Meghan Markle & Prince Harry Accept Honor astatine NAACP Image Awards
The nominations are in!
The 2023 NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced connected Jan. 12 and it's a bully play for stars similar Beyoncé and Zendaya, who each received five and 2 nods, respectively. With grant play good underway, the 54th NAACP Image Awards is present to observe the precise champion successful film, tv and music.
For this year's NAACP Image Awards, the movie with the astir nods is unsurprisingly Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earning a full of 12 nominations, including Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Ensemble Cast successful a Motion Picture. On the TV side, Abbott Elementary dominated the class with nine, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing successful a Comedy Series.
In 1 of the biggest honors of the night, Zendaya is up for Entertainer of the Year among Angela Bassett, Mary J. Blige, Quinta Brunson and Viola Davis.
Will Smith has been mostly overlooked for his show successful Emancipation, helium was nominated for a NAACP successful the class of Outstanding Actor successful a Motion Picture.
Check retired the implicit database of nominations successful recording, question pictures, tv & streaming, documentary, penning and directing categories below.
Voting is unfastened to the nationalist connected the Image Awards website. The awards ceremonial volition beryllium broadcast Feb. 25 connected BET.
Entertainer of the year
Angela Bassett
Mary J. Blige
Quinta Brunson
Viola Davis
Zendaya
RECORDING CATEGORIES
Outstanding album
age/sex/location – Ari Lennox (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
Breezy (Deluxe) – Chris Brown (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
Renaissance – Beyoncé (Parkwood/Columbia Records)
Watch the Sun – PJ Morton (Morton Records)
Outstanding soul/R&B song
"About Damn Time" – Lizzo (Atlantic Records)
"Cuff It" – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
"Good Morning Gorgeous" Remix – Mary J. Blige feat. H.E.R. (300)
"Hurt Me So Good" – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)
"Lift Me Up" – Rihanna (Def Jam Recordings)
Outstanding hep hop/rap song
"Billie Eilish" – Armani White (Def Jam Recordings)
"City of Gods" – Fivio Foreign (Columbia Records)
"Hotel Lobby" – Quavo, Takeoff (Motown Records/Quality Control Music)
"The Heart Part 5" – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
"Wait for U" – Future feat. Drake and Tems (Epic Records)
Outstanding antheral artist
Brent Faiyaz – Wasteland (Lost Kids)
Burna Boy – Love, Damini (Atlantic Records)
Chris Brown – Breezy (Deluxe) (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Drake – Honestly, Nevermind (OVO/Republic Records)
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
Outstanding pistillate artist
Ari Lennox – age/sex/location (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
Beyoncé – Renaissance (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
Chlöe – Surprise (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
Jazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So Good (RCA Records)
SZA – S.O.S. (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
Outstanding duo, radical oregon collaboration (traditional)
Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer – "Die Hard" (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
Mary J. Blige feat. H.E.R. – "Good Morning Gorgeous" remix (300)
PJ Morton feat. Alex Isley and Jill Scott – "Still Believe" (Morton Records)
Silk Sonic – "Love's Train" (Atlantic Records)
Summer Walker, Cardi B, and SZA – "No Love" (LVRN/Interscope Records
Outstanding duo, radical oregon collaboration (contemporary)
Beyoncé feat. Grace Jones and Tems – "Move" (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
Chris Brown feat. Wizkid – "Call Me Every Day" (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
City Girls feat. Usher – "Good Love" (Motown Records/Quality Control Music)
Future feat. Drake and Tems – "Wait for U" (Epic Records)
Latto feat. Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled – "Big Energy" remix (RCA Records)
Outstanding caller artist
Adam Blackstone – Legacy (BASSic Black Entertainment Records/Anderson Music Group/Empire)
Armani White – "Billie Eilish" (Def Jam Recordings)
Coco Jones – "ICU" (Def Jam Recordings)
Fivio Foreign – B.I.B.L.E (Columbia Records)
Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights (RCA Records)
Outstanding euphony video/visual album
"About Damn Time" – Lizzo (Atlantic Records)
"Be Alive" – Beyoncé (Columbia Records/ Parkwood Entertainment)
"Lift Me Up" – Rihanna (Def Jam Recordings)
"Lord Forgive Me" feat. Fat, Pharrell and Olu of Earthgang – Tobe Nwigwe (The Good Stewards Collective)
"The Heart Part 5" – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
Outstanding soundtrack/compilation album
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Dave Jordan (Hollywood Records)
Bridgerton Season Two (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) – Kris Bowers (Capitol Records)
Entergalactic – Kid Cudi (Republic Records)
P-Valley: Season 2 (Music From the Original TV Series) – Various Artists (Lions Gate Records)
The Woman King – Terence Blanchard (Milan Records)
Outstanding planetary song
"Bad to Me" – Wizkid (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International)
"Diana" – Fireboy DML, Chris Brown, Shenseea (YBNL Nation / EMPIRE)
"Last Last" – Burna Boy (Atlantic Records)
"No Woman No Cry" – Tems (Def Jam Recordings)
"Stand Strong" – Davido feat. Sunday Service Choir (RCA Records/Sony Music UK)
Outstanding gospel/Christian album
All Things New – Tye Tribbett (Motown Gospel)
Hymns – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)
Kingdom Book One – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin (Tribl Records, Fo Yo Soul Recordings and RCA Inspiration)
My Life – James Fortune (FIYA World/MNRK Music Group)
The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University (TSU/Tymple)
Outstanding gospel/Christian song
"All successful Your Hands" – Marvin Sapp (Elev8 Media & Entertainment LLC)
"Fly (Y.M.M.F.)" – Tennessee State University (TSU/Tymple)
"Positive" – Erica Campbell (My Block Inc.)
"Whole World successful His Hands" – MAJOR. (MNRK Music Group)
"Your World" – Jonathan McReynolds (MNRK Music Group)
Outstanding jazz medium – instrumental
Detour – Boney James (Concord Records)
JID014 (Jazz Is Dead) – Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
The Funk Will Prevail – Kaelin Ellis (NCH Music)
The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni – Javon Jackson (Solid Jackson Records)
Thrill Ride – Ragan Whiteside (Randis Music)
Outstanding jazz medium – vocal
Legacy – Adam Blackstone (BASSic Black Entertainment Records / Anderson Music Group / Empire)
Linger Awhile – Samara Joy (Verve Records)
Love and the Catalyst – Aimée Allen (Azuline)
New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington (Candid Records)
The Evening : Live astatine Apparatus – The Baylor Project (Be A Light)
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
Outstanding question picture
A Jazzman's Blues (Netflix)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Emancipation (Apple TV)
The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Outstanding histrion successful a question picture
Daniel Kaluuya – Nope (Universal Pictures)
Jonathan Majors – Devotion (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Joshua Boone – A Jazzman's Blues (Netflix)
Sterling K. Brown – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
Will Smith – Emancipation (Apple)
Outstanding histrion successful a question picture
Danielle Deadwyler – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Keke Palmer – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
Viola Davis – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a question picture
Aldis Hodge – Black Adam (Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema)
Cliff "Method Man" Smith – On the Come Up (Paramount Pictures)
Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
John Boyega – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Tenoch Huerta – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a question picture
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Danai Gurira – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Lashana Lynch – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Outstanding autarkic question picture
Breaking (Bleecker Street)
Causeway (Apple TV)
Mr. Malcolm's List (Bleecker Street)
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
The Inspection (A24)
Outstanding planetary question picture
Athena (Netflix)
Bantú Mama (ARRAY)
Broker (NEON)
Learn to Swim (ARRAY)
The Silent Twins (Focus Features)
Outstanding breakthrough show successful a question picture
Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Joshua Boone – A Jazzman's Blues (Netflix)
Ledisi – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
Y'lan Noel – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
Yola – Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding ensemble formed successful a question picture
A Jazzman's Blues (Netflix)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Emancipation (Apple TV)
The Woman King (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Outstanding animated question picture
DC League of Super- Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
Guillermo del Toro's - Pinocchio (Netflix)
Puss successful Boots: The Last Wish (Universal Pictures)
Turning Red (Pixar Animation Studios)
Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
Outstanding quality voice-over show – question representation
Angela Bassett – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
Keke Palmer – Lightyear (Walt Disney Studios)
Kevin Hart – DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
Lyric Ross – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
Taraji P. Henson – Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding short-form (live action)
Dear Mama… (Film Independent)
Fannie (Chromatic Black)
Fathead (University of Southern California)
Incomplete (20th Century Digital, Hulu)
Pens & Pencils (Wavelength Productions/Black TV & Film Collective)
Outstanding short-form (animated)
I Knew Superman (Houghtonville Animation)
More Than I Want to Remember (MTV Entertainment Studios)
Supercilious (York Cinemas)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Apple Studios)
We Are Here (271 Films)
Outstanding breakthrough originative (motion picture)
Elvis Mitchell – Is That Black Enough for You?!? (Netflix)
Ericka Nicole Malone – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
Mo McRae – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
Stephen Adetumbi, Jarrett Roseborough – This Is My Black (Campus of Pine Forge Academy)
TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES
Outstanding drama series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Atlanta (FX)
black-ish (ABC)
Rap Sh!t (HBO Max)
The Wonder Years (ABC)
Outstanding histrion successful a drama series
Anthony Anderson – black-ish (ABC)
Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood (CBS)
Donald Glover – Atlanta (FX)
Dulé Hill – The Wonder Years (ABC)
Mike Epps – The Upshaws (Netflix)
Outstanding histrion successful a drama series
Loretta Devine – Family Reunion (Netflix)
Maya Rudolph – Loot (Apple TV+)
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood (CBS)
Tracee Ellis Ross – black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a drama series
Brian Tyree Henry – Atlanta (FX)
Deon Cole – black-ish (ABC)
Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a drama series
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Jenifer Lewis – black-ish (ABC)
Marsai Martin – black-ish (ABC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws (Netflix)
Outstanding play series
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Bridgerton (Netflix)
Euphoria (HBO Max)
P-Valley (Starz)
Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Outstanding histrion successful a play series
Damson Idris – Snowfall (FX)
Jabari Banks – Bel-Air (Peacock)
Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Nicco Annan – P-Valley (Starz)
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)
Outstanding histrion successful a play series
Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 (FOX)
Brandee Evans – P-Valley (Starz)
Queen Latifah – The Equalizer (CBS)
Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO Max)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a play series
Adrian Holmes – Bel-Air (Peacock)
Amin Joseph – Snowfall (FX)
Caleb McLaughlin – Stranger Things (Netflix)
Cliff "Method Man" Smith – Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)
J. Alphonse Nicholson – P-Valley (Starz)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a play series
Adjoa Andoh – Bridgerton (Netflix)
Bianca Lawson – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Loretta Devine – P-Valley (Starz)
Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us (NBC)
Tina Lifford – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Outstanding tv movie, limited-series oregon melodramatic special
Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons (BET Networks)
From Scratch (Netflix)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
Women of the Movement (ABC)
Outstanding histrion successful a tv movie, limited-series oregon melodramatic special
Morris Chestnut – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
Samuel L. Jackson – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
Terrence Howard – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
Trevante Rhodes – Mike (Hulu)
Wendell Pierce – Don't Hang Up (Bounce TV)
Outstanding histrion successful a tv movie, limited-series oregon melodramatic special
Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
Regina Hall – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
Sanaa Lathan – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
Viola Davis – The First Lady (Showtime)
Zoe Saldaña – From Scratch (Netflix)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a tv movie, limited-series oregon melodramatic special
Glynn Turman – Women of the Movement (ABC)
Keith David – From Scratch (Netflix)
Omar Benson Miller – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
Russell Hornsby – Mike (Hulu)
Terrence "TC" Carson – A Wesley Christmas (AMC)
Outstanding supporting histrion successful a tv movie, limited-series oregon melodramatic special
Alexis Floyd – Inventing Anna (Netflix)
Danielle Deadwyler – From Scratch (Netflix)
Melissa De Sousa – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
Nia Long – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
Phylicia Rashad – Little America (Apple TV+)
Outstanding news/information (series oregon special)
#RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Votes Matter Election Night 2022 Coverage (Black Star Network/YouTube)
ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts (ABC)
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)
OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis – The Woman King (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
The Hair Tales (Hulu)
Outstanding speech series
Hart to Heart (Peacock)
Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
Sherri (Syndicated)
Tamron Hall (ABC)
Uninterrupted: The Shop (YouTube)
Outstanding world program, world contention oregon crippled amusement (series)
Legendary (HBO Max)
Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Studios)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Sweet Life: Los Angeles (HBO Max)
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo)
Outstanding assortment amusement (series oregon special)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO Max)
BET Awards 2022 (BET Networks)
Deon Cole: Charleen's Boy (Netflix)
Martin: The Reunion (BET Networks)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Outstanding children's program
Family Reunion (Netflix)
Raising Dion (Netflix)
Raven's Home (Disney+)
Tab Time (YouTube Originals)
Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant (Netflix)
Outstanding show by a younker (series, special, tv movie oregon limited-series)
Alaya "That Girl Lay Lay" High – That Girl Lay Lay (Nickelodeon)
Cameron J. Wright – Family Reunion (Netflix)
Elisha Williams – The Wonder Years (ABC)
Khali Spraggins – The Upshaws (Netflix)
Ja'Siah Young – Raising Dion (Netflix)
Outstanding big successful a speech oregon news/information (series oregon special) – idiosyncratic oregon ensemble
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
Jennifer Hudson – The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated)
Kevin Hart – Hart to Heart (Peacock)
Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News (NBC)
Tracee Ellis Ross – The Hair Tales (Hulu)
Outstanding big successful a reality/reality competition, crippled amusement oregon assortment (series oregon special) – idiosyncratic oregon ensemble
