2016 Image Awards Nominations - Writing and Directing Categories

The NAACP announced nominees for its 47th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television).  Winners will be announced February 5, 2016 during a ceremony airing live on TV One.

2016 / 47th NAACP Image Awards nominees - Writing and Directing categories:

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Alan Yang, Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Parents (Netflix)
• Jennie Snyder Urman – “Jane The Virgin” – Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)
• Jill Soloway – “Transparent” – Kina Hora (Amazon Video)
• Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico – “Key & Peele” – Y’all Ready For This? (Comedy Central)
• Kenya M. Barris – “black-ish” – The Word (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Erika Green Swafford, Doug Stockstill – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Mama’s Here Now (ABC)
• John Ridley – “American Crime” – Episode 1 (ABC)
• LaToya Morgan – “TURN: Washingtons Spies” – False Flag (AMC)
• Lee Daniels, Danny Strong – “Empire” – Pilot (FOX)
• Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff – “Being Mary Jane” – Sparrow (BET)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)
Dee Rees – “Bessie” (HBO)
Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo – “The Book of Negroes” (BET)
Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein – “White Water” (TV One)
Nzingha Stewart – “With this Ring” (Lifetime)
Shem Bitterman – “Whitney” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

• Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
• Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson – “McFarland USA” (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – “Inside Out” (Disney/Pixar)
• Rick Famuyiwa – “Dope” (Open Road Films)
• Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Parents (Netflix)
• Brad Silberling – “Jane The Virgin” – Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)
• Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” – The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule (Showtime)
• Peter Atencio – “Key & Peele” – The End (Comedy Central)
• Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – Cabin Pressure (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Ernest Dickerson – “Hand of God” – Welcome the Stranger (Amazon Video)
John Ridley – “American Crime” – Episode 1 (ABC)
Lee Daniels – “Empire” – Pilot (FOX)
Millicent Shelton – “American Crime” – Episode Ten (ABC)
Salim Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Sparrow (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Christine Swanson – “For the Love of Ruth” (TV One)
Dee Rees – “Bessie” (HBO)
Nzingha Stewart – “With this Ring” (Lifetime)
Rusty Cundieff – “White Water” (TV One)
Salim Akil – “The Start Up” (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Film)

• Alfonso Gomez-Rejon – “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Rhode Island Ave)
• Charles Stone, III – “Lila and Eve” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
• F. Gary Gray – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
• Rick Famuyiwa – “Dope” (Open Road Films)
• Ryan Coogler – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

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