Early Emmys: The Creative Arts

If you are a regular viewer of awards programs, then you know that there's always a segment during which a couple of celebrities read a long list of "previously presented" awards.

In the case of the 50th Annual Emmy Awards, the off-camera trophies, in the creative arts categories, were handed out Aug. 29.

Winners in the creative arts categories for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences annual primetime Emmy Awards:

Art Direction For A Series: The X-Files, Fox.
Art Direction For A Miniseries Or A Movie: Merlin, NBC.
Art Direction For A Variety Or Music Program: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (The Wonderful World of Disney), ABC.
Classical Music-Dance Program: Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach, PBS.

Mel Brooks (AP)

Guest Actor In A Comedy Series: Mel Brooks, Mad About You, NBC.

Guest Actress In A Comedy Series: Emma Thompson, Ellen, ABC.

John Larroquette (AP)

Guest Actor In A Drama Series: John Larroquette, The Practice, ABC.

Guest Actress In A Drama Series: Cloris Leachman, Promised Land, CBS.

Commercial: Apple Computer, Think Different.
Casting For A Series: Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC.
Casting For A Miniseries Or A Movie: From the Earth to the Moon, HBO.
Choreography: Fame L.A., syndicated.
Sound Editing For A Series: ER, NBC.
Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: Rough Riders, TNT.
Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore): Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Becoming, Part 1," WB.
Music Composition For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Dramatic Underscore): Glory & Honor, TNT.
Music Direction: The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC.
Music And Lyrics: The Simpsons, Fox, song title: You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center).
Main Title Theme Music: Fame L.A., syndicated.
Sound Mixing For A Comedy Series Or A Special: Ally McBeal, Fox.
Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or A Special: The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC.
Sound Mixing For A Drama Series: Chicago Hope, "Brain Salad Surgry," CBS.
Sound Mixing For A Drama Miniseries Or A Movie: 12 Angry Men, Showtime.
Main Title Design: The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC.
Non-Fiction Special (Possibility of one or more than one award): Discovery Sunday - Vietnam POWs: Stories of Survival, Discovery Channel.
Non-Fiction Series (Possibility of one or more than one award): The American Experience, PBS.
Special Visual Effects For A Series: Yo-Yo Ma Inspired By Bach: The Sound of the Carceri, PBS.
Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries Or Movie: Merlin, NBC.
Technical Direction/Camera/Video For A Series: ER, "Ambush," NBC.
Technical Direction/Camera/Video For A Special: The Metropolitan Opera Presents Carmen, PBS.
Animated Program (For programming one hour or less): The Simpsons, Fox.
Voiceover Performance: Hank Azaria, The Simpsons, Fox.
Individual Achievement In Animation: Eric Radomski, Spawn, HBO.
Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Series: The X-Files, Kill Switch, Fox.
Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie: Gia, HBO.
Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Series: Frasier, "Room Service," NBC.
Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: Stomp Out Loud, HBO.
Cinematography For A Series: Law & Order, NBC.
Cinematography For A Miniseries Or A Movie: What the Deaf Man Heard, CBS.
Lighting Direction (Electronic) For A Comedy Series: Home Improvement, "A Night to Dismember," ABC.
Lighting Direction (Electronic) For A Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC.
Costuming For A Series: NewsRadio, NBC.
Costuming For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: (Possibility of one or no award) The Pentagon Wars, HBO.
Costume Design For A Series: The Magnificent Seven, CBS.
Costume Design For A Miniseries Or A Movie: Merlin, NBC.
Costume Design For A Variety Or Music Program: Tracey Takes On ..., HBO.
Hairstyling For A Series: Tracey Takes On ...: Smoking, HBO.
Hairstyling For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: From The Earth to The Moon, HBO.
Makeup For A Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Surprise/Innocence," WB.
Makeup For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: Merlin, NBC.
Children's Program (Possibility of one or more than one award.): Muppets Tonight, Disney Channel. Nick News Special Edition: What Are You Staring At? Nickelodeon.
Cinematography: National Geographic Special: America's ndangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye, NBC; Wolves at Our Door, Discovery Channel.
Sound Editing: National Geographic Explorer, TBS Superstation.
Sound Mixing: Wolves at Our Door, Discovery Channel.

Engineering Emmys announced in advance:

Digital Projection International's POWER Displays incorporating Texas Instruments' Digital Micromirror Device.
Tiffen Camera Filters.
Philips Digital Video Systems and Eastman Kodak's Spirit DataCine.
The Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Engineering Achievement Award to Yves Faroudja.

Governors Awards, announced in advance:

National Geographic Television.
Learning Channel's Great Books Literacy Project.

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