Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs is one of the annual awards given by the Directors Guild of America.^[1]

Winners and nominees

2000s

• 2005 (category's first appearance): Tony Croll – Three Wishes for "Episode: Pilot" & J. Rupert Thompson – Fear Factor for "Episode: Heist Fear Factor" (tie)
  • Ross Breitenbach – Brat Camp for "Episode: #104"
  • Starling Price – Penn & Teller: Bullshit! for "Episode: Circumcision"
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode: #805"
• 2006: Tony Sacco – Treasure Hunters for "Episode: #101"
  • Bobbie Birleffi – Texas Ranch House for "Episode: The Good, the Bad & the Colonel"
  • J. Rupert Thompson – Fear Factor for "Episode: Military Fear Factor"
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode: #102"
  • Tim Warren – Pros vs. Joes for "Episode: #101"
• 2007: Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode: #1110"
  • Craig Borders – Who Wants to Be a Superhero? for "Episode: #208"
  • Tony Croll – Shooting Sizemore for "Episode: #101"
  • Scott Messick – Pros vs. Joes for "Episode: #201"
  • Tony Sacco – Project Runway for "Episode: Fashion Giant"
• 2008: Tony Croll – America's Next Top Model for "Episode: 1002"
  • Scott Messick – Pros vs. Joes for "Episode: #301"
  • J. Rupert Thompson – Estate of Panic for "Episode: That Sinking Feeling"
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode: #1303"
  • Kent Weed – I Survived a Japanese Game Show for "Episode: A Long Way From Home"
• 2009: Craig Borders – Extreme Engineering for "Episode: Hong Kong Bridge"
  • Sueann Fincke – Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan for "Episode: Puppy Mills Exposed"
  • Eytan Keller – The Next Iron Chef for "Episode: 201"
  • Zach Merck – Six Beers of Separation
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode: Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me"

2010s

• 2010: Eytan Keller – The Next Iron Chef for "Episode: #301"
  • Hisham Abed – The Hills for "Episode: #601
  • Bryan O'Donnell – Private Chefs of Beverly Hills (Episode: "Challah Back")
  • Brian Smith – MasterChef for "Episode: #103"
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode: I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?"
• 2011: Neil P. DeGroot – The Biggest Loser for "Episode: 1115"
  • Eytan Keller – The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs for "Episode: 401"
  • Brian Smith – MasterChef for "Episode: 201"
  • J. Rupert Thompson – Fear Factor 2.0 for "Episode: Scorpion Tales"
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode: You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win?"
• 2012: Brian Smith – MasterChef for "Episode: #305"
  • Tony Croll – America's Next Top Model for "Episode: The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model"
  • Peter Ney – Face Off for "Episode: Scene of the Crime"
  • J. Rupert Thompson – Stars Earn Stripes for "Episode: Amphibious Assault"
  • Tim Warren – Ink Master for "Episode: 103"
• 2013: Neil P. DeGroot – 72 Hours for "The Lost Coast"
  • Matthew Bartley – The Biggest Loser for "1501"
  • Paul Starkman – Top Chef for "Glacial Gourmand"
  • J. Rupert Thompson – The Hero for "Teamwork"
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Beards in the Wind"
• 2014: Anthony B. Sacco – The Chair for "The Test"
  • Bertram van Munster, Jack Cannon, and Elise Doganieri – The Quest for "One True Hero"
  • Neil DeGroot – The Biggest Loser for "Episode 1613"
  • Steve Hryniewicz – Top Chef for "The First Thanksgiving"
  • Adam Vetri – Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge for "Welcome to the Gun Show"
• 2015: Adam Vetri – Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge for "Gods of War"
  • Brady Connell – The Great Christmas Light Fight for "Episode 304"
  • Ken Fuchs – Shark Tank for "702"
  • Steve Hryniewicz – Cutthroat Kitchen for "Superstar Sabotage Finale: It’s Raining Ramen"
  • Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Bring the Fun, Baby!"

Most nominations

• Bertram van Munster (7)
• J. Rupert Thompson (5)
• Tony Croll (4)
• Brian Smith (3)
• Anthony B. Sacco (Tony) (3)

Most wins

• Tony Croll (2)

References

External links

• Official DGA website