Just months after his death,Anthony Bourdainwon multiple posthumousEmmy Awardsfor his television work.
At night two of the Creative ArtsEmmy Awardson Sunday, Bourdain won the honors for outstanding writing for a nonfiction program and outstanding informational series or special, according toDeadline.
His CNN series,Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, took home additional wins for picture editing, sound editing and sound mixing.Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown, the series’ online component, was named outstanding short form nonfiction or reality series.
“Tony was nominated for this Emmy many times,” producer Lydia Tenaglia said as she accepted the writing trophy, according toDeadline. “But it had always eluded him, the one he had always coveted, so it is with tremendous bittersweetness that I accept it on his behalf.”
“He’s really off on a journey to parts unknown,” she added. “We wish we were there to shoot it with him, and he really would have written the hell out of that episode.”
The series has been nominated for 31Emmy awardsto date and has won five other times: four of which were for Outstanding Informational Series or Special, and one in 2013 for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming.
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Bell tweeted, “On #Emmy day I have to make sure I honor the man who made it possible for me to have #UnitedShades. w/o @anthonybourdain going to @CNN & showing us all the new possibilities there, I wouldn’t have my show. Thank you, Tony. & also thank you for taking me to Africa for my 1st time.”
On Sunday, John Legendsecured his EGOT statusat the ceremony. And one day before, the Creative Arts EmmyshonoredTiffany Haddish, James Corden andGame of Thrones, among other winners.
source: people.com
