The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the

Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of Film director, film and Television director, television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Dir ...

. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards.

Winners – Motion Picture

Lifetime Achievement Award

(formerly the D. W. Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award) * 1953: Cecil B. DeMille * 1954:

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...

* 1955: No award * 1956: Henry King * 1957:

King Vidor King Wallis Vidor ( ; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...

* 1958: No award * 1959:

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind Frank Capra filmography#Films that won Academy Award ...

* 1960:

George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' (1951) ...

* 1961:

Frank Borzage Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for his film ''7th Heaven ...

* 1962–1965: No award * 1966:

William Wyler William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous awards and accolades, including three Aca ...

* 1967: No award * 1968:

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

* 1969: No award * 1970: Fred Zinnemann * 1971–1972: No award * 1973: William A. Wellman and

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...

* 1974–1980: No award * 1981:

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor ( ; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer, producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO Pictures, RKO when David O. Selzn ...

* 1982: Rouben Mamoulian * 1983: John Huston * 1984: Orson Welles * 1985:

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and ver ...

* 1986: Joseph L. Mankiewicz * 1987:

Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...

* 1988: Robert Wise * 1989: No award * 1990:

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

* 1991: No award * 1992:

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who List of works by Akira Kurosawa, directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the History of film, history of cinema ...

* 1993:

Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York City, New York dramas w ...

* 1994: Robert Altman * 1995: James Ivory * 1996:

Woody Allen Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolade ...

* 1997: Stanley Kubrick * 1998:

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola ( ; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood and one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. List of awards and nominations received by Francis Ford Coppo ...

* 1999: No award * 2000:

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...

* 2001: No award * 2002:

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese, many accolades, including an Academ ...

* 2003: No award * 2004: Mike Nichols * 2005: No award * 2006:

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western (genre), Western TV series ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Ma ...

* 2007–2009: No award * 2010:

Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (July 21, 1926 – January 20, 2024) was a Canadian filmmaker. He was known for directing films which addressed topical Social issue, social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated subjects acces ...

* 2011: Alice Guy-Blaché * 2012: Miloš Forman * 2013–2015: No award * 2016: Ridley Scott * 2017–2020: No award * 2021: Spike Lee * 2022–2023: No award * 2024:

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions. During his career, he has received international critical and popular acclaim and List o ...

Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film

* 1948: Joseph L. Mankiewicz – '' A Letter to Three Wives'' ¿ * 1949: Robert Rossen – '' All the King's Men'' ¿ ** * 1950: Joseph L. Mankiewicz – ''

All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "The Wisdom of E ...

'' † ** * 1951:

– '' A Place in the Sun'' † * 1952:

– '' The Quiet Man'' † * 1953: Fred Zinnemann – '' From Here to Eternity'' † ** * 1954:

– '' On the Waterfront'' † ** * 1955: Delbert Mann – '' Marty'' † ** * 1956:

– ''

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'' † * 1957:

– '' The Bridge on the River Kwai'' † ** * 1958:

Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (; born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American Theatre director, stage director and film director. From a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovat ...

– '' Gigi'' † ** * 1959:

– '' Ben-Hur'' † ** * 1960:

– '' The Apartment'' † ** * 1961: Robert Wise – '' West Side Story'' † ** * 1962:

– '' Lawrence of Arabia'' † ** * 1963:

Tony Richardson Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and play ...

– '' Tom Jones'' † ** * 1964:

– '' My Fair Lady'' † ** * 1965: Robert Wise – '' The Sound of Music'' † ** * 1966: Fred Zinnemann – '' A Man for All Seasons'' † ** * 1967: Mike Nichols – '' The Graduate'' † * 1968: Anthony Harvey – '' The Lion in Winter'' ‡ * 1969: John Schlesinger – '' Midnight Cowboy'' † ** * 1970: Franklin Schaffner – '' Patton'' † ** * 1971:

William Friedkin William David Friedkin (; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in doc ...

– '' The French Connection'' † ** * 1972:

– '' The Godfather'' ‡ ** * 1973: George Roy Hill – ''

The Sting ''The Sting'' is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936, it involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss ( Robert Shaw). The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had dir ...

