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Winners and nominations 1970s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1970 Ritual of Evil Lionel Lindon NBC The Immortal Howard R. Schwartz ABC My Sweet Charlie Gene Polito NBC 1971 Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley Bob Collins NBC Vanished Lionel Lindon ABC The Neon Ceiling Edward Rosson NBC Tribes Russell L. Metty ABC 1972 Brian's Song Joseph F. Biroc ABC Duel Jack A. Marta ABC The Snow Goose Ray Henman NBC 1973 Night of Terror Ted Voigtlander CBS Liza with a Z Owen Roizman NBC The Red Pony Andrew Jackson 1974 It's Good to Be Alive Ted Voigtlander CBS The Man Without a Country Andrew Laszlo ABC The Migrants Richard C. Kratina CBS Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John Walter StrengeABC Trapped Fred Mandl 1975 Queen of the Stardust Ballroom David M. Walsh CBS Death Be Not Proud Michael Chapman ABC Lincoln "Sad Figure, Laughing" Howard Schwartz NBC QB VII "Parts 1 & 2" Paul Beeson and Robert L. Morrison ABC 1976 Eleanor and Franklin Paul Lohmann and Edward R. Brown ABC Babe Charles F. Wheeler CBS Farewell to Manzanar Hiro Narita NBC Griffin and Phoenix Richard C. Glouner ABC The Entertainer James Crabe NBC 1977 Raid on Entebbe Bill Butler NBC Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years James Crabe ABC The Loneliest Runner Ted VoigtlanderNBC Sybil Mario Tosi Tail Gunner Joe Ric Waite 1978 Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women Gerald Finnerman NBC A Family Upside Down Joseph F. BirocNBC The Ghost of Flight 401 Howard Schwartz The Last Tenant Dennis Dalzell ABC The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish Ric Waite NBC 1979 Rainbow Howard Schwartz NBC Elvis Donald M. MorganABC Ike: The War Years "Part 2" Archie R. Dalzell and Freddie Young The Winds of Kitty Hawk Dennis Dalzell NBC
1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1980 The Silent Lovers Gayne Rescher NBC Brave New World Harry L. Wolf NBC Kenny Rogers as The Gambler Joseph F. Biroc CBS The Miracle Worker Ted Voigtlander NBC 1981 Little Lord Fauntleroy Arthur Ibbetson CBS Bitter Harvest Gayne RescherNBC The Diary of Anne Frank Ted Voigtlander East of Eden "Part 2" Frank StanleyABC Marilyn: The Untold Story Terry K. Meade Shōgun "Part 4" Andrew Laszlo NBC 1982 The Letter James Crabe ABC Marco Polo "Part 4" Pasqualino De Santis NBC The Princess and the Cabbie Gayne Rescher CBS 1983 The Winds of War "Into the Maelstrom" Charles Correll and Stevan Larner ABC The Blue and the Gray "Part 3" Al Francis CBS Murder Me, Murder You Gayne Rescher The Thorn Birds "Part 1" Bill Butler ABC Witness for the Prosecution Arthur Ibbetson CBS 1984 A Streetcar Named Desire Bill Butler ABC Celebrity "Part 3" Philip H. Lathrop NBC The Day After Gayne Rescher ABC George Washington "Part 2" Harry Stradling Jr. CBS 1985 Malice in Wonderland Philip H. Lathrop CBS The Bad Seed Ted Voigtlander ABC A Death in California Joseph F. Biroc Evergreen "Part 2" Woody Omens NBC Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Charles Correll 1986 An Early Frost Woody Omens NBC North and South "Part 6" Stevan Larner ABC Peter the Great "Part 3" Vittorio Storaro NBC Picking Up the Pieces Philip H. Lathrop CBS 1987 Christmas Snow Philip H. Lathrop NBC The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory John Elsenbach NBC Kojak: The Price of Justice Victor J. Kemper CBS Promise Gayne Rescher There Were Times, Dear Brianne Murphy PBS 1988 I Saw What You Did Woody Omens CBS Baby M "Part 1" James Crabe ABC Inherit the Wind Stevan Larner NBC Little Girl Lost Philip H. Lathrop ABC 1989 Shooter Gayne Rescher NBC Disaster at Silo 7 Roy H. Wagner ABC Favorite Son "Part 3" Bradford May NBC Lonesome Dove "The Return" Douglas Milsome CBS War and Remembrance "Part 11" Dietrich Lohmann ABC
