Game of Thrones garners 13 Emmy nominations!

The 2011 Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning and Game of Thrones was nominated 13 times! The biggest of which was being nominated for Outstanding Drama Series. Also Peter Dinklage was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

The rest of the nominations came in the technical categories and include nominations for costumes, hair styling, makeup (both prosthetic and non-prosthetic), stunts, visual effects, sound editing, and casting. The fabulous opening credit sequence was nominated for Outstanding Main Title Design. While Tim Van Patten scored a directing nom for the pilot episode and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were nominated for best writing for episode nine.

A breakdown of Thrones‘ nominations after the break. The full list of 2011 Emmy nominees can be found here. The tech award winners will be announced on Sept 10, the rest on September 18th.

Winter Is Coming: Congrats to the whole cast and crew for a job well done! It’s great to see the recognition for all their hard work. Now time to actually bring home some hardware!

• Best Drama Series: Game of Thrones
• Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
• Writing in a Drama Series: David Benioff and Dan Weiss for “Baelor”
• Directing in a Drama Series: Timothy van Patten for “Winter is Coming”
• Casting in a Drama Series: Nina Gold and Robert Sterne
• Costumes for a Drama Series: Michelle Clapton and Rachael Webb-Crozier for “The Pointy End”
• Hairstyling in a Single-Camera Series: Kevin Alexander and Candice Banks for “A Golden Crown”
• Main Title Design: Angus Wall, Robert Feng, Kirk H. Shintani, and Hameed Shaukat
• Non-prosthetic Makeup in a Single-Camera Series: Paul Engelen and Melissa Lackersteen for “Winter is Coming”
• Prosethtic Makeup in a Series: Paul Engelen and Conor O’Sullivan for “A Golden Crown”
• Sound Editing for a Series: Stefan Hendrix, Tim Hands, Michelle McCormack, Steve Fanagan, Andy Kennedy, Jon Stevenson, Robin Whittaker, Caoimhe Doyle, and Eoghan McDonnell
• Special Visual effects for a Series: Adam McInnes, Angela Barson, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Raf Morant, Henry Badgett, Damien Mace, Stuart Brisdon, and Graham Hills
• Stunt Coordination: Paul Jennings

Thanks to Westeros.org for compiling this list.

UPDATE: HBO has sent a press release with statements from writers/producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, as well as Supporting Actor nominee Peter Dinklage.

Benioff & Weiss:

These nominations are great honors for the various individuals singled out, but the truth is that hundreds of people worked on Game of Thrones, setting up lights at five in the morning, sewing wolf sigils on Sunday evenings, forging Valyrian steel daggers. The crew and production staff work insane hours and their credits flash by in the blink of an eye at the end of each episode. We thank them for their passion and commitment to the show, and we thank the Academy for recognizing their labors. And of course thanks to HBO and George R.R. Martin.

Peter Dinklage:

It’s great to be nominated with some of my favorite actors, a few of whom I also call my friends.

• Published on 07/14/2011 at 9:07 AM CDT
• Last updated on 10/20/2016 at 6:04 PM CDT