'' † ** * 1974:

– ''

The Godfather Part II ''The Godfather Part II'' is a 1974 American epic film, epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel ''The Godfather (novel), The Godfather'' by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cop ...

'' † ** * 1975: Miloš Forman – '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' † ** * 1976: John G. Avildsen – '' Rocky'' † ** * 1977:

– '' Annie Hall'' † ** * 1978: Michael Cimino – '' The Deer Hunter'' † ** * 1979: Robert Benton – '' Kramer vs. Kramer'' † ** * 1980: Robert Redford – '' Ordinary People'' † ** * 1981:

Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Memor ...

– '' Reds'' † * 1982:

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and Film producer, producer. Attenborough was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Acade ...

– ''

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ...

'' † ** * 1983: James L. Brooks – '' Terms of Endearment'' † ** * 1984: Miloš Forman – '' Amadeus'' † ** * 1985:

– '' The Color Purple'' § * 1986:

Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born ) is an American filmmaker. Stone is an acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical film, musical Biographical film, biopics and Crime film, crime dramas. He has ...

– ''

Platoon A platoon is a Military organization, military unit typically composed of two to four squads, Section (military unit), sections, or patrols. Platoon organization varies depending on the country and the Military branch, branch, but a platoon can ...

'' † ** * 1987: Bernardo Bertolucci – '' The Last Emperor'' † ** * 1988: Barry Levinson – '' Rain Man'' † ** * 1989:

– '' Born on the Fourth of July'' † * 1990:

Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Costner, various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primeti ...

– '' Dances with Wolves'' † ** * 1991:

Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme ( ; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. He was an ...

– '' The Silence of the Lambs'' † ** * 1992:

– '' Unforgiven'' † ** * 1993:

– '' Schindler's List'' † ** * 1994: Robert Zemeckis – '' Forrest Gump'' † ** * 1995: Ron Howard – '' Apollo 13'' § * 1996: Anthony Minghella – '' The English Patient'' † ** * 1997:

James Cameron James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, who resides in New Zealand. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a Classical Hollywood cinema, classical filmmaking styl ...

– '' Titanic'' † ** * 1998:

– '' Saving Private Ryan'' † * 1999:

Sam Mendes Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours ...

– '' American Beauty'' † ** * 2000:

– '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' ‡ * 2001: Ron Howard – '' A Beautiful Mind'' † ** * 2002: Rob Marshall – ''

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

'' ‡ ** * 2003: Peter Jackson – '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' † ** * 2004:

– '' Million Dollar Baby'' † ** * 2005:

– '' Brokeback Mountain'' † * 2006:

– '' The Departed'' † ** * 2007: Joel and Ethan Coen – '' No Country for Old Men'' † ** * 2008: Danny Boyle – '' Slumdog Millionaire'' † ** * 2009: Kathryn Bigelow – '' The Hurt Locker'' † ** * 2010: Tom Hooper – '' The King's Speech'' † ** * 2011: Michel Hazanavicius – '' The Artist'' † ** * 2012: Ben Affleck – '' Argo'' § ** * 2013:

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( ; ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. List of awards and nominations received by Alfonso Cuarón, His accolades include four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and seven BAFTA Awards. Cuarón made h ...

– ''

Gravity In physics, gravity (), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction between all massive particles. On Earth, gravity takes a slightly different meaning: the observed force b ...

'' † * 2014: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' † ** * 2015: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – '' The Revenant'' † * 2016:

Damien Chazelle Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' (2014), the musical romance ''La La Land'' (2016), the biographical drama ''First Man (film), First ...

– '' La La Land'' † * 2017:

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...

– '' The Shape of Water'' † ** * 2018:

— '' Roma'' † * 2019:

— '' 1917'' ‡ * 2020: Chloe Zhao — '' Nomadland'' † ** * 2021: Jane Campion — '' The Power of the Dog'' † * 2022: The Daniels — '' Everything Everywhere All at Once'' † ** * 2023: Christopher Nolan — '' Oppenheimer'' † ** * 2024:

Sean Baker Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker. He is a director, writer, editor, and producer of Independent film, independent narrative feature films which are most often about the lives of marginalized people, especially immi ...

