Who won Directing for a Drama Series at the most recent Emmys?

Adam Randall won at the 2025 Emmys.

Who won Directing for a Drama Series in 2024?

Frederick E. O. Toye — Shōgun.

Who won Directing for a Drama Series in 2022?

Hwang Dong-hyuk — Squid Game.

Who has won Directing for a Drama Series the most times?

David Greene and Mark Tinker are tied with 3 wins each.

How many different winners has Directing for a Drama Series had?

57 different winners across 64 ceremonies, 1960–2025.

A visual history · Emmys

The winners who defined Directing (Drama).

64 ceremonies, 1960–2025. 57 different winners. The longest run belongs to David Greene, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?: Adam Randall in 2025 for Slow Horses.
Who has won the most?: David Greene and Mark Tinker, tied on 3 wins each.

2025Slow HorsesAdam Randall
2024ShōgunFrederick E. O. Toye
2023SuccessionMark Mylod
2022Squid GameHwang Dong-hyuk
2021The CrownJessica Hobbs
2020SuccessionAndrij Parekh

Years explored: 1960–2025
Different winners: 57
Category leader: David Greene · 3

About this record

Directing for a Drama Series was first awarded in 1960, so it does not run the full 1951–2025 window.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19602025

01 / The reigns

Thomas Schlamme set the longest run.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network.

01
Thomas Schlamme2 wins

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by network; hover for details.

Thomas Schlamme'00–'01×2

Alan Ball'02

Christopher Misiano'03

Walter Hill'04

J. J. Abrams'05

Jon Cassar'06

Alan Taylor'07

Greg Yaitanes'08

Rod Holcomb'09

Steve Shill'10

Martin Scorsese'11

Tim Van Patten'12

David Fincher'13

Cary Joji Fukunaga'14

David Nutter'15

Miguel Sapochnik'16

Reed Morano'17

Stephen Daldry'18

Jason Bateman'19

Andrij Parekh'20

Jessica Hobbs'21

Hwang Dong-hyuk'22

Mark Mylod'23

Frederick E. O. Toye'24

Adam Randall'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

HBO leads the recorded network credits with 10 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

HBO10 wins

Netflix5 wins

NBC4 wins

20th Century2 wins

ABC1 win

Apple TV+1 win

Wins by network

HBO1038%
Netflix519%
NBC415%
20th Century28%
ABC14%
Apple TV+14%
Other312%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

01
Lesli Linka Glatter
6 noms
02
Allen Coulter
4 noms
03
Jack Bender
4 noms
04
Vince Gilligan
4 noms
05
Benjamin Caron
3 noms
06
Jeremy Podeswa
3 noms

Most losses in this category

01
Tim Van Patten
8L · 1W
02
Lesli Linka Glatter
6L · 0W
03
Allen Coulter
4L · 0W
04
Jack Bender
4L · 0W
05
Vince Gilligan
4L · 0W
06
Benjamin Caron
3L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

