Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Children's Series

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold. For "Individual Achievement" categories, only nominees relevant to this page are listed.

1970s

1979

Larry Elikann - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me") (ABC)

1980s

1980

Anthony Lover - ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Late Great Me! Story of a Teenage Alcoholic") (ABC)

Arthur Allan Seidelman - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Which Mother Is Mine?") (ABC)

J. Philip Miller - 3-2-1 Contact ("The Bloodhound Gang") (PBS)

Joseph Consentino - The Big Blue Marble ("Divorce") (SYN)

Tom Trbovich - Hot Hero Sandwich ("Episode 4") (NBC)

1981

John Herzfeld - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Stoned") (ABC)

Don Roy King - Kids Are People Too (ABC)

1980s

1982

Arthur Allan Seidelman - ABC Afterschool Specials ("She Drinks a Little") (ABC)

Jeff Bleckner - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now") (ABC)

Jim Hirschfeld - Captain Kangaroo (CBS)

1983

Sharron Miller - ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Woman Who Willed a Miracle") (ABC)

Jim Hirschfeld - Captain Kangaroo (CBS)

Jon Stone - Sesame Street (PBS)

1984

Robert Mandel - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy") (ABC)

Harry Harris - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?") (ABC)

Claudia Weill - ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Great Love Experiment") (ABC)

Marc Daniels - ABC Weekend Specials ("All the Money in the World") (ABC)

1980s

1985

Joan Darling - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Mom's on Strike") (ABC)

Henry Winkler - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("All the Kids Do It") (CBS)

Jon Stone - Sesame Street (PBS)

1986

Martin Sheen - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Babies Having Babies") (CBS)

Gary Halvorson - Kids Incorporated (SYN)

Lisa Simon - Sesame Street (PBS)

Emily Squires - Sesame Street (PBS)

Jon Stone - Sesame Street (PBS)

1987

Dan F. Smith - Square One TV (PBS)

Kevin Hooks - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Teen Father") (ABC)

Stephen R. Johnson - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

Jon Stone, Emily Squires, Lisa Simon - Sesame Street (PBS)

1988

Jeffrey D. Brown - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("What If I'm Gay?") (CBS)

Ozzie Alfonso - 3-2-1 Contact (PBS)

Kevin Hooks - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Class Act: A Teacher's Story") (ABC)

Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

Dan F. Smith - Square One TV (PBS)

1980s

1989

Sandy Smolan - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Taking a Stand") (ABC)

Ron Underwood, John Clark Matthews - ABC Weekend Specials ("Runaway Ralph") (ABC)

Jesús Salvador Treviño - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Gangs") (CBS)

Michael Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Parade (CBS)

Joel Aronowitz - CBS Cotton Bowl Parade (CBS)

Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

1990s

1990

Victoria Hochberg - Sweet 15 (PBS)

Diane Keaton - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Girl with the Crazy Brother") (CBS)

Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

Helen Whitney - ABC Afterschool Specials ("A Town's Revenge") (ABC)

Jerry Evans and Martin Pasetta - Trial by Jury (SYN)

1991

Kristoffer Tabori - ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Perfect Date") (ABC)

Piers Haggard - Back Home (Disney Channel)

Daniel Taplitz - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling") (HBO)

Thomas G. Smith and John Clark Matthews - ABC Weekend Specials ("Ralph S. Mouse") (ABC)

Al Waxman - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Maggie's Secret") (CBS)

Timothy Regler - The People's Court (SYN)

Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

Bernie Hargis - Winds of Freedom (ABC)

Susan Rohrer - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern") (CBS)

1990s

1992

David Cobham - Woof! (Disney Channel)

Ozzie Alfonso - 3-2-1 Contact ("Secrets of the Code") (PBS)

Gordon Edelstein - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Abby, My Love") (CBS)

Michael Rubbo - Vincent and Me (Disney Channel)

David J. Eagle - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Two Teens and a Baby") (CBS)

