The 67th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. The event was broadcast in the U.S. by FXX on September 19, 2015. The ceremony was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of creative, technical, visual, and other similar achievements in American television programming, including voice-over and guest acting roles.
For the first time, online voting was used to determine the winners. Online voting was also used to determine the nominees, which were announced on July 16, 2015. Juried award winners for animation, costumes for a variety series, motion design, and interactive awards were announced on September 10, 2015.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Governor's Award A&E Networks
Programs + Shark Tank (ABC) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) MythBusters (Discovery Channel) Property Brothers (HGTV) Undercover Boss (CBS) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Alaska: The Last Frontier (Discovery Channel) Intervention (A&E) Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo) Naked and Afraid (Discovery Channel) Wahlburgers (A&E) Bessie (HBO) Agatha Christie's Poirot: Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (PBS) Grace of Monaco (Lifetime) Hello Ladies: The Movie (HBO) Killing Jesus (Nat Geo) Nightingale (HBO) The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC) Bill Maher: Live from D.C. (HBO) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (LouisCK.net) Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen (HBO) Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! (PBS) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (HBO) Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (Nat Geo) Vice (HBO) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (HBO) American Masters (PBS) Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (PBS) The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (PBS) The Sixties (CNN) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO) The Case Against 8 (HBO) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO) Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (HBO) Virunga (Netflix) Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon Network) Archer (Episode: "Pocket Listing") (FX) Bob's Burgers (Episode: "Can't Buy Me Math") (Fox) The Simpsons (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXV") (Fox) South Park (Episode: "Freemium Isn't Free") (Comedy Central) Adventure Time (Episode: "Jake the Brick") (Cartoon Network) Mickey Mouse (Episode: "Mumbai Madness") (Disney Channel) Regular Show (Episode: "White Elephant Gift Exchange") (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken (Episode: "Chipotle Miserable") (Adult Swim) Steven Universe (Episode: "Lion 3: Straight to Video") (Cartoon Network) Wander Over Yonder (Episode: "The Gift 2: The Giftening") (Disney XD) Alan Alda and the Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass (HBO) Degrassi (Nickelodeon) Dog with a Blog (Disney Channel) Girl Meets World (Disney Channel) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Coming Out (Nickelodeon) Live from Lincoln Center – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert with the New York Philharmonic (PBS) 68th Tony Awards (CBS) 72nd Golden Globe Awards (NBC) 87th Academy Awards (ABC) On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z (HBO) Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (Episode: "Brad Pitt") (funnyordie.com) Billy on the Street (Episode: "With First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird, and Elena!!!") (funnyordie.com) Childrens Hospital (Episode: "Just Like Cyrano de Bergerac") (Adult Swim) Key & Peele Presents Van and Mike: The Ascension (Episode: "Episode 5") (comedycentral.com) Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry (NBC) A Tribute to Mel Brooks (FX Networks) 30 for 30 Shorts (ESPN) American Horror Story: Extra-Ordinary Artists (FX Networks) Parks and Recreation: Behind the Final Season (NBC) Transparent: This Is Me (ew.com) Citizenfour (HBO) The Great Invisible (PBS) Hot Girls Wanted (Netflix) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) @midnight with Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central) Saturday Night Live: SNL 40 (NBC) Talking Dead (AMC) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Acting + Bradley Whitford as Marcy May on Transparent (Episode: "Best New Girl") (Amazon) Mel Brooks as Himself on The Comedians (Episode: "Celebrity Guest") (FX) Louis C.K. as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Louis C.K.") (NBC) Paul Giamatti as Juror #10 on Inside Amy Schumer (Episode: "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer") (Comedy Central) Bill Hader as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Bill Hader") (NBC) Jon Hamm as Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Makes Waffles!") (Netflix) Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson on Shameless (Episode: "Milk of the Gods") (Showtime) Pamela Adlon as Pamela on Louie (Episode: "Bobby's House") (FX) Elizabeth Banks as Sal on Modern Family (Episode: "Fight or Flight") (ABC) Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Maternal Combustion") (CBS) Tina Fey as Marcia Clark on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to Court!") (Netflix) Gaby Hoffmann as Caroline Sackler on Girls (Episode: "Home Birth") (HBO) Reg E. Cathey as Freddy Hayes on House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 34") (Netflix) F. Murray Abraham as Dar Adal on Homeland (Episode: "Long Time Coming") (Showtime) Alan Alda as Alan Fitch on The Blacklist (Episode: "The Decembrist") (NBC) Beau Bridges as Provost Barton Scully on Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax") (Showtime) Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning on The Good Wife (Episode: "Red Zone") (CBS) Pablo Schreiber as George "Pornstache" Mendez on Orange Is the New Black (Episode: "40 Oz. of Furlough") (Netflix) Margo Martindale as Claudia on The Americans (Episode: "I Am Abassin Zadran") (FX) Khandi Alexander as Maya Lewis on Scandal (Episode: "Where the Sun Don't Shine") (ABC) Rachel