- '' Anora'' † ** # † – Director won the

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

. # ‡ – Director did not win the

. # § – Director was not nominated for

that year. # ** – Film also won the

Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film a ...

. # ¿ – Originally, the DGA used a non-calendar year for its award. Both films competed in the 22nd Academy Awards for 1949, and both directors were nominated for Best Director; Mankiewicz won. '' All the King's Men'' won Best Picture; Rossen's DGA was not awarded until after the Oscars. (Beginning with the 1951 award in 1952, the DGA has been always awarded before the Oscars.)

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary

* 1991: Barbara Kopple – '' American Dream'' * 1992: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky – '' Brother's Keeper'' * 1993: Barbara Kopple – '' Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson'' * 1994: Steve James – '' Hoop Dreams'' * 1995: Terry Zwigoff – '' Crumb'' * 1996: Al Pacino – '' Looking for Richard'' * 1997: Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell – ''Riding the Rails'' * 1998: Jerry Blumenthal, Peter Gilbert, and Gordon Quinn – '' Vietnam, Long Time Coming'' * 1999: Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen – '' On the Ropes'' * 2000: Chuck Braverman – ''High School Boot Camp'' * 2001: Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim – '' Startup.com'' * 2002: Tasha Oldham – ''The Smith Family'' * 2003: Nathaniel Kahn – '' My Architect'' * 2004: Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni – '' The Story of the Weeping Camel'' * 2005: Werner Herzog – '' Grizzly Man'' * 2006: Arūnas Matelis – '' Before Flying Back to Earth'' * 2007: Asger Leth – ''Ghosts of Cité Soleil'' * 2008: Ari Folman – '' Waltz with Bashir'' * 2009: Louie Psihoyos – '' The Cove'' * 2010: Charles Ferguson – '' Inside Job'' * 2011: James Marsh – '' Project Nim'' * 2012: Malik Bendjelloul – '' Searching for Sugar Man'' * 2013: Jehane Noujaim – '' The Square'' * 2014: Laura Poitras – '' Citizenfour'' * 2015: Matthew Heineman – '' Cartel Land'' * 2016: Ezra Edelman – '' O.J.: Made in America'' * 2017: Matthew Heineman – '' City of Ghosts'' * 2018: Tim Wardle – '' Three Identical Strangers'' * 2019: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert — '' American Factory'' * 2020: Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw — '' The Truffle Hunters'' * 2021: Stanley Nelson Jr. — ''

Attica Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...

'' * 2022: Sara Dosa – '' Fire of Love'' * 2023: Mstyslav Chernov – '' 20 Days in Mariupol'' * 2024: Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev – '' Porcelain War''

Outstanding Achievement in First-Time Feature Film

* 2015: Alex Garland – '' Ex Machina'' * 2016: Garth Davis – ''

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...

'' * 2017:

Jordan Peele Jordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is known for his film and television work in the Comedy film, comedy and Horror film, horror genres. He has received List of awards and nominations r ...

– '' Get Out'' * 2018:

Bo Burnham Robert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber. Burnham's work combines elements of filmmaking with Comedy music, music, Sketch comedy, sketch, and stand-up comedy, co ...

– '' Eighth Grade'' * 2019:

Alma Har'el Alma Har'el (; born July 2, 1975) is an Israeli-American music video and film director. She is best known for her 2019 feature film debut '' Honey Boy'', for which she won a Directors Guild of America Award. Her 2011 documentary '' Bombay Beach ...

— '' Honey Boy'' * 2020: Darius Marder — '' Sound of Metal'' * 2021: Maggie Gyllenhaal – '' The Lost Daughter'' * 2022: Charlotte Wells – '' Aftersun'' * 2023: Celine Song – '' Past Lives'' * 2024: RaMell Ross – '' Nickel Boys''

Winners – Television

Lifetime Achievement Award

* 2014: James Burrows and Robert Butler * 2015: Joe Pytka * 2018: Don Mischer * 2022: Robert A. Fishman * 2023: David Nutter

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials

* 2012: Alejandro González Iñárritu (''

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'', "Best Job")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

* 1990: James Burrows – ''

Cheers ''Cheers'' is an American television sitcom, created by Glen and Les Charles, Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, that aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/C ...

