O Emmy do Primetime de Melhor Direção em Série de Drama (no original em inglês Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series) é um dos prêmios entregues pela Academia de Artes & Ciências Televisivas como parte dos Prémios Emmy do Primetime pelas excelências em televisão.
Vencedores e indicados Década de 1950 Ano Série Episódio Diretor 1959 Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre "Eddie" Jack Smight Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Lamb and the Slaughter" Alfred Hitchcock General Electric Theatre "One Is a Wanderer" Herschel Daugherty "Kid and the Stick" James Neilson Peter Gunn "The Kill" Blake Edwards
Década de 1960 Ano Série Episódio Diretor 1960 The Moon and Sixpence – Robert Mulligan Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse "The Untouchables" Phil Karlson Startime "The Turn of the Screw" John Frankenheimer 1961 Hallmark Hall of Fame "Macbeth (II)" George Schaefer Sunday Showcase "The Sacco-Vanzetti Story, Part I" Sidney Lumet Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse "The Man in the Funny Suit" Ralph Nelson 1962 The Defenders– Franklin J. Schaffner Westinghouse Presents "Come Again to Carthage" Jack Smight Alcoa Premiere "People Need People" Alex Segal Dr. Kildare "Shining Image" Buzz Kulik Naked City Arthur Hiller Hallmark Hall of Fame "Victoria Regina" George Schaefer 1963 The Defenders "The Madman" Stuart Rosenberg Ben Casey "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" Sydney Pollack The DuPont Show of the Month "Big Deal in Laredo" Fielder Cook Hallmark Hall of Fame "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" George Schaefer 1964 East Side/West Side "Who Do You Kill?" Tom Gries Bob Hope Presents the Crysler Theatre "Something About Lee Wiley" Sydney Pollack The Defenders "Moment of Thuth" Paul Bogart "Blacklist" Stuart Rosenberg Hallmark Hall of Fame "The Patriots" George Schaefer 1965 The Defenders "The 700 Year Old Gang" Paul Bogart My Name Is Barbra Dwight Hemion 1966 Bob Hope Presents the Crysler Theatre "The Game" Sydney Pollack I Spy "So Long, Patrick Henry""A Cup of Kindness""Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao" Sheldon Leonard Hallmark Hall of Fame "Eagle in a Cage"George Schaefer Inherit the Wind 1967 Death of a Salesman– Alex Segal Hallmark Hall of Fame "Anastasia" George Schaefer CBS Playhouse "The Final War of Olly Winter" Paul Bogart Mark Twain Tonight! 1968 CBS Playhouse "Dear Friends" Paul Bogart CBS Playhouse "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" George Schaefer Mission: Impossible "The Killing" Lee H. Katzin The Crucible Alex Segal 1969 CBS Playhouse "The People Next Door" David Greene CBS Playhouse "Secrets" Paul Bogart Teacher, Teacher Fielder Cook
Década de 1970 Ano Série Episódio Diretor 1970 CBS Playhouse "Shadow Game" Paul Bogart My Sweet Charlie Lamont Johnson A Storm in Summer Buzz Kulik 1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator "The Day the Lion Died" Daryl Duke Hawaii Five-O "Over Fifty? Steal!" Bob Sweeney The Bold Ones: The Senator "A Single Blow of a Sword" John Badham 1972 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" Alexander Singer The Man and the City "Hands of Love" Daniel Petrie Columbo "Short Fuse" Edward M. Abroms 1973 Kung Fu "An Eye for an Eye" Jerry Thorpe The Waltons "The Love Story" Lee Philips Columbo "The Most Dangerous Match" Edward M. Abroms 1974 The Blue Knight "Part III" Robert Butler The Waltons "The Journey" Harry Harris "The Thanksgiving Story" Philip Leacock 1975 Upstairs, Downstairs "A Sudden Storm" Bill Bain Benjamin Franklin "The Ambassator" Glenn Jordan The Streets of San Francisco "The Mask of Death" Harry Falk Kojak "I Want to Report a Dream..." Telly Savalas "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" David Friedkin 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man "Episode 8" David Greene Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill "Part IV" David Cellan Jones Rich Man, Poor Man "Episode 5" Boris Sagal Lincoln "Crossing Fox River" George Schaefer Beacon Hill "Pilot" Fielder Cook Upstairs, Downstairs "Women Shall Not Weep" Christopher Hodson 1977 Raízes "Part I" David Greene The Adams Chronicles "John Quincy Adams: President" Fred Coe Raízes "Part III" Marvin J. Chomsky "Part II" John Erman "Part VI" Gilbert Moses 1978 Holocaust- Marvin J. Chomsky The Dain Curse E. W. Swackhamer I, Claudius Herbert Wise King Abby Mann Washington: Behind Close Doors Gary Nelson 1979 The White Shadow "Pilot" Jackie Cooper Lou Grant "Schools" Burt Brinckerhoff "Murder" Mel Damski "Prisoner" Gene Reynolds
