HBO’s The Last of Us Just Won EIGHT Emmy Awards

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards kicked off tonight and HBO’s The Last of Us just secured its first wins of the award season. HBO is no stranger to taking home little golden statues, but The Last of Us has been on a collision course with major wins after the PlayStation adaptation was met with critical acclaim. Though the actors, writers, and directors for the show didn’t win any awards tonight, the Primetime Emmy awards will come later, The Last of Us still managed to wrack up multiple wins at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The Creative Arts Emmy wins for The Last of Us include:

• Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Storm Reid, Episode 7, “Left Behind”
  
• Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Nick Offerman, Episode 3, “Long, Long Time”
  
• Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, Episode 2, “Infected,” awarded to Barrie Gower, Prosthetics Designer; Sarah Gower, Prosthetics Makeup Co-Department Head; Paul Spateri, Key Prosthetics Makeup Artist; Nelly Guimaras Sanjuan, Key Prosthetics Makeup Artist; Johnny Murphy, Key Prosthetics Makeup Artist; Joel Hall, Key Prosthetics Makeup Artist; and Lucy Pittard, Key Prosthetics Makeup Artist.
• Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or Movie, awarded to Alex Wang, Overall Visual Effects Supervisor; Sean Nowlan, Overall Visual Effects Producer; Joel Whist, Production SFX Supervisor; Stephen James, Visual Effects Supervisor, DNEG; Nick Marshall, Digital Effects Supervisor, DNEG; Simon Jung, Visual Effects Supervisor, WETA FX; Dennis Yoo, Animation Supervisor, WETA FX; Espen Nordahl, Visual Effects Supervisor, Storm Studios; Jonathan Mitchell, Visual Effects Supervisor, Distillery FX
  
• Outstanding Main Title Design, awarded to Andy Hall, Creative Director; Nadia Tzuo, Creative Director; Gryun Kim, 3D Artist; Min Shi, Designer; Jun Kim, 3D Artist; Xiaolin (Mike) Zeng, Designer
  
• Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Episode 1, “When You’re Lost In The Darkness,” awarded to Marc Fishman, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer; Kevin Roache, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer; Michael Playfair, CAS, Production Mixer
  
• Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Episode 1, “When You’re Lost In The Darkness,” awarded to Michael J. Benavente, Supervising Sound Editor; Joe Schiff, Dialogue Editor; Christopher Battaglia, Sound Designer; Chris Terhune, Sound Designer; Mitchell Lestner, Sound Effects Editor; Jacob Flack, Sound Effects Editor; Matt Yocum, MPSE, Sound Effects Editor; Maarten Hofmeijer, Music Editor; Randy Wilson, Supervising Foley Editor; Justin Hele, Foley Editor; David Aquino, Foley Editor; Stefan Fraticelli, Foley Artist; Jason Charbonneau, Foley Artist; William Kellerman, Foley Artist
• Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series, Episode 5, “Endure and Survive,” awarded to Timothy A. Good, ACE; Emily Mendez
  

These aren’t the only Emmy Awards that The Last of Us could win however, the show is nominated in several categories that will be awarded at the Primetime Emmy Awards on January 15, including: 

• Outstanding Drama Series
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Pedro Pascal (for Episode 6, “Kin”)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – Bella Ramsey (for Episode 8, “When We Are in Need”)
• Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series – Peter Hoar (for Episode 3, “Long, Long Time”) 
• Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Craig Mazin (for Episode 3, “Long, Long Time”)

Production on The Last of Us season 2 is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2024 but the new episodes likely won’t premiere until 2025, meaning that after its award wins tonight (and potentially next week) the series may not win anymore Emmy Awards until September of NEXT year.