1993

László Pal - Journey to Spirit Island' (Disney Channel)

Savage Steve Holland - ABC Weekend Specials ("CityKids") (ABC)

Juan José Campanella - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story") (HBO)

John Watkin and Eamon Harrington - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Shades of a Single Protein") (ABC)

Strathford Hamilton - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen") (CBS)

1994

Hank Saroyan - ABC Weekend Specials ("William Saroyan's The Parsley Garden") (ABC)

Anne Wheeler - The Comic Book Christmas Caper (Disney Channel)

Lee Shallat Chemel - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS)

Juan José Campanella - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story") (HBO)

Catherine Cyran - White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II (Disney Channel)

1995

Juan José Campanella - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story") (HBO)

Jesús Salvador Treviño - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("POWER: The Eddie Matos Story") (HBO)

David J. Eagle - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on the Wall") (CBS)

David Burton Morris - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("A Body to Die for: The Aaron Henry Story") (HBO)

1996

John Watkin and Eamon Harrington - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Positive: A Journey Into AIDS") (ABC)

Gina Prince-Bythewood - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("What About Your Friends") (CBS)

Juan José Campanella - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Stand Up") (CBS)

Michael Ryan and Ellen Stokes - Eagle Scout: The Story of Henry Nicols (HBO)

Chuck Blore - The New Adventures of Mother Goose (SYN)

1997

Juan José Campanella - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)

Victor Du Bois - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Too Soon For Jeff") (ABC)

John Watkin and Eamon Harrington - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Miracle at Trapper Creek") (ABC)

Dianah Wynter - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Daddy's Girl") (ABC)

Emily Squires - Elmo Saves Christmas (PBS)

Stephen Williams - Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (Showtime)

1998

Carlyle Kyzer, Greg Poschman, and Krysia Carter-Giez - Letters from Africa (Disney Channel)

William A. Whiteford - Bong & Donnell (HBO)

Vic Sarin - In His Father's Shoes (Showtime)

1999

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen - The Island on Bird Street (Showtime)

George Miller - In the Doghouse (Showtime)

Stuart Margolin - The Sweetest Gift (Showtime)

Rick Duffield - Wishbone's Dog Days of the West (Showtime)

2000s

2000

Donna Deitch - The Devil's Arithmetic (Showtime)

Richard Mozer and Mitchell Kriegman - Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist (HBO)

Clement Virgo - The Planet of Junior Brown (Showtime)

Vic Sarin - Sea People (Showtime)

Helen Shaver - Summer's End (Showtime)

2001

Paul A. Kaufman - Run the Wild Fields (Showtime)

Peter Masterson - Mermaid (Showtime)

Ernest Thompson - Out of Time (Showtime)

Bradley Wigor - The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (Showtime)

Ivan Passer - The Wishing Tree (Showtime)

2002

Adam Arkin - My Louisiana Sky (Showtime)

Eric Stoltz - My Horrible Year! (Showtime)

Bruce Davison - Off Season (Showtime)

Richard Friedenberg - Snow in August (Showtime)

2003

Guy Ferland - Bang Bang You're Dead (Showtime)

Danny Glover - Just a Dream (Showtime)

Gregory Hines - The Red Sneakers (Showtime)

2000s

2004

Salma Hayek - The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime)

Paul Johansson - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime)

1980s

1989

Ozzie Alfonso - 3-2-1 Contact (PBS)

Matthew Diamond - Shining Time Station (PBS)

Dana Calderwood - Double Dare (SYN)

Joseph Behar - Fun House (SYN)

1990s

1990

Mike Gargiulo and Charles S. Dubin - Square One TV (PBS)

John Paragon and Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

Dean Parisot - Reading Rainbow ("Ludlow Laughs") (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Gregory Lehane - Shining Time Station ("Promises, Promises") (PBS)

1991

Brian Henson and Michael Kerrigan - Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories (Disney Channel)

