+ List of Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards received by Netflix Category Wins Nominations Program Performance Individual Achievement Casting Cinematography Costumes Directing Hairstyling Hosting Interactive Media Main Title Design Makeup Motion Design Music Picture Editing Production Design Sound Special Visual Effects Stunt Coordination Technical Direction Writing Totals colspan="2" width=50 colspan="2" width=50 Netflix is an American over-the-top content platform and production company, since 2013 several programs from the platform have been nominated and won both Primetime Emmy Awards and Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the latter being a part of the former focused on recognizing technical and other similar achievements in American television programming.
The following list focuses only on the categories that are usually included in the Creative Arts ceremony, the ones that are presented on the main ceremony are already covered here.
Programs Queer Eye has won Outstanding Structured Reality Program six consecutive times (2018–2023). Tidying Up with Marie Kondo scored a nomination in 2019 while Love Is Blind was nominated in 2020.
Outstanding Structured Reality ProgramYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2018 Queer Eye David Collins, Michael Williams, Rob Eric, Jennifer Lane, Adam Sher, David George, David Eilenberg, Jordana Hochman, Mark Bracero and Rachelle Mendez 2019 2020 2019 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo Gail Berman, Joe Earley, Marie Kondo, Takumi Kawahara, Hend Baghdady, Bianca Barnes-Williams, Heather Crowe, Scott Mlodzinski and Ian Samplin 2020 Love Is Blind Chris Coelen, Sam Dean, Ally Simpson, Eric Detwiler, Brian Smith, Stefanie Cohen Williams, Brent Gauches and Jeff Keirns
Somebody Feed Phil was nominated for its second season in 2019 while Cheer and Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up were nominated in 2020 with the former winning.
Outstanding Unstructured Reality ProgramYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2019 Somebody Feed Phil Rich Rosenthal, John Bedolis, Phil Rosenthal, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Joe Caterini and Shawn Cuddy 2020 Cheer Greg Whiteley, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jasper Thomlinson, Bert Hamelinck, Adam Leibowitz, Arielle Kilker and Chelsea Yarnell Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up Kevin Hart, Dave Becky, Angus Wall, Russell Heldt, Casey Kriley, Alexandra Marks, Rich Eckersley, Allison Klein, Kent Kubena, Terry Leonard and Jennifer Sofio Hall
Five documentaries from Netflix have been nominated for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking with Strong Island winning in 2018. Exceptional Merit in Documentary FilmmakingYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result2014Brave Miss WorldLati Grobman, Cecilia Peck, Inbal B. Lessner and Motty Reif 2015Hot Girls WantedJill Bauer, Ronna Gradus and Rashida Jones 2016Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for FreedomLati Grobman, David Dinerstein, Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor 2017The White HelmetsJoanna Natasegara 2018Strong IslandJoslyn Barnes and Yance Ford
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman was nominated for its first two seasons while Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee received nominations for seasons ten and eleven.
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or SpecialYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2018 My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman Justin Wilkes, Dave Sirulnick, Jon Kamen, Tom Keaney, Louise Shelton, Aaron Bergeron and Mary Barclay 2019 Chris Cechin-De La Rosa, Lydia Tenaglia, Tom Keaney, Sandra Zweig, Mary Barclay, Michael Steed and Helen Cho 2019 Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Jerry Seinfeld, George Shapiro, Tammy Johnston and Melissa Miller 2020 Jerry Seinfeld, Tammy Johnston, George Shapiro and Denis Jensen Ugly Delicious David Chang, Morgan Neville, Dara Horenblas, Christopher Chen, Caryn Capotosto, Blake Davis and Chris Ying
Out of the last five years, Netflix has won three times for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series; Making a Murderer (2016), Wild Wild Country (2018), and Our Planet (2019). Chef's Table was nominated for seasons two, three, and five while The Keepers and Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness were also nominated.
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction SeriesYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2016 Making a Murderer Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos Chef's Table David Gelb, Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn, Matthew Weaver and Dane Lillegard 2017 2019 2017 The Keepers Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White, Josh Braun, Matthew Goldberg and Brandon Carroll 2018 Wild Wild Country Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Josh Braun, Dan Braun, Juliana Lembi, Chapman Way and Maclain Way, 2019 Our Planet Sophie Lanfear, Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey 2020 Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness Chris Smith, Fisher Stevens, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin
In 2014, The Square was the first Netflix documentary to be nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. In 2015, Virunga scored a nomination while What Happened, Miss Simone? was the first documentary film to win in 2016. In 2017, Amanda Knox was nominated; 13th won the award. In 2018, Icarus and Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond were nominated. The following year, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened was nominated. The most recent documentary films to be nominated for the award are Becoming and The Great Hack.
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction SpecialYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2014 The Square Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Sarah E. Johnson, Mike Lerner, Gavin Dougan, Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim 2015 Virunga Leonardo DiCaprio, Howard G. Buffett, Maxyne Franklin, Jess Search, Jon Drever, Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara 2016 What Happened, Miss Simone? Sidney Beaumont, Amy Hobby, Liz Garbus, Justin Wilkes and Jayson Jackson 2017 13th Angus Wall, Jason Sterman, Spencer Averick, Ava DuVernay and Howard Barish Amanda Knox Mette Heide, Rod Blackhurst, Brian McGinn and Stephen Robert Morse 2018 Icarus Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan, David Fialkow and Jim Swartz Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti, Nicole Montez, Tony Clifton, Spike Jonze, Danny Gabai and Chris Smith 2019 Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened Danny Gabai, Chris Smith, Mick Purzycki, Gabrielle Bluestone 2020 Becoming Lauren Cioffi, Katy Chevigny, Marilyn Ness, Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis The Great Hack Judy Korin, Pedro Kos, Karim Amer, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Nina Fialkow, Lyn Davis Lear and Mike Lerner
In 2017, Netflix debuted in the category with the specials Louis C.K. 2017 and Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust. The following year, Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life was nominated while Dave Chappelle: Equanimity won. In 2019, the streaming service scored four nominations in the category; Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, Springsteen on Broadway, and Wanda Sykes: Not Normal. In 2020, out of five nominated specials, Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones won.
