OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

Scott Winant for (“Crawl Space”), Breaking Bad

Vince Gilligan for (“Face Off)”, Breaking Bad

Neil Marshall for (“Blackwater”), Game of Thrones

Michael Cuesta for (“Pilot”), Homeland

Matthew Weiner for (“The Phantom”), Mad Men

AND THE WINNER IS:

NEIL MARSHALL FOR ("BLACKWATER"), GAME OF THRONES

Last Year’s Winner: Martin Scorsese for (“Boardwalk Empire”), Boardwalk Empire

This is the fIrst win for Neil Marshall on his first nomination for his work on Game of Thrones.

Blackwater was such an event this season of Game of Thrones with Neil Marshall directing the episode being one of the best parts of the episode. The direction was tense throughout as we saw how on the battlefront the camera would have some great cuts back and fourth and then to the women of King’s Landing just scared of doom and each part of the episode was well directed alone and especially together which is why Marshall wins this award.

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2000: Joss Whedon for (“Hush”), Buffy: The Vampire Slayer

2001: Joss Whedon for (“The Body”), Buffy: The Vampire Slayer

2002: Alan Ball for (“Pilot”), Six Feet Under

2003: Clark Johnson for (“The Target”), The Wire

2004: Walter Hill for (“Pilot”), Deadwood

2005: J. J. Abrams for (“Pilot”), Lost

2006: Alan Ball for (“Everybody’s Waiting”), Six Feet Under

2007: Peter Berg for (“Pilot”), Friday Night Lights

2008: Clark Johnson for (“-30-“), The Wire

2009: Phil Abraham for (“The Jet Set”), Mad Men

2010: Michelle MacLaren for (“One Minute”), Breaking Bad

2011: Martin Scorsese for (“Boardwalk Empire”), Boardwalk Empire