Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

2025

Amanda Marsalis / The Pitt

Mike White / The White Lotus

John Wells / The Pitt

Adam Randall / Slow Horses

2024

Frederick E.O. Toye / Shōgun

Saul Metzstein / Slow Horses

2023

Mike White / The White Lotus

Andrij Parekh / Succession

Dearbhla Walsh / Bad Sisters

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

Mark Mylod / Succession

2022

Karyn Kusama / Yellowjackets

Cathy Yan / Succession

Mark Mylod / Succession

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

2021

Steven Canals / Pose

2020

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Mark Mylod / Succession

Andrij Parekh / Succession

2019

Adam McKay / Succession

Lisa Brühlmann / Killing Eve

2017

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Vince Gilligan / Better Call Saul

2016

David Hollander / Ray Donovan

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Steven Soderbergh / The Knick

2015

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

Steven Soderbergh / The Knick

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2014

House of Cards (US)

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

2013

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

House of Cards (US)

2012

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

Michael Cuesta / Homeland

2011

Jeremy Podeswa / Boardwalk Empire

Martin Scorsese / Boardwalk Empire

Patty Jenkins / The Killing (US)

Neil Jordan / The Borgias

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

Alan Taylor / The Sopranos

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

Peter Berg / Friday Night Lights

2006

Rodrigo Garcia / Big Love

David Nutter / The Sopranos

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

Mimi Leder / The West Wing

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

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

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

John Patterson / The Sopranos

Alan Poul / Six Feet Under

Christopher Misiano / The West Wing

2002

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Paris Barclay / The West Wing

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

Clark Johnson / The Shield

2001

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

Laura Innes / The West Wing

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Steve Buscemi / The Sopranos

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

2000

John Wells / ER

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

John Patterson / The Sopranos

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

1999

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

David Chase / The Sopranos

1998

Bill D'Elia / Chicago Hope

Chris Carter / The X-Files

Thomas Schlamme / ER

Mark Tinker / Brooklyn South

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

1997

Tom Moore / ER

Rod Holcomb / ER

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

James Wong / The X-Files

Christopher Chulack / ER

1996

Mimi Leder / ER

Jeremy Kagan / Chicago Hope

Charles Haid / Murder One

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Christopher Chulack / ER

1995

Rod Holcomb / ER

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Mimi Leder / ER

Lou Antonio / Chicago Hope

1994

Michael M. Robin / NYPD Blue

Gregory Hoblit / NYPD Blue

Charles Haid / NYPD Blue

Daniel Sackheim / NYPD Blue

1993

Nancy Malone / Sisters

Barry Levinson / Homicide: Life on the Street

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

1992

Nancy Malone / The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Mimi Leder / China Beach

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Jack Bender / Northern Exposure

1991

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / Cop Rock

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

Mimi Leder / China Beach

1990

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

David Lynch / Twin Peaks

1989

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

Thomas Carter / Midnight Caller

Eric Laneuville / L.A. Law

John Pasquin / L.A. Law

Robert Altman / Tanner '88

1988

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Sam Weisman / L.A. Law

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

Rod Holcomb / China Beach

Kim Friedman / L.A. Law

1987

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Donald Petrie / L.A. Law

Sharron Miller / Cagney & Lacey

1986

Gabrielle Beaumont / Hill Street Blues

Steven Spielberg / Amazing Stories (1985)

Georg Stanford Brown / Cagney & Lacey

1985

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

Karen Arthur / Cagney & Lacey

1984

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Arthur Alan Seidelman / Hill Street Blues

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

1983

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Marc Daniels / Fame

Robert Scheerer / Fame

1982

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Harry Harris / Fame

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

1981

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Mel Damski / American Dream

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

1980

Roger Young / Lou Grant

Frank Perry / Skag

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

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

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

George Schaefer / Sandburg's Lincoln

David Greene (I) / Rich Man, Poor Man

Christopher Hodson / Upstairs, Downstairs

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

Daryl Duke / The Bold Ones: The Senator

John Badham / The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

1969

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

David Greene (I) / CBS Playhouse

Fielder Cook / Hallmark Hall of Fame

1968

Lee H. Katzin / Mission: Impossible

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

George Schaefer / 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

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

Sydney Pollack / Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre

Paul Bogart / The Defenders

1963

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

Sydney Pollack / Ben Casey

1962

Franklin J. Schaffner / The Defenders

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