Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series 1981
33rd Primetime Emmy Awards · held September 13, 1981 · 6 nominees
- Winner Robert Butler · Hill Street Station from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Corey Allen · Jungle Madness from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Burt Brinckerhoff · Pack from Lou Grant
- Nominee Mel Damski · Pilot from American Dream
- Nominee Gene Reynolds · Strike from Lou Grant
- Nominee Georg Stanford Brown · Up in Arms from Hill Street Blues
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