The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program is awarded to one program each year.
The category was created in 2018.
[1] Between 2003 and 2017, reality and documentary/nonfiction programs competed in a combined category.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order.
The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place: