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:

1. Spike Lee - 9 nominations
2. Malcolm D. Lee, Antoine Fuqua - 5 nominations
3. John Singleton - 4 nominations
4. Gina Prince-Bythewood, Ava DuVernay, Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes - 3 nominations
5. Ryan Coogler, F Gary Gray, Charles Stone III, Tim Story, Salim Akil, Thomas Carter, Gary Hardwick Jr., Sanaa Hamri, Steve McQueen (artist), Lee Daniels, George Tillman, Jr., Rick Famuyiwa - 2 nominations

Winners/Nominees

Year	Winner	Nominees	Source
2016	Ryan Coogler (Creed (film))	Rick Famuyiwa (Dope (2015 film)) F Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton) Antoine Fuqua (Southpaw (film)) Spike Lee (Chi-Raq)	^[1]
2015	Ava DuVernay (Selma)	Gina Prince-Bythewood (Beyond the Lights) Justin Simien (Dear White People) Chris Rock (Top Five) Amma Asante (Belle)	^[2]
2014	Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)	Lee Daniels (Lee Daniels' the Butler) George Tillman, Jr. (The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete) Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man Holiday) Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)	^[3]
2013	Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere)	Salim Akil (Sparkle) Tim Story (Think Like a Man) Spike Lee (Red Hook Summer) Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians)	^[4]
2012	Steve McQueen (Shame)	Ava DuVernay (I Will Follow) Salim Akil (Jumping the Broom) Dee Rees (Pariah) Qasim Basir (Mooz-lum)	^[5]
2011	Hughes Brothers (The Book of Eli)	Tanya Hamilton (Night Catches Us) Sanaa Hamri (Just Wright) Antoine Fuqua (Brooklyn's Finest) Tyler Perry (For Colored Girls)	^[6]
2010	Lee Daniels (Precious)	George Tillman, Jr. (Notorious) Scott Sanders (Black Dynamite) Bill Duke (Not Easily Broken) Spike Lee (Passing Strange)	^[7]
2008	Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees)	Darnell Martin (Cadillac Records) Spike Lee (Miracle at St. Anna) Malcolm D. Lee (Soul Men) Gabriele Muccino (Seven Pounds)	^[8]
2007	Spike Lee (Inside Man)	Chris Robinson (ATL) Clark Johnson (The Sentinel) Sanaa Hamri (Something New) Bryan Barber (Idlewild)	^[9]
2006	Thomas Carter (Coach Carter)	Tim Story (Fantastic Four) John Singleton (Four Brothers) Malcolm D. Lee (Roll Bounce)	^[10]
2005	Mario Van Peebles (BAADASSSSS!)	Charles Stone III (Mr. 3000) Ernest Dickerson (Never Die Alone) Spike Lee (She Hate Me) Antoine Fuqua (Lighting in a Bottle)	^[11]
2004	F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job)	Carl Franklin (Out of Time) John Singleton (2 Fast 2 Furious) Gary Hardwick (Deliver Us From Eva) Antoine Fuqua (Tears of the Sun)	^[12]
2003	Denzel Washington (Antwone Fisher)	Malcolm D. Lee (Undercover Brother) Spike Lee (25th Hour) Charles Stone III (Drumline) Tim Story (Barbershop)	^[13]
2002	Antoine Fuqua (Training Day)	Hughes brothers (From Hell) Gary Hardwick (The Brothers) John Singleton (Baby Boy) Thomas Carter (Save the Last Dance)	^[14]
2001	Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball)	Hughes Brothers (American Pimp) Spike Lee (Bamboozled) Kwyn Bader (Loving Jezebel) John Singleton (Shaft)	^[15]
2000	Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man)	Spike Lee (Summer of Sam) Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood)	^[16]

References

Black Reel Awards

Current awards (Film)	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Breakthrough Performance Best Ensemble Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original Best Original or Adapted Song Best Original Score Best Voice Performance Best Foreign Film Best Short Film Best Feature Documentary Best Independent Documentary Best Independent Film

Current awards (Television)	Best Television Miniseries or Movie Best Television Documentary Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series Best Director: Television Movie/Cable Best Screenplay: Television Movie/Cable

Retired awards (Film)	Best Film Poster Best New Director (1989–1996)

Retired awards (Television)	Best Original Television Program

Ceremonies	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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