59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards, for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium on September 8 2007, and were hosted by comedian-actor Carlos Mencia. The ceremony was broadcasted a week later on September 15 on E!, the night before the Primetime telecast on FOX.
- Winners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- John Goodman for playing Robert Bebe on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Christian Clemenson for playing Jerry Espenson on Boston Legal
- Timothy Daly for playing J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos
- David Morse for playing Michael Tritter on House
- Eli Wallach for playing Eli Weintraub on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Forest Whitaker for playing Curtis Ames on ER
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Stanley Tucci for playing David Ruskin on Monk
- Beau Bridges for playing Carl Hickey on My Name Is Earl
- Martin Landau for playing Bob Ryan on Entourage
- Ian McKellen for playing himself on Extras
- Giovanni Ribisi for playing Ralph Mariano on My Name Is Earl
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Leslie Caron for playing Lorraine Chalmers on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Kate Burton for playing Ellis Grey on Grey's Anatomy
- Marcia Gay Harden for playing Star Morrison on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Elizabeth Reaser for playing Jane Doe on Grey's Anatomy
- Jean Smart for playing Martha Logan on 24
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Elaine Stritch for playing Colleen Donaghy on 30 Rock
- Dixie Carter for playing Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives
- Salma Hayek for playing Sofia Reyes on Ugly Betty
- Judith Light for playing Claire Meade on Ugly Betty
- Laurie Metcalf for playing Carolyn Bigsby on Desperate Housewives
Outstanding Children's Program
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
Outstanding Non-Fiction Series
Outstanding Reality Program
Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour)
Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or more)
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
Outstanding Choreography
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.
- Wade Robson for So You Think You Can Dance — Ramalama (Bang Bang)
- Mia Michaels for - So You Think You Can Dance — Calling You
- John DeLuca & Rob Marshall for Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
- Two and a Half Men — Release the Dogs
- According to Jim — Hoosier Daddy
- Rules of Engagement — Jeff's Wooby
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming
Outstanding Commercial
- Animals — American Express
- Battle — Cingular
- Happiness Factory — Coca-Cola
- Jar — General Electric
- Pinball — Pepsi
- Singing Cowboy — TheTruth.com
- Snowball — The Travelers Companies
Outstanding Costumes for a Series
- The Tudors — Episode 103
- Deadwood — Amateur Night
- Desperate Housewives — Getting Married Today
- Rome — De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)
- Ugly Betty — I'm Coming Out
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, movie or a Special
- Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)
- Broken Trail Part 2
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Longford
- The Starter Wife Part 1
Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming
- Spike Lee for When the Levees Broke
- Rory Kennedy for Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
- Kevin Burns for Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
- Lauren Greenfield for Thin
- Christopher Wicha for This American Life #104 God's Closeup
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
- Dexter — Dexter
- Heroes — Genesis
- Lost — Through the Looking Glass
- The Sopranos — Soprano Home Movies
- The Sopranos — The Second Coming
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
- The Office — The Job
- My Name Is Earl — Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy?
- My Name Is Earl — The Trial
- Weeds — Crush Girl Love Panic
- Weeds — Mrs. Botwin's Neighborhood
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- The Path to 9/11 — Night 2
- Broken Trail — Part 2
- Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)
- Life Support
- The Starter Wife — Part 3
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
- Two and a Half Men — Release the Dogs
- American Idol — Idol Gives Back
- Dancing with the Stars — Episode 304
- How I Met Your Mother — Robin Sparkles
- The Daily Show — #12043
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera)
- Cirque du Soleil: Corteo
Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-fiction Programming
- When the Levees Broke
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies
- Deadliest Catch — The Unforgiving Sea
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
- Meerkat Manor — Family Affair
- Planet Earth — Mountains
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series
- Rome — De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)
- Dancing with the Stars — Episode #303
- Deadwood — A Constant Throb
- Desperate Housewives — It Takes Two
- Ugly Betty — I'm Coming Out
Outstanding Hairstyling for a miniseries, movie or special
Outstanding Lighting Direction (electronic, multicamera) for VMC Programming
- 49th Grammy Awards
- 79th Academy Awards
- American Idol — Finale
- Dancing with the Stars — Episode 308
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — #2408
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Makeup for a Series (non-prosthetic)
- Deadwood — I Am Not The Man You Take Me For
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Fannysmackin'
- Dancing with the Stars — Episode Number 303
- MADtv — Episode 1210
- Rome — De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)
Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special (Prosthetic)
- House — Que Sera Sera
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Living Legend
- Grey's Anatomy — My Favorite Mistake
- MADtv — Episode 1203
- Nip/Tuck — Conor McNamara, 2026
Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (Non-prosthetic)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
- George Fenton for Planet Earth — From Pole to Pole
- Sean Callery for 24
- John M. Keane for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Law of Gravity
- Mark Snow for Ghost Whisperer — Love Never Dies
- W. G. Snuffy Walden for Kidnapped — Pilot
- Jeff Beal for Rome — Philippi
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (Dramatic Underscore)
Outstanding Music Direction
- 79th Academy Awards — William Ross, Music Director
- Dancing with the Stars — Episode Number: 310 — Harold Wheeler, Musical Director
- Scrubs — My Musical — Music by Jan Stevens
- The 60th Annual Tony Awards — Elliot Lawrence — Music Director
Outstanding Music & Lyrics
- Saturday Night Live — Host: Justin Timberlake — Song Title: "Dick in a Box"
- Family Guy — Peter's Two Dads — Song Title: "My Drunken Irish Dad"
- MADtv — Episode 1209 — Song Title: "Merry Ex-Mas"
- Scrubs — My Musical — Song Title: "Everything Comes Down To Poo"
- Scrubs — My Musical — Song Title: "Guy Love"
Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
- The Tudors — Episode 5
- 30 Rock — Hard Ball
- Dexter
- Hustle — 401
- On the Lot — 102A
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
- 24 – 10:00 PM — 11:00 PM
- Battlestar Galactica — Exodus, Part 2
- CSI: Miami — No Man's Land
- ER — Bloodline
- Lost — A Tale of Two Cities
- Smallville — Zod
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Broken Trail — Night 2
- The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
- The Path to 9/11 — Night 1
- Tsunami: The Aftermath — Part 1
Outstanding Sound Editing for Non-fiction Programming (single or multi-camera)
- Planet Earth — From Pole To Pole
- American Masters Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
- The Amazing Race — I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing
- When the Levees Broke
Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Living Doll
- 24 — 11:00 PM
- Boston Legal — Lincoln
- Deadwood — A Two-Headed Beast
- Heroes — Genesis
- The Sopranos — Stage 5
Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Broken Trail — Night 2
- Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre) - Part 1
- Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction
- The Lost Room — The Key and The Clock (Night 1)
Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program
- American Masters — Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
- Deadliest Catch — The Unforgiving Sea
- Planet Earth — From Pole To Pole
- The Amazing Race — I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing
- When the Levees Broke
Outstanding Stunt Coordination
Outstanding Visual Effects for a Series
- Battlestar Galactica — Exodus, Part 2
- Eureka — Pilot
- Grey's Anatomy — Walk on Water
- Heroes — Five Years Gone
- Rome — Philippi
Outstanding Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
- Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King — Battleground
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Drive -The Starting Line
- Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King — The End of the Whole Mess
- Secrets Of The Deep
- The Path to 9/11
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series
- Saturday Night Live — Host Alec Baldwin and Musical Guest Christina Aguilera
- American Idol — Bon Jovi
- Dancing with the Stars — Episode 310
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Jay Z Show
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — #2424
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction Award
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.