MUMBAI: Emmy Award winner Louis J. Horvitz will return for his 12 time as director of the US Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' (Atas) 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air live in the US on 27 August on NBC.

In March, Horvitz directed The 78th Annual Academy Awards. This marked his 10th year at the helm of the Oscars.