- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Awarded for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Country United States Currently held by Martin Scorsese,
Boardwalk Empire (2011)Official website http://www.emmys.com/ The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series is an Emmy presented to the best directing of a television drama series.
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Award winners and nominations
Best Direction of a Single Program of a Drama Series
- 1959: Jack Smight – Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre (NBC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Drama
- 1960: Robert Mulligan – The Moon and Sixpence (NBC)
- 1961: George Schaefer – Hallmark Hall of Fame Macbeth (NBC)
- 1962: Franklin Schaffner – The Defenders (CBS)
- 1963: Stuart Rosenberg – The Defenders (CBS)
- 1964: Tom Gries – East Side/West Side (CBS)
- 1965: Paul Bogart – The Defenders
- 1966: Sydney Pollack – Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC)
- 1967: Alex Segal – Death of a Salesman (CBS)
- 1968: Lee H. Katzin – Mission: Impossible (CBS)
- 1969: David Greene – The People Next Door (CBS)
- 1970: Paul Bogart – Shadow Game (CBS)
- 1971: Daryl Duke – The Bold Ones: "The Senator" (NBC)
- 1971: Fielder Cook – The Price (NBC)
- 1972: Alexander Singer – The Bold Ones: "The Lawyers" (NBC)
- 1972: Tom Gries – The Glass House (CBS)
- 1973: Jerry Thorpe – Kung Fu (ABC)
- 1973: Joseph Sargent – The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS)
Best Directing in a Drama
- 1974: John Korty – The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (CBS)
- 1974: Robert Butler – The Blue Knight (NBC)
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- 1975: Bill Bain – Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
- 1976: David Greene – Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC)
- 1977: David Greene – Roots (ABC)
- 1978: Marvin J. Chomsky – Holocaust (NBC)
- 1979: Jackie Cooper – The White Shadow (CBS)
1980s
- 1980: Lou Grant: "Cop" – Roger Young (CBS)
- Lou Grant: "Andrew, Part II: Trial" – Peter Levin (CBS)
- Lou Grant: "Hollywood" – Burt Brinckerhoff (CBS)
- Lou Grant: "Influence" – Gene Reynolds (CBS)
- 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)
- Hill Street Blues: "Up in Arms" – Georg Stanford Brown (NBC)
- Lou Grant: "Pack" – Burt Brinckerhoff (CBS)
- Lou Grant: "Strike" – Gene Reynolds (CBS)
- 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 (NBC)
- Hill Street Blues: "The World According to Freedom" – Jeff Bleckner (NBC)
- 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)
- Fame: "Feelings" – Robert Scheerer (NBC)
- The Mississippi: "Old Hatred Die Hard" – Leo Penn (CBS)
- 1984: Hill Street Blues: "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" – Corey Allen (NBC
- Fame: "Sheer Will" – Robert Scheerer (Syndicated)
- Hill Street Blues: "Midway to What?" – Thomas Carter (NBC)
- Hill Street Blues: "Doris in Wonderland" – Arthur Allan Seidelman (NBC)
- 1985: Cagney & Lacey: "Heat" – Karen Arthur (CBS)
- Hill Street Blues: "El Capitan" – Georg Stanford Brown (NBC)
- Hill Street Blues: "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" – Thomas Carter (NBC)
- Miami Vice: "Cool Runnin'" – Lee H. Katzin (NBC)
- Miami Vice: "Smuggler's Blues" – Paul Michael Glaser (NBC)
- 1986: Cagney & Lacey: "Parting Shots" – Georg Stanford Brown (CBS)
- Amazing Stories: "The Mission" – Steven Spielberg (NBC)
- Hill Street Blues: "Two Easy Pieces" – Gabrielle Beaumont (NBC)
- Moonlighting: "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" – Peter Werner (ABC)
- Moonlighting: "My Fair David" – Will Mackenzie (ABC)
- 1987: L.A. Law: "Pilot" – Gregory Hoblit (NBC)
- Cagney & Lacey: "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part II" – Sharron Miller (CBS)
- L.A. Law: "The Venus Butterfly" – Donald Petrie (NBC)