'' (" Woody Interruptus") * 1991: Peter Bonerz – '' Murphy Brown'' ("Uh-Oh: Part 2") * 1992: Tom Cherones – ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...

'' (" The Contest") * 1993: James Burrows – '' Frasier'' (" The Good Son") * 1994: David Lee – '' Frasier'' (" The Matchmaker") * 1995: Gordon Hunt – '' Mad About You'' ("The Alan Brady Show") * 1996: Andy Ackerman – ''

'' (" The Rye") * 1997: Andy Ackerman – ''

'' (" The Betrayal") * 1998: Thomas Schlamme – '' Sports Night'' (" Pilot") * 1999: Thomas Schlamme – '' Sports Night'' ("

Small Town "Small Town" is a 1985 song written by John Mellencamp and released on his eighth album ''Scarecrow (John Mellencamp album), Scarecrow''. The song reached #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #13 on the Adult Contempo ...

") * 2000: James Burrows – '' Will & Grace'' ("Lows in the Mid-Eighties") * 2001: Todd Holland – ''

Malcolm in the Middle ''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons consisting of 151 episodes. The ...

'' ("

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") * 2002: Bryan Gordon – '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'' ("The Special Section") * 2003: Tim Van Patten – ''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on Sex and the City (newspaper column), the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in th ...

'' ("Boy, Interrupted") * 2004: Tim Van Patten – ''

'' ("An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux") * 2005: Marc Buckland – '' My Name Is Earl'' (" Pilot") * 2006: Richard Shepard – ''

Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 28, 2006, to April 14, 2010. It is based on the Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea' ...

'' (" Pilot") * 2007: Barry Sonnenfeld – '' Pushing Daisies'' (" Pie-lette") * 2008: Paul Feig – '' The Office'' (" Dinner Party") * 2009: Jason Winer – '' Modern Family'' (" Pilot") * 2010: Michael Spiller – '' Modern Family'' ("

Halloween Halloween, or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve), is a celebration geography of Halloween, observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christianity, Western Christian f ...

") * 2011: Robert B. Weide – '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'' ("Palestinian Chicken") * 2012: Lena Dunham – '' Girls'' ("Pilot") * 2013: Beth McCarthy-Miller – ''

30 Rock ''30 Rock'' is an American satire, satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live' ...

'' (" Hogcock!" / " Last Lunch") * 2014: Jill Soloway – '' Transparent'' ("Best New Girl") * 2015: Chris Addison – '' Veep'' ("Election Night") * 2016: Becky Martin – '' Veep'' ("Inauguration") * 2017: Beth McCarthy-Miller – '' Veep'' ("Chicklet") * 2018: Bill Hader – '' Barry'' ("Chapter One: Make Your Mark") * 2019: Bill Hader – '' Barry'' ("ronny/lily") * 2020: Susanna Fogel – '' The Flight Attendant'' ("In Case of Emergency") * 2021: Lucia Aniello – '' Hacks'' (" There Is No Line")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

* 1971: Daniel Petrie – '' The Man and the City'' ("Hands of Love") * 1972: Robert Butler – ''

The Waltons ''The Waltons'' is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural mountainous Western Virginia of the Appalachian Mountains / Allegheny Mountains / Blue Ridge Mountains chain, during the economic hardships and mass unemp ...

'' ("Dust Bowl Cousins") * 1973: Charles S. Dubin – '' Kojak'' ("Knockover") * 1974: David Friedkin – '' Kojak'' ("Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die") * 1975: James Cellan Jones – ''Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill'' * 1976: Glenn Jordan – ''

Family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

'' ("Rites of Friendship") * 1977:

John Erman John Erman (August 3, 1935 – June 25, 2021) was an American television director, producer, and actor. He was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once for the film ''Who Will Love My Children?'' (1983). He also won two Directors Gu ...

– ''

Roots A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients. Root or roots may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusin ...