Year	Winner	Network
2025	Adam Randall (Slow Horses) beat 6 others Janus Metz (Andor) Amanda Marsalis (The Pitt) John Wells (The Pitt) Jessica Lee Gagné (Severance) Ben Stiller (Severance) Mike White (The White Lotus)	Apple TV+
2024	Frederick E. O. Toye (Shōgun) beat 5 others Stephen Daldry (The Crown) Mimi Leder (The Morning Show) Hiro Murai (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) Saul Metzstein (Slow Horses) Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty)	FX
2023	Mark Mylod (Succession) beat 6 others Benjamin Caron (Andor) Dearbhla Walsh (Bad Sisters) Peter Hoar (The Last of Us) Andrij Parekh (Succession) Lorene Scafaria (Succession) Mike White (The White Lotus)	HBO
2022	Hwang Dong-hyuk (Squid Game) beat 6 others Jason Bateman (Ozark) Ben Stiller (Severance) Mark Mylod (Succession) Cathy Yan (Succession) Lorene Scafaria (Succession) Karyn Kusama (Yellowjackets)	Netflix
2021	Jessica Hobbs (The Crown) beat 5 others Julie Anne Robinson (Bridgerton) Benjamin Caron (The Crown) Liz Garbus (The Handmaid's Tale) Jon Favreau (The Mandalorian) Steven Canals (Pose)	Netflix
2020	Andrij Parekh (Succession) beat 7 others Benjamin Caron (The Crown) Jessica Hobbs (The Crown) Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) Mimi Leder (The Morning Show) Alik Sakharov (Ozark) Ben Semanoff (Ozark) Mark Mylod (Succession)	HBO
2019	Jason Bateman (Ozark) beat 6 others David Benioff & D. B. Weiss (Game of Thrones) David Nutter (Game of Thrones) Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones) Daina Reid (The Handmaid's Tale) Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) Adam McKay (Succession)	Netflix
2018	Stephen Daldry (The Crown) beat 6 others Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) Jeremy Podeswa (Game of Thrones) Kari Skogland (The Handmaid's Tale) Jason Bateman (Ozark) Daniel Sackheim (Ozark) The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)	Netflix
2017	Reed Morano (The Handmaid's Tale) beat 6 others Vince Gilligan (Better Call Saul) Stephen Daldry (The Crown) Kate Dennis (The Handmaid's Tale) Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things) Jonathan Nolan (Westworld)	Hulu
2016	Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones) beat 5 others Michael Engler (Downton Abbey) Jack Bender (Game of Thrones) Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) Steven Soderbergh (The Knick) David Hollander (Ray Donovan)	HBO
2015	David Nutter (Game of Thrones) beat 4 others Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire) Jeremy Podeswa (Game of Thrones) Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) Steven Soderbergh (The Knick)	HBO
2014	Cary Joji Fukunaga (True Detective) beat 5 others Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire) Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) David Evans (Downton Abbey) Neil Marshall (Game of Thrones) Carl Franklin (House of Cards)	HBO
2013	David Fincher (House of Cards) beat 4 others Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire) Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad) Jeremy Webb (Downton Abbey) Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland)	Netflix
2012	Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire) beat 4 others Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) Brian Percival (Downton Abbey) Michael Cuesta (Homeland) Phil Abraham (Mad Men)	HBO
2011	Martin Scorsese (Boardwalk Empire) beat 4 others Jeremy Podeswa (Boardwalk Empire) Neil Jordan (The Borgias) Tim Van Patten (Game of Thrones) Patty Jenkins (The Killing)	HBO
2010	Steve Shill (Dexter) beat 4 others Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad) Jack Bender (Lost) Lesli Linka Glatter (Mad Men) Agnieszka Holland (Treme)	Showtime
2009	Rod Holcomb (ER) beat 4 others Michael Rymer (Battlestar Galactica) Bill D'Elia (Boston Legal) Todd A. Kessler (Damages) Phil Abraham (Mad Men)	NBC
2008	Greg Yaitanes (House) beat 4 others Arlene Sanford (Boston Legal) Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) Allen Coulter (Damages) Alan Taylor (Mad Men)	Fox
