Last year the Emmys were incredible for Game of Thrones, with the show picking up a record 12 wins. It’ll be difficult to top that but GoT is giving it another go, as the submissions process for the 68th Emmy Awards begins. Now is the time when ballots go out and members of the Television Academy vote to decide who will be nominated, with final nominations being announced July 14th. The Emmy Awards ceremony will be September 18th this year, airing live on ABC.

The 2016 Emmy ballots have been posted online, giving us a look at which episodes and performers from Game of Thrones have been submitted for consideration for awards. They’ve also provided other interesting tidbits, such as brief synopses for episodes 9 and 10 of this season.

“Battle of the Bastards,” next week’s epic ninth episode, is given this synopsis: “Terms of surrender are rejected and accepted.”

Submissions for “The Winds of Winter,” the last episode of season 6, reveal a description of “Season Finale. Cersei faces her trial.”

Diving into the submissions, we find that the usual suspects are submitted for the performer awards. Carice van Houten had an exciting first few episodes of this season, so it’s not so surprising she’d get a push this year. The others have all been submitted for years now.

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Peter Dinklage

Kit Harington



Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Emilia Clarke

Lena Headey

Sophie Turner

Carice van Houten

Maisie Williams

Max von Sydow is being submitted as a guest star, as we would expect. Diana Rigg is not, which is a little surprising. I’d thought that Ian McShane would give it a go as well, but looking at the ballot, he’s submitted as a contender in two other performing categories already.



Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Max von Sydow as The Three-Eyed Raven, in The Door

The ballot description of the role: The Three-Eyed Raven tries to train Bran methodically, but Bran’s impatient. When Bran enters a vision unguided, he allows the Night King to negate the Raven’s protection. Desperate, with time running out, the Raven overloads Bran with omniscience. Trapped, the Raven falls to his ancient nemesis – but saves his pupil

The rest of the submissions are a mix of episodes, as we’d expect, with a heavy emphasis on episode 9, “Battle of the Bastards.” Benioff and Weiss’ sole writing submission is for that episode. I think we can really look forward to something extraordinary next week.

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

Battle Of The Bastards (S6, E9)

Synopsis from the ballot: Terms of surrender are rejected and accepted.

Episode 9 is written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

GoT has five submissions in the category for directors- every director from this season is being submitted.

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Battle Of The Bastards

Director: Miguel Sapochnik

Book Of The Stranger (S6, E4)

Director: Dan Sackheim

Home (S6, E2)

Director: Jeremy Podeswa

No One (S6, E8)

Director: Mark Mylod

The Door (S6, E5)

Director: Jack Bender

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Or Fantasy Program

(One Hour Or More)

Blood Of My Blood (S6, E6)

The Broken Man (S6, E7)

No One (S6, E8)

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series

Home (S6, E2). Greg Middleton, CSC, Director of Photography

Oathbreaker (S6, E3). Anette Haellmigk, Director of Photography

The Door. (S6, E5). Jonathan Freeman, ASC, Director of Photography

The Winds of Winter (S6, E10). Fabian Wagner, BSC, Director of Photography

Episode description given- “Season Finale. Cersei faces her trial.”

Outstanding Special Visual Effects

Battle of the Bastards (S6, E9)

Outstanding Costumes For A Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series Or Movie

Submitting episode: The Winds Of Winter. S6E10

Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)

Battle Of The Bastards (S6, E9)

Technical Description:

Sides of beard laid on with yak hair to blend in with the actor’s own goatee. Scars made from colodion and art worked with inks. Various hair lace beards. Various fight injuries using blood effects. Freehand molding materials for cuts and swellings, art work with gels, grease paint and inks. Mud effects made with aqua colour rubber dust and clay powder. Mouth blood and lumps made with colored flavored gelatin. Bald caps under doubles’ wigs.

Jane Walker, Department Head Makeup Artist

Kate Thompson, Makeup Artist

Nicola Mathews, Makeup Artist

Kay Bilk, Makeup Artist

Marianna Kyriacou, Makeup Artist

Pamela Smyth, Makeup Artist

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special

The Door (S6, E5)

Technical Description: 6x Hero Children of the Forest Full body / Facial makeups consisting of 21 silicone appliances per character. With punched hairline and knotted lace piece. 3x White walkers and new night King silicone makeup each consisting of 9 appliances. 2x Hero wights in green suits with facial silicone makeups and torso skeletal appliances for vfx negative space; approx. 20x wights silicone facial and hand make-ups of various stages of decomposition. Jorah grey-scale probondo arm appliances.

Jane Walker, Department Head Makeup Artist

Barrie Gower, Prosthetic Designer

Sarah Gower, Special Makeup Effects Assistant Department Head

Emma Sheffield, Key Special Makeup Effects Artist

Tristan Versluis, Key Special Makeup Effects Artist

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series

The Door (S5, E5)

Technical Description: My team does an amazing amount of work with all wigs, colours, cuts and continuity of different looks in 3 different countries consecutively. This year I created a new character, Child of the Forest, working with prosthetics designer Barrie. I designed the wigs taking inspiration from tree roots and foliage of the forest ground. There was also a separate front piece that was stuck on and twisted with gel mud to make a

seamless front.

Kevin Alexander, Department Head Hairstylist

Candice Banks, Key Hairstylist

Nicola Mount, Hairstylist

Laura Pollock, Hairstylist

Gary Machin, Hairstylist

Rosalia Culora, Hairstylist

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series

GoT is submitting 3 episodes in this category:

Battle Of The Bastards

Tim Porter, Editor

Home

Crispin Green, Editor

Oathbreaker

Katie Weiland, Editor

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

Battle of the Bastards (S6, E9)

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series

The Door (S6, E5)

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

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

Outstanding Interactive Program- Game Of Thrones Main Titles 360 Experience

And of course-

Outstanding Drama Series

We won’t know which submissions win actual nominations until July 14th, so we’ll keep you posted when it comes time for that!