Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series is presented to the best directing of a television drama series, usually for a particular episode.

Total awards by network

 * NBC – 21
 * CBS – 17
 * ABC – 11
 * HBO – 10
 * Netflix – 5
 * Fox – 2
 * Hulu – 1
 * PBS – 1
 * Showtime – 1

Programs with multiple awards

 * 4 awards
 * NYPD Blue (3 consecutive)


 * 3 awards
 * CBS Playhouse (consecutive)
 * The Defenders (2 consecutive)
 * Hill Street Blues (2 consecutive)
 * The West Wing (2 consecutive)


 * 2 awards
 * Boardwalk Empire (consecutive)
 * The Crown
 * Cagney & Lacey (consecutive)
 * Equal Justice (consecutive)
 * ER
 * Game of Thrones (consecutive)
 * Hallmark Hall of Fame
 * Succession

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 13 nominations
 * ER (NBC)
 * The Sopranos (HBO)


 * 12 nominations
 * Hill Street Blues (NBC)
 * L.A. Law (NBC)


 * 11 nominations
 * Game of Thrones (HBO)
 * Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)


 * 10 nominations
 * Lou Grant (CBS)


 * 9 nominations
 * NYPD Blue (ABC)
 * Succession (HBO)


 * 8 nominations
 * The West Wing (NBC)


 * 7 nominations
 * The Crown (Netflix)
 * Playhouse 90 (CBS)


 * 6 nominations
 * Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
 * CBS Playhouse (CBS)
 * Homeland (Showtime)
 * Ozark (Netflix)


 * 5 nominations
 * Breaking Bad (AMC)
 * The Defenders (CBS)
 * Fame (NBC)
 * The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)


 * 4 nominations
 * Downton Abbey (PBS)
 * Lost (ABC)
 * Mad Men (AMC)
 * Moonlighting (ABC)
 * Roots (ABC)


 * 3 nominations
 * 24 (Fox)
 * Boston Legal (ABC)
 * Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
 * Chicago Hope (CBS)
 * China Beach (ABC)
 * General Electric Theatre (NBC)
 * Law & Order (NBC)
 * Six Feet Under (HBO)
 * The Waltons (CBS)


 * 2 nominations
 * Alcoa Premiere (ABC)
 * Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
 * Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)
 * Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC)
 * The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
 * Columbo (NBC)
 * Damages (FX)
 * Deadwood (HBO)
 * The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)
 * Equal Justice (ABC)
 * Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
 * House of Cards (Netflix)
 * I'll Fly Away (NBC)
 * The Knick (Cinemax)
 * Kojak (CBS)
 * Miami Vice (NBC)
 * The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
 * Producers' Showcase (NBC)
 * Rich Man, Poor Man (PBS)
 * Sirens (ABC)
 * Stranger Things (Netflix)
 * thirtysomething (ABC)
 * The United States Steel Hour (ABC)
 * Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
 * Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS)
 * The X-Files (Fox)

Individuals with multiple awards

 * 3 awards
 * Paul Bogart
 * David Greene (2 consecutive)
 * Mark Tinker (2 consecutive)


 * 2 awards
 * Paris Barclay (consecutive)
 * Robert Butler
 * Thomas Carter (consecutive)
 * George Schaefer
 * Franklin J. Schaffner (consecutive)
 * Thomas Schlamme (consecutive)

Individuals with multiple nominations

 * 10 nominations
 * George Schaefer


 * 9 nominations
 * Tim Van Patten


 * 7 nominations
 * Paul Bogart
 * Mimi Leder


 * 6 nominations
 * Lesli Linka Glatter


 * 5 nominations
 * Jack Bender
 * Robert Butler
 * Thomas Carter
 * John Frankenheimer
 * Alex Segal
 * Mark Tinker


 * 4 nominations
 * Allen Coulter
 * Vince Gilligan
 * Gregory Hoblit
 * Rod Holcomb
 * Gene Reynolds
 * Thomas Schlamme
 * Scott Winant


 * 3 nominations
 * Paris Barclay
 * Jason Bateman
 * Burt Brinckerhoff
 * Georg Stanford Brown
 * Benjamin Caron
 * Christopher Chulack
 * Fielder Cook
 * Stephen Daldry
 * Bill D'Elia
 * David Greene
 * George Roy Hill
 * Eric Laneuville
 * Mark Mylod
 * David Nutter
 * Sydney Pollack
 * Jeremy Podeswa
 * Franklin J. Schaffner
 * Robert Scheerer
 * Alan Taylor


 * 2 nominations
 * Phil Abraham
 * Edward M. Abroms
 * Corey Allen
 * Alan Ball
 * Bob Banner
 * Jeff Bleckner
 * Benjamin Caron
 * Marvin J. Chomsky
 * Mel Damski
 * The Duffer Brothers
 * Alex Graves
 * Charles Haid
 * Harry Harris
 * Jessica Hobbs
 * Clark Jones
 * Jonathan Kaplan
 * Lee H. Katzin
 * Buzz Kulik
 * Will Mackenzie
 * Michelle MacLaren
 * Nancy Malone
 * Tom Moore
 * Ralph Nelson
 * Andrij Parekh
 * John Patterson
 * Win Phelps
 * Stuart Rosenberg
 * Daniel Sackheim
 * Miguel Sapochnik
 * Lorene Scafaria
 * Edwin Sherin
 * Jack Smight
 * Steven Soderbergh
 * Rick Wallace