'' ("Part II") * 1978: Gene Reynolds – '' Lou Grant'' ("Prisoner") * 1979: Roger Young – '' Lou Grant'' ("Cop") * 1980: Roger Young – '' Lou Grant'' ("Lou") * 1981: Robert Butler – '' Hill Street Blues'' (" Hill Street Station") * 1982: David Anspaugh – '' Hill Street Blues'' ("Personal Foul") * 1983: Jeff Bleckner – '' Hill Street Blues'' ("Life in the Minors") * 1984: Thomas Carter – '' Hill Street Blues'' ("The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall") * 1985: Will Mackenzie – '' Moonlighting'' ("My Fair David") * 1986: Will Mackenzie – '' Moonlighting'' ("Atomic Shakespeare") * 1987: Marshall Herskovitz – '' thirtysomething'' ("Pilot") * 1988: Marshall Herskovitz – '' thirtysomething'' ("Therapy") * 1989: Eric Laneuville – ''

L.A. Law ''L.A. Law'' is an American legal drama television series created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher for NBC. It ran for eight seasons and List of L.A. Law episodes, 172 episodes from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. The series cente ...

'' ("I'm in the Nude for Love") * 1990: Michael Zinberg – '' Quantum Leap'' ("The Leap Home" – Part II) * 1991: Eric Laneuville – '' I'll Fly Away'' ("All God's Children") * 1992: Rob Thompson – '' Northern Exposure'' ("Cicely") * 1993: Gregory Hoblit – ''

NYPD Blue ''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble ca ...

'' (" Pilot") * 1994: Charles Haid – '' ER'' ("Into That Good Night") * 1995:

Christopher Chulack Christopher Chulack is an American television producer and director, best known for his work on the NBC drama series ''ER (TV series), ER'' (1995–2008), along with Michael Crichton, also ''Third Watch'' (1999–2005), which he co-produced along ...

– '' ER'' ("Hell and High Water") * 1996:

– '' ER'' ("Fear of Flying") * 1997: Barbara Kopple – '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' ("The Documentary") * 1998: Paris Barclay – ''

'' ("Hearts and Souls") * 1999: David Chase – ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series follows Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey American Mafia, Mafia boss who suffers from panic attacks. He reluct ...

'' ("

") * 2000: Thomas Schlamme – '' The West Wing'' (" Noël") * 2001: Alan Ball – '' Six Feet Under'' (" Pilot") * 2002: John Patterson – ''

'' (" Whitecaps") * 2003: Christopher Misiano – '' The West Wing'' (" Twenty Five") * 2004: Walter Hill – '' Deadwood'' ("Deadwood") * 2005:

Michael Apted Michael David Apted (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer. Apted began working in television and directed the ''Up (film series), Up'' documentary series from 1970 to 2019). He later di ...

– ''

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'' (" The Stolen Eagle") * 2006: Jon Cassar – '' 24'' (" Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.") * 2007: Alan Taylor – '' Mad Men'' (" Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") * 2008: Dan Attias – ''

The Wire ''The Wire'' is an American Crime fiction, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created and primarily written by the American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO. The series premiered o ...

'' (" Transitions") * 2009: Lesli Linka Glatter – '' Mad Men'' (" Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency") * 2010:

– '' Boardwalk Empire'' (" Boardwalk Empire") * 2011: Patty Jenkins – '' The Killing'' (" Pilot") * 2012:

Rian Johnson Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film ''Brick (film), Brick'' (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget ...

– ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC (TV channel), AMC. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White (Bryan Cran ...

'' (" Fifty-One") * 2013: Vince Gilligan – ''

'' (" Felina") * 2014: Lesli Linka Glatter – '' Homeland'' (" From A to B and Back Again") * 2015: David Nutter – ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...

'' (" Mother's Mercy") * 2016:

Miguel Sapochnik Miguel Sapochnik (born 1 July 1974) is an English film director, film and television director of Argentine origin, and former storyboard artist. For his work as a director on the HBO epic fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'', he won the award for ...

– ''

'' (" Battle of the Bastards") * 2017: Reed Morano – '' The Handmaid's Tale'' ("Offred") * 2018: Adam McKay – '' Succession'' ("Celebration") * 2019:

Nicole Kassell Nicole Kassell (born 1972) is an American filmmaker. She made her film debut with the drama film ''The Woodsman (film), The Woodsman'' (2004), for which she was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Kassell has al ...

