Rob Reiner, Ron Howard, Fisher Stevens, Morgan Neville, Andrew Jarecki Among Big Names Squaring Off In Emmy Documentary Categories
deadline.comSome of the entertainment industry’s top filmmakers will go up against each other at the 76thEmmy Awards. Oscar winner Ron Howard’s Jim Henson Idea Man earned eight Emmy nominations this morning, more than any other nonfiction contender in the race.
The Disney+ film about the Muppets creator is nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, and Howard scored a nomination for directing the film. [Scroll for full list of Emmy documentary nominees] Howard is far from the only prominent name to earn recognition in the documentary categories.
Rob Reiner earned a nomination for directing Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, and his HBO documentary will go up against Jim Henson Idea Man in the Nonfiction Special category.
Reiner and Brooks have been friends for over 50 years. “That’s the best part of it for me,” Reiner told Deadline as he reacted to his Emmy nomination, “that somebody that I’ve been so close to since we met in high school, that I’m getting a chance to introduce him to a whole new audience.
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