Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

The award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series was first given in 1959 under the title "Best Direction of a Single program of a Drama Series" and has since been called "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Drama" from 1960-1973, "Best Directing in a Drama" for a single year in 1974 and in 1975 took its current title as "Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series".

YearDirectorDrama Series 
2008Greg YaitanesHouse: "House's Head" 
2007Alan TaylorThe Sopranos: "Kennedy and Heidi" 
2006Jon Cassar24: "7:00AM-8:00AM" 
2005J.J. AbramsLost: "Pilot 
2004Walter HillDeadwood: "Pilot" 
2003Christopher MisianoThe West Wing: "Twenty Five" 
2002Alan BallSix Feet Under: "Pilot" 
2001Thomas SchlammeThe West Wing: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" 
2000Thomas SchlammeThe West Wing: "Pilot" 
1999Paris BarclayNYPD Blue 
1998Mark TinkerBrooklyn South 
1998Paris BarclayNYPD Blue 
1997Mark TinkerNYPD Blue 
1996Jeremy KaganChicago Hope 
1995Mimi LederER 
1994Daniel SackheimNYPD Blue 
1993Barry LevinsonHomicide: Life on the Street 
1992Eric LaneuvilleI'll Fly Away 
1991Thomas CarterEqual Justice 
1990Scott WinantThirtysomething 
1990Thomas CarterEqual Justice 
1989Robert AltmanTanner '88 
1988Mark TinkerSt. Elsewhere 
1987Gregory HoblitL.A. Law 
1986Georg Stanford BrownCagney & Lacey 
1985Karen ArthurCagney & Lacey 
1984Corey AllenHill Street Blues 
1983Jeff BlecknerHill Street Blues 
1982Harry HarrisFame 
1981Robert ButlerHill Street Blues 
1980Roger YoungLou Grant 
1979Jackie CooperThe White Shadow 
1978Marvin J. ChomskyHolocaust 
1977David GreeneRoots 
1976David GreeneRich Man and Poor Man 
1975Bill BainUpstairs and Downstairs 
1974John Korty and Robert ButlerThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and The Blue Knight 
1973Jerry ThorpeKung Fu 
1973Joseph SargentThe Marcus-Nelson Murders 
1972Alexander SingerThe Bold Ones: "The Lawyers" 
1972Tom GriesThe Glass House 
1971Daryl DukeThe Bold Ones: "The Senator" 
1971Fielder CookThe Price 
1970Paul BogartShadow Game 
1969David GreeneThe People Next Door 
1968Lee H. KatzinMission: Impossible 
1967Alex SegalDeath of a Salesman 
1966Sydney PollackBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 
1965Paul BogartThe Defenders 
1964Tom GriesEast Side/West Side 
1963Stuart RosenbergThe Defenders 
1962Franklin SchaffnerThe Defenders 
1961George SchaeferHallmark Hall of Fame Macbeth 
1960Robert MulliganThe Moon and Sixpence 
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