Jussie Smollett Among 2019 NAACP Image Awards Nominees

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

“Amazing Grace” (Sundial Pictures/Neon)

“Making The Five Heartbeats” (Green Lighthouse)

“Quincy” (Netflix)

“RBG” (CNN)

“Whitney” (Roadside Attractions/Miramax)

Outstanding Documentary (Television)

“Hope & Fury: MLK, The Movement and the Media” (NBC)

“King in the Wilderness” (HBO)

“Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland” (HBO)

“Shut Up & Dribble” (Showtime)

“Time For Ilhan” (Fuse) 

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Justin Simien – “Dear White People” – Chapter 1 (Netflix)

Marquita J. Robinson – “Glow” – Work the Leg (Netflix)

Peter H. Saji – “black-ish” – Purple Rain (ABC)

Regina Y. Hicks – “Insecure” – High-Like (HBO)

Trevor  Noah ,  Steve  Budow ,  David  Kibuuka ,  Zhubin  Parang ,  Dan  Amira , Lauren Sarver Means , Mr. Daniel  Radosh ,  David  Angelo ,  Devin Trey Delliquanti ,  Zachary  DiLanzo – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” – 23087

Alex Wagner (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Janine Sherman Barrois – “Claws” – Cracker Casserole (TNT)

Kay Oyegun  “This Is Us” – This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life (NBC)

Lena Waithe – “The Chi” – Pilot (Showtime)

Patrick Joseph Charles – “Black Lightning” – Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption (The CW/Netflix)

Lena Waithe, Dime Davis,  – “The Chi” – The Whistle (Showtime)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)

Anna Deavere Smith – “Notes From the Field” (HBO)

J. David Shanks – “Seven Seconds: Matters of Life and Death” (Netflix)

Katrina M. O’Gilvie – “Behind the Movement” (TV One)

Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi – “Fahrenheit 451” (HBO)

Shalisha Francis – “Seven Seconds: Of Gods and Men” (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Barry Jenkins – “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Annapurna Pictures)

Boots Riley – “Sorry To Bother You” (Annapurna Pictures)

Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee – “BlacKkKlansman” (Focus Features)

Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim – “Crazy Rich Asians” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole – “Black Panther (Marvel Studios)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Donald Glover – “Atlanta” – FUBU (FX Networks)

Gina Rodriguez – “Jane the Virgin” – Chapter Seventy-Four (CW)

Hiro Murai – “Atlanta” – Teddy Perkins (FX Networks)

Ken Whittingham – “Atypical” – “Ernest Shackleton’s Rules for Survival” (Netflix)

Millicent Shelton – “Insecure” – High-Like (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Ayoka Chenzira – “Queen Sugar” – Here Beside the River (OWN)

Deborah Ann Chow – “Better Call Saul” – Something Stupid (AMC)

Dee Rees – “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams” – Kill All Others (Prime Video)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield  – “Marvel’s Luke Cage” – I Get Physical (Netflix)

Zetna Fuentes – “How To Get Away With Murder” – Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ABC)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

Ernest Dickerson – “Seven Seconds: Until It Do” (Netflix)

Ramin Bahrani – “Fahrenheit 451” (HBO)

Tanya Hamilton – “Seven Seconds: That What Follows” (Netflix)

Tracy Heather Strai – “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (PBS)

Victoria Mahoney – “Seven Seconds: Witness for the Prosecution” (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Barry Jenkins – “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Annapurna Pictures)

Spike Lee – “BlacKkKlansman” (Focus Features)

Steve McQueen – “Widows” (20th Century Fox)

Ryan Coogler – “Black Panther” (Marvel Studios)

Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones – “Quincy” (A Le Train Train\Bob’s Your Uncle\Tribeca Production for Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)

Issa Rae – “Bojack Horseman” (Netflix)

Laya Deleon Hayes – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)

Mahershala Ali – “Spider-Man:  Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel)

Samuel L. Jackson – “Incredibles 2” (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios)

Shameik  Moore – “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel)

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