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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| year | 1975 |
| holder | Philip Barantini, |
| Adolescence (2025) | |
| website |
Adolescence (2025)
This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Chronology of category names
Over the years, the scope of this award has evolved and the name with which it has been presented reflects those changes:
- 1975: Director of the Year – Special
- 1976: Outstanding Directing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy
- 1977: Outstanding Directing in a Special Program
- 1978–1979: Outstanding Directing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy
- 1980–1986: Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or Special
- 1987–1992: Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Special
- 1993–1996: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or Special
- 1997–1998: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special
- 1999–2000: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie
- 2001–2002: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- 2003–2015: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special
- 2016–2020: Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
- 2021–present: Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Winners and nominations
1970s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program | Best Directing in Drama (A Single Program - Comedy or Drama) | Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy | Outstanding Directing in a Special Program | Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy | Outstanding Directing in a Limited Seriea or Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | ||||||||||
| (23rd) | ||||||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "The Price" | Fielder Cook | NBC | |||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Hamlet" | Peter Wood | NBC | |||||||
| Movie of the Week on ABC | "Tribes" | Joseph Sargent | ABC | |||||||
| World Premiere NBC Saturday Night Movie | "A Clear and Present Danger" | James Goldstone | NBC | |||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||
| (24th) | ||||||||||
| *The New CBS Friday Night Movies* | "The Glass House" | Tom Gries | CBS | |||||||
| CBS Playhouse 90 | "Look Homeward, Angel" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |||||||
| The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Fielder Cook | |||||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Snow Goose" | Patrick Garland | NBC | |||||||
| Movie of the Week on ABC | "Brian's Song" | Buzz Kulik | ABC | |||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||||
| (25th) | ||||||||||
| *The CBS Thursday Night Movie* | "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" | Joseph Sargent | CBS | |||||||
| The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies | "A War of Children" | George Schaefer | CBS | |||||||
| Wednesday Movie of the Week on ABC | "That Certain Summer" | Lamont Johnson | ABC | |||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||
| (26th) | ||||||||||
| *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman* | John Korty | CBS | ||||||||
| ABC Theater | "Pueblo" | Anthony Page | ABC | |||||||
| CBS Playhouse 90 | "The Migrants" | Tom Gries | CBS | |||||||
| NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies | "A Case of Rape" | Boris Sagal | NBC | |||||||
| "The Execution of Private Slovik" | Lamont Johnson | |||||||||
| 1975 | ||||||||||
| (27th) | ||||||||||
| *ABC Theater* | "Love Among the Ruins" | George Cukor | ABC | |||||||
| ABC Movie Special | "QB VII" | Tom Gries | ABC | |||||||
| ABC Theater | "The Missiles of October" | Anthony Page | ||||||||
| NBC World Premiere Movie | "The Law" | John Badham | NBC | |||||||
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Sam O'Steen | CBS | ||||||||
| 1976 | ||||||||||
| (28th) | ||||||||||
| *ABC Theater* | "Eleanor and Franklin" | Daniel Petrie | ABC | |||||||
| ABC Theater | "A Moon for the Misbegotten" | José Quintero and Gordon Rigsby | ABC | |||||||
