Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Children's Series
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Children's Series is an Emmy award honoring direction in children's television programming. Since 1979, direction in children's series and specials competed in the same category. However, by the nineties, separate categories were created for the two mediums.
Winners and Nominees
Winners in bold. For "Individual Achievement" categories, only nominees relevant to this page are listed.Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming
1970s
1979- Larry Elikann - ABC Afterschool Special
1980s
- Anthony Lover - ABC Afterschool Special
- Arthur Allan Seidelman - ABC Afterschool Special
- J. Philip Miller - 3-2-1 Contact
- Joseph Consentino - Big Blue Marble
- Tom Trbovich - Hot Hero Sandwich
- John Herzfeld - ABC Afterschool Special
- Don Roy King - Kids Are People Too
Outstanding Individual Direction in Children's Programming
1980s
1982- Arthur Allan Seidelman - ABC Afterschool Special
- Jeff Bleckner - ABC Afterschool Special
- Jim Hirschfeld - Captain Kangaroo
- Sharron Miller - ABC Afterschool Special
- Jim Hirschfeld - Captain Kangaroo
- Jon Stone - Sesame Street
- Robert Mandel - ABC Afterschool Special
- Harry Harris - ABC Afterschool Special
- Claudia Weill - ABC Afterschool Special
- Marc Daniels - ABC Weekend Special
Outstanding Directing in Children's Programming
1980s
1985- Joan Darling - ABC Afterschool Special
- Henry Winkler - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Jon Stone - Sesame Street
- Martin Sheen - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Gary Halvorson - Kids Incorporated
- Lisa Simon - Sesame Street
- Emily Squires - Sesame Street
- Jon Stone - Sesame Street
- Dan F. Smith - Square One Television
- Kevin Hooks - ABC Afterschool Special
- Stephen R. Johnson - Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Jon Stone, Emily Squires, Lisa Simon - Sesame Street
- Jeffrey D. Brown - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Ozzie Alfonso - 3-2-1 Contact
- Kevin Hooks - ABC Afterschool Specials
- Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Dan F. Smith - Square One TV
Special Class Directing
1980s
1989- Sandy Smolan - ABC Afterschool Special
- Ron Underwood, John Clark Matthews - ABC Weekend Special
- Jesús Salvador Treviño - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Michael Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Parade
- Joel Aronowitz - CBS Cotton Bowl Parade
- Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Outstanding Achievement in Directing - Special Class
1990s
1990- Victoria Hochberg - Sweet 15
- Diane Keaton - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Helen Whitney - ABC Afterschool Special
- Jerry Evans and Martin Pasetta - Trial by Jury
- Kristoffer Tabori - ABC Afterschool Special
- Piers Haggard - Back Home
- Daniel Taplitz -
- Thomas G. Smith and John Clark Matthews - ABC Weekend Special
- Al Waxman - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Timothy Regler - The People's Court
- Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Bernie Hargis - Winds of Freedom
- Susan Rohrer - CBS Schoolbreak Special
Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special
1990s
1992- David Cobham - Woof!
- Ozzie Alfonso - 3-2-1 Contact
- Gordon Edelstein - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Michael Rubbo - Vincent and Me
- David J. Eagle - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- László Pal - Journey to Spirit Island
- Savage Steve Holland - ABC Weekend Specials
- Juan José Campanella - '
- John Watkin and Eamon Harrington - ABC Afterschool Specials
- Strathford Hamilton - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- John Watkin and Eamon Harrington - ABC Afterschool Special
- Gina Prince-Bythewood - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Juan José Campanella - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Michael Ryan and Ellen Stokes - Eagle Scout: The Story of Henry Nicols
- Chuck Blore - The New Adventures of Mother Goose
- Juan José Campanella - '
- Victor Du Bois - ABC Afterschool Special
- John Watkin and Eamon Harrington - ABC Afterschool Specials
- Dianah Wynter - ABC Afterschool Special
- Emily Squires - Elmo Saves Christmas
- Stephen Williams - Shadow Zone: The Undead Express
2000s
2000- Donna Deitch - The Devil's Arithmetic
- Richard Mozer - Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist
- Clement Virgo - The Planet of Junior Brown
- Vic Sarin - Sea People
- Helen Shaver - Summer's End
- Paul A. Kaufman - Run the Wild Fields
- Peter Masterson - Mermaid
- Ernest Thompson - Out of Time
- Bradley Wigor - The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
- Ivan Passer - The Wishing Tree
- Adam Arkin - My Louisiana Sky
- Eric Stoltz - My Horrible Year!
