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| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Currently held by | Andrij Parekh, Succession (2020) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series is presented to the best directing of a television drama series, usually for a particular episode.[fn 1]
Winners and nominations[edit]
1950s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Studio One | "Twelve Angry Men" | Franklin Schaffner | CBS |
| Four Star Playhouse | "The Answer" | Roy Kellino | CBS | |
| The Loretta Young Show | "The Clara Schumann Story" | Robert Florey | NBC | |
| The United States Steel Hour | "The Interview" | Alex Segal | ABC | |
| Waterfront | "Christmas on the Waterfront" | Ted Post | CBS | |
| Your Hit Parade | Clark Jones | NBC | ||
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | "The Cain Mutiny Court-Martial" | Franklin Schaffner | CBS |
| Climax! | "Portrait in Celluloid" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |
| Producers' Showcase | "Peter Pan" | Clark Jones | NBC | |
| "Our Town" | Delbert Mann | |||
| The United States Steel Hour | "No Time for Sergeants" | Alex Segal | CBS | |
| 1957 | Playhouse 90 | "Requiem for a Heavyweight" | Ralph Nelson | CBS |
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | "Child of the Regiment" | Lewis Allen | CBS | |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Bob Banner | NBC | ||
| Kraft Television Theatre | "A Night to Remember" | George Roy Hill | ||
| NBC Opera Theatre | "La Boheme" | Kirk Browning | ||
| Playhouse 90 | "Forbidden Area" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |
| 1958 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Bob Banner | NBC | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Green Pastures" | George Schaefer | NBC | |
| Playhouse 90 | "The Comedian" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |
| "The Helen Morgan Story" | George Roy Hill | |||
| "The Miracle Worker" | Arthur Penn | |||
| 1959 | Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series Less Than One Hour | |||
| Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre | "Eddie" | Jack Smight | NBC | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | "Lamb to the Slaughter" | Alfred Hitchcock | CBS | |
| General Electric Theater | "Kid at the Stick" | James Neilson | NBC | |
| "One is a Wanderer" | Herschel Daugherty | |||
| Peter Gunn | "The Kill" | Blake Edwards | ||
| Best Direction of a Single Dramatic Program – One Hour or Longer | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Little Moon of Alban" | George Schaefer | NBC | |
| Playhouse 90 | "Child of Our Time | George Roy Hill | CBS | |
| "A Town Has Turned to Dust" | John Frankenheimer | |||
1960s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Moon and Sixpence | Robert Mulligan | NBC | |
| Desilu Playhouse | "The Untouchables" | Phil Karlson | CBS | |
| Ford Startime | "The Turn of the Screw" | John Frankenheimer | NBC | |
| 1961 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Macbeth" | George Schaefer | NBC |
| Desilu Playhouse | "The Man in the Funny Suit" | Ralph Nelson | CBS | |
| NBC Sunday Showcase | "The Sacco-Vanzetti Story" | Sidney Lumet | NBC | |
| 1962 | The Defenders | Franklin J. Schaffner | CBS | |
| Alcoa Premiere | "People Need People | Alex Segal | ABC | |
| Dr. Kildare | "Shining Image" | Buzz Kulik | NBC | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Victoria Regina" | George Schaefer | ||
| Naked City | Arthur Hiller | ABC | ||
| Westinghouse Presents | "Come Again to Carthage" | Jack Smight | CBS | |
| 1963 | The Defenders | "The Madman" | Stuart Rosenberg | CBS |
| Alcoa Premiere | "The Voice of Charlie Pont" | Robert Ellis Miller | ABC | |
| Ben Casey | "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" | Sydney Pollack | ||