Keke Palmer – Password (NBC)
Lizzo – Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Studios)
Tabitha Brown – Tab Time (YouTube Originals)
Taraji P. Henson – BET Awards 2022 (BET Networks)
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Outstanding impermanent performance
Amanda Gorman – Sesame Street (HBO Max)
Chance the Rapper – South Side (HBO Max)
Colman Domingo – Euphoria (HBO Max)
Glynn Turman – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Gabourey Sidibe – American Horror Stories (FX)
Outstanding Animated Series
Central Park (Apple TV+)
Eureka! (Disney Junior)
Gracie's Corner TV (YouTube)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Zootopia+ (Disney+)
Outstanding quality voice-over show (television)
Billy Porter – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Cedric the Entertainer – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Chris Bridges – Karma's World (Netflix)
Cree Summer – Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Outstanding abbreviated signifier bid – drama oregon play
Between The Scenes – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans (Facebook Watch)
Rise Up, Sing Out (Disney+)
Sunday Dinner (Youtube)
Zootopia+ (Disney+)
Outstanding abbreviated signifier bid oregon peculiar – reality/nonfiction
Black Independent Films: A Brief History (Turner Classic Movies)
Daring Simone Biles (Snap)
Historian's Take (PBS)
NFL 360 (NFL Network)
Omitted: The Black Cowboy (ESPN)
Outstanding breakthrough originative (television)
Amy Wang – From Scratch (Netflix)
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred (FX)
Hannah Cope – Karma's World (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Syreeta Singleton – Rap Sh!t (HBO Max)
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES
Outstanding documentary (film)
Civil (Netflix)
Descendant (Netflix)
Is That Black Enough For You?!? (Netflix)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (Apple TV+)
Sidney (Apple TV+)
Outstanding documentary (television)
Black Love (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Everything's Gonna beryllium All White (Showtime)
Frontline (PBS)
Race: Bubba Wallace (Netflix)
Shaq (HBO Max)
WRITING CATEGORIES
Outstanding penning successful a drama series
Aisha Muharrar – Hacks – "Episode 206" (HBO Max)
Ayo Edebiri, Shana Gohd – What We bash successful the Shadows – "Episode 405" (FX)
Brittani Nichols – Abbott Elementary – "Student Transfer" (ABC)
Karen Joseph Adcock – The Bear – "Episode 105" (FX)
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary – "Development Day" (ABC)
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Outstanding penning successful a play series
Aurin Squire – The Good Fight – "Episode 603" (Paramount+)
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred – "Episode 101" (FX)
Davita Scarlett – The Good Fight – "Episode 604" (Paramount+)
Joshua Allen – From Scratch – "Episode 105" (Netflix)
Marissa Jo Cerar – Women of the Movement – "Episode 101" (ABC)
Outstanding penning successful a tv movie oregon special
Bree West – A Wesley Christmas (BET Networks)
Ian Edelman, Maurice Williams – Entergalactic (Netflix)
Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO Max)
Lil Rel Howery – Lil Rel Howery: I said it. Y'all Thinking it (HBO Max)
Matt Lopez – Father of the Bride (HBO Max)
Outstanding penning successful a question picture
Charles Murray – The Devil You Know (Lionsgate)
Dana Stevens, Maria Bello – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Jordan Peele – Nope (Universal Pictures)
Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
DIRECTING CATEGORIES
Outstanding directing successful a drama series
Angela Barnes – Atlanta – "The Homeliest Little Horse" (FX)
Bridget Stokes – A Black Lady Sketch Show – "Save My Edges, I'm a Donor!" (HBO Max)
Dee Rees – Upload – "Hamoodi" (Amazon Studios)
Iona Morris Jackson – black-ish – "If A Black Man Cries successful the Woods" (ABC)
Pete Chatmon – The Flight Attendant – "Drowning Women" (HBO Max)
Outstanding directing successful a play series
Debbie Allen – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – "Robyn" (Apple TV+)
Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul – "Axe and Grind" (AMC)
Gina Prince-Bythewood – Women of the Movement – "Mother and Son" (ABC)
Hanelle Culpepper – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – "Sensia" (Apple TV+)
Kasi Lemmons – Women of the Movement – "Episode 106" (ABC)
Outstanding directing successful a tv movie oregon special
Anton Cropper – Fantasy Football (Paramount+)
Marta Cunningham – 61st Street (AMC)
Sujata Day – Definition Please (Netflix)
Tailiah Breon – Kirk Franklin's The Night Before Christmas (Lifetime)
Tine Fields – Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising (ABC)
Outstanding directing successful a question picture
Antoine Fuqua – Emancipation (Apple)
Chinonye Chukwu – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Kasi Lemmons – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Outstanding directing successful a documentary (television oregon question picture)
Nadia Hallgren – Civil (Netflix)
Reginald Hudlin – Sidney (Apple TV+)
Sacha Jenkins – Everything's Gonna Be All White (Showtime)
Sacha Jenkins – Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (Apple TV+)
W. Kamau Bell – We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)