2007	Alan Taylor (The Sopranos) beat 6 others Félix Enríquez Alcalá (Battlestar Galactica) Bill D'Elia (Boston Legal) Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) David Semel (Heroes) Jack Bender (Lost) Thomas Schlamme (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)	HBO
2006	Jon Cassar (24) beat 6 others Rodrigo García (Big Love) Jack Bender (Lost) Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) David Nutter (The Sopranos) Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos) Mimi Leder (The West Wing)	Fox
2005	J. J. Abrams (Lost) beat 6 others Quentin Tarantino (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) Gregg Fienberg (Deadwood) Peter Horton (Grey's Anatomy) Scott Winant (Huff) Peter Tolan (Rescue Me) Alex Graves (The West Wing)	ABC
2004	Walter Hill (Deadwood) beat 4 others Christopher Chulack (ER) Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck) Allen Coulter (The Sopranos) Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos)	HBO
2003	Christopher Misiano (The West Wing) beat 4 others Alan Poul (Six Feet Under) John Patterson (The Sopranos) Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos) Ian Toynton (24)	NBC
2002	Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) beat 4 others Clark Johnson (The Shield) Stephen Hopkins (24) Paris Barclay (The West Wing) Alex Graves (The West Wing)	HBO
2001	Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing)repeat beat 5 others Jonathan Kaplan (ER) Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos) Steve Buscemi (The Sopranos) Allen Coulter (The Sopranos) Laura Innes (The West Wing)	NBC
2000	Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing) beat 4 others Jonathan Kaplan (ER) John Wells (ER) John Patterson (The Sopranos) Allen Coulter (The Sopranos)	NBC
1999	Paris Barclay (NYPD Blue)unverified beat 3 others Matthew Penn (Law & Order) Edwin Sherin (Law & Order/Homicide: Life on the Street) David Chase (The Sopranos)	ABC
1998	Mark Tinker (Brooklyn South)tieParis Barclay (NYPD Blue)repeatunverified beat 3 others Bill D'Elia (Chicago Hope) Thomas Schlamme (ER) Chris Carter (The X-Files)	CBS
1997	Mark Tinker (NYPD Blue)unverified beat 4 others Christopher Chulack (ER) Rod Holcomb (ER) Tom Moore (ER) James Wong (The X-Files)	ABC
1996	Jeremy Kagan (Chicago Hope)unverified beat 4 others Mimi Leder (ER) Christopher Chulack (ER) Charles Haid (Murder One) Mark Tinker (NYPD Blue)	CBS
1995	Mimi Leder (ER)unverified beat 4 others Lou Antonio (Chicago Hope) Rod Holcomb (ER) Scott Winant (My So-Called Life) Mark Tinker (NYPD Blue)	NBC
1994	Daniel Sackheim (NYPD Blue)unverified beat 4 others Robert Butler (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) Michael M. Robin (NYPD Blue) Gregory Hoblit (NYPD Blue) Charles Haid (NYPD Blue)	ABC
1993	Barry Levinson (Homicide: Life on the Street)unverified beat 5 others Eric Laneuville (I'll Fly Away) Edwin Sherin (Law & Order) Robert Butler (Sirens) Nancy Malone (Sisters) Bille August (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles)	NBC
1992	Eric Laneuville (I'll Fly Away)unverified beat 4 others Mimi Leder (China Beach) Rick Wallace (L.A. Law) Jack Bender (Northern Exposure) Nancy Malone (The Trials of Rosie O'Neill)	NBC
1991	Thomas Carter (Equal Justice)repeatunverified beat 3 others Mimi Leder (China Beach) Gregory Hoblit (Cop Rock) Tom Moore (L.A. Law)	ABC
1990	Thomas Carter (Equal Justice)tieScott Winant (thirtysomething)unverified beat 3 others Rick Wallace (L.A. Law) Win Phelps (L.A. Law) David Lynch (Twin Peaks)	ABC
1989	Robert Altman (Tanner '88)unverified beat 4 others Eric Laneuville (L.A. Law) John Pasquin (L.A. Law) Thomas Carter (Midnight Caller) Scott Winant (thirtysomething)	HBO
1988	Mark Tinker (St. Elsewhere)unverified beat 5 others Rod Holcomb (China Beach) Sam Weisman (L.A. Law) Win Phelps (L.A. Law) Kim Friedman (L.A. Law) Gregory Hoblit (L.A. Law)	NBC
1987	Gregory Hoblit (L.A. Law)unverified beat 4 others Sharron Miller (Cagney & Lacey) Donald Petrie (L.A. Law) Will Mackenzie (Moonlighting) Allan Arkush (Moonlighting)	NBC
1986	Georg Stanford Brown (Cagney & Lacey)unverified beat 4 others Steven Spielberg (Amazing Stories) Gabrielle Beaumont (Hill Street Blues) Peter Werner (Moonlighting) Will Mackenzie (Moonlighting)	CBS
