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Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of related stories, Olive Kitteridge, is now a multiple-Emmy-winning miniseriesfrom HBO/Playtone, as of the 2015 Emmy Awards.

FromVariety:

The production was a passion project of McDormand’s, who had optioned Elizabeth Strout’s book of the same name, bringing in writer Jane Anderson (another winner that night) to adapt the script and hounding HBO to get it made.

HBO’sOlive Kitteridge’s eight total Emmy wins* were:

• Lisa Cholodenko / Outstanding Directing
  
• Jane Anderson / Outstanding Writing
  
• Laura Rosenthal and Carolyn Pickman / Outstanding Casting
• Bill Murray / Outstanding Supporting Actor
• Jeffrey M. Werner / Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing
• Richard Jenkins / Outstanding Lead Actor
  
• Frances McDormand / Outstanding Lead Actress
• Outstanding Limited Series
  

To see all nominations for Olive Kitteridge,please click here.

*All are “for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special“, not repeated each instance above.

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