Glover went on to win the award for acting in a comedic series later in the night, capping off a fantastic year that also saw his FX show pick up Golden Globes.
Donald Glover earned not only his first Emmy at tonight’s award ceremony, but the first for an African-American in the category.
Atlanta isn’t set to return until 2018 as Glover is currently busy filming the Han Solo prequel, in which he plays a young Lando Calrissian.
The actor-writer-director beat Veep and Silicon Valley alumni to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, specifically for the ‘B.A.N.’ episode of Atlanta.