The Beatles: Get Back director Peter Jackson overcame formidable competition from some Hollywood heavyweights tonight to claim the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.His rivals for the honor included Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio for George Carlin’s American Dream, Amy Poehler for Lucy and Desi, W.

Kamau Bell for We Need to Talk About Cosby, and Andrew Rossi for The Andy Warhol Diaries.It was Jackson’s second win of the night at the Creative Arts Ceremony in Los Angeles, after The Beatles: Get Back won Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series (the latter award went to Jackson, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison, Clare Olssen, and Jonathan Clyde).The Disney+ series was built from material originally shot in 1970 for Let It Be, a documentary about the making of the Beatles’ album of that name.

Jackson limited himself almost exclusively to footage and audio that had never been seen or heard before, skillful weaving it into a three-episode series that challenged existing notions of why The Beatles broke up (Let It Be marked their final release, coming out in May 1970, a month after they announced their breakup).Accepting the award for directing, the New Zealand native reflected back on his youth.“[Let It Be director] Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot all this footage in 1969.

I was an eight year old in New Zealand, a Boy Scout wearing short pants,” Jackson noted, “and for reasons I don’t quite understand, 50 years later The Beatles entrusted me to take the footage and make a film.

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Director Peter Jackson Bests Judd Apatow, Amy Poehler For Emmy Directing Win

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