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 and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s Year Director Series Episode Ref 2006 Paris Barclay Cold Case Philip G. Atwell The Shield rowspan="4" Janice Cooke Charmed One Tree Hill Summerland 2007 Karen Gaviola Lost "The Whole Truth" 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" 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" 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"
2010s Year Director Series Episode Ref 2010 Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy "Give Peace a Chance" Paris Barclay CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Coup de Grace" Ernest R. Dickerson Dexter "Road Kill" Edward James Olmos Battlestar Galactica "Islanded in a Stream of Stars" Kevin Sullivan Lincoln Heights "Home Again" 2011 Millicent Shelton Men of a Certain Age "Go with the Flow" Félix Enríquez Alcalá Southland "What Makes Sammy Run?" Paris Barclay In Treatment "Sunil: Week 6" Seith Mann Friday Night Lights "Injury List" Stephen Williams Undercovers "Instructions" 2012 Ernest R. Dickerson Treme "Do Watcha Wanna" Paris Barclay Sons of Anarchy "Out" Seith Mann Dexter "Get Gellar" Kevin Rodney Sullivan NCIS "Tell-All" Ken Whittingham Parenthood "Opening Night" 2013 Paris Barclay Smash "The Coup" Thomas Carter The Mob Doctor "Legacy" Ernest R. Dickerson Treme "Don't You Leave Me Here" Kevin Hooks Last Resort "Blue on Blue" Mario Van Peebles Boss "Backflash" 2014 Regina King Southland "Off Duty" Ernest R. Dickerson Treme "Dippermouth Blues" Carl Franklin House of Cards "Chapter 11" Rob Hardy Criminal Minds "Carbon Copy" Millicent Shelton The Fosters "Clean" 2015 Carl Franklin House of Cards "Chapter 14" Anton Cropper Suits "One-Two-Three Go..." Hanelle Culpepper Criminal Minds "The Edge of Winter" Cary Joji Fukunaga True Detective "Who Goes There?" Millicent Shelton The Divide "And the Little Ones Get Caught" 2016 John Ridley American Crime "Episode 1" Salim Akil Being Mary Jane "Sparrow" Lee Daniels Empire "Pilot" Ernest R. Dickerson Hand of God "Welcome the Stranger" Millicent Shelton American Crime Episode 10 2017 John Singleton The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story "The Race Card" Paris Barclay Pitch "Pilot" Sam Esmail Mr. Robot "eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme" Anthony Hemingway Underground "The Macon 7" Millicent Shelton Empire "The Lyon Who Cried Wolf" 2018 Carl Franklin 13 Reasons Why "Tape 5, Side B" Jeffrey Byrd Switched at Birth "Occupy Truth" Jonathan Demme Shots Fired "Hour Six: The Fire This Time" Ernest R. Dickerson The Deuce "Show and Prove" Gina Prince-Bythewood Shots Fired "Hour One: Pilot" 2019 Deborah Chow Better Call Saul "Something Stupid" Ayoka Chenzira Queen Sugar "Here Beside the River" Dee Rees Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams "Kill All Others" Salli Richardson-Whitfield Luke Cage "I Get Physical" Zetna Fuentes How to Get Away with Murder "Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"
2020s Year Director Series Episode Ref 2020 Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Power "Forgot About Dre" 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" 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" 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" 2024Dawn WilkinsonPower Book II: Ghost"Sacrifice"
Multiple wins and nominations Wins 2 wins Paris Barclay Ernest R. Dickerson Carl Franklin
Nominations
9 nominations Paris Barclay
7 nominations Ernest R. Dickerson
5 nominations Seith Mann Millicent Shelton
4 nominations Anthony Hemingway
3 nominations Janice Cooke Hanelle Culpepper Carl Franklin
2 nominations Kevin Hooks Carl Seaton Kevin Sullivan
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