Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, TV Movie or Limited Series

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, TV Movie or Limited Series
Awarded forOutstanding Screenplay, TV Movie or Limited Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards
First awarded2000
Currently held byEugene Ashe
Sylvie's Love (2021)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay of a Television Movie or Limited Series. As of the 2016 ceremony, Reggie Rock Bythewood is the only writer to win the award twice and David Simon is the only other person to have achieved a second nomination. In May 2017 the category was moved from the film awards as part of the Black Reel Awards for Television honors thus resulting in two separate winners in 2017.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year Writer Film Network Ref
2000
Ernest J. Gaines A Lesson Before Dying HBO [1]
Annie Elizabeth Delany and Sarah Louise Delany Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years CBS
Amy Schor Ferris, Ron Stacker Thompson and Ashley Tyler Funny Valentines HBO
Charles Fuller Love Songs Showtime
2001
David Simon and David Mills The Corner HBO [2]
Tina Andrews Sally Hemings: American Scandal PBS
Lisa Jones and Terry McMillan Disappearing Acts HBO
Stewart St. John Seventeen Again Showtime
Cheryl West Holiday Heart Showtime
2002
Reggie Rock Bythewood Dancing in September HBO [3]
Catherine Crouch and Cheryl Dunye Stranger Inside HBO
Lee Davis 3 A.M. Showtime
Shauneille Perry The Old Settler PBS
Roger Guenveur Smith A Huey P. Newton Story Starz
2003
Paris Qualles The Rosa Parks Story CBS [4]
David Isay, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman Our America Showtime
Art Washington Keep the Faith, Baby Showtime
2004
Frank Military and Richard Wesley Deacons for Defense Showtime [5]
Bill Cain Sounder ABC
Trey Ellis Good Fences Showtime
2005
J.T. Allen Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story FX [6]
Lisa Gay Hamilton Beah: A Black Woman Speaks HBO
Jim McKay Everyday People HBO
2006
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Lackawanna Blues HBO [7]
Kevin Arkadie, Stephen Langford and Dawn Urbont Miracle's Boys TeenNick
Suzan-Lori Parks, Misan Sagay and Bobby Smith Jr. Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC
Raoul Peck Sometimes in April HBO
Alex Tse Sucker Free City Showtime
2007
Ernie Contreras, Marcus DeLeon and Timothy J. Sexton Walkout HBO [8]
2008

2010s

Year Writer Film Network Ref
2010–12
2013
Elizabeth Hunter Abducted: The Carlina White Story Lifetime [9]
Eric Daniel Let It Shine Disney Channel
David Martyn Conley Raising Izzie UP
Siddeeqah Powell Somebody's Child UP
Cas Sigers A Cross to Bear UP
2014
Mara Brock Akil Being Mary Jane BET [10]
Rhonda Baraka Pastor Brown Lifetime
Caliope Brattlestreet, Stephen Glantz and Tonya Lewis Lee The Watsons Go to Birmingham Hallmark
Kate Lanier CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story VH1
Kiki Tyson Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth HBO
2015
Reggie Rock Bythewood Gun Hill BET [11]
Stan Foster My Other Mother UP
Princess Monique Seasons of Love Lifetime
Russ Parr and R.L. Scott The Fright Night Files TVOne
Ryan Richmond Lyfe's Journey UP
2016
John Ridley American Crime ABC [12]
Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Dee Rees Bessie HBO
Stacy A. Littlejohn American Crime ABC
David Simon and William F. Zorzi Show Me a Hero HBO
Clement Virgo The Book of Negroes BET
2017
Joe Robert Cole The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX [13]
John Ridley American Crime ABC
Stella Meghie Jean of the Joneses TV One
Christine Swanson and Rhonda Baraka Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story TV One
Joe Robert Cole The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX
2017
George C. Wolfe The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO [14]
Kirk A. Moore American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode Seven" ABC
Abdul Williams The New Edition Story BET
John Ridley American Crime - Episode "Season Three: Episode, One" ABC
Gina Prince-Bythewood & Reggie Rock Bythewood Shots Fired- Episode "Hour One: Pilot" FOX
2018
Veena Sud & Shalisha Francis Seven Seconds- Episode "A Boy and a Bike" Netflix [15]
Kyle Long The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. USA Network
Rhonda Baraka Bobbi Kristina TV One
Dee Rees Electric Dreams Amazon Prime Video
Denitria Harris-Lawrence The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. USA Network
2019
Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke When They See Us Netflix [16]
Ava DuVernay& Robin Swicord When They See Us Netflix
Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke When They See Us Netflix
Abdul Williams The Bobby Brown Story BET
Ava DuVernay& Michael Starrbury When They See Us Netflix

2020s

Year Writer(s) Film Network Ref
2020
Damon Lindelof & Christal Henry Watchmen HBO [17]
Sylvia L. Jones & Camille Tucker The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel Lifetime
Raamla Mohamed Little Fires Everywhere HULU
Tanya Barfield Mrs. America FX
Damon Lindelof & Cord Jefferson Watchmen HBO
2021
Eugene Ashe Sylvie's Love Amazon Studios [18][19]
Michaela Coel I May Destroy You - "Ego Death" HBO
Michaela Coel I May Destroy You - Episode - "...It Just Came Up" HBO
Steve McQueen (director) & Courttia Newland Small Axe- "Lovers Rock" Amazon Prime Video
Barry Jenkins The Underground Railroad - Episode "Chapter 1: Georgia" Amazon Prime Video

Total awards by network

Individuals with multiple awards

Individuals with multiple nominations

Programs with multiple awards

Programs with multiple nominations

References

  1. ^ 2000 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ 2001 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2002 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
  5. ^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
  6. ^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
  7. ^ 2006 Black Reel Awards
  8. ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
  9. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  10. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  11. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  12. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  13. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
  14. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards for Television
  15. ^ 2018 Black Reel Awards for Television
  16. ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television
  17. ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television
  18. ^ "Black Reel Awards for Television (2021)". IMDb.
  19. ^ Gordon, Tim (17 June 2021). "PLENTY OF "LOVE" IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY!". blackreelawards.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.