– '' Watchmen'' (" It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice") * 2020: Lesli Linka Glatter – '' Homeland (''" Prisoners of War") * 2021: Mark Mylod – '' Succession'' (" All the Bells Say")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs

* 1984: Sharron Miller – '' The Woman Who Willed a Miracle'' * 1996: Stuart Margolin – '' Salt Water Moose'' * 1997:

Brian Robbins Brian Robbins (born Brian Levine, November 22, 1963) is an American film producer, director, and executive. He is the Co-CEO of Paramount Global; President and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon; and Chief Content Offi ...

– ''

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...

Sports Theater'' ("First Time") * 1998: Mitchell Kriegman – '' Bear in the Big Blue House'' ("Love Is All You Need") * 1999: Amy Schatz – ''Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepy Time Tales'' * 2000: Greg Beeman – '' Miracle in Lane 2'' * 2001: Amy Schatz – '' 'Twas the Night: A Holiday Celebration'' * 2002: Guy Ferland – '' Bang Bang You're Dead'' * 2003: Kevin Lima – '' Eloise at Christmastime'' * 2004: Stuart Gillard – '' Going to the Mat'' * 2005: Chris Eyre – ''Edge of America'' * 2006: Kenny Ortega – '' High School Musical'' * 2007: Paul Hoen – '' Jump In!'' * 2008: Amy Schatz – '' Classical Baby'' ("The Poetry Show") * 2009: Allison Liddi-Brown – '' Princess Protection Program'' * 2010: Eric Bross – '' The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' * 2011: Amy Schatz – ''A Child's Garden of Poetry'' * 2012: Paul Hoen – '' Let It Shine'' * 2013: Amy Schatz – '' An Apology to Elephants'' * 2014: Jonathan Judge – '' 100 Things To Do Before High School'' ("Pilot") * 2015: Kenny Ortega – '' Descendants'' * 2016: Tina Mabry – '' An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win'' * 2017: Niki Caro – '' Anne with an E'' ("Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials (1991–2012)

* 1991: Michael Stich – '' The Bold and the Beautiful'' ("Episode #1103") * 1992: Susan Strickler – '' Another World'' ("Episode 7022") * 1993: Jill Mitwell – ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...

'' ("Episode 6356") * 1994: Michael Stich – '' The Bold and the Beautiful'' ("Episode 1884") * 1995: William Ludel and Alan Pultz – ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...

'' ("Episode 8248") * 1996: Kathyrn Foster and Mike Denney – ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...

'' ("Episode 5875") * 1997: Scott McKinsey – ''

'' ("Episode #8883") * 1998: James Sayegh – ''

'' ("Episode #7572") * 1999: Herb D. Stein and Roger W. Inman – '' Days of Our Lives'' ("Episode #8557") * 2000: Jill Mitwell – ''

'' ("Episode #8205") * 2001: William Ludel – ''

'' ("Episode #9801") * 2002: Scott McKinsey – '' Port Charles'' ("Episode #1433") * 2003: Larry Carpenter – ''

'' ("Episode #8849") * 2004: Bruce S. Barry – '' Guiding Light'' ("Episode #14,321") * 2005: Owen Renfroe – ''

'' ("Episode #10914") * 2006: Jill Mitwell – ''

'' ("Episode #9779") * 2007: Larry Carpenter – ''

'' ("Episode #9947") * 2008: Larry Carpenter – ''

'' ("Episode #10281") * 2009: Christopher Goutman – '' As the World Turns'' ("Once Upon a Time") * 2010: Larry Carpenter – ''

'' ("Starr X'd Lovers: The Musical – Part II") * 2011: William Ludel – ''

'' ("Intervention") * 2012: Jill Mitwell – ''

'' ("Between Heaven and Hell")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs (2005–present)

* 2005: Tony Croll – '' Three Wishes'' ("Pilot") & J. Rupert Thompson – '' Fear Factor'' ("Heist Fear Factor") (TIE) * 2006: Tony Sacco – '' Treasure Hunters'' ("Episode #101") * 2007: Bertram van Munster – '' The Amazing Race'' ("Episode #1110") * 2008: Tony Croll – ''

America's Next Top Model ''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to b ...

