Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Directin…

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Directing is an Emmy award given for direction in daytime television. Both series and specials are eligible for this category.^[1]

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

Best Individual Director for a Special Program

1970s

1974

Wes Kenney - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Miss Kline, We Love You") (ABC)
- Lela Swift - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Gift of Terror") (ABC)
- Burt Brinckerhoff - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Mask of Love") (ABC)
- Peter Levin - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Other Woman") (ABC)

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Special Program

1970s

1975

Mort Lachman - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Girl Who Couldn't Lose") (ABC)
- Walter C. Miller - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Can I Save My Children") (ABC)

1976

Nick Havinga - First Ladies Diaries ("Edith Wilson") (NBC)
- John J. Desmond - First Ladies Diaries ("Martha Washington") (NBC)
- Ira Cirker - First Ladies Diaries ("Rachel Jackson") (NBC)

Special Classification - Individual Achievement

1980s

1980

Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC)

Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement - Directing

1980s

1981

Barry Glazer - New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC)

1982

Alfred R. Kelman - The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Women") (CBS)
- Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- Charles A. Bangert and Alfred R. Kelman - The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Men") (CBS)

1983

Al Rabin - Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC)

1984

Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC)

Outstanding Achievement in Directing - Special Class

1980s

1985

Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
Marcia Kuyper Schneider - Christmas at Washington Cathedral (NBC)
Barry Glazer - New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
Dick Carson - The Merv Griffin Show (SYN)

Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement - Directors

1980s

1986

Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
Randolph Wands - Chagall's Journey (NBC)
Bruce Minnix - America's Musical Theater ("The Cradle Will Rock") (PBS)
Richard Gottlieb - The People's Court (SYN)

1987

Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
- Joel Aronowitz - CBS Cotton Bowl Parade (CBS)
- Joseph Behar - Superior Court (SYN)
- Alan Skog - The Damnation of Faust (PBS)

1988

Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
Kirk Browning - Un ballo in maschera (PBS)
- Arthur Forrest - Tournament of Roses Parade (NBC)
- Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
- Richard Gottlieb - The People's Court (SYN)

Special Class Directing

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)

Outstanding Directing - Special Class

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)

1992

Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Oren Rudavsky - Saying Kaddish (ABC)
- Kirk Bergstrom and Kit Thomas - Spaceship Earth: Our Global Environment (Disney Channel)
- Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)

1993

Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
Russell Morash - The Victory Garden (PBS)
- Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

1994

Bob McKinnon - Good Morning America (ABC)
- Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Mike Gargiulo - Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)

1995

Charles Jarrott - A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story (CBS)
- Jay Gleeson, Bob McKinnon, and Dan Glovach - Good Morning America (ABC)
- Team - Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade (ABC)
- Russell Morash - The Victory Garden (PBS)
- Mike Gargiulo - Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

1996

Arthur Forrest - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Wes Kenney, Harry Hall, and Jim Eaton - CBS Soap Break (CBS)
- Russell Morash - The Victory Garden (PBS)
- Ron de Moraes - Soul Train (SYN)
- Michael Sergio - Creating The Wizard of Oz on Ice

1997

László Pal - Sailing the World Alone (PBS)
- Mike Gargiulo - Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Joel Aronowitz - Microage Fiesta Bowl Parade (CBS)
- Russell Morash - The Victory Garden (PBS)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

1998

Gary Halvorson and Alan Carter - A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas (ABC)
- Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
- Russell Morash - The Victory Garden (PBS)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

1999

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Arthur Forrest - Tournament of Roses Parade (NBC)
- Mike Gargiulo - Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)

Outstanding Special Class Directing

2000s

2000

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Mike Gargiulo - Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Glenn Weiss - Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (SYN)
- Jerry Kupcinet - Judge Judy (SYN)
- Ron de Moraes - Soul Train (ABC)

2001

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Tony Gerber - Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
- Mike Gargiulo - Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Debbie Allen - Cool Women (Romance Classics)
- Arthur Forrest - Tournament of Roses Parade (NBC)

2002

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Team - Spyder Games (MTV)
- Team - Total Request Live (MTV)
- David Stern - A Prayer for America: Yankee Stadium Memorial (SYN)
- Mike Gargiulo - Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)