- Bruce Davison - Off Season
- Richard Friedenberg - Snow in August
- Guy Ferland - Bang Bang You're Dead
- Danny Glover - Just a Dream
- Gregory Hines - The Red Sneakers
Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special
2000s
2004- Salma Hayek - The Maldonado Miracle
- Paul Johansson - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series
1980s
1989- Ozzie Alfonso - 3-2-1 Contact
- Matthew Diamond - Shining Time Station
- Dana Calderwood - Double Dare
- Joseph Behar - Fun House
1990s
- Mike Gargiulo and Charles S. Dubin - Square One Television
- John Paragon and Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Dean Parisot - Reading Rainbow
- Team - Sesame Street
- Gregory Lehane - Shining Time Station
- Brian Henson and Michael Kerrigan - Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories
- John Paragon and Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Team - Reading Rainbow
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - Reading Rainbow
- Team - Sesame Street
- Gregory Lehane - Shining Time Station
- Team - Square One Television
- Ed Wiseman and Mark Mannucci - Reading Rainbow
- Gary Halvorson - Adventures in Wonderland
- Team - The All-New Mickey Mouse Club
- Team - Sesame Street
- Dana Calderwood - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Ed Wiseman and Mark Mannucci - Reading Rainbow
- Lee Bernhardi - The All-New Mickey Mouse Club
- Dana Calderwood - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Team - Sesame Street
- Jim Rowley and Bruce Deck - Barney & Friends
- Team - Sesame Street
- Gary Halvorson and David Grossman - Adventures in Wonderland
- Hugh Martin - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Ed Wiseman and Mark Mannucci - Reading Rainbow
- Jay Dubin - Beakman's World
- Team - Adventures in Wonderland
- Team - Reading Rainbow
- Andrew Carl Wilk - Really Wild Animals
- Team - Sesame Street
- Tom Trbovich and Ed Wiseman - The Puzzle Place
- Hugh Martin - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Team - Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Jay Dubin - Beakman's World
- Team - Reading Rainbow
- Team - Sesame Street
- David Turner - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Team - Sesame Street
- Jay Dubin - Beakman's World
- Team - Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Team - Reading Rainbow
- David Turner - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Michael Gross and Darrell Suto - Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Team - Barney & Friends
- Alan Zdinak and Paul Zehrer - Blue's Clues
- Team - Reading Rainbow
- Team - Sesame Street
2000s
- Team - Bear in the Big Blue House
- Team - Blue’s Clues
- Team - Bill Nye, the Science Guy
- Team - Sesame Street
- Jesse Collins - Zoboomafoo
- Jacques Laberge and Pierre Roy - Zoboomafoo
- Team - Blue’s Clues
- Team - Reading Rainbow
- Team - Sesame Street
- Mitchell Kriegman and Dean Gordon - The Book of Pooh
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - Blue's Clues
- Ed Wiseman - Reading Rainbow
- Bob Comiskey - Zoom
- Mitchell Kriegman and Dean Gordon - Bear in the Big Blue House
- Team - Between the Lions
- Team - Blue’s Clues
- Ed Wiseman - Reading Rainbow
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - Bear in the Big Blue House
- Team - Between the Lions
- Richard A. Fernandes and Maureen Thorp - Out of the Box
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - Blue's Clues
- Team - The Book of Pooh
- Bob Comiskey - Zoom
- Bob Comiskey - Zoom
- Fred Holmes and Jim Rowley - Barney & Friends
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - It's a Big Big World
- Magnús Scheving and Jonathan Judge - LazyTown
- Dorothy Dickie - Design Squad
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - Blue's Room
- Team - Sesame Street
- Gary Halvorson - From the Top at Carnegie Hall
2010s
- Team - Sesame Street
- Dorothy Dickie - Design Squad
- Team - The Electric Company
- Team - Sesame Street
- Erren Gottlieb and James McKenna - Biz Kid$
- Ryan McFaul - The Electric Company
- Team - Sesame Street
- Dorothy Dickie - Design Squad
- Ryan McFaul - The Electric Company
- Neill Fearnley and Ken Friss - '
- Team - Sesame Street
- Team - '
- Ken Friss and James Head - Spooksville
- Team - Odd Squad
- J.J. Johnson and Steve Scaini - Annedroids
- Jason deVilliers, Christian Jacobs, and Hugh Martin - Mutt & Stuff
- Team - Sesame Street
- Scott Schultz - Yo Gabba Gabba!
- Team - Sesame Street
- J.J. Johnson - Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures
- Team - Mutt & Stuff
- Team - Odd Squad
- Richard Rotter - Terrific Trucks Save Christmas
- Team - Free Rein
- Julie’s Greenroom
- Odd Squad
- Sesame Street
- Top Chef Junior