Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director
| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director | |
|---|---|
 The 2021 recipient: Regina King | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Director |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| First awarded | Black Reel Awards of 2000 |
| Most recent winner | Regina King One Night in Miami... (Black Reel Awards of 2021) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
The Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director is an award presented annually by the Black Reel Awards (BRA). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry.
Director, Malcolm D. Lee took home the first award for The Best Man at the 1st Annual Black Reel Awards.
The Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Director and Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film has been closely linked throughout their history. Out of the 22 films that have been awarded Outstanding Film, 10 have also been awarded Outstanding Director.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 18 directors or directing teams. Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jordan Peele & Steve McQueen (director) has received the most awards in this category with two. Spike Lee has been nominated eleven times, more than any other individual. At age 29, Ryan Coogler became the youngest director to win this award for his work on Creed. Thomas Carter holds the record for the oldest director to win at 52 for Coach Carter.
Brothers, Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes are the only directing team to shared this award. The pair won for The Book of Eli at the 11th Annual Black Reel Awards. Gina Prince-Bythewood became the first woman to be nominated and win in this category for Love & Basketball.
Winners and nominees[]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s[]
2010s[]
2020s[]
| Year | Director | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Jordan Peele | Us | [20] | |
| Mati Diop | Atlantics | ||
| Kasi Lemmons | Harriet | ||
| Melina Matsoukas | Queen & Slim | ||
| Julius Onah | Luce | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Regina King | One Night in Miami... | [21] | |
| Radha Blank | The Forty-Year-Old Version | ||
| Shaka King | Judas and the Black Messiah | ||
| Spike Lee | Da 5 Bloods | ||
| Channing Godfrey Peoples | Miss Juneteenth |
Multiple nominations and wins[]
Multiple wins[]
- 2 Wins
Multiple Nominees[]
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Age superlatives[]
| Record | Director | Film | Age (in years) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldest winner | Thomas Carter | Coach Carter | 52 |
| Oldest nominee | Bill Duke | Not Easily Broken | 66 |
| Youngest winner | Ryan Coogler | Creed | 29 |
| Youngest nominee | Rick Famuyiwa | The Wood | 26 |
Diversity of Nominees[]
Female nominees/winners[]
Fourteen female directors have been nominated for a total twenty times in this category, and three have won the award.
- 2001 - Gina Prince-Bythewood for Love & Basketball‡
- 2007 - Sanaa Hamri for Something New
- 2008 - Gina Prince-Bythewood for The Secret Life of Bees†
- 2008 - Darnell Martin for Cadillac Records‡
- 2011 - Tanya Hamilton for Night Catches Us‡
- 2011 - Sanaa Hamri for Just Wright†
- 2012 - Ava DuVernay for I Will Follow
- 2012 - Dee Rees for Pariah†
- 2013 - Ava DuVernay for Middle of Nowhere†
- 2015 - Ava DuVernay for Selma‡
- 2015 - Amma Asante for Belle†
- 2015 - Gina Prince-Bythewood for Beyond the Lights†
- 2018 - Maggie Betts for Novitiate
- 2018 - Dee Rees for Mudbound†
- 2020 - Mati Diop for Atlantics
- 2020 - Kasi Lemmons for Harriet
- 2020 - Melina Matsoukas for Queen & Slim†
- 2021 - Regina King for One Night in Miami...†
- 2021 - Radha Blank for The Forty-Year-Old Version
- 2021 - Channing Godfrey Peoples for Miss Juneteenth
Documentary nominees/winners[]
Three directors of a documentary film have been nominated in this category.
- 2001 - Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes for American Pimp
- 2005 - Antoine Fuqua for Lightning in a Bottle
Animated nominees/winners[]
One director of an animated film have been nominated in this category.
- 2013 - Peter Ramsey for Rise of the Guardians
Non-English language nominees/winners[]
One director of a non-English film has been nominated in this category.
bold — Indicates winner
† — Film nominated for Outstanding Film
‡ — Film won for Outstanding Film
References[]
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