The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The award was previously named the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Miniseries or Movies for Television.
Winners and nominees
1970s Year Winners and nominees Program Network 1971(24th) Buzz Kulik Brian's Song ABCFielder Cook The Price NBCDelbert Mann Jane Eyre 1972(25th) Lamont Johnson That Certain Summer ABCPaul Bogart The House Without a Christmas Tree CBSTom Gries The Glass House 1973(26th) Joseph Sargent The Marcus-Nelson Murders CBSRobert Butler The Blue Knight NBCAnthony Harvey The Glass Menagerie ABC 1974(27th) John Korty The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman CBSTom Gries QB VII ABCLamont Johnson The Execution of Private Slovik NBC 1975(28th) Sam O'Steen Queen of the Stardust Ballroom CBSLamont Johnson Fear on Trial CBSBuzz Kulik Babe
1980s Year Winners and nominees Program Network 1982(35th) Marvin J. Chomsky Inside the Third Reich ABCJack Hofsiss The Elephant Man ABCDelbert Mann The Member of the Wedding NBC 1983(36th) Edward Zwick Special Bulletin NBCDaryl Duke The Thorn Birds ABCJohn Erman Who Will Love My Children? 1984(37th) Daniel Petrie The Dollmaker ABCRobert Greenwald The Burning Bed NBCRanda Haines Something About Amelia ABC 1985(38th) John Erman An Early Frost NBCJeff Bleckner Do You Remember Love CBSLamont Johnson Wallenberg: A Hero's Story NBC 1986(39th) Lee Grant Nobody's Child CBSGregory Hoblit L.A. Law (Episode: "Pilot") NBCGeorge Schaefer Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry CBS 1987(40th) Jud Taylor Foxfire CBSPaul Bogart Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder NBCMarvin J. Chomsky Billionaire Boys Club 1988(41st) Lamont Johnson Lincoln NBCDan Curtis War and Remembrance ABCRod Holcomb China Beach (Episode: "Pilot") 1989(42nd) Dan Curtis War and Remembrance ABCDaniel Petrie My Name Is Bill W. CBSSimon Wincer Lonesome Dove
1990s Year Winners and nominees Program Network 1990(43rd) Roger Young Murder in Mississippi NBCGilbert Cates Call Me Anna ABCPeter Werner Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes NBC 1991(44th) Stephen Gyllenhaal Paris Trout ShowtimeJoshua Brand I'll Fly Away (Episode: "Pilot") NBCBrian Gibson The Josephine Baker Story HBO 1992(45th) Ron Lagomarsino Picket Fences (Episode: "Pilot") || style="background:#FAEB86;" |CBS| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| |- |Frank Pierson || Citizen Cohn || HBO |- |Joseph Sargent || Miss Rose White || NBC |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1993(46th) || style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michael Ritchie|| style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom HBOEmile Ardolino Gypsy CBSRobert Butler Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Episode: "Pilot") ABCIan Sander I'll Fly Away: Then and Now PBSRoger Spottiswoode And the Band Played On HBO 1994(47th) Rod Holcomb ER (Episode: "24 Hours") || style="background:#FAEB86;" |NBC| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| |- |John Dahl || The Last Seduction || rowspan="2"| HBO |- |John Frankenheimer || Against the Wall |- |Joseph Sargent || World War II: When Lions Roared || NBC |- |Betty Thomas || My Breast || CBS |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1995(48th) || style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mick Jackson || style="background:#FAEB86;" | Indictment: The McMartin Trial HBORobert Markowitz The Tuskegee Airmen HBODaniel Petrie Kissinger and Nixon TNTFrank Pierson Truman HBOPeter Werner Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story Lifetime 1996(49th) Betty Thomas The Late Shift HBOUli Edel Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny HBOJohn Frankenheimer Andersonville TNTRobert Harmon Gotti HBOAnjelica Huston Bastard out of Carolina Showtime 1997(50th) John Herzfeld Don King: Only in America HBOJohn Frankenheimer George Wallace TNTWilliam Friedkin 12 Angry Men ShowtimeCharles Haid Buffalo Soldiers TNTJoseph Sargent Miss Evers' Boys HBO 1998(51st) Michael Cristofer Gia HBOAllan Arkush The Temptations NBCSteve Barron Merlin Rob Cohen The Rat Pack HBOJon Turteltaub From the Earth to the Moon (Episode: "That's All There Is") 1999(52nd) Mick Jackson Tuesdays with Morrie ABCMartyn Burke Pirates of Silicon Valley TNTMartha Coolidge Introducing Dorothy Dandridge HBODaniel Petrie Inherit the Wind ShowtimeJoseph Sargent A Lesson Before Dying HBO
