The BET Award for Video Director of the Year is given to the best directors of music videos released in the same or previous year. The category was first created in 2008 and since its conception. Beyoncé and Teyana Taylor are tied as the all-time winners in this category with three wins each. Benny Boom has received the most nominations with sixteen each.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s Year Director Ref 2008 Erykah Badu Benny Boom Gil Green Chris Robinson Evans Teollian 2009 Benny Boom Rik Cordero Gil Green Chris Robinson Hype Williams

2010s Year Director Video Ref 2010 Anthony Mandler Benny Boom Gil Green Chris Robinson Evans Teollian 2011 Chris Robinson Benny Boom Mr. Boomtown Kanye West Hype Williams 2012 Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson Benny Boom Chris Brown and Godfrey Taberez Kanye West Hype Williams 2013 Benny Boom ASAP Rocky and Sam Lecca Evans Teollian Dre Films Hype Williams 2014 Hype Williams Benny Boom Chris Brown Director X Colin Tilley 2015 Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Todd Tourso Evans Teollian Chris Robinson Fatima Robinson Hype Williams 2016 Director X Benny Boom Chris Brown Colin Tilley Hype Williams 2017 Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé "Sorry" Benny Boom "CRZY" Bruno Mars and Jonathan Lia "That's What I Like" Director X "Like I Would" Hype Williams "Gucci Snakes" 2018 Ava DuVernay Benny Boom Director X Chris Brown Dave Meyers 2019 Karena Evans Benny Boom Colin Tilley Dave Meyers Hype Williams

2020s Year Director Ref 2020 Teyana Taylor Benny Boom Cole Bennett Dave Meyers Director X Eif Rivera 2021 Bruno Mars and Florent Déchard Benny Boom Cole Bennett Colin Tilley Dave Meyers Hype Williams 2022 Anderson .Paak Benny Boom Beyoncé and Dikayl Rimmasch Director X Hype Williams Missy Elliott 2023 Teyana Taylor A$AP Rocky for AWGE Benny Boom Burna Boy Cole Bennett Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar Director X 2024 Cole Bennett Benny Boom Child. Dave Meyers Janelle Monáe & Alan Ferguson Offset Tems Tyler, the Creator

Multiple wins and nominations Wins

3 wins Beyoncé Teyana Taylor

2 wins Benny Boom

Nominations

16 nominations Benny Boom

11 nominations Hype Williams

7 nominations Director X

5 nominations Chris Robinson

4 nominations Cole Bennett Beyoncé Chris Brown Dave Meyers

3 nominations Gil Green Teyana Taylor

2 nominations Alan Ferguson Bruno Mars Colin Tilley Kanye West

See also BET Award for Video of the Year

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