| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Directing, Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Black Reel Awards for Television |
| First awarded | 2017 |
| Currently held by | Cheryl Dunye Bridgerton (2022) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
The Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series is an American annual award presented to the best directing of a television drama series for a particular episode.
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 1st | ||||
| This Is Us | "I Call Marriage" | George Tillman Jr. | NBC | |
| Empire | "A Furnace for Your Foe" | Sanaa Hamri | FOX | |
| The Get Down | "One by One, Into the Dark" | Clark Johnson | Netflix | |
| Luke Cage | "You Know My Steez" | Clark Johnson | Netflix | |
| Queen Sugar | "First Things First" | Ava DuVernay | OWN | |
| 2018 (2nd) | ||||
| The Chi | "Pilot" | Rick Famuyiwa | Showtime | |
| Queen Sugar | "Fruit of the Flower" | Cheryl Dunye | OWN | |
| Scandal | "People Like Me" | Joe Morton | ABC | |
| Scandal | "The People v. Olivia Pope" | Kerry Washington | ABC | |
| Black Lightning | "The Resurrection" | Salim Akil | CW | |
| 2019 3rd | ||||
| This Is Us | "Don't Take My Sunshine Away" | George Tillman Jr. | NBC | |
| Queen Sugar | "A Rock, A River, A Tree" | DeMane Davis | OWN | |
| Pose | "Love is the Message" | Janet Mock | FX | |
| Black Lightning | "The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega" | Salim Akil | CW | |
| This Is Us | "R&B" | Kevin Hooks | NBC |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 4th | ||||
| Pose | "In My Heels" | Janet Mock | FX | |
| Godfather of Harlem | "By Whatever Means Necessary" | John Ridley | EPIX | |
| Queen Sugar | "I Am" | Ayoka Chenzira | OWN | |
| Hunters | "(Ruth 1:16)" | Millicent Shelton | Amazon Prime Video | |
| This Is Us | "A Hell of a Week: Part One" | Kevin Hooks | NBC | |
| 2021 5th | ||||
| Lovecraft Country | "Jig-a-Bobo" | Misha Green | HBO | |
| Pose | "The Trunk" | Tina Mabry | FX | |
| This Is Us | "Birth Mother" | Kay Oyegun | NBC | |
| The Mandalorian | "Chapter 15: The Believer" | Ricky Famuyiwa | Disney+ | |
| Snowfall | "Sleeping Dogs" | Carl Seaton | FX | |
| 2022 6th | ||||
| Bridgerton | "The Viscount Who Loved Me" | Cheryl Dunye | Netflix | |
| Bel-Air | "Dreams and Nightmares" | Morgan Cooper | Peacock | |
| Better Call Saul | "Axe and Grind" | Giancarlo Esposito | AMC | |
| This Is Us | "Our Little Island Girl: Part Two" | Kevin Hooks | NBC | |
| Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | "Pieces of a Man" | Tanya Hamilton | HBO |
Programs with multiple awards
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Programs with multiple nominations
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Total awards by network
- NBC – 2
- FX - 1
- HBO - 1
- Netflix - 1
- Showtime - 1
Individuals with multiple awards
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Individuals with multiple nominations
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References
- Black*ish Paces the Black Reel Awards for Television Field Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- 1st aanual black reel awards. Winners Archived 2022-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Historic night for Queen Sugar blackreelawards.com Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Billy Porter Makes History as First Openly Gay Black Man to Win Emmy for Outstanding Actor in Drama Series indiewire.com September 2019
- ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Insecure’ top Black Reel Awards for Television winners awardswatch.com
- Watchmen & Insecure Pace the Black Reel Awards for TV Nominations blackreelawards.com Archived 2020-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Gordon, Tim. "Plenty of "Love" in the Heart of the Country!". blackreelawards.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- Gordon, Tim. ""Love" Reigns Supreme!". blackreelawards.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- "6th Annual Black Reel TV Awards". Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- Complex, Valerie (June 16, 2022). "6th Annual Black Reel Television Awards Nominations Announced". Deadline. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- Tinoco, Armando (August 14, 2022). "Black Reel TV Awards: Quinta Brunson & 'Abbott Elementary' Lead Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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