- Moonlighting: "Atomic Shakespeare" – Will Mackenzie (ABC)
- Moonlighting: "I Am Curious... Maddie" – Allan Arkush (ABC)
- 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)
- L.A. Law: "Full Martial Jacket" – Win Phelps (NBC)
- L.A. Law: "Handroll Express" – Kim Friedman (NBC)
- L.A. Law: "The Wizard of Odds" – Gregory Hoblit (NBC)
- 1989: Tanner '88: "The Boiler Room" – Robert Altman (HBO)
- L.A. Law: "I'm in the Nude for Love" – Eric Laneuville (NBC)
- L.A. Law: "To Live and Diet in L.A." – John Pasquin (NBC)
- Midnight Caller: "Conversations with the Assassin" – Thomas Carter (NBC)
- thirtysomething: "We'll Meet Again" – Scott Winant (ABC)
1990s
- 1990: Equal Justice: "Promises to Keep" – Thomas Carter (ABC)
- 1990: thirtysomething: "The Go-Between" – Scott Winant (ABC)
- L.A. Law: "Noah's Bark" – Win Phelps (NBC)
- L.A. Law: "The Last Gasp" – Rick Wallace (NBC)
- 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 (ABC)
- L.A. Law: "God Rest Ye 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 (CBS)
- 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 (NBC)
- Sirens: "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" – Robert Butler (ABC)
- Sisters: "Crash and Born" – Nancy Malone (NBC)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "Northern Italy, 1918" – Bille August (ABC)
- 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" – Charles Haid (ABC)
- NYPD Blue: "Pilot" – Gregory Hoblit (ABC)
- NYPD Blue: "True Confessions" – Michael M. Robin (ABC)
- 1995: ER: "Love's Labor Lost" – Mimi Leder (NBC)
- Chicago Hope: "Brain Salad Surgery" – Lou Antonio (CBS)
- ER: "Pilot" – Rod Holcomb (NBC)
- My So-Called Life: "Pilot" – Scott Winant (ABC)
- NYPD Blue: "Innuendo" – Mark Tinker (ABC)
- 1996: Chicago Hope: "Leave of Absence" – Jeremy Kagan (CBS)
- ER: "The Healers" – Mimi Leder (NBC)
- ER: "Hell and High Water" – Christopher Chulack (NBC)
- Murder One: "Chapter One" – Charles Haid (ABC)
- NYPD Blue: "Blackboard Jungle" – Mark Tinker (ABC)
- 1997: NYPD Blue: "Where's Swaldo?" – Mark Tinker (ABC)
- ER: "Fear of Flying" – Christopher Chulack (NBC)
- ER: "Last Call" – Rod Holcomb (NBC)
- ER: "Union Station" – Tom Moore (NBC)
- The X-Files: "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" – James Wong (FOX)
- 1998: Brooklyn South: "Pilot" – Mark Tinker (CBS)
- 1998: NYPD Blue: "Lost Israel, Part II" – 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)
- Law & Order/Homicide: Life on the Street: "Sideshow, Parts I & II" – Edwin Sherin (NBC)
- The Sopranos: "Pilot" – David Chase (HBO)
2000s
- 2000: The West Wing: "Pilot" – Thomas Schlamme (NBC)
- ER: "All in the Family" – Jonathan Kaplan (NBC)
- ER: "Such Sweet Sorrow" – John Wells (NBC)
- The Sopranos: "Funhouse" – John Patterson (HBO)
- The Sopranos: "The Knight in White Satin Armor" – Allen Coulter (HBO)
- 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)
- The Sopranos: "Pine Barrens" – Steve Buscemi (HBO)
- The Sopranos: "University" – Allen Coulter (HBO)
- The West Wing: "Shibboleth" – Laura Innes (NBC)
- 2002: Six Feet Under: "Pilot" – Alan Ball (HBO)
- 24: "12:00AM – 1:00AM" – Stephen Hopkins (FOX)
- The Shield: "Pilot" – Clark Johnson (FX)
- The West Wing: "The Indians in the Lobby" – Paris Barclay (NBC)
- The West Wing: "Posse Comitatus" – Alex Graves (NBC)
- 2003: The West Wing: "Twenty Five" – Christopher Misiano (NBC)
- 24: "10:00PM – 11:00PM" – Ian Toynton (FOX)
- Six Feet Under: "Nobody Sleeps" – Alan Poul (HBO)
- The Sopranos: "Whoever Did This" – Tim Van Patten (HBO)
- The Sopranos: "Whitecaps" – John Patterson (HBO)
- 2004: Deadwood: "Pilot" – Walter Hill (HBO)
- ER: "The Lost" – Christopher Chulack (NBC)
- Nip/Tuck: "Pilot" – Ryan Murphy (FX)
- The Sopranos: "Irregular Around the Margins" – Allen Coulter (HBO)
- The Sopranos: "Long Term Parking" – Tim Van Patten (HBO)
