Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first presented at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The current eligibility period is the calendar year.

Programs with multiple wins

 * 4 wins
 * Hill Street Blues (NBC)


 * 3 wins
 * ER (NBC)
 * Lou Grant (CBS)


 * 2 wins
 * Breaking Bad (AMC)
 * Game of Thrones (HBO)
 * Homeland (Showtime)
 * Kojak (CBS)
 * Mad Men (AMC)
 * Moonlighting (ABC)
 * NYPD Blue (ABC)
 * The Sopranos (HBO)
 * Succession (HBO)
 * thirtysomething (ABC)
 * The West Wing (NBC)

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 16 nominations
 * The Sopranos (HBO)


 * 11 nominations
 * ER (NBC)
 * Succession (HBO)


 * 10 nominations
 * Game of Thrones (HBO)


 * 9 nominations
 * Homeland (Showtime)
 * Mad Men (AMC)


 * 8 nominations
 * Hill Street Blues (NBC)
 * NYPD Blue (ABC)
 * The West Wing (NBC)


 * 6 nominations
 * Lost (ABC)
 * Six Feet Under (HBO)


 * 5 nominations
 * Lou Grant (CBS)
 * St. Elsewhere (NBC)
 * thirtysomething (ABC)


 * 4 nominations
 * Breaking Bad (AMC)
 * L.A. Law (NBC)
 * Northern Exposure (CBS)


 * 3 nominations
 * 24 (Fox)
 * Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
 * Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
 * Kojak (CBS)
 * Ozark (Netflix)
 * The X-Files (Fox)


 * 2 nominations
 * American Crime Story (FX)
 * Better Call Saul (Netflix)
 * Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
 * Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
 * Family (ABC)
 * The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
 * House of Cards (Netflix)
 * I'll Fly Away (NBC)
 * In Treatment (HBO)
 * Moonlighting (ABC)
 * Severance (Apple TV+)
 * The Streets of San Francisco (ABC)
 * Stranger Things (Netflix)
 * The Waltons (CBS)
 * Watchmen (HBO)

Individuals with multiple wins

 * 3 wins
 * Lesli Linka Glatter


 * 2 wins
 * Robert Butler (consecutive)
 * Christopher Chulack (consecutive)
 * Marshall Herskovitz (consecutive)
 * Eric Laneuville
 * Will Mackenzie (consecutive)
 * Roger Young (consecutive)

Individuals with multiple nominations

 * 8 nominations
 * Paris Barclay
 * Lesli Linka Glatter


 * 7 nominations
 * Mark Tinker


 * 5 nominations
 * Tim Van Patten


 * 4 nominations
 * Dan Attias
 * Jack Bender
 * Christopher Chulack
 * Vince Gilligan
 * Eric Laneuville
 * David Nutter
 * Thomas Schlamme


 * 3 nominations
 * David Anspaugh
 * Alan Ball
 * Jason Bateman
 * Chris Carter
 * Allen Coulter
 * Jennifer Getzinger
 * Charles Haid
 * Marshall Herskovitz
 * Mimi Leder
 * Mark Mylod
 * John Patterson
 * Gene Reynolds
 * Alan Taylor
 * Matthew Weiner


 * 2 nominations
 * Félix Enríquez Alcalá
 * Corey Allen
 * Michael Apted
 * Henry J. Bronchtein
 * Steve Buscemi
 * Robert Butler
 * Jon Cassar
 * James Cellan Jones
 * David Chase
 * Michael Cuesta
 * Marc Daniels
 * Charles S. Dubin
 * The Duffer Brothers
 * David Friedkin
 * Alex Graves
 * Joseph Hardy
 * Gregory Hoblit
 * Peter Horton
 * Will Mackenzie
 * Andrij Parekh
 * Robert Pulcini
 * Miguel Sapochnik
 * Shari Springer Berman
 * Roger Young

Total awards by network

 * HBO – 14
 * NBC – 13
 * ABC – 9
 * CBS – 7
 * AMC – 5
 * Showtime – 2
 * Fox – 1
 * Hulu – 1
 * PBS – 1