Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 49th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1997. Before 1996, most children's programs competed in the Drama Show Day category before it retired in 1994.

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 5 nominations
 * The Wonderful World of Disney


 * 4 nominations
 * Even Stevens
 * A Series of Unfortunate Events


 * 3 nominations
 * Are You Afraid of the Dark?


 * 2 nominations
 * American Born Chinese
 * Bear in the Big Blue House
 * Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street
 * Goosebumps
 * Lincoln Heights
 * Saving My Tomorrow
 * Sesame Street
 * Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal

Individuals with multiple awards

 * 8 awards
 * Amy Schatz


 * 2 awards
 * Paul Hoen
 * Kenny Ortega

Individuals with multiple nominations

 * 13 nominations
 * Amy Schatz


 * 8 nominations
 * Paul Hoen


 * 4 nominations
 * Michael Lembeck
 * Sean McNamara


 * 3 nominations
 * Stuart Gillard
 * Dean Israelite
 * Jonathan Judge
 * Kenny Ortega
 * Fred Savage


 * 2 nominations
 * Greg Beeman
 * James Bobin
 * Kevin Hooks
 * Jeffrey Hornaday
 * Jack Jameson
 * Mitchell Kriegman
 * Stuart Margolin
 * Joey Mazzarino
 * Ron Oliver
 * Brian Robbins
 * Barry Sonnenfeld
 * Andy Wolk

Total awards by network

 * HBO – 9
 * Disney Channel – 8
 * Nickelodeon – 3
 * Showtime – 3
 * ABC – 1
 * Amazon – 1
 * Apple TV+ – 1
 * HBO Max – 1
 * Netflix – 1