| Babe | Buzz Kulik | CBS | ||||||||
| Fear on Trial | Lamont Johnson | |||||||||
| 1977 | ||||||||||
| (29th) | ||||||||||
| *ABC Theater* | "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years" | Daniel Petrie | ABC | |||||||
| The Big Event | "Raid on Entebbe" | Irvin Kershner | NBC | |||||||
| "Tail Gunner Joe" | Jud Taylor | |||||||||
| Helter Skelter | Tom Gries | CBS | ||||||||
| NBC World Premiere Movie | "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys" | Fielder Cook | NBC | |||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||
| (30th) | ||||||||||
| *The Defection of Simas Kudirka* | David Lowell Rich | CBS | ||||||||
| Bell System Family Theatre | "Our Town" | George Schaefer | NBC | |||||||
| Breaking Up | Delbert Mann | ABC | ||||||||
| The Gathering | Randal Kleiser | |||||||||
| Something for Joey | Lou Antonio | CBS | ||||||||
| Great Performances | "Verna: USO Girl" | Ronald F. Maxwell | PBS | |||||||
| 1979 | ||||||||||
| (31st) | ||||||||||
| *Friendly Fire* | David Greene | ABC | ||||||||
| Les Misérables | Glenn Jordan | CBS | ||||||||
| Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | Lou Antonio |
1980s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or Special | Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| (32nd) | ||||||
| *Attica* | Marvin J. Chomsky | ABC | ||||
| Amber Waves | Joseph Sargent | ABC | ||||
| Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | William Graham | CBS | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "All Quiet on the Western Front" | Delbert Mann | ABC | |||
| Moviola | "The Scarlett O'Hara War" | John Erman | NBC | |||
| 1981 | ||||||
| (33rd) | ||||||
| *Kent State* | James Goldstone | NBC | ||||
| Bitter Harvest | Roger Young | NBC | ||||
| Masada | "Part 4" | Boris Sagal (posthumously) | ABC | |||
| The Shadow Box | Paul Newman | |||||
| Shōgun | "Part 5" | Jerry London | NBC | |||
| 1982 | ||||||
| (34th) | ||||||
| *Inside the Third Reich* | Marvin J. Chomsky | ABC | ||||
| Brideshead Revisited | "Et in Arcadia Ego" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Charles Sturridge | PBS | |||
| Mae West | Lee Philips | ABC | ||||
| Skokie | Herbert Wise | CBS | ||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| (35th) | ||||||
| *Who Will Love My Children?* | John Erman | ABC | ||||
| Smiley's People | "Part 6" | Simon Langton | Syndicated | |||
| Special Bulletin | Edward Zwick | NBC | ||||
| The Thorn Birds | "Part 2" | Daryl Duke | ABC | |||
| The Winds of War | "Into the Maelstrom" | Dan Curtis | ||||
| 1984 | ||||||
| (36th) | ||||||
| *American Playhouse* | "Concealed Enemies" | Jeff Bleckner | PBS | |||
| ABC Theater | "The Day After" | Nicholas Meyer | ABC | |||
| "Something About Amelia" | Randa Haines | |||||
| "A Streetcar Named Desire" | John Erman | |||||
| Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Lamont Johnson | |||||
| 1985 | ||||||
| (37th) | ||||||
| *Wallenberg: A Hero's Story* | Lamont Johnson | NBC | ||||
| ABC Theater | "Consenting Adult" | Gilbert Cates | ABC | |||
| The Burning Bed | Robert Greenwald | NBC | ||||
| Do You Remember Love | Jeff Bleckner | CBS | ||||
| Fatal Vision | David Greene | NBC | ||||
| The Jewel in the Crown | "Crossing the River" | Christopher Morahan and Jim O'Brien | PBS | |||
| 1986 | ||||||
| (38th) | ||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Love Is Never Silent" | Joseph Sargent | NBC | |||
| ABC Theater | "The Execution of Raymond Graham" | Daniel Petrie | ABC | |||
| Death of a Salesman | Volker Schlöndorff | CBS | ||||
| An Early Frost | John Erman | NBC | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Resting Place" | John Korty | CBS | |||
| 1987 | ||||||
| (39th) | ||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Promise" | Glenn Jordan | CBS | |||
| Escape from Sobibor | Jack Gold | CBS | ||||
| LBJ: The Early Years | Peter Werner | NBC | ||||
| Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | "Part 1" | Paul Bogart | ||||
