Creative Arts Emmys: Cinematography winners revealed

The 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards showcased the achievements of the best behind-the-camera talent in American television over the past year, with six categories dedicated to cinematography.

Saturday saw CBS’ Adele: One Night Only and Disney+’s The Beatles: Get Back earn five wins apiece. On Sunday, HBO and HBO Max enjoyed a raft of wins including for Euphoria and The White Lotus, and Netflix triumphed with Stranger Things, again with five wins for each series.

Other highlights of the Awards included Barack Obama becoming the second US president to win an Emmy (as narrator for Netflix’s Our Great National Parks).

Discover the six winners of the cinematography categories…

Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Dopesick (Hulu) – “Breakthrough Pain”
DP: Checco Varese ASC
20th Television, Danny Strong Productions, John Goldwyn Productions, the Littlefield Company

Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
How I Met Your Father (Hulu) – “Pilot”
DP: Garry Baum ASC
20^th Television

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Atlanta (FX) – “Three Slaps”
DP: Christian Sprenger
FX Productions

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max) – “The Theatre And Its Double”
DP: Marcell Rév HCA
HBO in association with ADD Content Agency; HOT; TCDY Productions, Dreamcrew, Tiny Goat, A24 and The Reasonable Bunch

Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Programme
Life Below Zero (National Geographic) – “Fire in the Sky”
DPs: Danny Day, Michael Cheeseman, Simeon Houtman
BBC Studios for National Geographic

Outstanding Cinematography for a Non-Fiction Programme
100 Foot Wave (HBO/HBO Max) – “Chapter IV – Dancing with God”
DP: Mike Prickett; Cinematography: Laurent Pujol
HBO in association with Topic Studios, Library Films, Amplify Pictures, React Films and Cinetic

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!