Game of Thrones Makes Their Final Emmy Ballot Submissions! | Watchers on the Wall

Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss accept the writing award at the 2015 Emmy Awards

Welp, it’s that time of year again, nerds. No, not wabbit season, it’s duck EMMY SEASON!!!!! And as predicted, Game of Thrones candidates are all over the submitting ballot, from the acting categories as assumed, to cinematography, and everything else in between. While GOT has won its fair share of Emmys (aka, the most ever for a Primetime show, and still growing), it’s always come up curiously short in the category that people end up talking about most. I’m referring to, of course, the acting categories. To date, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) is the only acting nominee to ever win an Emmy (3 out of 7, in fact). It is my devout hope that in GOT’s season 8 victory lap, we are able to break this curse. A full write up of Emmy speculation will come in the following weeks, but in the meantime, let’s check out who is in contention for nominations this year. Here are the candidates currently sitting on the Emmy ballot:

1. Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

2. Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series (3 candidates)

• The Long Night (803)
  • Fabian Wagner, ASC, BSC, Director of Photography
• The Last of the Starks (804)
  • David Franco, Director of Photography
• The Iron Throne (806)
  • Jonathan Freeman, ASC, Director of Photography

3. Outstanding Period Costumes

4. Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series (3 candidates)

• The Long Night (803)
• The Last of the Starks (804)
• The Iron Throne (806)
  • David Benioff, D.B. Weiss

5. Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series (3 candidates)

• The Long Night (803)
  • Hair team includes department head plus four others. Of 22 actors, 4 had lace wigs. Of 16 pictures/stunt doubles, 12 had lace wigs. Using dirt made of hair gels/oils mixed with dirt powder and dry shampoos. Fresh blood plus fresh scab. Episode 803 had continuity jumping pre/post battle, cleaning actors up on set. 25 crowd hairdressers did over 400 extras. Special lace wigs for the dead in the crypt/library. 7 Whitewalker wigs, 2 giant’s wigs.
    • Kevin Alexander, Department Head Hairstylist
      Candice Banks, Key Hairstylist
      Nicola Mount, Hairstylist
      Rosalia Culora, Hairstylist
  • Night King full silicone head and hands make-up, contact lenses and dentures. 6 White Walkers, each consisting of 9 silicone appliances, dentures, contact lenses, lace hair pieces. The Hound: Silicone burn makeup. Bespoke Wights silicone make-ups : 9x in Library scene, 9x mummified wights in the Crypt, Hero Wight which attacks Arya on battlement. Plethora of Wights silicone make-ups throughout the battle. Giant Wight, silicone head and hands make-up. Many various wounds and blood gags.
    • Emma Faulkes, Special Makeup Effects Artist
      Paul Spateri, Special Makeup Effects Artist
      Chloe Muton-Phillips, Special Makeup Effects Artist
      Duncan Jarman, Special Makeup Effects Artist
      Patt Foad, Special Makeup Effects Artist
      John Eldred-Tooby, Special Makeup Effects Artist
      Barrie Gower, Prosthetic Designer
      Sarah Gower, Prosthetic Designer
  • Progressive wounds and injuries applied throughout to tell the story of the battle. Wounds sculpted freehand with thicken sculpting-prosaid, painted with various make up and finished with blood splatter, dirt effects and rubber dust mixture for depth and texture. Character faces created with latex then painted to create broken veins and liver spots for a weathered look. Colodion scars, hair lace beards, laid on Yak hair beards. Frozen effects on facial hair with petroleum wax.
    Jane Walker, Department Head Makeup Artist
    Kay Bilk, Makeup Artist
    Marianna Kyriacou, Makeup Artist
    Nicola Matthews, Makeup Artist
    Pamela Smyth, Makeup Artist

6. Outstanding Main Title Design

7. Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) (2 candidates)

• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (802)
  • Evyen J Klean, Music Supervisor
• The Long Night (803)

8. Outstanding Actor in a Drama

9. Outstanding Actress in a Drama

• Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)

10. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama (5 candidates)

• Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy)
• Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy)
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister)
• Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
• Richard Dormer (Lord Beric Dondarrion)
  • *edit from David – yes, it says “Lord” on the Emmy ballot for him but no others, don’t @ me, please @ them*

10. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama (4 candidates)

• Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth)
• Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister)
• Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark)
• Maisie Williams (Arya Stark)

11. Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama

• Carice Van Houten (Melisandre)

12. Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series (3 candidates)

• Winterfell (801)
• The Long Night (803)
• The Iron Throne (806)
  • Katie Weiland, ACE, Editor

13. Outstanding Drama

14. Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

15. Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

16. Outstanding Special Visual Effects

17. Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

18. Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

• The Iron Throne (806)
  • David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
    • *edit from David – Um. Good luck guys. It’s right now them vs. the wrath of the Internet, and I say this as someone who unreservedly and unapologetically adored the finale.

So there you have it. 35 candidates up for nominations for Game of Thrones, although it should be noted that The Last Watch, the documentary special of season 8, is up for quite a few awards itself. And of course, tons of late night and sketch shows that involve GOT to a small or large degree. I’ll follow up in the next few weeks with some speculation about the upcoming nominations, but in the meantime, what do you think?

Nominations will be announced on Tuesday, July 16, and the awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, September 22!