| The DuPont Show of the Week | "Big Deal in Laredo" | Fielder Cook | NBC | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" | George Schaefer | ||
| 1964 | East Side/West Side | "Who Do You Kill?" | Tom Gries | CBS |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "Something About Lee Wiley" | Sydney Pollack | NBC | |
| The Defenders | "Blacklist" | Stuart Rosenberg | CBS | |
| "Moment of Truth" | Paul Bogart | |||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Patriots" | George Schaefer | NBC | |
| 1965 | The Defenders | "The 700 Year-Old Gang" | Paul Bogart | CBS |
| My Name Is Barbra | Dwight Hemion | CBS | ||
| 1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "The Game" | Sydney Pollack | NBC |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Eagle in a Cage" | George Schaefer | NBC | |
| "Inherit the Wind" | ||||
| I Spy | "A Cup of Kindness" | Sheldon Leonard | ||
| 1967 | Death of a Salesman | Alex Segal | CBS | |
| CBS Playhouse | "The Final War of Olly Winter" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Anastasia" | George Schaefer | NBC | |
| Mark Twain Tonight! | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||
| 1968 | CBS Playhouse | "Dear Friends" | Paul Bogart | CBS |
| CBS Playhouse | "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" | George Schaefer | CBS | |
| The Crucible | Alex Segal | |||
| Mission: Impossible | "The Killing" | Lee H. Katzin | ||
| 1969 | CBS Playhouse | "The People Next Door" | David Greene | CBS |
| CBS Playhouse | "Secrets" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Teacher, Teacher" | Fielder Cook | NBC | |
1970s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | CBS Playhouse | "Shadow Game" | Paul Bogart | CBS |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "A Storm in Summer" | Buzz Kulik | NBC | |
| My Sweet Charlie | Lamont Johnson | |||
| 1971 | The Bold Ones: The Senator | "The Day the Lion Died" | Daryl Duke | NBC |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | "A Single Blow of a Sword" | John Badham | NBC | |
| Hawaii Five-O | "Over Fifty? Steal!" | Bob Sweeney | CBS | |
| 1972 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" | Alexander Singer | NBC |
| Columbo | "Short Fuse" | Edward M. Abroms | NBC | |
| The Man and the City | "Hands of Love" | Daniel Petrie | ABC | |
| 1973 | Kung Fu | "An Eye for an Eye" | Jerry Thorpe | ABC |
| Columbo | "The Most Dangerous Match" | Edward M. Abroms | NBC | |
| The Waltons | "The Love Story" | Lee Philips | CBS | |
| 1974 | The Blue Knight | "Part III" | Robert Butler | NBC |
| The Waltons | "The Journey" | Harry Harris | CBS | |
| "The Thanksgiving Story" | Philip Leacock | |||
| 1975 | Upstairs, Downstairs | "A Sudden Storm" | Bill Bain | PBS |
| Benjamin Franklin | "The Ambassador" | Glenn Jordan | CBS | |
| Kojak | "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" | David Friedkin | ||
| "I Want to Report a Dream..." | Telly Savalas | |||
| The Streets of San Francisco | "The Mask of Death" | Harry Falk | ABC | |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" | David Greene | ABC |
| Beacon Hill | "Pilot" | Fielder Cook | CBS | |
| Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | "Part IV" | James Cellan Jones | PBS | |
| Lincoln | "Crossing Fox River" | George Schaefer | NBC | |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | "Part VI: Chapter 8" | Boris Sagal | ABC | |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | "Women Shall Not Weep" | Christopher Hodson | PBS | |
| 1977 | Roots | "Part I" | David Greene | ABC |
| The Adams Chronicles | "John Quincy Adams: President" | Fred Coe | PBS | |
| Roots | "Part II" | John Erman | ABC | |
| "Part III" | Marvin J. Chomsky | |||
| "Part VI" | Gilbert Moses | |||
| 1978 | Holocaust | Marvin J. Chomsky | NBC | |
