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.

Winners and nominees

See also: 59th Primetime Emmy Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Outstanding Acting

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Stanley Tucci as David Ruskin on Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Actor") (USA) Beau Bridges as Carlton “Carl” Hickey on My Name is Earl (Episode: "Guess Who’s Coming Out of Joy?") (NBC) Martin Landau as Bob Ryan on Entourage (Episode: "What About Bob?") (HBO) Ian McKellen as Himself on Extras (Episode: "Sir Ian McKellen") (HBO) Giovanni Ribisi as Ralph Mariano on My Name is Earl (Episode: "Van Hickey") (NBC)	Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy on 30 Rock (Episode: "Hiatus") (NBC) Dixie Carter as Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Children and Art") (ABC) Salma Hayek as Sofia Reyes on Ugly Betty (Episode: "Sofia’s Choice") (ABC) Judith Light as Claire Meade on Ugly Betty (Episode: "Brothers") (ABC) Laurie Metcalf as Carolyn Bigsby on Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Listen to the Rain on the Roof") (ABC)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
John Goodman as Judge Robert Bebe on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Episode: "Nevada Day") (NBC) Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson on Boston Legal (Episode: "Guise ‘n’ Dolls") (ABC) Tim Daly as J. T. Dolan on The Sopranos (Episode: "Walk Like a Man") (HBO) David Morse as Michael Tritter on House (Episode: "Finding Judas") (Fox) Eli Wallach as Eli Weintraub on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Episode: "The Wrap Party") (NBC) Forest Whitaker as Curtis Ames on ER (Episode: "Murmers of the Heart") (NBC)	Leslie Caron as Lorraine Chalmers on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Recall") (NBC) Kate Burton as Ellis Grey on Grey’s Anatomy (Episode: "Wishin’ and Hopin’") (ABC) Marcia Gay Harden as Dana Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Informed") (NBC) Elizabeth Reaser as Jane Doe on Grey’s Anatomy (Episode: "My Favorite Mistake") (ABC) Jean Smart as Martha Logan on 24 (Episode: "Day 6: 6:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.") (Fox)

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than One Hour)

• South Park — "Make Love, Not Warcraft"
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender — "City of Walls and Secrets"
  • Robot Chicken — "Lust for Puppets"
  • The Simpsons — "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
  • SpongeBob SquarePants — "Bummer Vacation / Wigstruck"

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming One Hour or more)

• Camp Lazlo: Where’s Lazlo?
  • Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends — "Good Wilt Hunting"
  • Hellboy: Sword of Storms
  • Secrets of the Deep

Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

• Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)
  • 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 — "Aldrin Justice", "Something Borrowed", "Something Blue"
  • The Class — "Pilot"

Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series

• Rome — "Heroes of the Republic", "Philippi", "Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)"
  • Deadwood — "Tell Your God To Ready For Blood", "True Colors", "Amateur Night"
  • Heroes — "Genesis"
  • Shark — "Teacher’s Pet"
  • The Tudors — "In Cold Blood"
  • Ugly Betty — "The Box and the Bunny"

Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program

• 79th Academy Awards (tie)
• Tony Bennett: An American Classic (tie)
  • Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo
  • Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of The Mayflower
  • Engineering an Empire — "Egypt"
  • Hell’s Kitchen — "Episode 210"
  • MADtv — "Episode 1209"

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 (Masterpiece Theatre)
  • 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
  • That’s So Raven
  • The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
  • When Parents are Deployed

Outstanding Choreography

• John DeLuca & Rob Marshall for Tony Bennett: An American Classic (tie)
• Mia Michaels for So You Think You Can Dance — "Calling You" (tie)
• Wade Robson for So You Think You Can Dance — "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" (tie)
  • Louis Van Amstel for Dancing With the Stars — "Episode 303"

Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Broken Trail — "Part 1"
  • Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre) — "Part 1"
  • The Path to 9/11 — "Part 2"
  • The Valley of Light

Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series

• Two and a Half Men — "Release the Dogs"
  • According to Jim — "Hoosier Daddy"
  • Rules of Engagement — "Jeff’s Wooby"

