This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director of a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, and then later returned in 2013. 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 Director Film Network Ref 2000 Louis Gossett Jr. Love Songs Showtime 2000 Black Reel Awards Charles Burnett Selma, Lord, Selma ABC Julie Dash Funny Valentines HBO Ernest R. Dickerson Strange Justice Showtime Robert Townsend Jackie's Back Lifetime 2001 Charles S. Dutton The Corner HBO 2001 Black Reel Awards Jeffrey W. Byrd Seventeen Again Showtime Julie Dash Love Song MTV Gina Prince-Bythewood Disappearing Acts HBO Robert Townsend Holiday Heart Showtime 2002 Reggie Rock Bythewood Dancing in September HBO 2002 Black Reel Awards Lee Davis 3 A.M. Showtime Cheryl Dunye Stranger Inside HBO Spike Lee A Huey P. Newton Story Starz' Euzhan Palcy The Killing Yard Showtime 2003 Robert Townsend 10,000 Black Men Named George Showtime 2003 Black Reel Awards Julie Dash The Rosa Parks Story CBS Doug McHenry Keep the Faith, Baby Showtime 2004 Bill Duke Deacons for Defense Showtime 2004 Black Reel Awards Ernest R. Dickerson Good Fences Showtime Kevin Hooks Sounder ABC 2005 Vondie Curtis-Hall Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story FX 2005 Black Reel Awards Lisa Gay Hamilton Beah: A Black Woman Speaks HBO Joseph Sargent Something the Lord Made HBO 2006 George C. Wolfe Lackawanna Blues HBO 2006 Black Reel Awards Kevin Arkadie, Neema Barnette, Levar Burton, Ernest R. Dickerson, Bill Duke and Spike Lee Miracle's Boys TeenNick Spike Lee Sucker Free City Showtime Darnell Martin Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC Raoul Peck Sometimes in April HBO 2007 Edward James Olmos Walkout HBO 2007 Black Reel Awards 2008 colspan="4"
2010s Year Director Film Network Ref 2010–12 colspan="4" 2013 Vondie Curtis-Hall Abducted: The Carlina White Story Lifetime Roger M. Bobb Raising Izzie UP Kenny Leon Steel Magnolias Lifetime Darnell Martin Firelight ABC Billie Woodruff Rags Nickelodeon 2014 Spike Lee Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth HBO Salim Akil Being Mary Jane HBO Rockmond Dunbar Pastor Brown Lifetime Kenny Leon The Watsons Go to Birmingham Hallmark Charles Stone III CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story VH1 2015 Reggie Rock Bythewood Gun Hill BET 2015 Black Reel Awards Sharon Brathwaite-Sanders and Peres Owino Seasons of Love Lifetime Shernold Edwards A Day Late and a Dollar Short Lifetime Dayna Lynne North An En Vogue Christmas Lifetime Kimberly Walker Comeback Dad UP 2016 Dee Rees Bessie HBO 2016 Black Reel Awards Angela Bassett Whitney Lifetime Regina King Let the Church Say Amen BET John Ridley American Crime ABC Clement Virgo The Book of Negroes BET 2017 John Singleton The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX 2017 Black Reel Awards Angela Bassett American Horror Story: Roanoke FX Thomas Carter Roots History Channel Anthony Hemingway The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX John Ridley American Crime ABC 2017 Chris Robinson The New Edition Story BET 2017 Black Reel Awards for Television Victoria Mahoney American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode Three" ABC Kevin Hooks Madiba BET Tanya Hamilton American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode, Five" ABC George C. Wolfe The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO 2018 Anthony Hemingway The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.- Episode "Wherever It Leads" USA Network 2018 Black Reel Awards for Television Angela Bassett American Horror Story: Cult- Episode "Drink the Kool Aid" FX Ernest R. Dickerson Seven Seconds- Episode "Until It Do" Netflix Dee Rees Electric Dreams- Episode "Kill All Others" Amazon Prime Video Victoria Mahoney Seven Seconds- Episode "Witnesses for the Prosecution" Netflix 2019 Ava DuVernay When They See Us Netflix 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television Clark Johnson Juanita Netflix Rashid Johnson Native Son HBO Kiel Adrian Scott The Bobby Brown Story BET Victoria Mahoney The Red Line- Episode "We Must All Care" CBS
2020s Year Director(s) Film Network Ref 2020 Stephen Williams Watchmen Episode "This Extraordinary Being" HBO 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television Christine Swanson The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel Lifetime Nzingha Stewart Little Fires Everywhere - Episode "Picture Perfect" HULU Janet Mock Hollywood- Episode "(Screen) Test" Netflix Stephen Williams Watchmen- Episode "She Was Killed by Space Junk" HBO 2021 Steve McQueen Small Axe- Film: Lovers Rock Amazon Prime Video Michaela Coel & Sam Miller I May Destroy You - Episode "Ego Death" HBO Steve McQueen Small Axe- Film: Mangrove Amazon Prime Video Eugene Ashe Sylvie's Love Amazon Studios Barry Jenkins The Underground Railroad" Amazon Prime Video
Total awards by network
HBO – 7 Showtime – 3 BET - 2 FX - 2 Amazon Prime Video - 1 Lifetime - 1 Netflix - 1 USA Network - 1
Programs with multiple awards
Programs with multiple nominations
4 nominations American Crime (ABC)
3 nominations American Horror Story (FX)
2 nominations American Crime Story (FX) Seven Seconds (Netflix) Small Axe (Amazon Prime Video) Watchmen (HBO)
Individuals with multiple awards
2 awards Reggie Rock Bythewood Vondie Curtis-Hall
Individuals with multiple nominations
4 nominations Ernest R. Dickerson Spike Lee
3 nominations Angela Bassett Julie Dash Victoria Mahoney Robert Townsend
2 nominations Reggie Rock Bythewood Vondie Curtis-Hall Bill Duke Anthony Hemingway Kevin Hooks Kenny Leon Darnell Martin Steve McQueen Dee Rees John Ridley Stephen Williams George C. Wolfe
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