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Lovecraft Country
2020
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 1 season
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Every rating
46–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88. Critics average 84, everyone else 64.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
Details
- Created by
- Misha Green
- Based on
- Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
- Released
- 16 August 2020
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 10 across 1 season
- Awards
- 10 wins, 57 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 67 →5 major awards won · 10 wins from 67 nominations across 23 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 | Best Actress in a Horror Series | Jurnee Smollett | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 | Best Horror Series | Lovecraft Country | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Michael K. Williams | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2021 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Tim Kimmel, John Matter, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona, Brett Voss, Jeff Lingle, Jason Lingle, Jeffrey Wilhoit and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit (for "Sundown") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2021 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Courtney B. Vance (for "Whitey's on the Moon") | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2021 | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series | Kalina Ivanov (for "I Am") | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 | Best Villain in a Series | Abbey Lee | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 | Best Actor in a Horror Series | Jonathan Majors | Nominee |
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Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
12 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Courtney B. Vance (for "Whitey's on the Moon") | Winner |
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Tim Kimmel, John Matter, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona, Brett Voss, Jeff Lingle, Jason Lingle, Jeffrey Wilhoit and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit (for "Sundown") | Winner |
| Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Kim-Taylor Coleman and Meagan Lewis | Nominee |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Tat Radcliffe (for "Sundown") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes | Dayna Pink, Zachary Sheets and Terry Anderson (for "I Am.") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks and Ken Taylor | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) | Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq (for "Rewind 1921") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Supervision | Liza Richardson (for "Strange Case") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup | J. Anthony Kosar and Anna Cali (for "Sundown") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Marc Fishman, Mathew Waters and Amanda Beggs (for "Sundown") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie | Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin, Francois Dumoulin, Pietro Ponti, Grant Walker, J.D. Schwalm, Robert C. Rhodes, Kevin McCalister and Paige Prokop | Nominee |
| Outstanding Stunt Performance | Janeshia Adams-Ginyard (for "I Am.") | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Super Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress in a Horror Series | Jurnee Smollett | Winner |
| Best Horror Series | Lovecraft Country | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Horror Series | Jonathan Majors | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Horror Series | Michael K. Williams | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Horror Series | Wunmi Mosaku | Nominee |
| Best Villain in a Series | Abbey Lee | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Television Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Michael K. Williams | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Jonathan Majors | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Jurnee Smollett | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Wunmi Mosaku | Nominee |
Primetime Emmy Awards
6 nominations
| Outstanding Drama Series | Misha Green, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Ben Stephenson, Rachel Rusch Rich, Jonathan I. Kidd, Sonya Winton-Odamtten, Matt King and Dana Robin | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Jonathan Majors (for "Sundown") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Jurnee Smollett (for "Holy Ghost") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Michael K. Williams (for "Rewind 1921") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Aunjanue Ellis (for "I Am.") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Misha Green (for "Sundown") | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Jamie Chung, Aunjanue Ellis, Jada Harris, Abbey Lee, Jonathan Majors, Wunmi Mosaku, Jordan Patrick Smith, Jurnee Smollett and Michael K. Williams | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series | Kalina Ivanov (for "I Am") | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Television Series – Drama | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| New Series | Misha Green, Shannon Houston, Jonathan Kidd, Kevin Lau, Ihuoma Ofordire, Wes Taylor and Sonya Winton | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Compositing in an Episode | Viktor Andersson, Linus Lindblom, Mattias Sandelius, Crawford Reilly (for "Strange Case"; Chrysalis) | Winner |
| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Federica Foresti, Johan Gabrielsson, Hugo Medda, Andreas Krieg (for "Strange Case"; Chrysalis) | Winner |
| Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Patrice Poissant, Pauline Lavelle, Mohamed Abdou Elhakim, Alan Lam (for "Tulsa 1921") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin, Pietro Ponti, Francois Dumoulin (for "Jig-a-Bobo") | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Michael K. Williams | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Jonathan Majors | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Jurnee Smollett | Nominee |
| Best Cable Series, Drama | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Courtney B. Vance | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Wunmi Mosaku | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 TV Programs of the Year | Lovecraft Country | Winner |
Women Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Series | Lovecraft Country | Winner |
NAACP Image Awards
8 nominations
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Jonathan Majors | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Jurnee Smollett | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Cheryl Dunye (for "Strange Case") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Misha Green (for "Jig-a-Bobo") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series | Courtney B. Vance | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Michael K. Williams | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Aunjanue Ellis | Nominee |
Bram Stoker Award
2 nominations
| Superior Achievement in a Screenplay | Misha Green (for "Sundown") | Nominee |
| Superior Achievement in a Screenplay | Misha Green and Ihuoma Ofordire (for "Jig-a-Bobo") | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Score in a TV Show/Limited Series | Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq | Nominee |
| Best Original Song in a TV Show/Limited Series | Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq and Janai Brugger (for "Tulsa, 1921 – Catch the Fire") | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor on Television | Jonathan Majors | Nominee |
| Best Horror Television Series | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |
BET Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Jurnee Smollett | Nominee |
British Academy Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Programme | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movie or Limited Series | Amanda Beggs, Marc Fishman, Mathew Waters, Brad Hacknell, Miguel Araujo and Brett Voss (for "Sundown") | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Period Television | Dayna Pink (for "I Am") | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1 nomination
| Most Frightened Performance | Jurnee Smollett | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Best Special Make-Up Effects in a Television Series, Limited or Miniseries or New Media Series | Carey Jones and Heather Beauvais | Nominee |
Television Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Lovecraft Country | Nominee |