Black Women Earned Record Emmy Directing Noms as Asian Auteurs Made Gains. Will Wins Follow?

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

Chief Awards Editor

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One of the most consequential storylines of this Emmy season involves the ones who say, “Action!”

Black women hold five directing nominations across three categories this year, the most the Television Academy has ever recognized in a single cycle. Salli Richardson-Whitfield is nominated twice in drama directing, for HBO Max’s “The Gilded Age” and “Task,” alongside Hanelle Culpepper for the Hulu dystopian thriller “Paradise.” Ricki Hughes earned a nod for helming the variety special “Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable,” and Alexandria Stapleton is nominated for the documentary series “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” both from Netflix.

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