Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - TheTVDB.com

2025

Adam Randall / Slow Horses

Amanda Marsalis / The Pitt

John Wells / The Pitt

Mike White / The White Lotus

2024

Saul Metzstein / Slow Horses

Frederick E.O. Toye / Shōgun

2023

Dearbhla Walsh / Bad Sisters

Mark Mylod / Succession

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

Mike White / The White Lotus

Andrij Parekh / Succession

2022

Karyn Kusama / Yellowjackets

Mark Mylod / Succession

Cathy Yan / Succession

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

2021

Steven Canals / Pose

2020

Mark Mylod / Succession

Andrij Parekh / Succession

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2019

Lisa Brühlmann / Killing Eve

Adam McKay / Succession

2017

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Vince Gilligan / Better Call Saul

2016

Steven Soderbergh / The Knick

David Hollander / Ray Donovan

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2015

Steven Soderbergh / The Knick

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2014

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

House of Cards (US)

2013

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

House of Cards (US)

2012

Michael Cuesta / Homeland

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

2011

Patty Jenkins / The Killing (US)

Neil Jordan / The Borgias

Jeremy Podeswa / Boardwalk Empire

Martin Scorsese / Boardwalk Empire

2010

Agnieszka Holland / Treme

2009

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

Todd A. Kessler / Damages

Rod Holcomb / ER

2008

Arlene Sanford / Boston Legal

Allen Coulter / Damages

2007

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

Peter Berg / Friday Night Lights

Alan Taylor / The Sopranos

2006

David Nutter / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Mimi Leder / The West Wing

Rodrigo Garcia / Big Love

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

2005

Scott Winant / Huff

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Peter Tolan / Rescue Me

2004

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Christopher Chulack / ER

2003

Alan Poul / Six Feet Under

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

John Patterson / The Sopranos

Christopher Misiano / The West Wing

2002

Paris Barclay / The West Wing

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Clark Johnson / The Shield

2001

Laura Innes / The West Wing

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Steve Buscemi / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

2000

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

John Wells / ER

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

John Patterson / The Sopranos

1999

David Chase / The Sopranos

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

1998

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

Chris Carter / The X-Files

Mark Tinker / Brooklyn South

Thomas Schlamme / ER

Bill D'Elia / Chicago Hope

1997

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Tom Moore / ER

James Wong / The X-Files

Christopher Chulack / ER

Rod Holcomb / ER

1996

Mimi Leder / ER

Jeremy Kagan / Chicago Hope

Charles Haid / Murder One

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Christopher Chulack / ER

1995

Mimi Leder / ER

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Lou Antonio / Chicago Hope

Rod Holcomb / ER

1994

Michael M. Robin / NYPD Blue

Gregory Hoblit / NYPD Blue

Charles Haid / NYPD Blue

Daniel Sackheim / NYPD Blue

1993

Barry Levinson / Homicide: Life on the Street

Nancy Malone / Sisters

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

1992

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Nancy Malone / The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

Jack Bender / Northern Exposure

Mimi Leder / China Beach

1991

Gregory Hoblit / Cop Rock

Mimi Leder / China Beach

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

1990

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

David Lynch / Twin Peaks

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

1989

John Pasquin / L.A. Law

Robert Altman / Tanner '88

Eric Laneuville / L.A. Law

Thomas Carter / Midnight Caller

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

1988

Kim Friedman / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Sam Weisman / L.A. Law

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

Rod Holcomb / China Beach

1987

Donald Petrie / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Sharron Miller / Cagney & Lacey

1986

Steven Spielberg / Amazing Stories (1985)

Gabrielle Beaumont / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Cagney & Lacey

1985

Karen Arthur / Cagney & Lacey

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

1984

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Arthur Alan Seidelman / Hill Street Blues

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

1983

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Marc Daniels / Fame

1982

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Harry Harris / Fame

1981

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Mel Damski / American Dream

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

1980

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Peter Levin / Lou Grant

Roger Young / Lou Grant

Frank Perry / Skag

1979

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Jackie Cooper / The White Shadow

Mel Damski / Lou Grant

1978

Abby Mann / King (1978)

E.W. Swackhamer / The Dain Curse

Marvin J. Chomsky / Holocaust

Gary Nelson / Washington: Behind Closed Doors

1977

Fred Coe / The Adams Chronicles

1976

Boris Sagal / Rich Man, Poor Man

Christopher Hodson / Upstairs, Downstairs

George Schaefer / Sandburg's Lincoln

David Greene (I) / Rich Man, Poor Man

1975

Telly Savalas / Kojak

David Friedkin / Kojak

Bill Bain / Upstairs, Downstairs

Harry Falk / The Streets of San Francisco

1973

Jerry Thorpe / Kung Fu

1971

Daryl Duke / The Bold Ones: The Senator

John Badham / The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

1969

Fielder Cook / Hallmark Hall of Fame

David Greene (I) / CBS Playhouse

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

1968

Lee H. Katzin / Mission: Impossible

George Schaefer / CBS Playhouse

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

1967

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

Earl Bellamy / I Spy

1966

Sheldon Leonard / I Spy

Sydney Pollack / Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre

1965

Paul Bogart / The Defenders

1964

Paul Bogart / The Defenders

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

Sydney Pollack / Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre

1963

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

Sydney Pollack / Ben Casey

1962

Franklin J. Schaffner / The Defenders

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