The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program is awarded to one program each year. The category was split in 2018 to separately recognize documentary/nonfiction and reality programs.

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program

Winners and nominations

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Individuals with multiple nominations

4 nominations

Ken Burns

3 nominations

Brett Morgen

Lynn Novick

Martin Scorsese

Christopher Wilcha

2 nominations

Judd Apatow

Adam Beckman

Alex Gibney

Davis Guggenheim

Rory Kennedy

Notes

References

External links

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website

Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program