| The Dain Curse | E. W. Swackhamer | CBS | ||
| I, Claudius | Herbert Wise | PBS | ||
| King | Abby Mann | NBC | ||
| Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Gary Nelson | ABC | ||
| 1979 | The White Shadow | "Pilot" | Jackie Cooper | CBS |
| Lou Grant | "Murder" | Mel Damski | CBS | |
| "Prisoner" | Gene Reynolds | |||
| "Schools" | Burt Brinckerhoff |
1980s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Lou Grant | "Cop" | Roger Young | CBS |
| Lou Grant | "Andrew, Part 2" | Peter Levin | CBS | |
| "Influence" | Gene Reynolds | |||
| "Hollywood" | Burt Brinckerhoff | |||
| Skag | "Pilot" | Frank Perry | NBC | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | "Hill Street Station" | Robert Butler | NBC |
| American Dream | "Pilot" | Mel Damski | ABC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Jungle Madness" | Corey Allen | NBC | |
| "Up in Arms" | Georg Stanford Brown | |||
| Lou Grant | "Pack" | Burt Brinckerhoff | CBS | |
| "Strike" | Gene Reynolds | |||
| 1982 | Fame | "To Soar and Never Falter" | Harry Harris | NBC |
| Fame | "Musical Bridge" | Robert Scheerer | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "The Second Oldest Profession" | Robert Butler | ||
| "The World According to Freedom" | Jeff Bleckner | |||
| Lou Grant | "Hometown" | Gene Reynolds | CBS | |
| 1983 | Hill Street Blues | "Life in the Minors" | Jeff Bleckner | NBC |
| Fame | "And the Winner Is" | Marc Daniels | NBC | |
| "Feelings" | Robert Scheerer | |||
| The Mississippi | "Old Hatred Die Hard" | Leo Penn | CBS | |
| 1984 | Hill Street Blues | "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" | Corey Allen | NBC |
| Fame | "Sheer Will" | Robert Scheerer | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Doris in Wonderland" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | ||
| "Midway to What?" | Thomas Carter | |||
| 1985 | Cagney & Lacey | "Heat" | Karen Arthur | CBS |
| Hill Street Blues | "El Capitan" | Georg Stanford Brown | NBC | |
| "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" | Thomas Carter | |||
| Miami Vice | "Cool Runnin'" | Lee H. Katzin | ||
| "Smuggler's Blues" | Paul Michael Glaser | |||
| 1986 | Cagney & Lacey | "Parting Shots" | Georg Stanford Brown | CBS |
| Amazing Stories | "The Mission" | Steven Spielberg | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Two Easy Pieces" | Gabrielle Beaumont | ||
| Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Peter Werner | ABC | |
| "My Fair David" | Will Mackenzie | |||
| 1987 | L.A. Law | "Pilot" | Gregory Hoblit | NBC |
| Cagney & Lacey | "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 2" | Sharron Miller | CBS | |
| L.A. Law | "The Venus Butterfly" | Donald Petrie | NBC | |
| Moonlighting | "Atomic Shakespeare" | Will Mackenzie | ABC | |
| "I Am Curious... Maddie" | Allan Arkush | |||
| 1988 | St. Elsewhere | "Weigh In, Way Out" | Mark Tinker | NBC |
| China Beach | "Pilot" | Rod Holcomb | ABC | |
| L.A. Law | "Beauty and Obese" | Sam Weisman | NBC | |
| "Full Martial Jacket" | Win Phelps | |||
| "Handroll Express" | Kim Friedman | |||
| "The Wizard of Odds | Gregory Hoblit | |||
| 1989 | Tanner '88 | "The Boiler Room" | Robert Altman | HBO |
| L.A. Law | "I'm in the Nude for Love" | Eric Laneuville | NBC | |
| "To Live and Diet in L.A." | John Pasquin | |||
| Midnight Caller | "Conversations with the Assassin" | Thomas Carter | ||
| thirtysomething | "We'll Meet Again" | Scott Winant | ABC |
1990s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Equal Justice | "Promises to Keep" | Thomas Carter | ABC |
| thirtysomething | "The Go-Between" | Scott Winant | ||
| L.A. Law | "The Last Gasp" | Rick Wallace | NBC | |
| "Noah's Bark" | Win Phelps | |||
| Twin Peaks | "Pilot" | David Lynch | ABC | |
| 1991 | Equal Justice | "In Confidence" | Thomas Carter | ABC |
