Black Reel Award for Best Director

Here are the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Director.

Lee Daniels & Steve McQueen are the only directors nominated for Academy Awards. Daniels earned a nomination for Precious and McQueen for 12 Years a Slave.

Peter Ramsey became the first black director to earn a Black Reel nomination for an animated film.

Gina Prince-Bythewood & Steve McQueen are tied with the most wins in this category with two a piece.

Multiple Nominees:

Winners/Nominees

Year Winner Nominees Source
2015 Ava DuVernay (Selma) [1]
2014 Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) [2]
2013 Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere) [3]
2012 Steve McQueen (Shame) [4]
2011 Hughes Brothers (The Book of Eli) [5]
2010 Lee Daniels (Precious) [6]
2008 Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees) [7]
2007 Spike Lee (Inside Man) [8]
2006 Thomas Carter (Coach Carter) [9]
2005 Mario Van Peebles (BAADASSSSS!) [10]
2004 F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job) [11]
2003 Denzel Washington (Antwone Fisher) [12]
2002 Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) [13]
2001 Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball) [14]
2000 Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man) [15]

References

  1. ↑ http://blackreelawards.com/15th-annual-black-reel-awards-nominate-a-spate-of-familiar-faces/
  2. ↑ http://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/the-14th-annual-black-reel-awards-nominations/
  3. ↑ http://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/black-reels-embraces-diverse-group-of-films/
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2012
  5. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2011
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2010
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2008
  8. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2007
  9. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2006
  10. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2005
  11. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2004
  12. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2003
  13. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2002
  14. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2001
  15. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2000