1990s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1990 Murder in Mississippi Donald M. Morgan NBC The Final Days Fred Murphy ABC The Operation John C. Flinn III CBS Polly Isidore Mankofsky NBC Where Pigeons Go to Die Haskell Boggs 1991 Jackie Collins' Lucky/Chances "Part 1" Gayne Rescher NBC The Haunted Michael D. Margulies Fox Love, Lies and Murder "Part 1" Isidore Mankofsky NBC The Whereabouts of Jenny Jonathan West ABC 1992 Lady Against the Odds Brad May NBC Afterburn Isidore Mankofsky HBO Doublecrossed Donald M. Morgan Into the Badlands Johnny E. Jensen USA Miss Rose White Kees Van Oostrum NBC 1993 Stalin Vilmos Zsigmond HBO An American Story Johnny E. Jensen CBS Jackie Collins' Lady Boss "Part 1" Chuck Arnold NBC Murder in the Heartland "Part 1" Ronald Víctor García ABC Sinatra "Part 1" Reynaldo Villalobos CBS 1994 Geronimo Donald M. Morgan TNT Gypsy Ralf D. Bode CBS Return to Lonesome Dove "Part 2" Kees Van Oostrum Stephen King's The Stand "Part 1" Edward J. Pei ABC World War II: When Lions Roared "Part 2" John A. Alonzo NBC 1995 My Antonia Robert Primes USA Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story Richard M. Rawlings Jr. CBS Family Album Michael W. Watkins NBC My Brother's Keeper Thomas Del Ruth CBS Take Me Home Again Chuck Arnold NBC 1996 Rasputin Elemér Ragályi HBO Andersonville Ric Waite TNT Gulliver's Travels Howard Atherton NBC Harrison: Cry of the City Robert Primes UPN Norma Jean & Marilyn John Thomas HBO The Siege at Ruby Ridge "Part 2" Donald M. Morgan CBS 1997 Miss Evers' Boys Donald M. Morgan HBO Gotti Alar Kivilo HBO Hidden in America James R. Bagdonas Showtime In the Gloaming Frederick Elmes HBO To Love, Honor and Deceive Michael D. O'Shea ABC 1998 What the Deaf Man Heard Eric Van Haren Noman CBS Buffalo Soldiers William Wages TNT The Day Lincoln Was Shot Ronald Víctor García From the Earth to the Moon "Can We Do This?" Gale Tattersall HBO George Wallace "Part 1" Alan Caso TNT Merlin "Part 1" Sergey Kozlov NBC 1999 Winchell Robbie Greenberg HBO Dash and Lilly Bruce Surtees A&E Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie Roland 'Ozzie' Smith CBS Lansky John A. Alonzo HBO The '60s "Part 2" Michael D. O'Shea NBC
2000s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2000 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Robbie Greenberg HBO Annie Ralf D. Bode ABC A Christmas Carol Ian Wilson TNT Dirty Pictures Hiro Narita Showtime Witness Protection Fred Murphy HBO 2001 Frank Herbert's Dune "Part 2" Vittorio Storaro Sci Fi Anne Frank: The Whole Story "Part 2" Elemér Ragályi ABC Conspiracy Stephen Goldblatt HBO For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Donald M. Morgan Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows "Part 1" James Chressanthis ABC 61* Haskell Wexler HBO 2002 Shackleton "Part 2" Henry Braham A&E Band of Brothers "The Last Patrol" Remi Adefarasin HBO James Dean Robbie Greenberg TNT The Mists of Avalon "Part 1" Vilmos Zsigmond Path to War Stephen Goldblatt HBO Uprising "Part 2" Denis Lenoir NBC 2003 Out of the Ashes Donald M. Morgan Showtime Door to Door Jan Kiesser TNT Hunter: Back in Force John C. Flinn III NBC Hysterical Blindness Declan Quinn HBO Live from Baghdad Ivan Strasburg 2004 Something the Lord Made Donald M. Morgan HBO American Family: Journey of Dreams "Chapter 1: The Wedding" Reynaldo Villalobos PBS And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Peter James HBO Angels in America "Perestroika" Stephen Goldblatt Iron Jawed Angels Robbie Greenberg 2005 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Peter