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series

• Rome — "Passover"
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — "Built to Kill", Part 1
  • Deadwood — "Catbird Seat"
  • The Sopranos — "Soprano Home Movies"
  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — "Pilot"

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming

• Planet Earth — "From Pole to Pole"
  • Deadliest Catch — "The Unforgiving Sea"
  • Meerkat Manor — "Family Affair"
  • This American Life — "God’s Close-Up"
  • When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

Outstanding Commercial

• Animals — American Express
  • Battle — Cingular
  • Happiness Factory — Coca-Cola
  • Jar — General Electric
  • Pinball — Pepsi
  • Singing Cowboy — TheTruth.com
  • Snowball — The Travelers Companies

Outstanding Costumes for a Series

• The Tudors — "Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!"
  • Deadwood — "Amateur Night"
  • Desperate Housewives — "Getting Married Today"
  • Rome — "De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)"
  • Ugly Betty — "I’m Coming Out"

Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

• Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre) — "Part 1"
  • Broken Trail — "Part 2"
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Longford
  • The Starter Wife — "Part 1"

Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming

• Spike Lee for When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
  • Kevin Burns for Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
  • Lauren Greenfield for Thin
  • Rory Kennedy for Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
  • Christopher Wicha for This American Life — "God’s Closeup"

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series

• Rome — "De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)"
  • Dancing with the Stars — "Episode 303"
  • Deadwood — "A Constant Throb"
  • Desperate Housewives — "It Takes Two"
  • Ugly Betty — "I’m Coming Out"

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

• Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)
  • 79th Academy Awards
  • Broken Trail
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Outstanding Lighting Direction (electronic, multicamera) for VMC Programming

• 49th Annual Grammy Awards
  • 79th Academy Awards
  • American Idol — "Finale"
  • Dancing with the Stars — "Episode 308"
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — "Episode 2408"

Outstanding Main Title Design

• Dexter
  • Hustle
  • The Lost Room
  • The Path to 9/11
  • Standoff
  • Ugly Betty

Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

• The Tudors — "Arise, My Lord"
  • 30 Rock — "Hard Ball"
  • Dexter
  • Hustle — "Episode 401"
  • On the Lot — "Episode 102A"

Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)

• Deadwood — "I Am Not The Man You Take Me For"
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — "Fannysmackin'"
  • Dancing with the Stars — "Episode 303"
  • MADtv — "Episode 1210"
  • Rome — "De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)"

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
  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
  • The Starter Wife

Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Prosthetic)

• House — "Que Sera Sera"
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — "Living Legend"
  • Grey’s Anatomy — "My Favorite Mistake"
  • MADtv
  • Nip/Tuck — "Conor McNamara, 2026"

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series

• Two and a Half Men — "Release the Dogs"
  • American Idol — "Idol Gives Back"
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — "Episode 12043"
  • Dancing with the Stars — "Episode 304"
  • How I Met Your Mother — "Slap Bet"

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

• George Fenton for Planet Earth — "From Pole to Pole"
  • Jeff Beal for Rome — "Philippi"
  • Sean Callery for 24 — "Day 6: 6:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m."
  • John M. Keane for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — "Law of Gravity"
  • Mark Snow for Ghost Whisperer — "Love Never Dies"
  • W. G. Snuffy Walden for Kidnapped — "Pilot"

Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Dramatic Underscore)

• Jeff Beal for Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King — "Battleground"
  • 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 The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines

Outstanding Music Direction

• 79th Academy Awards
  • 60th Tony Awards
  • Dancing with the Stars
  • Scrubs — "My Musical"

Outstanding Music & Lyrics

• Saturday Night Live — "Host: Justin Timberlake" (Song Title: "Dick in a Box")
  • Family Guy — "Peter’s Two Dads" (Song Title: "My Drunken Irish Dad")
  • MADtv — "Episode 1209" (Song Title: "Merry Ex-Mas")
  • Scrubs — "My Musical" (Song Title: "Everything Comes Down to Poo")
  • Scrubs — "My Musical" (Song Title: "Guy Love")

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
  • Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed

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 — "The Unforgiving Sea"
  • Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
  • Meerkat Manor — "Family Affair"
  • Planet Earth — "Mountains"

Outstanding Reality Program

• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  • Antiques Roadshow
  • Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  • Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series

• The Office — "The Job"
  • My Name is Earl — "Guess Who’s Coming Out of Joy?"
  • My Name is Earl — "The Trial"
  • Weeds — "Crush Girl Love Panic"
  • Weeds — "Mrs. Botwin’s Neighborhood"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series

• Dexter — "Dexter"
  • Heroes — "Genesis"
  • Lost — "Through the Looking Glass"
  • The Sopranos — "Soprano Home Movies"
  • The Sopranos — "The Second Coming"

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (tie)
• The Path to 9/11 — "Part 2" (tie)
  • Broken Trail — "Part 2"
  • Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre) — "Part 1"
  • Life Support
  • The Starter Wife — "Part 3"

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

• 24 — "Day 6: 10:00 p.m. — 11:00 p.m."
  • Battlestar Galactica — "Exodus", Part 2
  • CSI: Miami — "No Man’s Land"
  • ER — "Bloodline"
  • Lost — "A Tale of Two Cities"
  • Smallville — "Zod"

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Broken Trail — "Part 2"
  • The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines
  • The Path to 9/11 — "Part 1"
  • Tsunami: The Aftermath — "Part 1"

Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

• Planet Earth — "From Pole To Pole"
  • The Amazing Race — "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing"
  • American Masters — "Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built"
  • 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 — "One Day in the Valley" (tie)
• Scrubs — "My Musical" (tie)
  • 30 Rock — "Corporate Crush"
  • My Name is Earl — "Our Cops is On!"
  • The Office — "The Coup"

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — "Living Doll"
  • 24 — "Day 6: 10:00 p.m. — 11:00 p.m."
  • Boston Legal — "Lincoln"
  • Deadwood — "A Two-Headed Beast"
  • Heroes — "Genesis"
  • The Sopranos — "Stage 5"

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Broken Trail — "Part 2"
  • Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre) — "Part 1"
  • Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction
  • The Lost Room — "The Key and The Clock", Part 1

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety, Music Series, or Special

• Tony Bennett: An American Classic
  • 49th Annual Grammy Awards
  • 79th Academy Awards
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — "Episode 12061"
  • The Magic Flute (Great Performances)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

• American Masters — "Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built"
  • The Amazing Race — "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing"
  • Deadliest Catch — "The Unforgiving Sea"
  • Planet Earth — "From Pole to Pole"
  • When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

Outstanding Stunt Coordination

• CSI: Miami — "Rush"
  • 24 — "Day 6: 2:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m."
  • CSI: NY — "Sleight Out Of Hand"
  • ER — "Sleight Out Of Hand"
  • Heroes" — "Genesis"

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series

• Saturday Night Live — "Host: Alec Baldwin"
  • American Idol — "Bon Jovi"
  • Dancing with the Stars — "Episode 310"
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — "Jay-Z Show"
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — "Episode 2424"

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

• American Idol — "Idol Gives Back"
  • 49th Annual Grammy Awards
  • 79th Academy Awards
  • Comic Relief 2006
  • Dane Cook: Vicious Circle
  • Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show
  • Tony Bennett: An American Classic

Outstanding Visual Effects for a Series

• Battlestar Galactica — "Exodus", Part 2
  • Eureka — "Pilot"
  • Grey’s Anatomy — "Walk on Water"
  • Heroes — "Five Years Gone"
  • Rome — "Philippi"

Outstanding Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

• Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King — "Battleground"
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Drive — "The Starting Line"
  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King — "The End of the Whole Mess"
  • The Path to 9/11 — "Part 2"
  • Secrets of the Deep

Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development

• Teranex (tie)
• TM Systems QC Station (tie)
  • OSRAM HMI Metal Halide Lamp Technology

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Television Program or Series

• The Fallen Alternate Reality Game

Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Award

• A Lion in the House (tie)
• When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (tie)
  • American Experience — "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"

See also

• 59th Primetime Emmy Awards

External links

• 59th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees Emmy website