| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Directing, Drama Series |
| Presenter: | Black Reel Awards for Television |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Holder: | Cheryl Dunye Bridgerton (2022) |
The Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series is an American annual award presented to the best directing of a television drama series for a particular episode.
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 1st [1] [2] | ||||
| This Is Us | "I Call Marriage" | George Tillman Jr. | NBC | |
| Empire | "A Furnace for Your Foe" | Sanaa Hamri | FOX | |
| The Get Down | "One by One, Into the Dark" | Clark Johnson | Netflix | |
| Luke Cage | "You Know My Steez" | Clark Johnson | Netflix | |
| Queen Sugar | "First Things First" | Ava DuVernay | OWN | |
| 2018 (2nd) [3] | ||||
| The Chi | "Pilot" | Rick Famuyiwa | Showtime | |
| Queen Sugar | "Fruit of the Flower" | Cheryl Dunye | OWN | |
| Scandal | "People Like Me" | Joe Morton | ABC | |
| Scandal | "The People v. Olivia Pope" | Kerry Washington | ABC | |
| Black Lightning | "The Resurrection" | Salim Akil | CW | |
| 2019 3rd [4] | ||||
| This Is Us | "Don't Take My Sunshine Away" | George Tillman Jr. | NBC | |
| Queen Sugar | "A Rock, A River, A Tree" | DeMane Davis | OWN | |
| Pose | "Love is the Message" | Janet Mock | FX | |
| Black Lightning | "The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega" | Salim Akil | CW | |
| This Is Us | "R&B" | Kevin Hooks | NBC |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 4th [5] [6] | ||||
| Pose | "In My Heels" | Janet Mock | FX | |
| Godfather of Harlem | "By Whatever Means Necessary" | John Ridley | EPIX | |
| Queen Sugar | "I Am" | Ayoka Chenzira | OWN | |
| Hunters | "(Ruth 1:16)" | Millicent Shelton | Amazon Prime Video | |
| This Is Us | "A Hell of a Week: Part One" | Kevin Hooks | NBC | |
| 2021 5th [7] [8] | ||||
| Lovecraft Country | "Jig-a-Bobo" | Misha Green | HBO | |
| Pose | "The Trunk" | Tina Mabry | FX | |
| This Is Us | "Birth Mother" | Kay Oyegun | NBC | |
| The Mandalorian | "Chapter 15: The Believer" | Ricky Famuyiwa | Disney+ | |
| Snowfall | "Sleeping Dogs" | Carl Seaton | FX | |
| 2022 6th [9] [10] [11] | ||||
| Bridgerton | "The Viscount Who Loved Me" | Cheryl Dunye | Netflix | |
| Bel-Air | "Dreams and Nightmares" | Morgan Cooper | Peacock | |
| Better Call Saul | "Axe and Grind" | Giancarlo Esposito | AMC | |
| This Is Us | "Our Little Island Girl: Part Two" | Kevin Hooks | NBC | |
| "Pieces of a Man" | Tanya Hamilton | HBO |