NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture.

Winners and nominees

For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

YearDirector(s)FilmRef
2006John SingletonFour Brothers
Thomas CarterCoach Carter
George C. WolfeLackawanna Blues
Malcolm D. LeeRoll Bounce
Tim StoryFantastic Four
2007Spike LeeInside Man
Alejandro González IñárrituBabel
Chris RobinsonATL
Sanaa HamriSomething New
Tyler PerryMadea's Family Reunion
2008Kasi LemmonsTalk to Me
Denzel WashingtonThe Great Debaters
Preston A. Whitmore IIThis Christmas
Sunu GoneraPride
Sylvain WhiteStomp the Yard
2009Gina Prince-BythewoodThe Secret Life of Bees
Darnell MartinCadillac Records
Tyler PerryThe Family That Preys
Patrik-Ian PolkNoah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
Spike LeeMiracle at St. Anna

2010s

YearDirector(s)FilmRef
2010Lee DanielsPrecious
Scott SandersBlack Dynamite
F. Gary GrayLaw Abiding Citizen
George Tillman, Jr.Notorious
Spike LeePassing Strange
2011Tyler PerryFor Colored Girls
George Tillman, Jr.Faster
Albert and Allen HughesThe Book of Eli
Tanya HamiltonNight Catches Us
Geoffrey SaxFrankie and Alice
2012Salim AkilJumping the Broom
Alrick BrownKinyarwanda
Angelina JolieIn the Land of Blood and Honey
Dee ReesPariah
Tate TaylorThe Help
2013Benh ZeitlinBeasts of the Southern Wild
Vondie Curtis-HallAbducted: The Carlina White Story
Tim StoryThink Like A Man
Peter RamseyRise of the Guardians
Anthony HemingwayRed Tails
2014Steve McQueen12 Years a Slave
Jono OliverHome
Justin ChadwickMandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Lee DanielsLee Daniels' The Butler
Malcolm D. LeeThe Best Man Holiday
2015Antoine FuquaThe Equalizer
Amma AsanteBelle
Ava DuVernaySelma
John RidleyJimi: All Is by My Side
Gina Prince-BythewoodBeyond the Lights
2016Ryan CooglerCreed
Rick FamuyiwaDope
Alfonso Gomez-RejonMe and Earl and the Dying Girl
Charles Stone IIILila and Eve
F. Gary GrayStraight Outta Compton
2017Barry JenkinsMoonlight
Nate ParkerThe Birth of a Nation
Anthony and Joe RussoCaptain America: Civil War
Garth DavisLion
Mira NairQueen of Katwe
2018Jordan PeeleGet Out
Reginald HudlinMarshall
Malcolm D. LeeGirls Trip
Stella MeghieEverything, Everything
Dee ReesMudbound
2019Ryan CooglerBlack Panther
Alan Hicks and Rashida JonesQuincy
Barry JenkinsIf Beale Street Could Talk
Spike LeeBlacKkKlansman
Steve McQueenWidows

2020s

YearDirector(s)FilmRef
2020Chiwetel EjioforThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Mati DiopAtlantics
Reginald HudlinThe Black Godfather
Kasi LemmonsHarriet
Jordan PeeleUs
2021Gina Prince-BythewoodThe Old Guard
David E. TalbertJingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
George C. WolfeMa Rainey's Black Bottom
Radha BlankThe Forty-Year-Old Version
Regina KingOne Night in Miami...
2022Shaka KingJudas and the Black Messiah
Denzel WashingtonA Journal for Jordan
Jeymes SamuelThe Harder They Fall
Lin-Manuel MirandaTick, Tick... Boom!
Reinaldo Marcus GreenKing Richard
2023Gina Prince-BythewoodThe Woman King
Antoine FuquaEmancipation
Chinonye ChukwuTill
Kasi LemmonsWhitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Ryan CooglerBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever
2024Ava DuVernayOrigin
Antoine FuquaThe Equalizer 3
George C. WolfeRustin
Juel Taylor They Cloned Tyrone
Michael B. JordanCreed III

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

2 wins

Nominations