Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2025: Bryan Cranston wins his seventh Emmy; The Penguin takes Best Makeup
According to CinemaDrame News Agency, winners on the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, included Julianne Nicholson for Hacks, Bryan Cranston for The Studio, Shawn Hatosy for The Pitt, and Merritt Wever for Severance.
Rebel Ridge won Best Television Movie, Arcane took Best Animation, and The Penguin dominated in categories including hairstyling, costume design, prosthetic makeup, visual effects, sound editing, and sound mixing. The acclaimed Andor series from the Star Wars universe earned awards in costume design, production design, picture editing, and visual effects.
Apple TV+’s The Studio led with nine awards, followed by HBO Max’s The Penguin with eight, Apple’s Severance with six, Disney+’s Andor, Netflix’s Arcane, and Love, Death + Robots with four each. Prime Video’s The Boys and Netflix’s Bridgerton collected three, while HBO Max’s The Pitt and Netflix’s Adolescence won two apiece.
Comedian Desi Lydic of The Daily Show, who won Best Short-Form Comedy Actor, joked that she had watched “too much Fox News” in preparation for her Emmy win, before thanking the “deep state” and the Television Academy. Another humorous moment came when Robbie Hoffman from Hacks was seen vaping just before the winner for cinematography was announced.
Forty-nine additional Creative Arts Emmys in categories such as writing, casting, makeup, and picture editing will be handed out Sunday night. The ceremony will not be broadcast live but will air September 13 on FXX.
Winners from Night One of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys:
- Best Guest Actress: Julianne Nicholson, Hacks
- Best Contemporary Makeup: The Penguin
- Best Prosthetic Makeup: The Penguin
- Best Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup: House of the Dragon
- Best Period Costume Design: Bridgerton
- Best Contemporary Costume Design (Series): The Studio
- Best Costume Design (Limited Series or TV Movie): The Penguin
- Best Fantasy or Sci-Fi Costume Design: Andor
- Best Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling: Bridgerton
- Best Contemporary Hairstyling: The Penguin
- Best Production Design (One-Hour or More Narrative Program): Severance
- Best Production Design (Half-Hour or Less Narrative Program): The Studio
- Best Production Design (Period or Fantasy One-Hour or More Narrative Program): Andor
- Best Casting, Drama Series: The Pitt
- Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Bryan Cranston, The Studio
- Best Casting, Comedy Series: The Studio
- Best Casting, Limited Series or TV Movie: Adolescence
- Best Stunt Coordination, Comedy: The Righteous Gemstones
- Best Stunt Coordination, Drama: The Boys
- Best Stunt Performance: The Boys
- Best Animated Program: Arcane
- Best Character Voice-Over: Julie Andrews, Bridgerton
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Arcane (background design and color); Love, Death + Robots (production design, character animation, and character design)
- Best Choreography for Scripted Programming: Étoile
- Best Single-Camera Editing, Comedy: The Studio
- Best Multi-Camera Editing, Comedy: Frasier
- Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Merritt Wever, Severance
- Best Editing, Drama: Andor
- Best Editing, Limited Series or TV Movie: Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story
- Best Visual Effects (Season or Movie): Andor
- Best Main Title Design: Severance
- Best Visual Effects (Episode): The Penguin
- Best Motion Design: Octopus
- Best Editing, Comedy or Drama: The Last of Us
- Best Sound Editing, Limited Series or TV Movie: The Penguin
- Best Sound Editing, Comedy or Drama (Half-Hour): The Studio
- Best Sound Editing, Animated Program: Arcane
- Best Sound Mixing, Limited Series or TV Movie: The Penguin
- Best Sound Mixing, Comedy or Drama (One-Hour): Severance
- Best Sound Mixing, Comedy or Drama (Half-Hour) and Animation: The Studio
- Best Short-Form Comedy or Drama Actor: Desi Lydic, The Daily Show
- Best Score for a Series: Severance
- Best Score for a Limited Series, TV Movie or Special: The Penguin
- Best Original Main Title Theme: The White Lotus
- Best Music Supervision: The Studio
- Best Original Music and Lyrics: “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas,” The Boys
- Best Cinematography (Half-Hour Series): The Studio
- Best Cinematography (One-Hour Series): Severance
- Best Cinematography (Limited Series or TV Movie): Adolescence
- Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
- Best Television Movie: Rebel Ridge