2003

Gary Paben and Christopher Lincoln - Opening Ceremony Salt Lake Paralympic Winter Games (NBC)
- Joe DeMaio and Liz Patrick - Total Request Live (MTV)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Yvonne Gomez - Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular (NBC)
- Ron de Moraes - Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)

2004

Arlene Hazzan Green - Adoption Stories ("Mackenzie Grace's New Family") (Discovery Channel Health)
- David Stern - 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- David Stern, Lynn Hermstad, and George Veras - Birth Day Live! (Discovery Channel Health)

2005

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- David Stern - 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
- David Stern, Lynn Hermstad, and Debbie Miller - Birth Day Live! (Discovery Channel Health)
- Manny Rodriguez - SOAPnet Reveals ABC Soap Secrets (SOAPnet)
- Ron de Moraes and Jeff Palmer - Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)

2006

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- David Stern and Annette Jolles - 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
- Glenn Weiss - The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS (CBS)

2007

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Glenn Weiss - The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS (CBS)
- David Stern - 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)

2008

Ron de Moraes - Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- Yvonne Gomez - Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular Starring Barry Manilow (NBC)
- Beth McCarthy-Miller - Legally Blonde: The Musical (MTV)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Glenn Weiss - The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS (CBS)

2009

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Glenn Weiss - The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS (CBS)
- Connie Simmons and David Dunlop - Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop (PBS)
- Ron de Moraes - Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)

2010s

2010

David McKenzie - On the Edge: The Poverty Crisis in Africa (FOX Reality)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Ron de Moraes - Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- Don Mischer - We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (HBO)

2011

Ryan Polito - Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Alan Skog - Live from Lincoln Center ("Baroque Holiday with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center") (PBS)
- David Vos - New Orleans: Getting Back to Normal (APT)

2012

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Ryan Polito - Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- Joseph Rosendo - Travelscope (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street ("All Together Against Hunger") (PBS)

2013

Ryan Polito - Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

2014

Anne Fox - Giada in Paradise (Cooking)
- Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Ryan Polito - Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)

2015

Gary Halvorson - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Alejandra Gonzalez Anaya, Ryan Polito, and Anabel Cantú - Central American Games (ESPN Desportes)
- Gary Halvorson - Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration (ABC)

2016

Bianca Giaever - Videos 4 U: I Love You (This American Life)
- Joel Gallen - 30th Independent Spirit Awards (IFC)
- Team - Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony (Universal Sports)
- Joseph Rosendo - Digging Into the Future (PBS)
- Peter DeLuise - R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (Netflix)

2017

John Chester - SuperSoul Shorts ("Maggie the Cow") (OWN)
- Ron de Moraes - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Travis North - Lucky Dog with Brandon McMillan (CBS)
- Team - The Mind of a Chef ("Potluck Music Special") (YouTube)
- J.J. Johnson - Odd Squad: The Movie (PBS)

2018

Jay Hatcher - Disney’s Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall (Broadway HD)
- Alison McDonald - An American Girl Story ("Summer Camp, Friends for Life") (Amazon)
- Katie Elmore Mota and Carlos Reza - East Los High (Hulu)
- Jonathan Judge - Skyward (Amazon)
- John Chester - Super Soul Sunday (OWN)

2019

Norah Shapiro - Time for Ilhan (Fuse)
- Gil Marsden (director) / Brian Scotto (segment director) - The Gymkhana Files (Amazon)
- Nicolas DeGrazia - Team United - Behind the Scenes: Superheroes (United Airlines/YouTube)
- Noel Braham - Watchtower (Vimeo)
- Margarita Jimeno - Working in the Theatre (American Theatre Wing)

2020s

2020

David McKenzie - Hate Among Us (Popstar TV)
- Thomas Backer - Hearts of Heroes (SYN)
- Lance Acord - A Holiday Reunion
- Ron de Moraes - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato - Stonewall OutLoud (YouTube Originals)
- John Tomlin - This Old House: 40th Anniversary Special (PBS)
- Margarita Jimeno - Working in the Theatre (American Theatre Wing)