Netflix’s Squid Game is officially an Emmy winner. During Monday night’s proceedings, director and series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk was given the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his work on the series’ pilot episode, “Red Light, Green Light”. Other nominees in the category were Jason Bateman for Ozark, Ben Stiller for Severance, Karyn Kusama for Yellowjackets, and Mark Mylod, Cathy Yan, and Lorene Scafaria for three different episodes of Succession. Squid Game already made history for being the first non-English language series to ever be nominated for an Emmy, also scoring nominations for Best Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Writing for a Drama Series.
It’s a wrap! Hwang Dong-hyuk wins the #Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for @SquidGame (@Netflix)! 💥 #Emmys #Emmys2022 pic.twitter.com/6uVjUMCwIi
