This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 2006 ceremony and since its inception, Paris Barclay; Ernest R. Dickerson; and Carl Franklin hold the record for the most wins with two each.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Year | Director | Series | Episode | Ref |
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2006 | ||||
Paris Barclay | Cold Case | N/A | [1] | |
Philip G. Atwell | The Shield | — | ||
Janice Cooke | Charmed | |||
One Tree Hill | ||||
Summerland | ||||
2007 | ||||
Karen Gaviola | Lost | "The Whole Truth" | [2] | |
Paris Barclay | Cold Case | "Saving Sammy" | ||
Anthony Hemingway | Close to Home | "Prodigal Son" | ||
Seith Mann | The Wire | "Homerooms" | ||
Craig Ross Jr. | Bones | "Aliens in a Spaceship" | ||
2008 | ||||
Seith Mann | Friday Night Lights | "Are You Ready For Friday Night" | [3] | |
Paris Barclay | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Meet Market" | ||
Roxann Dawson | Heroes | "Run!" | ||
Kevin Hooks | Lincoln Heights | "Pilot" | ||
Darnell Martin | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | "Bombshell" | ||
2009 | ||||
Ernest R. Dickerson | Lincoln Heights | "The Day Before Tomorrow" | [4] | |
Paris Barclay | In Treatment | "Alex-Week 8" | ||
Anthony Hemingway | Heroes | "Chapter Five: Angels & Monsters" | ||
Eriq La Salle | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "PTSD" | ||
Seith Mann | The Wire | "The Dickensian Aspect" |
Year | Director | Series | Episode | Ref |
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2020 | ||||
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Power | "Forgot About Dre" | [15] | |
Ava DuVernay | When They See Us | "Part Four" | ||
Carl H. Seaton, Jr. | Snowfall | "Hedgehogs" | ||
Debbie Allen | Grey's Anatomy | "Silent All These Years" | ||
Jet Wilkinson | The Chi | "The Scorpion and the Frog" | ||
2021 | ||||
Hanelle Culpepper | Star Trek: Picard | "Remembrance" | [16] | |
Cheryl Dunye | Lovecraft Country | "Strange Case" | ||
Misha Green | Lovecraft Country | "Jig-a-Bobo" | ||
Nzingha Stewart | Little Fires Everywhere | "The Uncanny" | ||
Steve McQueen | Small Axe | Mangrove | ||
2022 | ||||
Barry Jenkins | The Underground Railroad | "Indiana Winter" | [17] | |
Hanelle Culpepper | True Story | "Like Cain Did Abel" | ||
Anthony Hemingway | Genius: Aretha | "Respect" | ||
Carl Seaton | Snowfall | "Fight or Flight" | ||
Godfather of Harlem | "The Bonanno Split" | |||
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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. The award has also been called Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture. Out of 12 films which featured African-Americans in leading roles in 1980, Cicely Tyson was the only female in that category. She played opposite Richard Pryor in Bustin' Loose. Because of this, she and officials at the annual NAACP Image Awards program decided that she should not accept the award.
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