1985	Karen Arthur (Cagney & Lacey)unverified beat 4 others Georg Stanford Brown (Hill Street Blues) Thomas Carter (Hill Street Blues) Lee H. Katzin (Miami Vice) Paul Michael Glaser (Miami Vice)	CBS
1984	Corey Allen (Hill Street Blues)unverified beat 3 others Robert Scheerer (Fame) Arthur Allan Seidelman (Hill Street Blues) Thomas Carter (Hill Street Blues)	NBC
1983	Jeff Bleckner (Hill Street Blues)unverified beat 3 others Marc Daniels (Fame) Robert Scheerer (Fame) Leo Penn (The Mississippi)	NBC
1982	Harry Harris (Fame)unverified beat 4 others Robert Scheerer (Fame) Robert Butler (Hill Street Blues) Jeff Bleckner (Hill Street Blues) Gene Reynolds (Lou Grant)	NBC
1981	Robert Butler (Hill Street Blues)unverified beat 5 others Mel Damski (American Dream) Corey Allen (Hill Street Blues) Georg Stanford Brown (Hill Street Blues) Burt Brinckerhoff (Lou Grant) Gene Reynolds (Lou Grant)	NBC
1980	Roger Young (Lou Grant)unverified beat 4 others Peter Levin (Lou Grant) Burt Brinckerhoff (Lou Grant) Gene Reynolds (Lou Grant) Frank Perry (Skag)	CBS
1979	Jackie Cooper (The White Shadow)unverified beat 3 others Mel Damski (Lou Grant) Gene Reynolds (Lou Grant) Burt Brinckerhoff (Lou Grant)	CBS
1978	Marvin J. Chomsky (Holocaust)unverified beat 4 others E. W. Swackhamer (The Dain Curse) Herbert Wise (I, Claudius) Abby Mann (King) Gary Nelson (Washington: Behind Closed Doors)	NBC
1977	David Greene (Roots)repeatunverified beat 4 others Fred Coe (The Adams Chronicles) John Erman (Roots) Marvin J. Chomsky (Roots) Gilbert Moses (Roots)	ABC
1976	David Greene (Rich Man, Poor Man)unverified beat 5 others Fielder Cook (Beacon Hill) James Cellan Jones (Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill) George Schaefer (Lincoln) Boris Sagal (Rich Man, Poor Man) Christopher Hodson (Upstairs, Downstairs)	ABC
1975	Bill Bain (Upstairs, Downstairs)unverified beat 4 others Glenn Jordan (Benjamin Franklin) David Friedkin (Kojak) Telly Savalas (Kojak) Harry Falk (The Streets of San Francisco)	PBS
1974	Robert Butler (The Blue Knight)unverified beat 2 others Harry Harris (The Waltons) Philip Leacock (The Waltons)	NBC
1973	Jerry Thorpe (Kung Fu)unverified beat 2 others Edward M. Abroms (Columbo) Lee Philips (The Waltons)	ABC
1972	Alexander Singer (The Bold Ones: The Lawyers)unverified beat 2 others Edward M. Abroms (Columbo) Daniel Petrie (The Man and the City)	NBC
1971	Daryl Duke (The Bold Ones: The Senator)unverified beat 2 others John Badham (The Bold Ones: The Senator) Bob Sweeney (Hawaii Five-O)	NBC
1970	Paul Bogart (CBS Playhouse)unverified beat 2 others Buzz Kulik (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Lamont Johnson (NBC World Premiere Movie)	CBS
1969	David Greene (CBS Playhouse)unverified beat 2 others Paul Bogart (CBS Playhouse) Fielder Cook (Hallmark Hall of Fame)	CBS
1968	Paul Bogart (CBS Playhouse)unverified beat 3 others George Schaefer (CBS Playhouse) Alex Segal (The Crucible) Lee H. Katzin (Mission: Impossible)	CBS
1967	Alex Segal (Death of a Salesman)unverified beat 3 others Paul Bogart (CBS Playhouse) George Schaefer (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Paul Bogart (Mark Twain Tonight!)	CBS
1964	Tom Gries (East Side/West Side)unverified beat 4 others Sydney Pollack (Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre) Stuart Rosenberg (The Defenders) Paul Bogart (The Defenders) George Schaefer (Hallmark Hall of Fame)	CBS
1963	Stuart Rosenberg (The Defenders)unverified beat 4 others Robert Ellis Miller (Alcoa Premiere) Sydney Pollack (Ben Casey) Fielder Cook (The DuPont Show of the Week) George Schaefer (Hallmark Hall of Fame)	CBS
1962	Franklin J. Schaffner (The Defenders)unverified beat 4 others Alex Segal (Alcoa Premiere) Buzz Kulik (Dr. Kildare) Arthur Hiller (Naked City) Jack Smight (Westinghouse Presents)	CBS
1961	George Schaefer (Hallmark Hall of Fame)unverified beat 2 others Sidney Lumet (NBC Sunday Showcase) Ralph Nelson (Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse)	NBC
1960	Robert Mulligan (The Moon and Sixpence)unverified beat 2 others John Frankenheimer (Ford Startime) Phil Karlson (Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse)	NBC