List of awards and nominations received by James Burrows

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This is a list of awards and nominations received by American television director James Burrows. Burrows has received numerous accolades including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and five Directors Guild of America Awards. He was honored with the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and the NBC special Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows in 2016.

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Burrows started his career with The Mary Tyler Moore Show . He since has directed over 50 television pilots and co-created the television series Cheers (1982–1993). He is also known for directing numerous episodes of comedy shows such as The Bob Newhart Show , Taxi , Frasier , Friends , Will & Grace , 3rd Rock from the Sun , and The Big Bang Theory . He executive produced the Emmy Award-winning ABC specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience including Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" in 2019, "All in the Family" and "Good Times" in 2019, and "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes" in 2021. He directed episodes for the revivals of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (2017–2020) and the Paramount+ Frasier .

Major associations

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Award
1980 Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Taxi : "Louie and the Nice Girl"Won [1]
1981 Taxi: "Elaine's Strange Triangle"Won [2]
1982 Taxi: "Jim the Psychic"Nominated [3]
1983 Outstanding Comedy Series Cheers Won [4]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "Showdown, Part 2"Won
1984 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersWon [5]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "Old Flames"Nominated
1985 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersNominated [6]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "Cheerio, Cheers"Nominated
1986 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersNominated [7]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "The Triangle"Nominated
1987 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersNominated [8]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "Chambers vs. Malone"Nominated
1988 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersNominated [9]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "Backseat Becky, Up Front"Nominated
1989 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersWon [10]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "The Visiting Leecher"Nominated
1990 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersNominated [11]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "The Improbable Dream, Part 1"Nominated
1991 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersWon [12]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "Woody Interruptus"Won
Outstanding Informational SeriesCheers: The 200th Anniversary SpecialNominated
1992 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersNominated [13]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "An Old Fashioned Wedding"Nominated
1993 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersNominated [14]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesCheers: "One for the Road"Nominated
1994 Frasier : "The Good Son"Won [15]
1995 Friends : "The One with the Blackout"Nominated [16]
1996 3rd Rock from the Sun : "Brains and Eggs"Nominated [17]
1998 Dharma & Greg : "Pilot"Nominated [18]
1999 Will & Grace : "Pilot"Nominated [19]
2000 Outstanding Comedy SeriesWill & GraceWon [20]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesWill & Grace: "Homo for the Holidays"Nominated
2001 Outstanding Comedy SeriesWill & GraceNominated [21]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesWill & Grace: "Lows in the Mid-Eighties"Nominated
2002 Outstanding Comedy SeriesWill & GraceNominated [22]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesWill & Grace: "A Chorus Lie"Nominated
2003 Outstanding Comedy SeriesWill & GraceNominated [23]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesWill & Grace: "24"Nominated
2004 Outstanding Comedy SeriesWill & GraceNominated [24]
2005 Nominated [25]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesWill & Grace: "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World"Nominated
2019 Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special Live in Front of a Studio Audience:
Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' 		Nominated [26]
2020 Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesWill & Grace: "We Love Lucy"Nominated [27]
Outstanding Variety Special Live in Front of a Studio Audience:
'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' 		Won
2021 Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series B Positive : "Pilot"Nominated [28]
2022 Outstanding Variety Special Live in Front of a Studio Audience:
'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' 		Nominated [29]

Directors Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1981 Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series Taxi : "Jim the Psychic"Nominated
1982 Cheers : "Sam at Eleven"Nominated
1983 Cheers: "Showdown, Part 2"Won
1984 Cheers: "I Call Your Name"Nominated
1985 Cheers: "Birth, Death, Love and Rice"Nominated
1986 Cheers: "Tan 'N' Wash"Nominated
1987 Cheers: "Home Is the Sailor"Nominated
1989 Cheers: "Sisterly Love"Nominated
1990 Cheers: "Woody Interruptus"Won
1991 Cheers: "Days of Wine & Neurosis"Nominated
1992 Cheers: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"Nominated
1993 Frasier : "The Good Son"Won
1994 Frasier: "The Matchmaker"Won
1995 Friends : "The One with the Birth"Nominated
1997 Dharma & Greg : "Pilot"Nominated
1998 Will & Grace : "Pilot"Nominated
1999 Will & Grace: "Yours, Mine or Ours"Nominated
2000 Will & Grace: "Lows in the Mid-Eighties"Won
2001 Will & Grace: "Bed, Bath, and Beyond"Nominated
2002 Will & Grace: "Marry Me a Little"Nominated
2003 Will & Grace: "Last Ex to Brooklyn"Nominated
2005 Will & Grace: "Alive and Schticking"Nominated
2014 Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award – Television Received
2020 Outstanding Directing - Variety Specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience Won

Producers Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2003Outstanding Producer of Episodic Comedy Will & Grace Nominated
2004Nominated
2005Nominated

Miscellaneous accolades

American Comedy Awards

Costume Designers Guild Awards

Television Critics Association

Online Film & Television Awards

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