| Unnatural Causes | Lamont Johnson | |||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| (40th) | ||||||
| *Lincoln* | Lamont Johnson | NBC | ||||
| The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | John Erman | CBS | ||||
| Billionaire Boys Club | Marvin J. Chomsky | NBC | ||||
| Echoes in the Darkness | Glenn Jordan | CBS | ||||
| The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story | Paul Wendkos | NBC | ||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| (41st) | ||||||
| *Lonesome Dove* | "Part 1" & "Part 4" | Simon Wincer | CBS | |||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "My Name Is Bill W." | Daniel Petrie | ABC | |||
| I Know My First Name is Steven | Larry Elikann | NBC | ||||
| Roe vs. Wade | Gregory Hoblit | |||||
| War and Remembrance | "Part 6" & "Part 7" | Dan Curtis | ABC |
1990s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Special | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or Special | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||||
| (42nd) | ||||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Caroline?" | Joseph Sargent | CBS | |||||
| AT&T Presents | "The Final Days" | Richard Pearce | ABC | |||||
| Do You Know the Muffin Man? | Gilbert Cates | CBS | ||||||
| The Kennedys of Massachusetts | Lamont Johnson | ABC | ||||||
| A Killing in a Small Town | Stephen Gyllenhaal | CBS | ||||||
| 1991 | ||||||||
| (43rd) | ||||||||
| *The Josephine Baker Story* | Brian Gibson | HBO | ||||||
| Absolute Strangers | Gilbert Cates | CBS | ||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Decoration Day" | Robert Markowitz | NBC | |||||
| "Sarah, Plain and Tall" | Glenn Jordan | CBS | ||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||
| (44th) | ||||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Miss Rose White" | Joseph Sargent | NBC | |||||
| Broadway Bound | Paul Bogart | ABC | ||||||
| Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Lamont Johnson | |||||||
| Homefront | "Pilot" | Ron Lagomarsino | ||||||
| I'll Fly Away | "Pilot" | Joshua Brand | NBC | |||||
| Mark Twain and Me | Daniel Petrie | Disney | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
| (45th) | ||||||||
| *Sinatra* | James Steven Sadwith | CBS | ||||||
| Barbarians at the Gate | Glenn Jordan | HBO | ||||||
| Citizen Cohn | Frank Pierson | |||||||
| The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Michael Ritchie | |||||||
| A Town Torn Apart | Daniel Petrie | NBC | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| (46th) | ||||||||
| *Against the Wall* | John Frankenheimer | HBO | ||||||
| And the Band Played On | Roger Spottiswoode | HBO | ||||||
| Gypsy | Emile Ardolino | CBS | ||||||
| My Breast | Betty Thomas | |||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "To Dance with the White Dog" | Glenn Jordan | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| (47th) | ||||||||
| *The Burning Season* | John Frankenheimer | HBO | ||||||
| Citizen X | Chris Gerolmo | HBO | ||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Piano Lesson" | Lloyd Richards | CBS | |||||
| Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Mick Jackson | HBO | ||||||
| Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Jeff Bleckner | NBC | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||
| (48th) | ||||||||
| *Andersonville* | John Frankenheimer | TNT | ||||||
| Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story | Peter Werner | Lifetime | ||||||
| Gulliver's Travels | Charles Sturridge | NBC | ||||||
| The Heidi Chronicles | Paul Bogart | TNT | ||||||
| The Late Shift | Betty Thomas | HBO | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| (49th) | ||||||||
| *The Odyssey* | Andrei Konchalovsky | NBC | ||||||
| Bastard out of Carolina | Anjelica Huston | Showtime | ||||||
| Crime of the Century | Mark Rydell | HBO | ||||||
| Gotti | Robert Harmon | |||||||
| In the Gloaming | Christopher Reeve | |||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| (50th) | ||||||||
| *George Wallace* | John Frankenheimer | TNT | ||||||