2000s Year Winners and nominees Program Network 2000(53rd) Jeff Bleckner The Beach Boys: An American Family ABCKirk Browning Death of a Salesman ShowtimeMartha Coolidge If These Walls Could Talk 2 (Segment: "1972") HBOStephen Frears and Martin Pasetta Fail Safe CBSJoseph Sargent For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story HBO 2001(54th) Frank Pierson Conspiracy HBORobert Allan Ackerman Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows ABCJon Avnet Uprising NBCBilly Crystal 61* HBOMark Rydell James Dean TNT 2002(55th) Mick Jackson Live from Baghdad HBOJulie Dash The Rosa Parks Story CBSHoward Deutch GleasonJohn Frankenheimer Path to War HBORichard Loncraine The Gathering Storm 2003(56th) Mike Nichols Angels in America HBOJane Anderson Normal HBOJeff Bleckner The Music Man ABCRod Holcomb The Pentagon Papers FXRichard Loncraine My House in Umbria HBO 2004(57th) Joseph Sargent Something the Lord Made HBORobert Altman Tanner on Tanner Sundance ChannelStephen Hopkins The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBOLloyd Kramer The Five People You Meet in Heaven ABCChristopher Reeve The Brooke Ellison Story A&E 2005(58th) Joseph Sargent Warm Springs HBO George C. Wolfe Lackawanna Blues Darnell Martin Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God ABCJames Steven Sadwith Elvis CBSFred Schepisi Empire Falls HBO 2006(59th) Walter Hill Broken Trail AMCCharles S. Dutton Sleeper Cell: American Terror ShowtimeRanda Haines The Ron Clark Story TNTPeter Markle Flight 93 A&EEdward James Olmos Walkout HBO 2007(60th) Yves Simoneau Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee HBOJon Avnet The Starter Wife USAJeremiah Chechik The Bronx Is Burning ESPNLloyd Kramer Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day ABCMikael Salomon The Company TNT 2008(61st) Jay Roach Recount HBOBob Balaban Bernard and Doris HBOTom Hooper John AdamsKenny Leon A Raisin in the Sun ABCMikael Salomon The Andromeda Strain A&E 2009(62nd) Ross Katz Taking Chance HBOBob Balaban Georgia O'Keeffe LifetimeThomas Carter Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story TNTJohn Kent Harrison The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler CBSMichael Sucsy Grey Gardens HBO
2010s Year Winners and nominees Program Network 2010(63rd) Mick Jackson Temple Grandin HBOBarry Levinson You Don't Know Jack HBODavid Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa The Pacific (Episode: "Basilone")Jeremy Podeswa The Pacific (Episode: "Home")Tim Van Patten The Pacific (Episode: "Okinawa") 2011(64th) Jon Cassar The Kennedys ReelzJennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, and Penelope Spheeris Five LifetimeJeff Bleckner Beyond the Blackboard CBSStephen Gyllenhaal Girl Fight LifetimeMichael Stevens Thurgood HBO 2012(65th) Jay Roach Game Change HBOGreg Berlanti Political Animals (Episode: "Pilot") USAPhilip Kaufman Hemingway & Gellhorn HBOKevin Reynolds Hatfields & McCoys HistoryMichael Rymer American Horror Story: Asylum (Episode: "Dark Cousin") FX 2013(66th) Steven Soderbergh Behind the Candelabra HBOStephen Frears Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight HBODavid Mamet Phil SpectorBeth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford The Sound of Music Live! NBCNelson McCormick Killing Kennedy Nat Geo 2014(67th) Lisa Cholodenko Olive Kitteridge HBORob Ashford and Glenn Weiss Peter Pan Live! NBCUli Edel Houdini HistoryRyan Murphy The Normal Heart HBOMichael Wilson The Trip to Bountiful Lifetime 2015(68th) Dee Rees Bessie HBOAngela Bassett Whitney LifetimeLaurie Collyer The Secret Life of Marilyn MonroePaul Haggis Show Me a Hero HBOKenny Leon and Matthew Diamond The Wiz Live! NBC 2016(69th) Steven Zaillian The Night Of (Episode: "The