Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

2024

Saul Metzstein / Slow Horses

Frederick E.O. Toye / Shōgun

2023

Dearbhla Walsh / Bad Sisters

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

Mark Mylod / Succession

Andrij Parekh / Succession

Mike White / The White Lotus

2022

Karyn Kusama / Yellowjackets

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

Mark Mylod / Succession

Cathy Yan / Succession

2021

Steven Canals / Pose

2020

Mark Mylod / Succession

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Andrij Parekh / Succession

2019

Lisa Brühlmann / Killing Eve

Adam McKay / Succession

2017

Vince Gilligan / Better Call Saul

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

2016

David Hollander / Ray Donovan

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Steven Soderbergh / The Knick

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

Neil Jordan / The Borgias

Jeremy Podeswa / Boardwalk Empire

Martin Scorsese / Boardwalk Empire

Patty Jenkins / The Killing (US)

2010

Agnieszka Holland / Treme

2009

Rod Holcomb / ER

Todd A. Kessler / Damages

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

2008

Arlene Sanford / Boston Legal

Allen Coulter / Damages

2007

Peter Berg / Friday Night Lights

Alan Taylor / The Sopranos

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

2006

Rodrigo Garcia / Big Love

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

David Nutter / The Sopranos

Mimi Leder / The West Wing

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

2005

Peter Tolan / Rescue Me

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Scott Winant / Huff

2004

Christopher Chulack / ER

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

2003

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Christopher Misiano / The West Wing

Alan Poul / Six Feet Under

John Patterson / The Sopranos

2002

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

Paris Barclay / The West Wing

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Clark Johnson / The Shield

2001

Laura Innes / The West Wing

Steve Buscemi / The Sopranos

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

2000

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

John Patterson / The Sopranos

John Wells / ER

1999

David Chase / The Sopranos

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

1998

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

Mark Tinker / Brooklyn South

Bill D'Elia / Chicago Hope

Thomas Schlamme / ER

Chris Carter / The X-Files

1997

Tom Moore / ER

James Wong / The X-Files

Rod Holcomb / ER

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Christopher Chulack / ER

1996

Mimi Leder / ER

Christopher Chulack / ER

Charles Haid / Murder One

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Jeremy Kagan / Chicago Hope

1995

Lou Antonio / Chicago Hope

Rod Holcomb / ER

Mimi Leder / ER

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

1994

Daniel Sackheim / NYPD Blue

Michael M. Robin / NYPD Blue

Gregory Hoblit / NYPD Blue

Charles Haid / NYPD Blue

1993

Nancy Malone / Sisters

Barry Levinson / Homicide: Life on the Street

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

1992

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Nancy Malone / The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

Mimi Leder / China Beach

Jack Bender / Northern Exposure

1991

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

Mimi Leder / China Beach

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / Cop Rock

1990

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

David Lynch / Twin Peaks

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

1989

Eric Laneuville / L.A. Law

John Pasquin / L.A. Law

Thomas Carter / Midnight Caller

Robert Altman / Tanner '88

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

1988

Kim Friedman / L.A. Law

Rod Holcomb / China Beach

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

Sam Weisman / L.A. Law

1987

Sharron Miller / Cagney & Lacey

Donald Petrie / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

1986

Georg Stanford Brown / Cagney & Lacey

Steven Spielberg / Amazing Stories (1985)

Gabrielle Beaumont / Hill Street Blues

1985

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Karen Arthur / Cagney & Lacey

1984

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Arthur Alan Seidelman / Hill Street Blues

1983

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Marc Daniels / Fame

Robert Scheerer / Fame

1982

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Harry Harris / Fame

1981

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Mel Damski / American Dream

1980

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Peter Levin / Lou Grant

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Roger Young / Lou Grant

Frank Perry / Skag

1979

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Jackie Cooper / The White Shadow

Mel Damski / Lou Grant

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

1978

Marvin J. Chomsky / Holocaust

Gary Nelson / Washington: Behind Closed Doors

Abby Mann / King (1978)

E.W. Swackhamer / The Dain Curse

1977

Fred Coe / The Adams Chronicles

1976

David Greene (I) / Rich Man, Poor Man

Christopher Hodson / Upstairs, Downstairs

George Schaefer / Sandburg's Lincoln

Boris Sagal / Rich Man, Poor Man

1975

Harry Falk / The Streets of San Francisco

Bill Bain / Upstairs, Downstairs

Telly Savalas / Kojak

David Friedkin / Kojak

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

David Greene (I) / CBS Playhouse

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

Fielder Cook / Hallmark Hall Of Fame

1968

Paul Bogart / CBS Playhouse

George Schaefer / CBS Playhouse

Lee H. Katzin / Mission: Impossible

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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