| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Currently held by | Kirsten Johnson, Dick Johnson Is Dead (2021) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program is awarded to one program each year. The category was split in 2018 to separately recognize documentary/nonfiction and reality programs. [1]
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [2] [note 1] | |||
| Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? | John Korty | ABC | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [3] [note 2] | |||
| The Body Human: The Living Code | Charles A. Bangert and Alfred R. Kelman | PBS | ||
| 1984 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [4] [note 3] | |||
| He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' | Emile Ardolino | PBS | ||
| A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers | "Marshall, Texas" | David Grubin | PBS | |
| 1986 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [5] [note 4] | |||
| The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | David Heeley | PBS | ||
| 1987 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Directing [6] [note 5] | |||
| American Masters | "Unknown Chaplin" | Kevin Brownlow and David Gill | PBS | |
| Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente | Richard Schickel | |||
| 1989 | Outstanding Directing in Informational Programming [7] [note 6] | |||
| Destined to Live | Linda Otto | NBC | ||
| Entertainment Tonight | "Lucille Ball Memorial" | Ron de Moraes | Syndicated | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [8] [note 7] | |||
| American Masters | "W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult" | Gene Lasko | PBS | |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic | Jack Haley Jr. | CBS | ||
| 1991 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [9] [note 8] | |||
| Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia | Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Froemke, Peter Gelb and Albert Maysles | PBS | ||
| The Astronomers | "Waves of the Future" | Linda Feferman | PBS | |
| Motel | Christian Blackwood | |||
| The Power of the Past with Bill Moyers: Florence | David Grubin | |||
| 1992 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [10] [note 9] | |||
| Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper and Eleanor Coppola | Showtime | ||
| 1993 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [11] [note 10] | |||
| Earth and the American Dream | Bill Couturié | HBO | ||
| Gridiron Gang | Lee Stanley | Syndicated | ||
| Dancing | "Dance Centerstage" | Geoff Dunlop | PBS | |
| "New Worlds, New Forms" | Orlando Bagwell | |||
| Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson | Barbara Kopple | NBC | ||
| Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers | "The Mystery of Chi" | David Grubin | PBS | |
| Lincoln | Peter Kunhardt | ABC | ||
| 1994 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming [12] [note 11] | |||
| Cats & Dogs | "Dogs Segment" | Robin Lehman | TBS | |
| I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School | Susan Raymond | HBO | ||
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