{"id":2006262,"date":"2025-09-08T12:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2006262"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:39:48","slug":"2-people-with-wisconsin-ties-collect-more-honors-at-2025-creative-emmy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/2-people-with-wisconsin-ties-collect-more-honors-at-2025-creative-emmy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2 people with Wisconsin ties collect more honors at 2025 Creative Emmy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of Milwaukee&#8217;s most prolific nonfiction television and movie producers and one of Wisconsin&#8217;s most Emmy-nominated talents both scored big at the Television Academy&#8217;s Creative Arts Emmy Awards this weekend in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Given out Sept. 6-7, the Creative Arts Emmys cover most of the behind-the-camera Emmy awards, along with other specialty categories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Wisconsin winners included:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Vincent Kardasik (from left), Ryan Heller, Michael Bloom, Garrett McNamara, Zachary Rothfeld, Joe Lewis and Chris Smith celebrate winning an Emmy for outstanding documentary or nonfiction series for &#8220;100 Foot Wave&#8221; at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sept. 7, 2025. Smith, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alum, also shared an Emmy for outstanding cinematography, also for &#8220;100 Foot Wave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chris Smith \u2014 the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee film grad who put a spotlight on Milwaukee with the award-winning documentary &#8220;American Movie&#8221; \u2014 collected two Emmys Sept. 7: as part of the team winning for outstanding cinematography for a nonfiction program for &#8220;100 Foot Wave,&#8221; and as an executive producer for the winner for outstanding documentary or nonfiction series, also &#8220;100 Foot Wave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pair of wins brought Smith&#8217;s Primetime Emmy total to three. He also won in 2024 for cinematography for a nonfiction program, again for &#8220;100 Foot Wave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Noah Mitz (from left), Erin Anderson, Hannah Kerman and Matt Benson show off their Emmys for outstanding lighting design \/ lighting direction for a special, won for &quot;The 67th Annual Grammy Awards,&quot; at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sept. 7, 2025. Mitz, a Milwaukee native and Nicolet High School grad, has now won three Emmys.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"613\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/zoQWnmPrm3HrqEg7ONwefw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/milwaukee_journal_sentinel_natl_articles_362\/aa4d8d292379d7debca1e415cdb5dba4\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Noah Mitz (from left), Erin Anderson, Hannah Kerman and Matt Benson show off their Emmys for outstanding lighting design \/ lighting direction for a special, won for &#8220;The 67th Annual Grammy Awards,&#8221; at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sept. 7, 2025. Mitz, a Milwaukee native and Nicolet High School grad, has now won three Emmys.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Noah Mitz, a Milwaukee native who went to Nicolet High School, won his third Emmy Sept. 7 as part of the team for lighting design\/lighting direction for a special for &#8220;The 67th Annual Grammy Awards.&#8221; Mitz also was nominated as part of the team for lighting design\/lighting director for a series for &#8220;Dancing With the Stars.&#8221; (&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; won the latter category.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mitz, who has 33 Emmy nominations overall, previously won Emmys in January 2024 for lighting design\/lighting direction for a variety series, for &#8220;Dancing With the Stars,&#8221; and in 2022, for lighting design\/lighting direction for a variety special, for &#8220;Adele: One Night Only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For those keeping score, &#8220;The Studio,&#8221; the Apple TV+ series spoofing Hollywood, leads the Emmys field so far with nine wins, followed by HBO&#8217;s &#8220;The Penguin&#8221; with eight. NBC&#8217;s &#8220;SNL50: The Anniversary Special&#8221; is the top broadcast winner so far, with seven Emmys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Primetime Emmys ceremony, during which the rest of the major honors are doled out by the Television Academy, airs live on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Carrie Coon, who cut her acting teeth at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and American Players Theatre in Spring Green, is among the nominees for supporting actress in a drama, for &#8220;The White Lotus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/television-radio\/2025\/09\/08\/2-people-with-wisconsin-ties-collect-more-emmy-awards\/85989174007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2 people with Wisconsin ties collect more Emmy Awards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2 people with Wisconsin ties collect more Emmy Awards<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Milwaukee&#8217;s most prolific nonfiction television and movie producers and one of Wisconsin&#8217;s most Emmy-nominated talents both scored big at the Television Academy&#8217;s Creative Arts Emmy Awards this weekend in Los Angeles. Given out Sept. 6-7, the Creative Arts Emmys cover most of the behind-the-camera Emmy awards, along with other specialty categories. 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