Beach") || style="background:#FAEB86;" |HBO| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| |- |Raymond De Felitta || Madoff || ABC |- |Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski || Grease: Live || Fox |- |Kenny Leon and Alex Rudzinski || Hairspray Live! || NBC |- |Jay Roach || All the Way || HBO |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2017(70th) || style="background:#FAEB86;" | Jean-Marc Vallée || style="background:#FAEB86;" | Big Little Lies HBOScott Frank Godless NetflixBarry Levinson The Wizard of Lies HBOKyra Sedgwick Story of a Girl LifetimeGeorge C. Wolfe The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO 2018(71st) Ben Stiller Escape at Dannemora ShowtimeCary Joji Fukunaga Maniac NetflixDavid Leveaux and Alex Rudzinski Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert NBCBarry Levinson Paterno HBOJean-Marc Vallée Sharp Objects 2019(72nd) Johan Renck Chernobyl HBOAva DuVernay When They See Us Netflix Vince Gilligan El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieThomas Kail Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "Nowadays") FXMinkie Spiro Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "All I Care About Is Love")Jessica Yu Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "Glory")
2020s Year Winners and nominees Program Network 2020(73rd) Scott Frank The Queen's Gambit Netflix Susanne Bier The Undoing HBOThomas Kail HamiltonDisney+ Matt Shakman WandaVision Lynn Shelton Little Fires Everywhere (Episode: "Find a Way") Hulu 2021(74th) Barry Jenkins The Underground Railroad AmazonBarry Levinson Dopesick (Episode: "First Bottle") HuluHiro Murai Station Eleven (Episode: "Wheel of Fire") HBO Max Danny Strong Dopesick (Episode: "The People vs. Purdue Pharma") HuluCraig Zobel Mare of Easttown HBO 2022(75th) Helen Shaver Station Eleven (Episode: "Who's There?") ||style="background:#FAEB86;" | HBO Max| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| |- | Eric Appel || Weird: The Al Yankovic Story || The Roku Channel |- |Deborah Chow || Obi-Wan Kenobi || Disney+ |- |Jeremy Podeswa ||Station Eleven (Episode: "Unbroken Circle") || HBO Max |- | Tom Verica || Inventing Anna (Episode: "The Devil Wore Anna") || Netflix |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2023(76th) |style="background:#FAEB86;" | Sarah Adina Smith ||style="background:#FAEB86;" | Lessons in Chemistry (Episode: "Her and Him") ||style="background:#FAEB86;" | Apple TV+| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| |- |Shawn Levy || All the Light We Cannot See || Netflix |- | Tara Miele || Lessons in Chemistry (Episode: "Introduction to Chemistry") || rowspan="2"| Apple TV+ |- |Millicent Shelton || Lessons in Chemistry (Episode: "Poirot") |- | Nzingha Stewart || Daisy Jones & the Six (Episode: "Track 10: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide") || Amazon |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2024(77th) |style="background:#FAEB86;" | Steven Zaillian ||style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ripley Netflix Kevin Bray The Penguin (Episode: "Top Hat") HBOAlfonso Cuarón Disclaimer Apple TV+Jennifer Getzinger The Penguin (Episode: "A Great or Little Thing") HBO Helen Shaver The Penguin (Episode: "Cent'Anni")
Multiple wins and nominations
+ Directors with at least one win and at least two nominationsWinsNominationsName (Year)4 4 Mick Jackson (1995, 1999, 2002, 2010)3 8 Joseph Sargent (1973, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005)2 5 Lamont Johnson (1972, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1988) 3 Jay Roach (2008, 2012, 2016) 2 Steven Zaillian (2016, 2024)1 4 Daniel Petrie (1984, 1989, 1995, 1999) 4 Jeff Bleckner (1985, 2000, 2003, 2011) 3 Rod Holcomb (1988, 1994, 2003) 3 Frank Pierson (1992, 1995, 2001) 2 Buzz Kulik (1971, 1975) 2 Marvin J. Chomsky (1982, 1987) 2 John Erman (1983, 1985) 2 Dan Curtis (1988, 1989) 2 Stephen Gyllenhaal (1991, 2011) 2 Betty Thomas (1994, 1996) 2 George C. Wolfe (2005, 2017) 2 Jean-Marc Vallée (2017, 2018) 2 Scott Frank (2017, 2020) 2 Helen Shaver (2022, 2024)