Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program


The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program is awarded to one program each year. The category was split in 2018 to separately recognize documentary/nonfiction and reality programs.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Individuals with multiple nominations

;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations