Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program is awarded to one program each year. The category was created in 2018. Between 2003 and 2017, reality and documentary/nonfiction programs competed in a combined category.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
Winners and nominations
2000s
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming2010s
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race | "10s Across the Board" | Nick Murray | VH1 |
| 2018 | The Amazing Race | "It's Just a Million Dollars, No Pressure" | Bertram van Munster | CBS |
| 2018 | American Ninja Warrior | "Daytona Beach Qualifiers" | Patrick McManus | NBC |
| 2018 | Shark Tank | "Episode 903" | Ken Fuchs | ABC |
| 2018 | The Voice | "Live Top 11 Performances" | Alan Carter | NBC |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | Queer Eye | "Black Girl Magic" | Hisham Abed | Netflix |
| 2019 | The Amazing Race | "Who Wants a Rolex?" | Bertram van Munster | CBS |
| 2019 | American Ninja Warrior | "Minneapolis City Qualifiers" | Patrick McManus | NBC |
| 2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race | "Whatcha Unpackin?" | Nick Murray | VH1 |
| 2019 | Shark Tank | "Episode 1002" | Ken Fuchs | ABC |
2020s
Programs with multiple nominations
;8 nominations- The Amazing Race
- Project Runway
- RuPaul's Drag Race
- Shark Tank
- Top Chef
- American Idol
- American Ninja Warrior
- Queer Eye
- Survivor
Individuals with multiple nominations
- Bertram van Munster
- Ken Fuchs
- Nick Murray
- Hisham Abed
- Bruce Gowers
- Patrick McManus
- Craig Spirko
- Paul Starkman
- Glenn Weiss