Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director, TV Movie or Limited Series

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Directing, TV Movie or Limited Series
Awarded forOutstanding Directing, TV Movie or Limited Series
Country United States
Presented by Black Reel Awards
First awarded2000;22 years ago (2000)
Currently held by Steve McQueen
Small Axe (2021)
Website blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director of a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, and then later returned in 2013. In May 2017 the category was moved from the film awards as part of the Black Reel Awards for Television honors thus resulting in two separate winners in 2017.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

YearDirectorFilmNetworkRef
2000
Louis Gossett Jr. Love Songs Showtime [1]
Charles Burnett Selma, Lord, Selma ABC
Julie Dash Funny Valentines HBO
Ernest R. Dickerson Strange Justice Showtime
Robert Townsend Jackie's Back Lifetime
2001
Charles S. Dutton The Corner HBO [2]
Jeffrey W. Byrd Seventeen Again Showtime
Julie Dash Love Song MTV
Gina Prince-Bythewood Disappearing Acts HBO
Robert Townsend Holiday Heart Showtime
2002
Reggie Rock Bythewood Dancing in September HBO [3]
Lee Davis 3 A.M. Showtime
Cheryl Dunye Stranger Inside HBO
Spike Lee A Huey P. Newton Story Starz'
Euzhan Palcy The Killing Yard Showtime
2003
Robert Townsend 10,000 Black Men Named George Showtime [4]
Julie Dash The Rosa Parks Story CBS
Doug McHenry Keep the Faith, Baby Showtime
2004
Bill Duke Deacons for Defense Showtime [5]
Ernest R. Dickerson Good Fences Showtime
Kevin Hooks Sounder ABC
2005
Vondie Curtis-Hall Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story FX [6]
Lisa Gay Hamilton Beah: A Black Woman Speaks HBO
Joseph Sargent Something the Lord Made HBO
2006
George C. Wolfe Lackawanna Blues HBO [7]
Kevin Arkadie, Neema Barnette, Levar Burton, Ernest R. Dickerson, Bill Duke and Spike Lee Miracle's Boys TeenNick
Spike Lee Sucker Free City Showtime
Darnell Martin Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC
Raoul Peck Sometimes in April HBO
2007
Edward James Olmos Walkout HBO [8]
2008

2010s

YearDirectorFilmNetworkRef
2010–12
2013
Vondie Curtis-Hall Abducted: The Carlina White Story Lifetime [9]
Roger M. Bobb Raising Izzie UP
Kenny Leon Steel Magnolias Lifetime
Darnell Martin Firelight ABC
Billie Woodruff Rags Nickelodeon
2014
Spike Lee Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth HBO [10]
Salim Akil Being Mary Jane HBO
Rockmond Dunbar Pastor Brown Lifetime
Kenny Leon The Watsons Go to Birmingham Hallmark
Charles Stone III CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story VH1
2015
Reggie Rock Bythewood Gun Hill BET [11]
Sharon Brathwaite-Sanders and Peres OwinoSeasons of Love Lifetime
Shernold Edwards A Day Late and a Dollar Short Lifetime
Dayna Lynne NorthAn En Vogue Christmas Lifetime
Kimberly WalkerComeback Dad UP
2016
Dee Rees Bessie HBO [12]
Angela Bassett Whitney Lifetime
Regina King Let the Church Say Amen BET
John Ridley American Crime ABC
Clement Virgo The Book of Negroes BET
2017
John Singleton The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX [13]
Angela Bassett American Horror Story: Roanoke FX
Thomas Carter Roots History Channel
Anthony Hemingway The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX
John Ridley American Crime ABC
2017
Chris Robinson The New Edition Story BET [14]
Victoria Mahoney American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode Three" ABC
Kevin Hooks Madiba BET
Tanya Hamilton American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode, Five" ABC
George C. Wolfe The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO
2018
Anthony Hemingway The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.- Episode "Wherever It Leads" USA Network [15]
Angela Bassett American Horror Story: Cult- Episode "Drink the Kool Aid" FX
Ernest R. Dickerson Seven Seconds- Episode "Until It Do" Netflix
Dee Rees Electric Dreams- Episode "Kill All Others" Amazon Prime Video
Victoria Mahoney Seven Seconds- Episode "Witnesses for the Prosecution" Netflix
2019
Ava DuVernay When They See Us Netflix [16]
Clark Johnson Juanita Netflix
Rashid Johnson Native Son HBO
Kiel Adrian ScottThe Bobby Brown Story BET
Victoria Mahoney The Red Line- Episode "We Must All Care" CBS

2020s

YearDirector(s)FilmNetworkRef
2020
Stephen Williams Watchmen Episode "This Extraordinary Being" HBO [17]
Christine Swanson The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel Lifetime
Nzingha Stewart Little Fires Everywhere - Episode "Picture Perfect" HULU
Janet Mock Hollywood- Episode "(Screen) Test" Netflix
Stephen Williams Watchmen- Episode "She Was Killed by Space Junk" HBO
2021
Steve McQueen Small Axe- Film: Lovers Rock Amazon Prime Video [18] [19]
Michaela Coel & Sam Miller I May Destroy You - Episode "Ego Death" HBO
Steve McQueen Small Axe- Film: Mangrove Amazon Prime Video
Eugene Ashe Sylvie's Love Amazon Studios
Barry Jenkins The Underground Railroad" Amazon Prime Video

Total awards by network

Programs with multiple awards

Programs with multiple nominations

Individuals with multiple awards

Individuals with multiple nominations

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References

  1. 2000 Black Reel Awards
  2. 2001 Black Reel Awards
  3. 2002 Black Reel Awards
  4. 2003 Black Reel Awards
  5. 2004 Black Reel Awards
  6. 2005 Black Reel Awards
  7. 2006 Black Reel Awards
  8. 2007 Black Reel Awards
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  11. 2015 Black Reel Awards
  12. 2016 Black Reel Awards
  13. 2017 Black Reel Awards
  14. 2017 Black Reel Awards for Television
  15. 2018 Black Reel Awards for Television
  16. 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television
  17. 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television
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