| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Black Reel Awards for Television |
| First awarded | 2017 |
| Currently held by | Maurice Marable Woke (2021) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
The Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series is an annual award presented to the best directing of a television comedy series for a particular episode.
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 1st [1] [2] [3] | ||||
| Insecure | "Guilty as Fuck" | Debbie Allen | HBO | |
| Master of None | "Thanksgiving" | Melina Matsoukas | Netflix | |
| black-ish | "Lemons" | Kenya Barris | ABC | |
| black-ish | "40 Acres and a Vote" | Ken Whittingham | ABC | |
| Atlanta | "B.A.N." | Donald Glover | FX | |
| 2018 (2nd) [4] [5] | ||||
| black-ish | "Juneteenth" | Anton Cropper | ABC | |
| Atlanta | "Barbershop" | Donald Glover | FX | |
| Atlanta | "F.U.B.U." | Donald Glover | FX | |
| Insecure | "Hella Perspective" | Melina Matsoukas | HBO | |
| Shameless | "Fuck Paying It Forward" | Regina King | Showtime | |
| 2019 3rd [6] [7] | ||||
| black-ish | "Black Like Us" | Salli Richardson | ABC | |
| black-ish | "Black History Month" | Tracee Ellis Ross | ABC | |
| black-ish | "Purple Rain" | Charles Stone III | ABC | |
| Insecure | "Ghost-Like" | Regina King | HBO | |
| Insecure | "High-Like" | Millicent Shelton | HBO |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 4th [8] [9] [10] | ||||
| Dear White People | "Chapter V" | Cheryl Dunye | Netflix | |
| BlackAF | "still...because of slavery" | Rashida Jones | Netflix | |
| BlackAF | "yo, between you and me...this is because of slavery" | Kenya Barris | Netflix | |
| black-ish | "Hair Day" | Anya Adams | ABC | |
| Insecure | "Lowkey Movin' On" | Stella Meghie | HBO | |
| 2021 5th [11] [12] [13] | ||||
| Woke | "Black People for Rent" | Maurice Marable | HBO | |
| Girls5Eva | "Separ8 Ways" | Chioke Nassor | Peacock | |
| black-ish | "My Dinner with Andre Junior" | Princess Monique Filmz | ABC | |
| black-ish | "Our Wedding Dre" | Eric Dean Seaton | ABC | |
| A Black Lady Sketch Show | "But the Tilapias Are Fine Though, Right?" | Brittany Scott Smith & Lacey Duke | HBO |
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