| 12 Angry Men | William Friedkin | Showtime | ||||||
| Don King: Only in America | John Herzfeld | HBO | ||||||
| From the Earth to the Moon | "Can We Do This?" | Tom Hanks | ||||||
| Merlin | Steve Barron | NBC | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| (51st) | ||||||||
| *The Temptations* | Allan Arkush | NBC | ||||||
| The Baby Dance | Jane Anderson | Showtime | ||||||
| Dash and Lilly | Kathy Bates | A&E | ||||||
| Joan of Arc | Christian Duguay | CBS | ||||||
| A Lesson Before Dying | Joseph Sargent | HBO |
2000s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| (52nd) | ||||||
| *The Corner* | Charles S. Dutton | HBO | ||||
| Annie | Rob Marshall | ABC | ||||
| Fail Safe | Stephen Frears and Martin Pasetta | CBS | ||||
| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Martha Coolidge | HBO | ||||
| RKO 281 | Benjamin Ross | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| (53rd) | ||||||
| *Wit* | Mike Nichols | HBO | ||||
| [61](61)* | Billy Crystal | HBO | ||||
| Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Robert Dornhelm | ABC | ||||
| Conspiracy | Frank Pierson | HBO | ||||
| Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Robert Allan Ackerman | ABC | ||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| (54th) | ||||||
| *Band of Brothers* | David Frankel, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Mikael Salomon, and Tony To | HBO | ||||
| The Gathering Storm | Richard Loncraine | HBO | ||||
| James Dean | Mark Rydell | TNT | ||||
| The Laramie Project | Moisés Kaufman | HBO | ||||
| Path to War | John Frankenheimer | |||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| (55th) | ||||||
| *Door to Door* | Steven Schachter | TNT | ||||
| Live from Baghdad | Mick Jackson | HBO | ||||
| My House in Umbria | Richard Loncraine | |||||
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Robert Allan Ackerman | Showtime | ||||
| Soldier's Girl | Frank Pierson | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| (56th) | ||||||
| *Angels in America* | Mike Nichols | HBO | ||||
| Ike: Countdown to D-Day | Robert Harmon | A&E | ||||
| The Lion in Winter | Andrei Konchalovsky | Showtime | ||||
| Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness | Tom Hooper | PBS | ||||
| Something the Lord Made | Joseph Sargent | HBO | ||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| (57th) | ||||||
| *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* | Stephen Hopkins | HBO | ||||
| Empire Falls | Fred Schepisi | HBO | ||||
| Lackawanna Blues | George C. Wolfe | |||||
| Warm Springs | Joseph Sargent | |||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| (58th) | ||||||
| *Elizabeth I* | Tom Hooper | HBO | ||||
| Bleak House | Justin Chadwick | PBS | ||||
| Flight 93 | Peter Markle | A&E | ||||
| The Girl in the Café | David Yates | HBO | ||||
| High School Musical | Kenny Ortega | Disney | ||||
| Mrs. Harris | Phyllis Nagy | HBO | ||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| (59th) | ||||||
| *Prime Suspect: The Final Act* | Philip Martin | PBS | ||||
| Broken Trail | Walter Hill | AMC | ||||
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Yves Simoneau | HBO | ||||
| Jane Eyre | Susanna White | PBS | ||||
| Tsunami: The Aftermath | Bharat Nalluri | HBO | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| (60th) | ||||||
| *Recount* | Jay Roach | HBO | ||||
| Bernard and Doris | Bob Balaban | HBO | ||||
| The Company | Mikael Salomon | TNT | ||||
| Extras | "The Extra Special Series Finale" | Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant | HBO | |||
| John Adams | Tom Hooper | |||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| (61st) | ||||||
| *Little Dorrit* | "Part 1" | Dearbhla Walsh | PBS | |||
| Generation Kill | "Bomb in the Garden" | Susanna White | HBO | |||
| Grey Gardens | Michael Sucsy | |||||
| Into the Storm | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | |||||
| Taking Chance | Ross Katz | |||||
| Wallander: One Step Behind | Philip Martin | PBS |