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)YearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2017 Louis C.K. 2017 Louis C.K., Dave Becky, Mike Berkowitz, Tony Hernandez, Ryan Cunningham and John Skidmore Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust Sarah Silverman; Amy Zvi, Nicholas Veneroso, Daniel Kellison and Mickey Meyer 2018 Dave Chappelle: Equanimity Dave Chappelle, Stan Lathan and Rikki Hughes Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Marc Gurvitz, Erin David, Marcus Raboy and Neal Marshall 2019 Hannah Gadsby: Nanette Kevin Whyte, Kathleen McCarthy, Frank Bruzzese and Hannah Gadsby, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Steve Pamon, Erinn Williams and Ed Burke Springsteen on Broadway Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, George Travis and Thom Zimny Wanda Sykes: Not Normal Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz 2020 Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones Dave Chappelle, Stan Lathan, Rikki Hughes and Sina Sadighi Hannah Gadsby: Douglas Hannah Gadsby, Kevin Whyte, Kathleen McCarthy, John Irwin, Casey Spira and Jenney Shamash Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill Jerry Seinfeld, George Shapiro, Tammy Johnston, Michael Davies, Denis Jensen and Melissa Miller John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch John Mulaney, Marika Sawyer, Rhys Thomas, David Miner, Cara Masline, Ravi Nandan, Inman Young, Dave Ferguson, Corey Deckler, Mary Beth Minthorn and Kerri Hundley Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah Tiffany Haddish, Page Hurwitz and Wanda Sykes
Both Big Mouth and BoJack Horseman have been nominated twice for Outstanding Animated Program in 2019 and 2020. Outstanding Animated ProgramYearSeriesEpisodeRecipient(s)Result2019BoJack Horseman"Free Churro"Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Peter A. Knight, Elijah Aron, Kate Purdy, Lisa Hanawalt, Joanna Calo, Kelly Galuska, Nick Adams, Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Richard Choi, Mike Hollingsworth, Amy Winfrey, Peter Merryman, Anne Walker Farrell and Adam Parton 2020"The View from Halfway Down"Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Joanna Calo, Lisa Hanawalt, Mike Hollingsworth, Nick Adams, Shauna McGarry, Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Eric Blyler, Richard Choi, Amy Winfrey, Alison Tafel, Christopher Nance, Yair Gordon and Karl Pajak 2019Big Mouth"The Planned Parenthood Show"Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark J. Levin, Jennifer Flackett, Joe Wengert, Ben Kalina, Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Anthony Lioi, Gil Ozeri, Kelly Galuska, Nate Funaro, Emily Altman, Bryan Francis, Mike L. Mayfield, Jerilyn Blair, Bill Buchanan, Sean Dempsey and Jamie Huang 2020"Disclosure: The Move: The Musical!Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark J. Levin, Jennifer Flackett, Joe Wengert, Kelly Galuska, Gil Ozeri, Ben Kalina, Shannon Prynoski, Chris Prynoski, Anthony Lioi, Mike L. Mayfield, Nate Funaro, Emily Altman, Victor Quinaz, Bob Suarez, David Bastian, Edgar Larrazabal, Maureen Mlynarczyk and Juli Murphy
In 2019, Love, Death & Robots won Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. Outstanding Short Form Animated ProgramYearSeriesEpisodeRecipient(s)Result2019Love, Death & Robots"The Witness"David Fincher, Tim Miller, Jennifer Miller, Joshua Donen, Victoria Howard, Gennie Rim, Alberto Mielgo and Gabriele Pennacchioli
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance won Outstanding Children's Program in 2020. Outstanding Children's ProgramYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result2018 Alexa & Katie Matthew Carlson, Heather Wordham, Gary Murphy and Bob Heath Fuller House Jeff Franklin, Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett, Marsh McCall, Bryan Behar and Steve Baldikoski A Series of Unfortunate Evenets Daniel Handler, Neil Patrick Harris, Rose Lam, Barry Sonnenfeld and Jon Weber 2019 Daniel Handler, Neil Patrick Harris, Rose Lam, Barry Sonnenfeld, Joe Tracz and Rand Geiger Carmen Sandiego Caroline Fraser, CJ Kettler, Kirsten Newlands, Anne Loi, Duane Capizzi and Brian Hulme 2020 Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Lisa Henson, Halle Stanford, Louis Leterrier, Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Blanca Lista and Ritamarie Peruggi
In 2019, It's Bruno! and Special were nominated. Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama SeriesYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2019 It's Bruno! Solvan "Slick" Naim, Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers and Vincent Morano Special Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Eric Norsoph, Ryan O'Connell and Anna Dokoza
In 2020, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews was nominated. Outstanding Short Form Variety SeriesYearSeriesRecipient(s)Result 2020 Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews Scott Aukerman, Zach Galifianakis, Mike Farah, Caitlin Daley and Corinne Eckart
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