AFT Awards: Best Directing for a Drama Series

This is the thirteenth category of the 12th Annual AFT Television Awards, my personal choices for the best in television during the 2017-2018 season. This year, I’m including a shorter list, with just nominees and a few finalists, if applicable. Nominees are pictured in the order I’ve ranked them.

Best Directing for a Drama Series

Last year’s nominees: Faithful (The Handmaid’s Tale), Late (The Handmaid’s Tale), Chapter 1 (Legion), You Want a War? (Sense8), Thief (12 Monkeys)

Emmy nominees: Paterfamilias (The Crown), Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones), The Dragon and the Wolf (Game of Thrones), After (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Toll (Ozark), Tonight We Improvise (Ozark), Chapter Nine: The Gate (Stranger Things)

Finalists: Chapter 13 (Legion), We Are the Flash (The Flash), The Cali KGB (Narcos), Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones), Crisis On Earth-X, Part 3 (The Flash)

The nominees:

I Think It's a Sign (Good Behavior)
Impact (Lost in Space)
Unwomen (The Handmaid's Tale)
eps3.4_runtime-err0r.r00 (Mr. Robot)

The winner:

The Sincerest Form of Flattery (Counterpart) mesmerizingly detailed the genesis of a lie and the subtle, dark process of it becoming a new reality.

Next up: Best Writing for a Drama Series