Steven Zaillian wins Emmy Award for Netflix’s Ripley 

Steven Zaillian won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Netflix’s Ripley, Deadline reports.

Zaillian said he was enamored by the beautiful landscapes that Italy provided, alongside being grateful for his cast and crew. 

“Making Ripley in Italy was its own reward. It was like a dream. I didn’t need anything after that. The work is its own reward, and I still really appreciate this honor though, and I share it with literally hundreds of people who worked on Ripley, the actors, Andrew [Scott], Dakota [Fanning], Elliot [Sumner], Johnny [Flynn], Maurizio [Lombardi], and all the other wonderful Italian actors, the producers, the incredible department heads and crew—all of ’em artists in their own right. I thank them. The Academy, Netflix and my family,” Zaillian said.

Ripley is an American neo-noir psychological thriller miniseries created, written and directed by Steven Zaillian, based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel.

The plot revolves around Tom Ripley, a down-at-the-heels con-man. Unaware of his situation, a wealthy man hires him to convince his prodigal son to return home from Italy. But Tom’s introduction to Dickie Greenleaf’s comfortable and leisurely life abroad turns out to be “the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder”.