Just as Alex Gibney is seeing his Wikileaks doc hit DVD this month and his Lance Armstrong doc debut at the Venice Film Festival, another one of his films has just picked up three Emmys. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God was one of the biggest winners at last night’s 2013 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, being honored for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming (to Gibney) and Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (to Sloane Klevin). Meanwhile, another doc that Gibney produced, Alison Ellwood’s History of the Eagles Part One, won for Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming.
Robert Trachtenberg beat Gibney for the award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming, for the American Masters episode Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, while American Masters as a whole was named Outstanding Documentary of Nonfiction Series. Greg Barker’s Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden was named Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. History’s miniseries The Men Who Built America was another double-winner, picking up awards for Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) and Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special, for which it tied.
The big reality TV winners of the night were Undercover Boss, which was named Outstanding Reality Program, and Deadliest Catch, which won two Emmys, Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming and Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming. That last category is not to be confused with Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming, which went to the CNN series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (beating Mea Maxima Culpa among other nominees), which also tied for Outstanding Informational Series (with Inside the Actor’s Studio).
Other notable nonfiction winners include the short HBO doc An Apology to Elephants, for which narrator Lily Tomlin won Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, and the short History.com doc Remembering 9/11, which won in the category Outstanding Special Class — Short-Format Nonfiction Programming. And Behind the Candelabra, which is only as nonfiction as a campy biopic will be, won a whopping eight Emmys.
Here is the full list of nonfiction winners at the 2013 Creative Arts Emmys:
Outstanding Children’s Program
Nick News With Linda Ellerbee — Forgotten But Not Gone: Kids, HIV & AIDS, Nickelodeon
Linda Ellerbee, Executive Producer
Rolfe Tessem, Executive Producer
Wally Berger, Supervising Producer
Mark Lyons, Producer
Martin Toub, Produced By
Wendy Lobel, Produced By
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
MasterChef , FOX
John Janavs, Production Designer
Robert Frye, Art Director
Heidi Miller, Set Decorator
Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming
Deadliest Catch, “Mutiny on the Bering Sea,” Discovery Channel
Josh Earl, A.C.E., Supervising Editor
Alex Durham, Editor
Rob Butler, Editor
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, HBO
Sloane Klevin, Editor
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series Or Special
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS
Thomas Holmes, Production Mixer
Mikael Stewart, House Production Mixer
John Harris, Music Mixer
Eric Schilling, Music Mixer
Ron Reaves, House Music Mixer
Eric Johnston, Playback Mixer
Pablo Munguia, Playback Mixer
Tom Pesa, Stage Mixer
Michael Parker, Stage Mixer
Bob LaMasney, Audience Supplemental Mixer
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming
History of The Eagles, Showtime
Tom Fleischman, Re-Recording Mixer
Bret Johnson, Sound Re-Recordist
Richard Davis, Music Mixer
Elliot Scheiner, Music Mixer
Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
The Men Who Built America, “Bloody Battles,” HISTORY
Tim W. Kelly, Sound Editing
Jonathan Soule, Sound Editing
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
An Apology to Elephants, HBO
Lily Tomlin as Narrator
Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special — Juried Award
55th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
Marina Toybina, Costume Designer
Courtney Webster, Assistant Costume Designer
The Men Who Built America, “Bloody Battles, “HISTORY”
Sarah Beers, Costume Designer
Rachael Leah Greene, Costume Supervisor
Lisa Faibish, Costumer Supervisor
Portlandia, “Blackout,” IFC
Amanda Needham, Costume Designer
Monika Schmidt, Costume Supervisor
Outstanding Music Direction
66th Annual Tony Awards, CBS
Elliot Lawrence, Music Director
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
66th Annual Tony Awards, “If I Had Time,” CBS
Adam Schlesinger, Lyrics by
David Javerbaum, Music by
Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming
Deadliest Catch, “Mutiny on the Bering Sea,” Discovery Channel
Cinematography Team
Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, “Myanmar,” CNN
Todd Liebler, Director of Photography
Zach Zamboni, Director of Photography
Morgan Fallon, Director of Photography
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
American Masters , “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise,” PBS
Robert Trachtenberg, Directed by
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House Of God, HBO
Alex Gibney, Written by
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking — Juried Award
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, HBO
Alex Gibney, producer
Todd Wider, producer
Jedd Wider, Producer
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden, HBO
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Nancy Abraham, Senior Producer
John Battsek, Produced By
Julie Goldman, Produced By
Greg Barker, Produced By
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
American Masters, PBS
Susan Lacy, Executive Producer
Julie Sacks, Supervising Producer
Prudence Glass, Series Producer
Jessica Levin, Produced By
Outstanding Informational Series or Special (Tie)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, CNN
Anthony Bourdain, Executive Producer/Host
Christopher Collins, Executive Producer
Lydia Tenaglia, Executive Producer
Sandra Zweig, Executive Producer
Sally Freeman, Producer
Tom Vitale, Producer
Inside The Actors Studio, Bravo
James Lipton, Executive Producer
Christian Barcellos, Executive Producer
Shawn Tesser, Producer
Jeff Wurtz, Producer
Outstanding Special Class Programs
66th Annual Tony Awards, CBS
Outstanding Special Class — Short-Format Nonfiction Programs
Remembering 9/11, History.com
Kathleen Williams, Executive Producer
Sean Kennedy, Producer
Outstanding Interactive Program
Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs, ComedyCentral.com
Robert Smigel, Executive Producer
Steve Grimes, Executive Producer
Shaw Bowman, Supervising Producer
Akash Goyal, Senior Producer
Mike Henneberger, Producer
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series
The Voice, “Live Final Performances (Season 3),” NBC
Oscar Dominguez, Lighting Designer
Daniel Boland, Lighting Director
Samuel Barker, Lighting Director
Craig Housenick, Media Server Operator
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for aVariety Special
Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show Starring Beyoncé, CBS
Al Gurdon, Lighting Designer
Robert Barnhart, Lighting Director
Dave Grill, Lighting Director
Michael Owen, Lighting Director
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
66th Annual Tony Awards, CBS
Eric Becker, Technical Director
Rob Balton, Camera
Gerard Cancel, Camera
Bob DelRusso, Camera
Charlie Huntley, Camera
Ernie Jew, Camera
Salvatore “Tore” Liva, Camera
John Meiklejohn, Camera
Lyn Noland, Camera
Mark Renaudin, Camera
Shaun Harkins, Camera
Jay Kulick, Camera
Paul Ranieri, Video Control
Ka-Lai Wong, Video Control
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Project Runway, Lifetime
Heidi Klum, Host
Tim Gunn, Host
Outstanding Reality Program
Undercover Boss, CBS
Eli Holzman, Executive Producer
Stephen Lambert, Executive Producer
Chris Carlson, Executive Producer
Scott Cooper, Producer
Rachelle Mendez, Producer
Abigail Shafran, Producer
Brielle Cohen, Producer
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media — Juried Award
Top Chef’s Last Chance Kitchen (Bravo.com) — Outstanding Multiplatform Storytelling
Oprah’s Lifeclass (OWN.com) — Outstanding Social TV Experience
Nick app (Nickelodeon) — Outstanding User Experience and Visual Design
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (LizzieBennet.com) — Outstanding Interactive Program