Década de 1980 Ano Série Episódio Diretor 1980 Lou Grant "Cop" Roger Young Lou Grant "Andrew, Part II: Trial" Peter Levin "Hollywood" Burt Brinckerhoff "Influence" Gene Reynolds Skag "Pilot" Frank Perry 1981 Hill Street Blues "Hill Street Station" Robert Butler American Dream "Pilot" Mel Damski Hill Street Blues "Jungle Madness" Corey Allen "Up in Arms" Georg Stanford Brown Lou Grant "Pack" Burt Brinckerhoff "Strike" Gene Reynolds 1982 Fame "To Soar and Never Falter" Harry Harris Fame "Musical Bridge" Robert Scheerer Hill Street Blues "The Second Oldest Profession" Robert Butler "The World According to Freedom" Jeff Bleckner Lou Grant "Hometown" Gene Reynolds 1983 Hill Street Blues "Life in the Minors" Jeff Bleckner Fame "And the Winner Is..." Marc Daniels "Feelings" Robert Scheerer The Mississippi "Old Hatred Die Hard" Leo Penn 1984 Hill Street Blues "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" Corey Allen Fame "Sheer Will" Robert Sheerer Hill Street Blues "Midway to What?" Thomas Carter "Doris in Wonderland" Arthur Allan Seidelman 1985 Cagney & Lacey "Heat" Karen Arthur Hill Street Blues "El Capitan" Georg Stanford Brown "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" Thomas Carter Miami Vice "Cool Runnin'" Lee H. Katzin "Smuggler's Blues" Paul Michael Glaser 1986 Cagney & Lacey "Parting Shots" Georg Stanford Brown Amazing Stories "The Mission" Steven Spielberg Hill Street Blues "Two Easy Pieces" Gabrielle Beaumont Moonlighting "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" Peter Werner "My Fair David" Will Mackenzie 1987 L.A. Law "Pilot" Gregory Hoblit Cagney & Lacey "Turn, Turn, Turn: Part II" Sharron Miller L.A. Law "The Venus Butterfly" Donald Petrie Moonlighting "Atomic Shakespeare" Will Mackenzie "I Am Curious ... Maddie" Allan Arkush 1988 St. Elsewhere "Weight In, Way Out" Mark Tinker China Beach "Pilot" Rod Holcomb L.A. Law "Beauty and Obese" Sam Weisman "Full Martial Jacket" Win Phelps "Handroll Express" Kim Friedman "The Wizard of Odds" Gregory Hoblit 1989 Tanner '88 "The Boiler Room" Robert Altman L.A. Law "I'm in the Nude for Love" Eric Laneuville "To Live and Diet in L.A." John Pasquin Midnight Caller "Conversations with the Assassin" Thomas Carter thirtysomething "We'll Meet Again" Scott Winant
Década de 1990 Ano Série Episódio Diretor 1990 Equal Justice "Promises to Keep" Thomas Carter thirtysomething "To Go-Between" Scott Winant L.A. Law "Noah's Bark" Win Phelps "The Last Gasp" Rick Wallace Twin Peaks "Pilot" David Lynch 1991 Equal Justice "In Confidence" Thomas Carter China Beach "You, Babe" Mimi Leder Cop Rock "Pilot" Gregory Hoblit L.A. Law "God Rest Ye Murray Gentlemen" Tom Moore 1992 I'll Fly Away "All God's Children" Eric Laneuville China Beach "Rewind" Mimi Leder L.A. Law "Say Goodnight Gracie" Rick Walalce Northern Exposure "Seoul Mates" Jack Bender The Trials of Rosie O'Neill "Heartbreak Hotel" Nancy Malone 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street "Gone for Goode" Barry Levinson I'll Fly Away "Until Tomorrow" Eric Laneuville Law & Order "Conspiracy" Edwin Sherin Sirens "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" Robert Butler Sisters "Crash and Born" Nancy Malone The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "Northern Italy, 1918" Bille August 1994 NYPD Blue "Tempest in a C-Cup" Daniel Sackheim Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman "Pilot" Robert Butler NYPD Blue "Guns 'N Rosaries" Charles Haid "Pilot" Gregory