This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay of a Television Movie or Limited Series. As of the 2016 ceremony, Reggie Rock Bythewood is the only writer to win the award twice and David Simon is the only other person to have achieved a second nomination. 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.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s Year Writer Film Network Ref 2000 Ernest J. Gaines A Lesson Before Dying HBO 2000 Black Reel Awards Annie Elizabeth Delany and Sarah Louise Delany Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years CBS Amy Schor Ferris, Ron Stacker Thompson and Ashley Tyler Funny Valentines HBO Charles Fuller Love Songs Showtime 2001 David Simon and David Mills The Corner HBO 2001 Black Reel Awards Tina Andrews Sally Hemings: American Scandal PBS Lisa Jones and Terry McMillan Disappearing Acts HBO Stewart St. John Seventeen Again Showtime Cheryl West Holiday Heart Showtime 2002 Reggie Rock Bythewood Dancing in September HBO 2002 Black Reel Awards Catherine Crouch and Cheryl Dunye Stranger Inside HBO Lee Davis 3 A.M. Showtime Shauneille Perry The Old Settler PBS Roger Guenveur Smith A Huey P. Newton Story Starz 2003 Paris Qualles The Rosa Parks Story CBS 2003 Black Reel Awards David Isay, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman Our America Showtime Art Washington Keep the Faith, Baby Showtime 2004 Frank Military and Richard Wesley Deacons for Defense Showtime 2004 Black Reel Awards Bill Cain Sounder ABC Trey Ellis Good Fences Showtime 2005 J.T. Allen Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story FX 2005 Black Reel Awards Lisa Gay Hamilton Beah: A Black Woman Speaks HBO Jim McKay Everyday People HBO 2006 Ruben Santiago-Hudson Lackawanna Blues HBO 2006 Black Reel Awards Kevin Arkadie, Stephen Langford and Dawn Urbont Miracle's Boys TeenNick Suzan-Lori Parks, Misan Sagay and Bobby Smith Jr. Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC Raoul Peck Sometimes in April HBO Alex Tse Sucker Free City Showtime 2007 Ernie Contreras, Marcus DeLeon and Timothy J. Sexton Walkout HBO 2007 Black Reel Awards 2008 colspan="4"
2010s Year Writer Film Network Ref 2010–12 colspan="4" 2013 Elizabeth Hunter Abducted: The Carlina White Story Lifetime Eric Daniel Let It Shine Disney Channel David Martyn Conley Raising Izzie UP Siddeeqah Powell Somebody's Child UP Cas Sigers A Cross to Bear UP 2014 Mara Brock Akil Being Mary Jane BET Rhonda Baraka Pastor Brown Lifetime Caliope Brattlestreet, Stephen Glantz and Tonya Lewis Lee The Watsons Go to Birmingham Hallmark Kate Lanier CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story VH1 Kiki Tyson Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth HBO 2015 Reggie Rock Bythewood Gun Hill BET 2015 Black Reel Awards Stan Foster My Other Mother UP Princess Monique Seasons of Love Lifetime Russ Parr and R.L. Scott The Fright Night Files TVOne Ryan Richmond Lyfe's Journey UP 2016 John Ridley American Crime ABC 2016 Black Reel Awards Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Dee Rees Bessie HBO Stacy A. Littlejohn American Crime ABC David Simon and William F. Zorzi Show Me a Hero HBO Clement Virgo The Book of Negroes BET 2017 Joe Robert Cole The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX 2017 Black Reel Awards John Ridley American Crime ABC Stella Meghie Jean of the Joneses TV One Christine Swanson and Rhonda Baraka Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story TV One Joe Robert Cole The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX 2017 George C. Wolfe The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO 2017 Black Reel Awards for Television Kirk A. Moore American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode Seven" ABC Abdul Williams The New Edition Story BET John Ridley American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode, One" ABC Gina Prince-Bythewood & Reggie Rock Bythewood Shots Fired- Episode "Hour One: Pilot" FOX 2018 Veena Sud & Shalisha Francis Seven Seconds- Episode "A Boy and a Bike" Netflix 2018 Black Reel Awards for Television Kyle Long The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. USA Network Rhonda Baraka Bobbi Kristina TV One Dee Rees Electric Dreams Amazon Prime Video Denitria Harris-Lawrence The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. USA Network 2019 Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke When They See Us Netflix 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television Ava DuVernay& Robin Swicord When They See Us Netflix Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke When They See Us Netflix Abdul Williams The Bobby Brown Story BET Ava DuVernay& Michael Starrbury When They See Us Netflix
2020s Year Writer(s) Film Network Ref 2020 Damon Lindelof & Christal Henry Watchmen HBO 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television Sylvia L. Jones & Camille Tucker The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel Lifetime Raamla Mohamed Little Fires Everywhere HULU Tanya Barfield Mrs. America FX Damon Lindelof & Cord Jefferson Watchmen HBO 2021 Eugene Ashe Sylvie's Love Amazon Studios Michaela Coel I May Destroy You - "Ego Death" HBO Michaela Coel I May Destroy You - Episode - "...It Just Came Up" HBO Steve McQueen (director) & Courttia Newland Small Axe- "Lovers Rock" Amazon Prime Video Barry Jenkins The Underground Railroad - Episode "Chapter 1: Georgia" Amazon Prime Video
Total awards by network
HBO - 7 BET - 2 FX - 2 Netflix - 2 ABC - 1 Amazon Studios - 1 CBS - 1 Lifetime - 1 Showtime - 1
Individuals with multiple awards
2 awards Reggie Rock Bythewood
Individuals with multiple nominations
4 Nominations Ava DuVernay
3 Nominations Rhonda Baraka Reggie Rock Bythewood John Ridley
2 Nominations Julian Breece Michaela Coel Joe Robert Cole Damon Lindelof Attica Locke Dee Rees David Simon Abdul Williams
Programs with multiple awards
Programs with multiple nominations
6 nominations American Crime
4 nominations When They See Us
2 nominations American Crime Story I May Destroy You Watchmen The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
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