Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

2024

Saul Metzstein / Slow Horses

Frederick E.O. Toye / Shōgun

2023

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

Andrij Parekh / Succession

Mike White / The White Lotus

Mark Mylod / Succession

Dearbhla Walsh / Bad Sisters

2022

Lorene Scafaria / Succession

Cathy Yan / Succession

Mark Mylod / Succession

Karyn Kusama / Yellowjackets

2021

Steven Canals / Pose

2020

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

Mark Mylod / Succession

Andrij Parekh / Succession

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

Lesli Linka Glatter / Homeland

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

Timothy Van Patten / Boardwalk Empire

Michael Cuesta / Homeland

2011

Jeremy Podeswa / Boardwalk Empire

Neil Jordan / The Borgias

Martin Scorsese / Boardwalk Empire

Patty Jenkins / The Killing (US)

2010

Agnieszka Holland / Treme

2009

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

Rod Holcomb / ER

Todd A. Kessler / Damages

2008

Allen Coulter / Damages

Arlene Sanford / Boston Legal

2007

Peter Berg / Friday Night Lights

Alan Taylor / The Sopranos

Bill D'Elia / Boston Legal

2006

Mimi Leder / The West Wing

David Nutter / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Rodrigo Garcia / Big Love

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

2005

Peter Tolan / Rescue Me

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Scott Winant / Huff

2004

Christopher Chulack / ER

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

2003

Alan Poul / Six Feet Under

John Patterson / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Christopher Misiano / The West Wing

2002

Paris Barclay / The West Wing

Alex Graves / The West Wing

Alan Ball / Six Feet Under

Clark Johnson / The Shield

2001

Steve Buscemi / The Sopranos

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

Timothy Van Patten / The Sopranos

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

Laura Innes / The West Wing

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

2000

John Wells / ER

Jonathan Robert Kaplan / ER

Thomas Schlamme / The West Wing

Allen Coulter / The Sopranos

John Patterson / The Sopranos

1999

David Chase / The Sopranos

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

1998

Paris Barclay / NYPD Blue

Thomas Schlamme / ER

Mark Tinker / Brooklyn South

Chris Carter / The X-Files

Bill D'Elia / Chicago Hope

1997

Rod Holcomb / ER

Christopher Chulack / ER

James Wong / The X-Files

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Tom Moore / ER

1996

Mimi Leder / ER

Mark Tinker / NYPD Blue

Charles Haid / Murder One

Christopher Chulack / ER

Jeremy Kagan / Chicago Hope

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

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

Barry Levinson / Homicide: Life on the Street

Nancy Malone / Sisters

1992

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Nancy Malone / The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

Mimi Leder / China Beach

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Eric Laneuville / I'll Fly Away

Jack Bender / Northern Exposure

1991

Gregory Hoblit / Cop Rock

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

Mimi Leder / China Beach

Tom Moore / L.A. Law

1990

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

Rick Wallace / L.A. Law

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

David Lynch / Twin Peaks

1989

John Pasquin / L.A. Law

Eric Laneuville / L.A. Law

Robert Altman / Tanner '88

Scott Winant / Thirtysomething

Thomas Carter / Midnight Caller

1988

Win Phelps / L.A. Law

Rod Holcomb / China Beach

Kim Friedman / L.A. Law

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Sam Weisman / L.A. Law

1987

Gregory Hoblit / L.A. Law

Donald Petrie / L.A. Law

Sharron Miller / Cagney & Lacey

1986

Gabrielle Beaumont / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Cagney & Lacey

Steven Spielberg / Amazing Stories (1985)

1985

Karen Arthur / Cagney & Lacey

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

1984

Thomas Carter / Hill Street Blues

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Arthur Alan Seidelman / Hill Street Blues

Robert Scheerer / Fame

1983

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Marc Daniels / Fame

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

1982

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Jeff Bleckner / Hill Street Blues

Harry Harris / Fame

Robert Scheerer / Fame

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

1981

Robert Butler / Hill Street Blues

Corey Allen / Hill Street Blues

Georg Stanford Brown / Hill Street Blues

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Mel Damski / American Dream

1980

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

Frank Perry / Skag

Peter Levin / Lou Grant

Roger Young / Lou Grant

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

1979

Burt Brinckerhoff / Lou Grant

Jackie Cooper / The White Shadow

Mel Damski / Lou Grant

Gene Reynolds / Lou Grant

1978

Marvin J. Chomsky / Holocaust

E.W. Swackhamer / The Dain Curse

Abby Mann / King (1978)

Gary Nelson / Washington: Behind Closed Doors

1977

Fred Coe / The Adams Chronicles

1976

Boris Sagal / Rich Man, Poor Man

George Schaefer / Sandburg's Lincoln

Christopher Hodson / Upstairs, Downstairs

David Greene (I) / Rich Man, Poor Man

1975

Telly Savalas / Kojak

Harry Falk / The Streets of San Francisco

Bill Bain / Upstairs, Downstairs

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

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

Sydney Pollack / Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre

Paul Bogart / The Defenders

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

1963

Stuart Rosenberg / The Defenders

Sydney Pollack / Ben Casey

1962

Franklin J. Schaffner / The Defenders

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