Hoblit "True Confessions" Michael M. Robin 1995 ER "Love's Labor Lost" Mimi Leder Chicago Hope "Life Support" Lou Antonio ER "Pilot" Rod Holcomb My So-Called Life "Pilot" Scott Winant NYPD Blue "Innuendo" Mark Tinker 1996 Chicago Hope "Leave of Absense" Jeremy Kagan ER "The Healers" Mimi Leder "Hell and High Water" Christopher Chulack Murder One "Chapter One" Charles Haid NYPD Blue "Blackboard Jungle" Mark Tinker 1997 NYPD Blue "Where's Swaldo? Mark Tinker ER "Fear of Flying" Christopher Chulack "Last Call" Rod Holcomb "Union Station" Tom Moore The X-Files "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" James Wong 1998 Brooklyn South "Pilot" Mark Tinker NYPD Blue "Lost Israel, Part II" Paris Barclay Chicago Hope "Brain Salad Surgery" Bill D'Elia ER "Ambush" Thomas Schlamme The X-Files "The Post-Modern Prometheus" Chris Carter 1999 NYPD Blue "Hearts and Souls" Paris Barclay Law & Order "Empire" Matthew Penn Law & OrderHomicide: Life on the Street "Sideshow, Parts I & II" Edwin Sherin The Sopranos "Pilot" David Chase
Década de 2000 Ano Série Episódio Diretor 2000 The West Wing "Pilot" Thomas Schlamme ER "All in the Family" Jonathan Kaplan "Such Sweet Sorrow" John Wells The Sopranos "Funhouse" John Patterson "The Kinght in White Satin Armor" Allen Coulter 2001 The West Wing "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" Thomas Schlamme ER "The Visit" Jonathan Kaplan The Sopranos "Amour Fou" Tim Van Patten "Pine Barrens" Steve Buscemi "University" Allen Coulter The West Wing "Shibboleth" Laura Innes 2002 Six Feet Under "Pilot" Alan Ball 24 "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." Stephen Hopkins The Shield "Pilot" Clark Johnson The West Wing "The Indians in the Lobby" Paris Baclay "Posse Comitatus" Alex Graves 2003 The West Wing "Twenty Five" Christopher Misiano 24 "Day 2: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m." Ian Toynton Six Feet Under "Nobody Sleeps" Alan Poul The Sopranos "Whoever Did This" Tim Van Patten "Whitecaps" John Patterson 2004 Deadwood "Pilot" Walter Hill ER "The Lost" Christopher Chulack Nip/Tuck "Pilot" Ryan Murphy The Sopranos "Irregular Around the Margins" Allen Coulter "Long Term Parking" Tim Van Patten 2005 Lost "Pilot" J. J. Abrams CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Grave Danger" Quentin Tarantino Deadwood "Complications" Gregg Fienberg Grey's Anatomy "A Hard Day's Night" Peter Horton Huff "Crazy, Nuts and All Fucked Up" Scott Winant Rescue Me "Pilot" Peter Tolan The West Wing "2162 Votes" Alex Graves 2006 24 "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." Jon Cassar Big Love "Pilot" Rodrigo García Lost "Live Together, Die Alone" Jack Bender Six Feet Under "Everyone's Waiting" Alan Ball The Sopranos "Join the Club" David Nutter "Members Only" Tim Van Patten The West Wing "Election Day, Part I" Mimi Leder 2007 The Sopranos "Kennedy and Heidi" Alan Taylor Battlestar Galactica "Exodus, Part I" Félix Enríquez Alcalá Boston Legal "Son of the Defender" Bill D'Elia Friday Night Lights "Pilot" Peter Berg Heroes "Genesis" David Semel Lost "Through the Looking Glass" Jack Bender Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip "Pilot" Thomas Schlamme 2008 House, M.D. "House's Head" Greg Yaitanes Boston Legal "The Mighty Rogues" Arlene Sanford Breaking Bad "Pilot" Vince Gilligan Damages "Get Me a Lawyer" Allen Coulter Mad Men "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Alan Taylor 2009 ER "And in the End..." Rod Holcomb Battlestar Galactica "Daybreak, Part II" Michael Rymer Boston Legal "Made in China""Last Call" Bill D'Elia Damages "Trust Me" Todd A. Kessler Mad Men "The Jet Set" Phil Abraham
Década de 2010 Ano Série Episódio Diretor(a) 2010 Dexter "The Getaway" Steve Shill Breaking Bad "One Minute" Michelle MacLaren Lost "The End" Jack Bender Mad Men "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" Lesli Linka Glatter Treme "Do You Know What It Means" Agnieszka Holland 2011Boardwalk Empire "Pilot" Martin Scorsese "Anastasia" Jeremy Podeswa The Borgias "The Poisoned Chalice"