Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

2025

Amanda Marsalis / The Pitt

Adam Randall / Slow Horses

John Wells / The Pitt

Mike White / The White Lotus

2024

Frederick E.O. Toye / Shōgun

Saul Metzstein / Slow Horses

2023

Dearbhla Walsh / Bad Sisters

Mike White / The White Lotus

Andrij Parekh / Succession

Mark Mylod / Succession

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

2022

Mark Mylod / Succession

Karyn Kusama / Yellowjackets

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

Cathy Yan / Succession

2021

Steven Canals / Pose

2020

Andrij Parekh / Succession

Mark Mylod / Succession

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2019

Lisa Brühlmann / Killing Eve

Adam McKay / Succession

2017

Vince Gilligan / Better Call Saul

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2016

Steven Soderbergh / The Knick

David Hollander / Ray Donovan

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2015

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Steven Soderbergh / The Knick

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

2014

House of Cards (US)

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

2013

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

House of Cards (US)

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2012

Michael Cuesta / Homeland

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

2011

Martin Scorsese / Boardwalk Empire

Jeremy Podeswa / Boardwalk Empire

Neil Jordan / The Borgias

Patty Jenkins / The Killing (US)

2010

Agnieszka Holland / Treme

2009

Todd A. Kessler / Damages

Rod Holcomb / ER

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

2008

Arlene Sanford / Boston Legal

Allen Coulter / Damages

2007

Peter Berg / Friday Night Lights

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

Alan Taylor / The Sopranos

2006

Rodrigo Garcia / Big Love

David Nutter / The Sopranos

Mimi Leder / The West Wing

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

2005

Peter Tolan / Rescue Me

Scott Winant / Huff

Alex Graves / The West Wing

2004

Christopher Chulack / ER

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

2003

Christopher Misiano / The West Wing

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Alan Poul / Six Feet Under

John Patterson / The Sopranos

2002

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Paris Barclay / The West Wing

Clark Johnson / The Shield

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

2001

Steve Buscemi / The Sopranos

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

Laura Innes / The West Wing

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

2000

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

John Patterson / The Sopranos

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

John Wells / ER

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

1999

David Chase / The Sopranos

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

1998

Chris Carter / The X-Files

Thomas Schlamme / ER

Bill D'Elia / Chicago Hope

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

Mark Tinker / Brooklyn South

1997

Tom Moore / ER

James Wong / The X-Files

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Rod Holcomb / ER

Christopher Chulack / ER

1996

Jeremy Kagan / Chicago Hope

Mimi Leder / ER

Christopher Chulack / ER

Charles Haid / Murder One

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

1995

Mimi Leder / ER

Rod Holcomb / ER

Lou Antonio / Chicago Hope

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

1994

Daniel Sackheim / NYPD Blue

Gregory Hoblit / NYPD Blue

Charles Haid / NYPD Blue

Michael M. Robin / NYPD Blue

1993

Barry Levinson / Homicide: Life on the Street

Nancy Malone / Sisters

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

1992

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Nancy Malone / The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

Jack Bender / Northern Exposure

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Mimi Leder / China Beach

1991

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / Cop Rock

Mimi Leder / China Beach

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

1990

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

David Lynch / Twin Peaks

1989

Eric Laneuville / L.A. Law

John Pasquin / L.A. Law

Robert Altman / Tanner '88

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

Thomas Carter / Midnight Caller

1988

Sam Weisman / L.A. Law

Kim Friedman / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Rod Holcomb / China Beach

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

1987

Sharron Miller / Cagney & Lacey

Donald Petrie / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

1986

Steven Spielberg / Amazing Stories (1985)

Georg Stanford Brown / Cagney & Lacey

Gabrielle Beaumont / Hill Street Blues

1985

Karen Arthur / Cagney & Lacey

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

1984

Arthur Alan Seidelman / Hill Street Blues

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Robert Scheerer / Fame

1983

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Marc Daniels / Fame

1982

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Harry Harris / Fame

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

1981

Mel Damski / American Dream

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

1980

Roger Young / Lou Grant

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Frank Perry / Skag

Peter Levin / Lou Grant

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

1979

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Mel Damski / Lou Grant

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Jackie Cooper / The White Shadow

1978

Marvin J. Chomsky / Holocaust

Abby Mann / King (1978)

Gary Nelson / Washington: Behind Closed Doors

E.W. Swackhamer / The Dain Curse

1977

Fred Coe / The Adams Chronicles

1976

George Schaefer / Sandburg's Lincoln

Christopher Hodson / Upstairs, Downstairs

David Greene (I) / Rich Man, Poor Man

Boris Sagal / Rich Man, Poor Man

1975

Harry Falk / The Streets of San Francisco

Telly Savalas / Kojak

David Friedkin / Kojak

Bill Bain / Upstairs, Downstairs

1973

Jerry Thorpe / Kung Fu

1971

John Badham / The Bold Ones: The Senator

Daryl Duke / The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

1969

Fielder Cook / Hallmark Hall Of Fame

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

David Greene (I) / CBS Playhouse

1968

George Schaefer / CBS Playhouse

Lee H. Katzin / Mission: Impossible

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

1967

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

Earl Bellamy / I Spy

1966

Sydney Pollack / Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre

Sheldon Leonard / I Spy

1965

Paul Bogart / The Defenders

1964

Sydney Pollack / Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre

Paul Bogart / The Defenders

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

1963

Sydney Pollack / Ben Casey

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

1962

Franklin J. Schaffner / The Defenders

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