Donald Glover Just Made History With His 'Outstanding Directing' Emmy Win
By James Dinh
September 18, 2017
Childish Gambino, or shall we say Donald Glover, took to the Microsoft Theater stage in Los Angeles during the 2017 Emmy Awards on Sunday night (September 17) for his win in the Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series category for his episode of Atlanta, becoming the first African American director to win in the category.
If the win wasn't enough, the 33-year-old titan's acceptance speech had folks sharing tons of props for the multi-talent. "This really belongs to Hiro Murai. He taught me everything about directing. He had the eye for the show first and we sat down and he's just amazing," Donald said at the podium. "I really wanna give this to Hiro and just say I love you and thank you for being my best friend and making this with me."
As you might have expected, the reaction to the monumental win had Twitter sending him plenty of love. Take a look below at some of the most celebratory tweets about Glover's accolade.
We love you too, @donaldglover #Emmys #Emmys2017 pic.twitter.com/YYFBFyZUEc
— Shadow And Act (@shadowandact) September 18, 2017
Cheers to the iconic @donaldglover & all the culture-shifters breaking down boundaries in how we as a ppl are perceived in media #Emmys
— Jared.Anderson (@_JaredLA) September 18, 2017
Congrats to @AtlantaFX's @donaldglover for winning Best Comedy Director! #Emmys pic.twitter.com/ZdYvjeqBhI
— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) September 18, 2017
Childish Gambino doing his thing! Congrats! https://t.co/SOBhd7Tnlk
— Cena 2 Roman 1 (@BichPhucDat) September 18, 2017
Shout out to Childish Gambino for still taking home awards for Atlanta and the last episode aired like a year ago lol .
— the ghetto oprah (@ayoitsasia_) September 18, 2017
The face you make when you're the first black director to win Outstanding Director for a Comedy Series. Congrats @donaldglover! #EmmyAwards pic.twitter.com/T2KrIDyGdm
— Okayplayer (@okayplayer) September 18, 2017
.@donaldglover's Emmy win makes him the FIRST Black director to win Outstanding Director for a Comedy Series 👏🏽#Emmys2017 pic.twitter.com/WQvasA3b6g
— What's Trending (@WhatsTrending) September 18, 2017
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