Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)

Primetime Emmy Award for Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Awarded for	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	The Bear (2024)
Website	emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was created as Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series, incorporating single and multi-camera programs, in 2008 alongside Outstanding Cinematography for a One-Hour Series. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were combined as Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. The categories were divided again between 2017^[1] and 2022. In 2023, the category was renamed Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour), combined with Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series. In 2024, they split again.

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series
2008	Californication	"Pilot"	Peter Levy	Showtime
	According to Jim	"The Chaperone"	George Mooradian	ABC
	In Treatment	"Week 6: Sophie"	Frank Murphy	HBO
	My Name Is Earl	"Stole a Motorcycle"	Michael Goi	NBC
	Scrubs	"My Princess"	John Inwood
	30 Rock	"Rosemary's Baby"	Vanja Cernjul
2009	Californication	"In Utero"	Michael Weaver	Showtime
	According to Jim	"Heaven Opposed to Hell"	George Mooradian	ABC
	Everybody Hates Chris	"Everybody Hates Back Talk"	Mark Doering-Powell	The CW
	30 Rock	"Apollo, Apollo"	Matthew Clark	NBC
	Weeds	"No Man Is Pudding"	Michael Trim	Showtime

2010s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2010 [2]	Weeds	"A Modest Proposal"	Michael Trim	Showtime
	Gary Unmarried	"Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel"	Gary Baum	CBS
	Hung	"Pilot"	Uta Briesewitz	HBO
	Nurse Jackie	"Apple Bong"	Vanja Cernjul	Showtime
	30 Rock	"Season 4"	Matthew Clark	NBC
	Two and a Half Men	"Crude and Uncalled For"	Steven V. Silver	CBS

Between 2011-2016, half-hour and one-hour series were both eligible for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. No half-hour series were nominated during these years.

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
2017 [3]
	Veep	"Qatar"	David Miller	HBO
	Ballers	"Game Day"	Rodney Taylor	HBO
	Divorce	"Pilot"	Reed Morano
	Mozart in the Jungle	"Now I Will Sing"	Tobias Datum	Amazon
	Silicon Valley	"Success Failure"	Tim Suhrstedt	HBO
	Transparent	"If I Were a Bell"	Jim Frohna	Amazon
2018 [4]
	Atlanta	"Teddy Perkins"	Christian Sprenger	FX
	Barry	"Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth"	Paula Huidobro	HBO
	The End of the F***ing World	"Episode 3"	Justin Brown	Netflix
	GLOW	"Pilot"	Christian Sprenger
	Insecure	"Hella LA"	Patrick Cady	HBO
	Mozart in the Jungle	"Ichi Go Ichi E"	Tobias Datum	Prime Video
2019 [5]
	Russian Doll	"Ariadne"	Chris Teague	Netflix
	Ballers	"Rough Ride"	Anthony Hardwick	HBO
	Fleabag	"Episode 1"	Tony Miller	Prime Video
	Homecoming	"Optics"	Tod Campbell
	Insecure	"High-Like"	Ava Berkofsky	HBO
	What We Do in the Shadows	"Manhattan Night Club"	D.J. Stipsen	FX

2020s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2020 [6]
	The Mandalorian	"Chapter 7: The Reckoning"	Greig Fraser and Baz Idoine	Disney+
	The End of the F***ing World	"Episode 2"	Benedict Spence	Netflix
	Homecoming	"Giant"	Jas Shelton	Prime Video
	Insecure	"Lowkey Happy"	Kira Kelly	HBO
		"Lowkey Lost"	Ava Berkofsky
2021 [7]
	The Mandalorian	"Chapter 15: The Believer"	Matthew Jensen	Disney+
	Grown-ish	"Know Yourself"	Mark Doering-Powell	Freeform
	Hacks	"Primm"	Adam Bricker	HBO Max
	Made for Love	"User One"	Nathaniel Goodman
	Servant	"2:00"	Marshall Adams	Apple TV+
2022 [8]
	Atlanta	"Three Slaps"	Christian Sprenger	FX
	Barry	"starting now"	Carl Herse	HBO
	Grown-ish	"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"	Mark Doering-Powell	Freeform
	Hacks	"The Click"	Adam Bricker	HBO Max
	Insecure	"Reunited, Okay?!"	Ava Berkofsky	HBO
	Russian Doll	"Nowhen"	Ula Pontikos	Netflix
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)
2023 [9]
	Atlanta	"Andrew Wyeth. Alfred's World."	Christian Sprenger	FX
	Barry	"tricky legacies"	Carl Herse	HBO
	How I Met Your Father	"Daddy"	Gary Baum	Hulu
	The Mandalorian	"Chapter 20: The Foundling"	Dean Cundey	Disney+
	Only Murders in the Building	"I Know Who Did It"	Chris Teague	Hulu
	Schmigadoon!	"Something Real"	Jon Joffin	Apple TV+
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
2024 [10]
	The Bear	"Forks"	Andrew Wehde	FX
	Hacks	"Just for Laughs"	Adam Bricker	Max
	Physical	"Like a Rocket"	Jimmy Lindsey	Apple TV+
	Reservation Dogs	"Deer Lady"	Mark Schwartzbard	FX
	Sugar	"Starry Eyed"	Richard Rutkowski	Apple TV+

Programs with multiple wins

5 wins Will & Grace

3 wins Atlanta How I Met Your Mother The Ranch Two and a Half Men

2 wins Californication The Mandalorian

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series are combined, as this category was merged in 2023.

9 nominations Will & Grace 8 nominations Two and a Half Men 5 nominations How I Met Your Mother Insecure 2 Broke Girls

4 nominations According to Jim Everybody Loves Raymond The Mandalorian [note 1] Mike & Molly The Ranch 3 nominations Atlanta Barry Frasier Friends Hacks 30 Rock

2 nominations Ballers The Big Bang Theory Californication The End of the F***ing World Everybody Hates Chris The Exes Grown-ish Homecoming How I Met Your Father Last Man Standing Mozart in the Jungle Pair of Kings Reba Rules of Engagement Russian Doll Spin City Superior Donuts Weeds

Cinematographers with multiple wins

3 wins

• Christian Sprenger

Cinematographers with multiple nominations

4 nominations Mark Doering-Powell 3 nominations Ava Berkofsky Christian Sprenger

2 nominations Adam Bricker Vanja Cernjul Matthew Clark Tobias Datum Michael Trim

Notes

1. Total includes The Mandalorian’s nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour).

References

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