'' ("Episode 1002") * 2009: Craig Borders – '' Extreme Engineering'' ("Hong Kong Bridge") * 2010: Eytan Keller – '' The Next Iron Chef'' ("Episode #301") * 2011: Neil P. DeGroot – ''

The Biggest Loser ''The Biggest Loser'' is a reality television format which started with the American TV show ''The Biggest Loser (American TV series), The Biggest Loser'' in 2004. The show centers on overweight and Obesity, obese contestants attempting to lose ...

'' ("Episode #1115") * 2012: Brian Smith – ''

MasterChef ''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with MasterChef (British TV series), the British version in July 1990. The show aims to discover the culinary talent of chefs of varying sk ...

'' ("Episode #305") * 2013: Neil P. DeGroot – '' 72 Hours'' ("The Lost Coast") * 2014: Anthony B. Sacco – ''The Chair'' ("The Test") * 2015: Adam Vetri – '' Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge'' ("Gods of War") * 2016: J. Rupert Thompson – '' American Grit'' ("Over the Falls") * 2017: Brian Smith – ''

'' ("Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Schucks")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries

* 2000: Jeff Bleckner – '' The Beach Boys: An American Family'' * 2001: Frank Pierson – ''

Conspiracy A conspiracy, also known as a plot, ploy, or scheme, is a secret plan or agreement between people (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder, treason, or corruption, especially with a political motivat ...

'' * 2002: Mick Jackson – '' Live from Baghdad'' * 2003: Mike Nichols – '' Angels in America'' * 2004: Joseph Sargent – '' Something the Lord Made'' * 2005: George C. Wolfe – '' Lackawanna Blues'' * 2006: Walter Hill – '' Broken Trail'' * 2007: Yves Simoneau – '' Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'' * 2008:

Jay Roach Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Austin Powers (film series), ''Austin Powers'' film series, ''Meet the Parents'', ''Dinner for Schmucks'', ''The Campaign (film), The Campaign'', ...

– '' Recount'' * 2009: Ross Katz – '' Taking Chance'' * 2010: Mick Jackson – '' Temple Grandin'' * 2011: Jon Cassar – '' The Kennedys'' * 2012:

– '' Game Change'' * 2013:

Steven Soderbergh Steven Andrew Soderbergh ( ; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern Independent film, independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventiv ...

– '' Behind the Candelabra'' * 2014:

Lisa Cholodenko Lisa Cholodenko is an American screenwriter and director. Cholodenko wrote and directed the films ''High Art'' (1998), ''Laurel Canyon (film), Laurel Canyon'' (2002), and ''The Kids Are All Right (film), The Kids Are All Right'' (2010). She has a ...

– '' Olive Kitteridge'' * 2015: Dee Rees – '' Bessie'' * 2016: Steve Zaillian – '' The Night Of'' ("The Beach") * 2017: Jean-Marc Vallée – '' Big Little Lies'' * 2018: Ben Stiller – '' Escape at Dannemora'' * 2019: Johan Renck – '' Chernobyl''

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Variety/Talk/News/Sports Series (2013–present)

:''Note: This award is for regular programming.'' * 2013: Don Roy King – ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The ...

'' ("Justin Timberlake") * 2014: Dave Diomedi – ''

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by actor and comedian Jimmy Fallon that airs on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It i ...

'' ("Episode #1") * 2015: Dave Diomedi – ''

'' ("Episode #325") * 2016: Don Roy King – ''

'' ("Dave Chappelle") * 2017: Don Roy King – ''

'' ("Jimmy Fallon")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Variety/Talk/News/Sports Special (2013–present)

:''Note: This award is for special programs.'' * 2013: Glenn Weiss – 67th Tony Awards * 2014: Glenn Weiss – 68th Tony Awards * 2015: Don Roy King – '' Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special'' * 2016: Glenn Weiss – 70th Tony Awards * 2017: Glenn Weiss – 89th Academy Awards

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