Female directors took home the Primetime Emmy Awards for comedy and drama series directing in the same year for the first time, as helmers from “Hacks” and “The Crown” preva…
Female directors took home the Primetime Emmy Awards for comedy and drama series directing in the same year for the first time, as helmers from “Hacks” and “The Crown” prevailed against tough competition.won for directing the pilot episode of “Hacks,” the HBO Max comedy that also won lead comedy actress for star Jean Smart.Jessica Hobbs
won for helming the fourth season finale of “The Crown,” the episode “War” depicting the depth of the dysfunction of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s doomed marriage. Hobbs’ win was part of an impressive near-sweep for “The Crown.” When pressed backstage, Hobbs said she tried not to think about how the retrospective would be received in 2021 but rather focus on the feelings that the characters would have had in the moment.
“I wouldn’t say we think so much about how they’ll be perceived,” Hobbs said, but rather “the real circumstances for the person at that the time.” Women creatives also took home key writing kudos, including Michaela Coel scoring writing for a limited series for HBO’s “I May Destroy You” while the trio who created “Hacks” — Aniello, Jen Statsky and Paul W. Downs — won for comedy series writing.
“I just wrote a little something, for writers, really. Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that is uncomfortable. I dare you,” Coel said in accepting her trophy for “I May Destroy You.” “In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others to help us determine how we feel about ourselves, and see in turn still the need to be constantly visible, for visibility these days seems to show equate to success.
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