthony Nazal, Randy Little (“Gotham” — “Heavydirtysoul”)
Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie: Chris Clark, Ralph Michael Abalos, Wendy Southard & Helena Cepeda (“Feud: Bette & Joan”)
Music Supervision: Susan Jacobs (“Big Little Lies” — “You Get What You Need”)
Sound Editing for a Series: Bradley North, Craig Henighan, Jordan Wilby, Jonathan Golodner, Tiffany S. Griffth, Sam Munoz, Sam Munoz, David Klotz, Noel Vought & Ginger Geary (“Stranger Things”)
Sound Mixing For a Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation: Andy D’Addario, Gary Gegan, Marco Fiumara (“Mozart in the Jungle” — “Now I Will Sing”)
Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: Nicholas Renbeck, Marissa Littlefield, Steve Visscher, Ruth Hernandez, Sara Stern, Luciano Vignola, Odin Benitez, Ruy Garcia, Wyatt Sprague, Warren Shaw, Roland Vajs, Heather Gross, Dan Evans Farkas, Grant Conway & Marko Costanzo (“The Night Of”)
Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special: Eryn Krueger Mekash, Michael Mekash, David Leroy Anderson, James Mackinnon, Jason Hamer, Melanie Eichner, Cristina Himiob,  Maiko Chiba (“American Horror Story: Roanoke”)
Sound Mixing For A Limited Series or Movie: Nicholas Renbeck, Michael Barry, Felix Andrew, Larry Hoff (“The Night Of” — “The Beach”)
Short Form Comedy or Drama Series: “Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training”: “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series: Joey Zapata, Pavy Olivarez, Bruce Samia & Donna Anderson (“Westworld”)
Main Title Design: Michelle Dougherty, Peter Frankfurt, Arisu Kashiwagi, Eric Demeusy (“Stranger Things”)
Contemporary Costumes for a Series, Limited Series or Movie: Alix Friedberg, Risa Garcia & Patricia McLaughlin (“Big Little Lies”)

Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie: Jay Cassidy & Nick Houy (“The Night Of”)
Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic): Eryn Krueger Mekash, Robin Beauschense, Tym Buacharern, Kim Ayers, Becky Cotton, David Williams (“Feud: Bette and Joan”)
Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series: Dean Zimmerman (“Stranger Things”)
Original Interactive Program: Felix & Paul Studios (“The People’s House – Inside the White House With Barack and Michelle Obama”)
Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic): Christien Tinsley, Myriam Arougheti, Gerald Quist, Lydia Milars, Ed French (“Westworld” — “The Original”)