Brosnahan as Rachel Posner on House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 39") (Netflix) Allison Janney as Margaret Scully on Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax") (Showtime) Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Gift") (HBO) Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness on How to Get Away With Murder (Episode: "Mama's Here Now") (ABC) Hank Azaria as Moe Szyslak and Pedicab Driver on The Simpsons (Episode: "The Princess Guide") (Fox) Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson on The Simpsons (Episode: "Bart's New Friend") (Fox) Seth Green as Various Characters on Robot Chicken (Episode: "Victoria's Secret of Nimph") (Cartoon Network) Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Dr. Elmer Hartman on Family Guy (Episode: "Our Idiot Brian") (Fox) Tress MacNeille as Laney Fontaine, Shauna, and Mrs. Muntz on The Simpsons (Episode: "My Fare Lady") (Fox) John Roberts as Linda Belcher and Tim on Bob's Burgers (Episode: "Eat, Spray, Linda") (Fox) Peter Coyote on The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Episode: "Episode 1: Get Action (1858–1901)") (PBS) Neil deGrasse Tyson on Hubble's Cosmic Journey (Nat Geo) Anthony Mendez on Jane the Virgin (Episode: "Chapter Fourteen") (The CW) Miranda Richardson on Operation Orangutan (Nat Geo) Henry Strozier on Too Cute! (Episode: "Tubby Puppies") (Animal Planet)
Animation + Adventure Time – Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Walnuts & Rain") (Cartoon Network) ''Gravity Falls – Alonso Ramirez Ramos (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Not What He Seems") (Disney XD) King Star King – J.J. Villard (character design) (Episode: "Fat Frank's Fantasy Lounge") (Adult Swim) Over the Garden Wall – Nick Cross (production design) (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken – Bradley Schaffer (character animation) (Episode: "Robot Chicken's Bitch Pudding Special") (Adult Swim) Tome of the Unknown – Nick Cross (background painter) (CartoonNetwork.com) Tome of the Unknown'' – Chris Tsirgiotis (background layout designer) (CartoonNetwork.com)
Casting + Veep - Allison Jones, Meredith Tucker, and Pat Moran (HBO) Louie - Gayle Keller (FX) Modern Family - Jeff Greenberg (ABC) Transparent - Eyde Belasco (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - Jennifer Euston and Meredith Tucker (Netflix) Game of Thrones - Nina Gold and Robert Sterne (HBO) Downton Abbey - Jill Trevellick (PBS) House of Cards - Laray Mayfield and Julie Schubert (Netflix) Mad Men - Laura Schiff and Carrie Audino (AMC) Orange Is the New Black - Jennifer Euston (Netflix) Olive Kitteridge - Laura Rosenthal and Carolyn Pickman (HBO) American Crime - Kim Coleman and Beth Sepko Lindsey (ABC) American Horror Story: Freak Show - Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, and Meagan Lewis (FX) Bessie - Billy Hopkins and Jackie Burch (HBO) Wolf Hall - Nina Gold and Robert Sterne (PBS)
Choreography + Derek Hough, Julianne Hough, and Tessandra Chavez for Dancing with the Stars (Routine: "Elastic Heart") (ABC) Travis Wall for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Wave" / "When I Go" / "Wind Beneath My Wings") (Fox) Witney Carson for Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "369" / "It's Not Unusual" / "Sing with a Swing-Apache") (ABC) Spencer Liff for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Hernando's Hideaway" / "World on a String" / "Maybe This Time") (Fox) Sonya Tayeh for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Vow" / "So Broken" / "Europe, After the Rain") (Fox)
Cinematography + Mike & Molly – Gary Baum (Episode: "Checkpoint Joyce") (CBS) 2 Broke Girls – Christian La Fountaine (Episode: "And the Old Bike Yarn") (CBS) The Big Bang Theory – Steven V. Silver (Episode: "The Expedition Approximation") (CBS) The Millers – Gary Baum (Episode: "Con-Troversy") (CBS) Boardwalk Empire – Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls") (HBO) Game of Thrones – Anette Haellmigk (Episode: "Sons of the Harpy") (HBO) Game of Thrones – Rob McLachlan (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO) Game of Thrones – Greg Middleton (Episode: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken") (HBO) Game of Thrones – Fabian Wagner (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO) The Good Wife – Fred Murphy (Episode: "The Line") (CBS) House of Cards – Martin Ahlgren (Episode: "Chapter 29") (Netflix) Bessie – Jeffrey Jur (HBO) American Horror Story: Freak Show – Michael Goi (Episode: "Monsters Among Us") (FX) Houdini – Karl Walter Lindenlaub (Episode: "Part 1") (History) The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe – Chris Manley (Lifetime) Virunga – Franklin Dow (Netflix) Citizenfour – Laura Poitras (HBO) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Sam Painter (HBO) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – Marc Smerling (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – James Whitaker (HBO) Deadliest Catch (Episode: "A Brotherhood Tested") (Discovery Channel) The Amazing Race (CBS) Life Below Zero (Nat Geo) Project Runway (Lifetime) Survivor (CBS)
Commercial + "#LikeAGirl" (Always) "Brady Bunch" (Snickers) "Dream On" (Adobe) "Lost Dog" (Budweiser) "Made in NY" (Gatorade) "With Dad" (Nissan)
Costumes + Transparent (Episode: "Symbolic Exemplar") (Amazon) Empire (Episode: "The Lyon's Roar") (Fox) Empire (Episode: "Pilot") (Fox) Gotham (Episode: "Under The Knife") (Fox) The Mindy Project (Episode: "San Francisco Bae") (Fox) Olive Kitteridge (Episode: "Incoming Tide") (HBO) ''American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Monsters Among Us") (FX) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls") (HBO) Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS) Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO) Wolf Hall (Episode: "Anna Regina") (PBS) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" colspan="2" | Drunk History (Episode: "Hollywood") (Comedy Central) Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry'' (NBC)
Directing + Alex Gibney for Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)