| China Beach | "You, Babe" | Mimi Leder | ABC | |
| Cop Rock | "Pilot" | Gregory Hoblit | ||
| L.A. Law | "God Rest You Murray Gentleman" | Tom Moore | NBC | |
| 1992 | I'll Fly Away | "All God's Children" | Eric Laneuville | NBC |
| China Beach | "Rewind" | Mimi Leder | ABC | |
| L.A. Law | "Say Goodnight Gracie" | Rick Wallace | NBC | |
| Northern Exposure | "Seoul Mates" | Jack Bender | CBS | |
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Nancy Malone | ||
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | "Gone for Goode" | Barry Levinson | NBC |
| I'll Fly Away | "Until Tomorrow" | Eric Laneuville | NBC | |
| Law & Order | "Conspiracy" | Edwin Sherin | ||
| Sirens | "Crash and Born" | Nancy Malone | ABC | |
| "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" | Robert Butler | |||
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | "Northern Italy, 1918" | Bille August | ||
| 1994 | NYPD Blue | "Tempest in a C-Cup" | Daniel Sackheim | ABC |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | "Pilot" | Robert Butler | ABC | |
| NYPD Blue | "Guns 'N Rosaries" | Michael M. Robin | ||
| "Pilot" | Gregory Hoblit | |||
| "True Confessions" | Charles Haid | |||
| 1995 | ER | "Love's Labor Lost" | Mimi Leder | NBC |
| Chicago Hope | "Life Support" | Lou Antonio | CBS | |
| ER | "Pilot" | Rod Holcomb | NBC | |
| My So-Called Life | "Pilot" | Scott Winant | ABC | |
| NYPD Blue | "Innuendo" | Mark Tinker | ||
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | "Leave of Absence" | Jeremy Kagan | CBS |
| ER | "The Healers" | Mimi Leder | NBC | |
| "Hell and High Water" | Christopher Chulack | |||
| Murder One | "Chapter One" | Charles Haid | ABC | |
| NYPD Blue | "Blackboard Jungle" | Mark Tinker | ||
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | "Where's 'Swaldo?" | Mark Tinker | ABC |
| ER | "Fear of Flying" | Christopher Chulack | NBC | |
| "Last Call" | Rod Holcomb | |||
| "Union Station" | Tom Moore | |||
| The X-Files | "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" | James Wong | Fox | |
| 1998 | Brooklyn South | "Pilot" | Mark Tinker | CBS |
| NYPD Blue | "Lost Israel, Part 2" | Paris Barclay | ABC | |
| Chicago Hope | "Brain Salad Surgery" | Bill D'Elia | CBS | |
| ER | "Ambush" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC | |
| The X-Files | "The Post-Modern Prometheus" | Chris Carter | Fox | |
| 1999 | NYPD Blue | "Hearts and Souls" | Paris Barclay | ABC |
| Law & Order | "Empire" | Matthew Penn | NBC | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street Law & Order | "Sideshow" | Edwin Sherin | ||
| The Sopranos | "The Sopranos" | David Chase | HBO |
2000s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The West Wing | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC |
| ER | "All in the Family" | Jonathan Kaplan | NBC | |
| "Such Sweet Sorrow" | John Wells | |||
| The Sopranos | "Funhouse" | John Patterson | HBO | |
| "The Knight in White Satin Armor" | Allen Coulter | |||
| 2001 | The West Wing | "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC |
| ER | "The Visit" | Jonathan Kaplan | NBC | |
| The Sopranos | "Amour Fou" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| "Pine Barrens" | Steve Buscemi | |||
| "University" | Allen Coulter | |||
| The West Wing | "Shibboleth" | Laura Innes | NBC | |
| 2002 | Six Feet Under | "Pilot" | Alan Ball | HBO |
| The Shield | "Pilot" | Clark Johnson | FX | |
| 24 | "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." | Stephen Hopkins | Fox | |
| The West Wing | "The Indians in the Lobby" | Paris Barclay | NBC | |
| "Posse Comitatus" | Alex Graves | |||
| 2003 | The West Wing | "Twenty Five" | Christopher Misiano | NBC |
| Six Feet Under | "Nobody Sleeps" | Alan Poul | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | "Whitecaps" | John Patterson | ||
