To the period 1 episode "Three Stories", David Shore won a writing Emmy in 2005 and also the Humanitas Prize in 2006
. Writer Lawrence Kaplow won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2006 for the season two episode "Autopsy". Director Greg Yaitanes obtained the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Drama Series, for directing "House's Head", the 1st component of season four's two-episode finale. In 2007, the demonstrate won a Innovative Arts Emmy Award for prosthetic makeup.