Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1975 |
Currently held by | Steven Zaillian, Ripley (2024) |
Website | emmys |
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 |
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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program | ||||
1971 (23rd) [1] | ||||
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) [2] | ||||
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) [3] | ||||
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 | |
Best Directing in Drama (A Single Program - Comedy or Drama) | ||||
1974 (26th) [4] | ||||
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 | |||
Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy | ||||
1975 (27th) [5] | ||||
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 | ||
Outstanding Directing in a Special Program | ||||
1976 (28th) [6] | ||||
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 | |||
Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy | ||||
1977 (29th) [7] | ||||
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) [8] | ||||
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 | |
Outstanding Directing in a Limited Seriea or Special | ||||
1979 (31st) [9] | ||||
Friendly Fire | David Greene | ABC | ||
Les Misérables | Glenn Jordan | CBS | ||
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | Lou Antonio |
1980s
1990s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Special | ||||
1990 (42nd) [20] | ||||
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) [21] | ||||
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 | ||
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or Special | ||||
1992 (44th) [22] | ||||
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) [23] | ||||
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) [24] | ||||
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) [25] | ||||
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 | ||
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special | ||||
1996 (48th) [26] | ||||
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) [27] | ||||
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 | |||
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie | ||||
1998 (50th) [28] | ||||
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) [29] | ||||
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
2010s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special | ||||
2010 (62nd) [40] | ||||
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) [41] | ||||
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) [42] | ||||
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) [43] | ||||
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) [44] | ||||
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 | ||
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special | ||||
2015 (67th) [45] | ||||
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) [46] | ||||
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) [47] | ||||
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) [48] | ||||
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) [49] | ||||
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 |
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Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special | ||||
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 | |||
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | ||||
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 |
Total awards by network
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Fielder Cook (1971)
- Tom Gries (1972)
- Joseph Sargent (1973)
- John Korty (1974)
- George Cukor (1975)
- Daniel Petrie (1976)
- Daniel Petrie (1977)
- David Lowell Rich (1978)
- David Greene (1979)
- Marvin J. Chomsky (1980)
- James Goldstone (1981)
- Marvin J. Chomsky (1982)
- John Erman (1983)
- Jeff Bleckner (1984)
- Lamont Johnson (1985)
- Joseph Sargent (1986)
- Glenn A. Jordan (1987)
- Lamont Johnson (1988)
- Simon Wincer (1989)
- Joseph Sargent (1990)
- Brian Gibson (1991)
- Joseph Sargent (1992)
- James Steven Sadwith (1993)
- John Frankenheimer (1994)
- John Frankenheimer (1995)
- John Frankenheimer (1996)
- Andrei Konchalovsky (1997)
- John Frankenheimer (1998)
- Allan Arkush (1999)
- Charles S. Dutton (2000)
- Mike Nichols (2001)
- David Frankel, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Mikael Salomon and Tony To (2002)
- Steven Schachter (2003)
- Mike Nichols (2004)
- Stephen Hopkins (2005)
- Tom Hooper (2006)
- Philip Martin (2007)
- Jay Roach (2008)
- Dearbhla Walsh (2009)
- Mick Jackson (2010)
- Brian Percival (2011)
- Jay Roach (2012)
- Steven Soderbergh (2013)
- Colin Bucksey (2014)
- Lisa Cholodenko (2015)
- Susanne Bier (2016)
- Jean-Marc Vallée (2017)
- Ryan Murphy (2018)
- Johan Renck (2019)
- Maria Schrader (2020)
- Scott Frank (2021)
- Mike White (2022)
- Lee Sung Jin (2023)
- Steven Zaillian (2024)