John Paragon and Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

Team - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

1992

Team - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Gregory Lehane - Shining Time Station (PBS)

Team - Square One TV (PBS)

1993

Ed Wiseman and Mark Mannucci - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Gary Halvorson - Adventures in Wonderland (Disney Channel)

Team - The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (Disney Channel)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Dana Calderwood - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1994

Ed Wiseman and Mark Mannucci - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Lee Bernhardi - The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (Disney Channel)

Dana Calderwood - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Jim Rowley and Bruce Deck - Barney & Friends (PBS)

1995

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Gary Halvorson and David Grossman - Adventures in Wonderland (Disney Channel)

Hugh Martin - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

Ed Wiseman and Mark Mannucci - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Jay Dubin - Beakman's World (CBS)

1996

Team - Adventures in Wonderland (Disney Channel)

Team - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Andrew Carl Wilk - Really Wild Animals (CBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Tom Trbovich and Ed Wiseman - The Puzzle Place (PBS)

Hugh Martin - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1997

Team - Bill Nye, the Science Guy (PBS)

Jay Dubin - Beakman's World (CBS)

Team - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

David Turner - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1998

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Jay Dubin - Beakman's World (CBS)

Team - Bill Nye, the Science Guy (PBS)

Team - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

David Turner - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1999

Michael Gross and Darrell Suto - Bill Nye, the Science Guy (SYN)

Team - Barney & Friends (PBS)

Alan Zdinak and Paul Zehrer - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

Team - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

2000s

2000

Team - Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)

Team - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

Team - Bill Nye, the Science Guy (SYN)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Jesse Collins and Mitchell Kriegman - Zoboomafoo (PBS)

2001

Jacques Laberge and Pierre Roy - Zoboomafoo (PBS)

Team - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

Team - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

2002

Mitchell Kriegman and Dean Gordon - The Book of Pooh (Disney Channel)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Team - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

Ed Wiseman - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Bob Comiskey - Zoom (PBS)

2003

Mitchell Kriegman and Dean Gordon - Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)

Team - Between the Lions (PBS)

Team - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

Ed Wiseman - Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

2004

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Team - Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)

Team - Between the Lions (PBS)

Richard A. Fernandes and Maureen Thorp - Out of the Box (Disney Channel)

2005

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Team - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

Team - The Book of Pooh (Disney Channel)

Bob Comiskey - Zoom (PBS)

2006

Bob Comiskey - Zoom (PBS)

Fred Holmes and Jim Rowley - Barney & Friends (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

2007

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Team - It's a Big Big World (PBS)

Magnús Scheving and Jonathan Judge - LazyTown (Nickelodeon)

2008

Dorothy Dickie - Design Squad (PBS)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Team - Blue's Room (Nickelodeon)

2009

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Gary Halvorson - From the Top at Carnegie Hall (PBS)

Jim Martin and Hugh Martin - Johnny and the Sprites (Disney Channel)

2010s

2010

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Dorothy Dickie - Design Squad (PBS)

Team - The Electric Company (PBS)

2011

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Erren Gottlieb and James McKenna - Biz Kid$ (PBS)

Ryan McFaul - The Electric Company (PBS)

2012

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Dorothy Dickie - Design Squad (PBS)

Ryan McFaul - The Electric Company (PBS)

Neill Fearnley and Ken Friss - R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Hub Network)

2013

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Team - R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Hub Network)

2014

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Team - R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Hub Network)

Ken Friss and James Head - Spooksville (Hub Network)

2015

J.J. Johnson - Odd Squad (PBS)

J.J. Johnson - Annedroids (Amazon)

J.J. Johnson - Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (Nickelodeon)

Team - R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Discovery Family)

2016

Team - Odd Squad (PBS)

J.J. Johnson and Steve Scaini - Annedroids (Amazon)

Jason deVilliers, Christian Jacobs, and Hugh Martin - Mutt & Stuff (Nickelodeon)

Team - Sesame Street (PBS)

Scott Schultz - Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)