Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director. The award is given to the directors for their first directorial debut.

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director
Awarded forOutstanding Emerging Director
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded2017
Most recent winnerCord Jefferson
American Fiction (2024)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

Winners and nominees

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2010s

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Year Director Film Ref.
2017 Ezra Edelman O.J.: Made in America [1]
Steven Caple Jr. The Land
Tahir Jetter How to Tell You're a Douchebag
Rita Coburn Whack Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
Yared Zeleke Lamb
2018 Jordan Peele Get Out [2]
Maggie Betts Novitiate
Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan Whose Streets?
J.D. Dillard Sleight
Malik Vitthal Imperial Dreams
2019 Boots Riley Sorry to Bother You [3]
Idris Elba Yardie
Rashida Jones Quincy
Nijla Mumin Jinn
Reinaldo Marcus Green Monsters and Men

2020s

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Year Director Film Ref.
2020 Melina Matsoukas Queen & Slim [4]
Nia DaCosta Little Woods
Mati Diop Atlantics
Chinonye Chukwu Clemency
Julius Onah Luce
2021 Regina King One Night in Miami... [5]
Eugene Ashe Sylvie's Love
Radha Blank The Forty-Year-Old Version
Shaka King Judas and the Black Messiah
Channing Godfrey Peoples Miss Juneteenth
2022 Jeymes Samuel The Harder They Fall [6]
Halle Berry Bruised
Janicza Bravo Zola
Rebecca Hall Passing
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Summer of Soul
2023 Nikyatu Jusu Nanny [7]
Elegance Bratton The Inspection
Adamma Ebo Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Elvis Mitchell Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Carey Williams Emergency
2024 Cord Jefferson American Fiction [8]
Blitz the Ambassador The Color Purple
Raven Jackson All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
A. V. Rockwell A Thousand and One
Juel Taylor They Cloned Tyrone

References

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  1. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2017)". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2018)". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2019)". IMDb.
  4. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2020)". IMDb.
  5. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!"". February 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  7. ^ Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  8. ^ Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.