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| (62nd) | ||||||
| *Temple Grandin* | Mick Jackson | HBO | ||||
| Georgia O'Keeffe | Bob Balaban | Lifetime | ||||
| The Pacific | "Part 8" | David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa | HBO | |||
| "Part 9" | Tim Van Patten | |||||
| You Don't Know Jack | Barry Levinson | |||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| (63rd) | ||||||
| *Downton Abbey* | "Episode One" | Brian Percival | PBS | |||
| Carlos | Olivier Assayas | Sundance | ||||
| Cinema Verite | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | HBO | ||||
| Mildred Pierce | Todd Haynes | |||||
| Too Big to Fail | Curtis Hanson | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| (64th) | ||||||
| *Game Change* | Jay Roach | HBO | ||||
| Hatfields & McCoys | Kevin Reynolds | History | ||||
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | Philip Kaufman | HBO | ||||
| Luther | Sam Miller | BBC America | ||||
| Sherlock | "A Scandal in Belgravia" | Paul McGuigan | PBS | |||
| 2013 | ||||||
| (65th) | ||||||
| *Behind the Candelabra* | Steven Soderbergh | HBO | ||||
| The Girl | Julian Jarrold | HBO | ||||
| Phil Spector | David Mamet | |||||
| Ring of Fire | Allison Anders | Lifetime | ||||
| Top of the Lake | "Part 5" | Jane Campion and Garth Davis | Sundance | |||
| 2014 | ||||||
| (66th) | ||||||
| *Fargo* | "Buridan's Ass" | Colin Bucksey | FX | |||
| American Horror Story: Coven | "Bitchcraft" | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | FX | |||
| Fargo | "The Crocodile's Dilemma" | Adam Bernstein | ||||
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Stephen Frears | HBO | ||||
| The Normal Heart | Ryan Murphy | |||||
| Sherlock: His Last Vow | Nick Hurran | PBS | ||||
| 2015 | ||||||
| (67th) | ||||||
| *Olive Kitteridge* | Lisa Cholodenko | HBO | ||||
| American Horror Story: Freak Show | "Monsters Among Us" | Ryan Murphy | FX | |||
| Bessie | Dee Rees | HBO | ||||
| The Honorable Woman | Hugo Blick | Sundance | ||||
| Houdini | Uli Edel | History | ||||
| The Missing | Tom Shankland | Starz | ||||
| Wolf Hall | Peter Kosminsky | PBS | ||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| (68th) | ||||||
| *The Night Manager* | Susanne Bier | AMC | ||||
| All the Way | Jay Roach | HBO | ||||
| Fargo | "Before the Law" | Noah Hawley | FX | |||
| The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | "From the Ashes of Tragedy" | Ryan Murphy | ||||
| "Manna from Heaven" | Anthony Hemingway | |||||
| "The Race Card" | John Singleton | |||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| (69th) | ||||||
| *Big Little Lies* | Jean-Marc Vallée | HBO | ||||
| Fargo | "The Law of Vacant Places" | Noah Hawley | FX | |||
| Feud: Bette and Joan | "And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)" | Ryan Murphy | ||||
| Genius | "Einstein: Chapter One" | Ron Howard | Nat Geo | |||
| The Night Of | "The Art of War" | James Marsh | HBO | |||
| "The Beach" | Steven Zaillian | |||||
| 2018 | ||||||
| (70th) | ||||||
| *The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story* | "The Man Who Would Be Vogue" | Ryan Murphy | FX | |||
| Godless | Scott Frank | Netflix | ||||
| Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | David Leveaux and Alex Rudzinski | NBC | ||||
| The Looming Tower | "9/11" | Craig Zisk | Hulu | |||
| Paterno | Barry Levinson | HBO | ||||
| Patrick Melrose | Edward Berger | Showtime | ||||
| Twin Peaks | David Lynch | |||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| (71st) | ||||||
| *Chernobyl* | Johan Renck | HBO | ||||
| Escape at Dannemora | Ben Stiller | Showtime | ||||
| Fosse/Verdon | "Glory" | Jessica Yu | FX | |||
| "Who's Got the Pain?" | Thomas Kail | |||||
| A Very English Scandal | Stephen Frears | Prime Video | ||||
| When They See Us | Ava DuVernay | Netflix |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special | Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||||
| (72nd) | ||||||
| *Unorthodox* | Maria Schrader | Netflix | ||||
| Little Fires Everywhere | "Find a Way" | Lynn Shelton (posthumous) | Hulu | |||
| Normal People | "Episode 5" | Lenny Abrahamson | ||||
| Watchmen | "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" | Nicole Kassell | HBO | |||
| "Little Fear of Lightning" | Steph Green | |||||
| "This Extraordinary Being" | Stephen Williams | |||||
| 2021 | ||||||
| (73rd) | ||||||
| *The Queen's Gambit* | Scott Frank | Netflix | ||||
| Hamilton | Thomas Kail | Disney+ | ||||
| I May Destroy You | "Ego Death" | Sam Miller and Michaela Coel | HBO | |||
| "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes" | Sam Miller | |||||
| Mare of Easttown | Craig Zobel | |||||
| The Underground Railroad | Barry Jenkins | Prime Video | ||||
| WandaVision | Matt Shakman | Disney+ | ||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| (74th) | ||||||
| *The White Lotus* | Mike White | HBO | ||||
| Dopesick | "The People vs. Purdue Pharma" | Danny Strong | Hulu | |||
| The Dropout | "Green Juice" | Michael Showalter | ||||
| "Iron Sisters" | Francesca Gregorini | |||||
| Maid | "Sky Blue" | John Wells | Netflix | |||
| Station Eleven | "Wheel of Fire" | Hiro Murai | HBO Max | |||
| 2023 | ||||||
| (75th) | ||||||
| *Beef* | "Figures of Light" | Lee Sung Jin | Netflix | |||
| Beef | "The Great Fabricator" | Jake Schreier | Netflix | |||
| Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | "Bad Meat" | Carl Franklin | ||||
| "Silenced" | Paris Barclay | |||||
| Fleishman Is in Trouble | "Me-Time" | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | FX | |||
| Prey | Dan Trachtenberg | Hulu | ||||
| 2024 | ||||||
| (76th) | ||||||
| *Ripley* | Steven Zaillian | Netflix | ||||
| Baby Reindeer | "Episode 4" | Weronika Tofilska | Netflix | |||
| Fargo | "The Tragedy of the Commons" | Noah Hawley | FX | |||
| Feud: Capote vs. The Swans | "Pilot" | Gus Van Sant | ||||
| Lessons in Chemistry | "Poirot" | Millicent Shelton | Apple TV+ | |||
| True Detective: Night Country | Issa López | HBO | ||||
| 2025 | ||||||
| (77th) | ||||||
| *Adolescence* | Philip Barantini | Netflix | ||||
| Dying for Sex | "It's Not That Serious" | Shannon Murphy | FX | |||
| The Penguin | "Cent'Anni" | Helen Shaver | HBO | |||
| "A Great or Little Thing" | Jennifer Getzinger | |||||
| Sirens | "Exile" | Nicole Kassell | Netflix | |||
| Zero Day | Lesli Linka Glatter |
Total awards by network
- HBO – 17
- CBS – 8
- NBC – 8
- ABC – 7
- PBS – 4
- Netflix – 4
- TNT – 3
- FX – 2
- AMC – 1
Directors with multiple wins
;4 wins
- John Frankenheimer (3 consecutive)
- Joseph Sargent
;2 wins
- Marvin J. Chomsky
- Lamont Johnson
- Mike Nichols
- Daniel Petrie (consecutive)
- Jay Roach
Directors with multiple nominations
;9 nominations
- Lamont Johnson
- Joseph Sargent
;6 nominations
- Glenn Jordan
- Daniel Petrie
;5 nominations
- John Erman
- John Frankenheimer
- Ryan Murphy
;4 nominations
- Paul Bogart
- Tom Gries
;3 nominations
- Jeff Bleckner
- Gilbert Cates
- Marvin J. Chomsky
- Fielder Cook
- Stephen Frears
- Noah Hawley
- Tom Hooper
- Mick Jackson
- Richard Loncraine
- Sam Miller
- Frank Pierson
- Jay Roach
;2 nominations
- Robert Allan Ackerman
- Lou Antonio
- Bob Balaban
- Dan Curtis
- Scott Frank
- James Goldstone
- David Greene
- Tom Hanks
- Robert Harmon
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- John Korty
- Nicole Kassell
- Buzz Kulik
- Barry Levinson
- Delbert Mann
- Philip Martin
- Mike Nichols
- David Nutter
- Anthony Page
- Mark Rydell
- Boris Sagal
- Mikael Salomon
- George Schaefer
- Charles Sturridge
- Betty Thomas
- Peter Werner
- Susanna White
- Steven Zaillian
Programs with multiple nominations
;5 nominations
- Fargo
;4 nominations
- American Crime Story
;3 nominations
- Watchmen
;2 nominations
- American Horror Story
- Beef
- Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
- Feud
- Fosse/Verdon
- I May Destroy You
- The Night Of
- The Pacific
- Prime Suspect
- Sherlock
References
References
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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