Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director
Award presented annually by the Black Reel Awards
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This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director. The award is given to the directors for their first directorial debut.
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AwardedforOutstanding Emerging Director
CountryUnited States
PresentedbyBlack Reel Awards (BRAs)
Firstaward2017
| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: RaMell Ross | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Emerging Director |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| First award | 2017 |
| Most recent winner | RaMell Ross Nickel Boys (2025) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
Winners and nominees
2010s
| Year | Director | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ezra Edelman | O.J.: Made in America | [1] |
| Steven Caple Jr. | The Land | ||
| Tahir Jetter | How to Tell You're a Douchebag | ||
| Rita Coburn Whack | Maya Angelou and Still I Rise | ||
| Yared Zeleke | Lamb | ||
| 2018 | Jordan Peele | Get Out | [2] |
| Maggie Betts | Novitiate | ||
| Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan | Whose Streets? | ||
| J.D. Dillard | Sleight | ||
| Malik Vitthal | Imperial Dreams | ||
| 2019 | Boots Riley | Sorry to Bother You | [3] |
| Idris Elba | Yardie | ||
| Rashida Jones | Quincy | ||
| Nijla Mumin | Jinn | ||
| Reinaldo Marcus Green | Monsters and Men |