Levy HBO Faith of My Fathers Bill Roe A&E The 4400 "Part 1" Thomas Burstyn USA The Five People You Meet in Heaven Kramer Morgenthau ABC Warm Springs Robbie Greenberg HBO 2006 Bleak House "Part 1" James Chressanthis PBS Four Minutes Melanie Oliver ESPN2 Into the West "Dreams and Schemes" William Wages TNT "Wheel to the Stars" Alan Caso Mrs. Harris Steven Poster HBO Sleeper Cell "Al-Faitha" Robert Primes Showtime 2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee David Franco HBO Broken Trail "Part 1" Lloyd Ahern II AMC Jane Eyre "Part 1" Mike Eley PBS The Path to 9/11 "Part 2" Joel Ransom ABC The Valley of Light Eric Van Haren Noman CBS 2008 John Adams "Independence" Tak Fujimoto HBO The Andromeda Strain "Part 1" Jon Joffin A&E Bernard and Doris Mauricio Rubinstein HBO The Company "Part 1" Ben Nott TNT John Adams "Don't Tread on Me" Tak Fujimoto and Danny Cohen HBO Sense & Sensibility "Part 1" Sean Bobbitt PBS 2009 Little Dorrit "Part 1" Lukas Strebel PBS Generation Kill "Combat Jack" Ivan Strasburg HBO Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story John B. Aronson TNT Grey Gardens Mike Eley HBO Into the Storm Michel Amathieu
2010s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2010 Return to Cranford "Part 2" Ben Smithard PBS The Pacific "Part 5" Remi Adefarasin HBO "Part 9" Stephen F. Windon The Prisoner "Checkmate" Florian Hoffmeister AMC You Don't Know Jack Eigil Bryld HBO 2011 Downton Abbey "Episode One" David Katznelson PBS The Kennedys "Life Sentences" David Moxness Reelz Mildred Pierce "Part 5" Edward Lachman HBO The Pillars of the Earth "Legacy" Attila Szalay Starz Too Big to Fail Kramer Morgenthau HBO 2012 Great Expectations "Part 2" Florian Hoffmeister PBS Game Change Jim Denault HBO Hemingway & Gellhorn Rogier Stoffers Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia Fabian Wagner PBS Treasure Island "Part 1" Ulf Brantås Syfy 2013 Top of the Lake "Part 1" Adam Arkapaw Sundance American Horror Story: Asylum "I Am Anne Frank, Part 2" Michael Goi FX Behind the Candelabra Peter Andrews HBO The Girl John Pardue Parade's End "Part 5" Mike Eley 2014 Sherlock: His Last Vow Neville Kidd PBS Fargo "Buridan's Ass" Dana Gonzales FX "The Crocodile's Dilemma" Matt Lloyd Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond "Episode One" Ed Wild BBC America Killing Kennedy Stephen St. John Nat Geo The Normal Heart Danny Moder HBO 2015 Bessie Jeff Jur HBO American Horror Story: Freak Show "Monsters Among Us" Michael Goi FX Houdini "Part 1" Karl Walter Lindenlaub History The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe "Part 1" Chris Manley Lifetime 2016 Fargo "Waiting for Dutch" Dana Gonzales FX Luther John Conroy BBC America The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story "From the Ashes of Tragedy" Nelson Cragg FX Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Suzie Lavelle PBS 2017 The Night Of "Ordinary Death" Fred Elmes HBO Big Little Lies "You Get What You Need" Yves Bélanger HBO Black Mirror: Nosedive Seamus McGarvey Netflix Fargo "The Law of Vacant Places" Dana Gonzales FX The Young Pope "Episode 1" Luca Bigazzi HBO 2018 Genius: Picasso "Chapter One" Mathias Herndl Nat Geo The Alienist "The Boy on the Bridge" PJ Dillon TNT Fahrenheit 451 Kramer Morgenthau HBO Godless "An Incident at Creede" Steven Meizler Netflix Twin Peaks "Part 8" Peter Deming Showtime USS Callister (Black Mirror) Stephan Pehrsson Netflix 2019 Chernobyl "Please Remain Calm" Jakob Ihre HBO Deadwood: The Movie Dave Klein HBO True Detective "The Great War and Modern Memory" Germain McMicking When They See Us "Part 1" Bradford Young Netflix
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