| "Whoever Did This" | Tim Van Patten | |||
| 24 | "Day 2: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m." | Ian Toynton | Fox | |
| 2004 | Deadwood | "Deadwood" | Walter Hill | HBO |
| ER | "The Lost" | Christopher Chulack | NBC | |
| Nip/Tuck | "Pilot" | Ryan Murphy | FX | |
| The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" | Allen Coulter | HBO | |
| "Long Term Parking" | Tim Van Patten | |||
| 2005 | Lost | "Pilot" | J. J. Abrams | ABC |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Grave Danger" | Quentin Tarantino | CBS | |
| Deadwood | "Complications" | Gregg Fienberg | HBO | |
| Grey's Anatomy | "A Hard Day's Night" | Peter Horton | ABC | |
| Huff | "Crazy Nuts & All Fucked Up" | Scott Winant | Showtime | |
| Rescue Me | "Guts" | Peter Tolan | FX | |
| The West Wing | "2162 Votes" | Alex Graves | NBC | |
| 2006 | 24 | "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Fox |
| Big Love | "Pilot" | Rodrigo Garcia | HBO | |
| Lost | "Live Together, Die Alone" | Jack Bender | ABC | |
| Six Feet Under | "Everyone's Waiting" | Alan Ball | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | "Join the Club" | David Nutter | ||
| "Members Only" | Tim Van Patten | |||
| The West Wing | "Election Day, Part 1" | Mimi Leder | NBC | |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | "Kennedy and Heidi" | Alan Taylor | HBO |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Exodus, Part 2" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Sci Fi | |
| Boston Legal | "Son of the Defender" | Bill D'Elia | ABC | |
| Friday Night Lights | "Pilot" | Peter Berg | NBC | |
| Heroes | "Genesis" | David Semel | ||
| Lost | "Through the Looking Glass" | Jack Bender | ABC | |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC | |
| 2008 | House | "House's Head" | Greg Yaitanes | Fox |
| Boston Legal | "The Mighty Rogues" | Arlene Sanford | ABC | |
| Breaking Bad | "Pilot" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Damages | "Get Me a Lawyer" | Allen Coulter | FX | |
| Mad Men | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Alan Taylor | AMC | |
| 2009 | ER | "And in the End..." | Rod Holcomb | NBC |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Daybreak, Part 2" | Michael Rymer | Sci Fi | |
| Boston Legal | "Made in China" / "Last Call" | Bill D'Elia | ABC | |
| Damages | "Trust Me" | Todd A. Kessler | FX | |
| Mad Men | "The Jet Set" | Phil Abraham | AMC |
2010s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [1] | Dexter | "The Getaway" | Steve Shill | Showtime |
| Breaking Bad | "One Minute" | Michelle MacLaren | AMC | |
| Lost | "The End" | Jack Bender | ABC | |
| Mad Men | "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" | Lesli Linka Glatter | AMC | |
| Treme | "Do You Know What It Means" | Agnieszka Holland | HBO | |
| 2011 [2] | Boardwalk Empire | "Boardwalk Empire" | Martin Scorsese | HBO |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Anastasia" | Jeremy Podeswa | HBO | |
| The Borgias | "The Poisoned Chalice" / "The Assassin" | Neil Jordan | Showtime | |
| Game of Thrones | "Winter Is Coming" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| The Killing | "Pilot" | Patty Jenkins | AMC | |
| 2012 [3] | Boardwalk Empire | "To the Lost" | Tim Van Patten | HBO |
| Breaking Bad | "Face Off" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode Seven" | Brian Percival | PBS | |
| Homeland | "Pilot" | Michael Cuesta | Showtime | |
| Mad Men | "The Other Woman" | Phil Abraham | AMC | |
| 2013 [4] | House of Cards | "Chapter 1" | David Fincher | Netflix |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Margate Sands" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| Breaking Bad | "Gliding Over All" | Michelle MacLaren | AMC | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode Four" | Jeremy Webb | PBS | |