- 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 and All Fucked Up" – Scott Winant (Showtime)
- Rescue Me: "Pilot" – Peter Tolan (FX)
- The West Wing: "2162 Votes" – Alex Graves (NBC)
- 2006: 24: "7:00AM-8:00AM" – 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 (HBO)
- The Sopranos: "Members Only" – Tim Van Patten (HBO)
- 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 (Syfy)
- Boston Legal: "Son of the Defender" – Bill D'Elia (ABC)
- Friday Night Lights: "Pilot" – Peter Berg (NBC)
- Heroes: "Genesis" – David Semel (NBC)
- 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: "Pilot" – 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 (Syfy)
- 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
- 2010: 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: 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)
Total Awards
- NBC - 19
- CBS - 12
- ABC - 11
- HBO - 4
- Fox - 2
- PBS - 1
- Showtime - 1
Programs with multiple awards
- 4 awards
- NYPD Blue (ABC)
- 3 awards
- CBS Playhouse (CBS)
- Hill Street Blues (NBC)
- The West Wing (NBC)
- 2 awards
- Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
- The Defenders (CBS)
- Equal Justice (ABC)
- ER (NBC)
Programs with multiple nominations
- 13 nominations
- ER (NBC)
- The Sopranos (HBO)
- 12 nominations
- Hill Street Blues (NBC)
- L.A. Law (NBC)
- 10 nominations
- Lou Grant (CBS)
- 9 nominations
- NYPD Blue (ABC)
- 8 nominations
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)
- The West Wing (NBC)
- 6 nominations
- CBS Playhouse (CBS)
- 5 nominations
- Fame (NBC)
- 4 nominations
- The Defenders (CBS)
- Lost (ABC)
- Moonlighting (ABC)
- Roots (ABC)
- 3 nominations
- 24 (Fox)
- Boston Legal (ABC)
- Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
- Chicago Hope (CBS)
- China Beach (ABC)
- Law & Order (NBC)
- Mad Men (AMC)
- Six Feet Under (HBO)
- The Waltons (CBS)
- 2 nominations
- Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)
- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC)
- The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
- Breaking Bad (AMC)
- Columbo (NBC)
- Damages (FX)
- Deadwood (HBO)
- Equal Justice (ABC)
- General Electric Theater (CBS)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
- I'll Fly Away (NBC)
- Kojak (CBS)
- Miami Vice (NBC)
- Rich Man, Poor Man (PBS)
- Thirtysomething (ABC)
- Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS)
- The X-Files (Fox)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series 1959–1975 Jack Smight (1959) · Robert Mulligan (1960) · George Schaefer (1961) · Franklin J. Schaffner (1962) · Stuart Rosenberg (1963) · Tom Gries (1964) · Paul Bogart (1965) · Sydney Pollack (1966) · Alex Segal (1967) · Lee H. Katzin (1968) · David Greene (1969) · Paul Bogart (1970) · Daryl Duke / Fielder Cook (1971) · Alexander Singer / Tom Gries (1972) · Jerry Thorpe / Joseph Sargent (1973) · John Korty / Robert Butler (1974) · Bill Bain (1975)
1976–2000 David Greene (1976) · David Greene (1977) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1978) · Jackie Cooper (1979) · Roger Young (1980) · Robert Butler (1981) · Harry Harris (1982) · Jeff Bleckner (1983) · Corey Allen (1984) · Karen Arthur (1985) · Georg Stanford Brown (1986) · Gregory Hoblit (1987) · Mark Tinker (1988) · Robert Altman (1989) · Thomas Carter / Scott Winant (1990) · Thomas Carter (1991) · Eric Laneuville (1992) · Barry Levinson (1993) · Daniel Sackheim (1994) · Mimi Leder (1995) · Jeremy Kagan (1996) · Mark Tinker (1997) · Mark Tinker / Paris Barclay (1998) · Paris Barclay (1999) · Thomas Schlamme (2000)
2001–present Thomas Schlamme (2001) · Alan Ball (2002) · Christopher Misiano (2003) · Walter Hill (2004) · J. J. Abrams (2005) · Jon Cassar (2006) · Alan Taylor (2007) · Greg Yaitanes (2008) · Rod Holcomb (2009) · Steve Shill (2010) · Martin Scorsese (2011)
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