| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director | |
| Image Upright: | 0.7 |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Emerging Director |
| Presenter: | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| Country: | United States |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Holder: | Cord Jefferson American Fiction (2024) |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Emerging Director. The award is given to the directors for their first directorial debut.
| Year | Director | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ezra Edelman | [1] | |
| Steven Caple Jr. | The Land | ||
| Tahir Jetter | How to Tell You're a Douchebag | ||
| Rita Coburn Whack | Maya Angelou and Still I Rise | ||
| Yared Zeleke | Lamb | ||
| 2018 | Jordan Peele | Get Out | [2] |
| Maggie Betts | Novitiate | ||
| Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan | Whose Streets? | ||
| J.D. Dillard | Sleight | ||
| Malik Vitthal | Imperial Dreams | ||
| 2019 | Boots Riley | Sorry to Bother You | [3] |
| Idris Elba | Yardie | ||
| Rashida Jones | Quincy | ||
| Nijla Mumin | Jinn | ||
| Reinaldo Marcus Green | Monsters and Men |