| Homeland | "Q&A" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| 2014 [5] | True Detective | "Who Goes There" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | HBO |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Farewell Daddy Blues" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| Breaking Bad | "Felina" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode One" | David Evans | PBS | |
| Game of Thrones | "The Watchers on the Wall" | Neil Marshall | HBO | |
| House of Cards | "Chapter 14" | Carl Franklin | Netflix | |
| 2015 [6] | Game of Thrones | "Mother's Mercy" | David Nutter | HBO |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Eldorado" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| Game of Thrones | "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" | Jeremy Podeswa | ||
| Homeland | "From A to B and Back Again" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| The Knick | "Method and Madness" | Steven Soderbergh | Cinemax | |
| 2016 [7] | ||||
| Game of Thrones | "Battle of the Bastards" | Miguel Sapochnik | HBO | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode Nine" | Michael Engler | PBS | |
| Game of Thrones | "The Door" | Jack Bender | HBO | |
| Homeland | "The Tradition of Hospitality" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| The Knick | "This Is All We Are" | Steven Soderbergh | Cinemax | |
| Ray Donovan | "Exsuscito" | David Hollander | Showtime | |
| 2017 [8] | ||||
| The Handmaid's Tale | "Offred" | Reed Morano | Hulu | |
| Better Call Saul | "Witness" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| The Crown | "Hyde Park Corner" | Stephen Daldry | Netflix | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | "The Bridge" | Kate Dennis | Hulu | |
| Homeland | "America First" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| Stranger Things | "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" | The Duffer Brothers | Netflix | |
| Westworld | "The Bicameral Mind" | Jonathan Nolan | HBO | |
| 2018 [9] | ||||
| The Crown | "Paterfamilias" | Stephen Daldry | Netflix | |
| Game of Thrones | "Beyond the Wall" | Alan Taylor | HBO | |
| "The Dragon and the Wolf" | Jeremy Podeswa | |||
| The Handmaid's Tale | "After" | Kari Skogland | Hulu | |
| Ozark | "The Toll" | Jason Bateman | Netflix | |
| "Tonight We Improvise" | Daniel Sackheim | |||
| Stranger Things | "Chapter Nine: The Gate" | The Duffer Brothers | ||
| 2019 [10] | ||||
| Ozark | "Reparations" | Jason Bateman | Netflix | |
| Game of Thrones | "The Iron Throne" | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss | HBO | |
| "The Last of the Starks" | David Nutter | |||
| "The Long Night" | Miguel Sapochnik | |||
| The Handmaid's Tale | "Holly" | Daina Reid | Hulu | |
| Killing Eve | "Desperate Times" | Lisa Brühlmann | BBC America | |
| Succession | "Celebration" | Adam McKay | HBO |
2020s[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [11] | ||||
| Succession | "Hunting" | Andrij Parekh | HBO | |
| The Crown | "Aberfan" | Benjamin Caron | Netflix | |
| "Cri de Coeur" | Jessica Hobbs | |||
| Homeland | "Prisoners of War" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| The Morning Show | "The Interview" | Mimi Leder | Apple TV+ | |
| Ozark | "Fire Pink" | Alik Sakharov | Netflix | |
| "Su Casa Es Mi Casa" | Ben Semanoff | |||
| Succession | "This Is Not for Tears" | Mark Mylod | HBO |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Though this category is the dominant one in which dramatic directing has been recognized, there were a few years in which the categories were determined by running time, not genre. Until 1979, miniseries and television films competed alongside drama series.
References[edit]
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.