NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lionsgate Entertainment |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Outstanding Motion Picture |
| Columbia Pictures |
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Outstanding Motion Picture |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment |
The Blind Side
Outstanding Motion Picture |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment |
Invictus
Outstanding Motion Picture |
| Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
The Princess and the Frog
Outstanding Motion Picture |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gabourey Sidibe |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Lionsgate |
| Taraji P. Henson |
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Lionsgate |
| Sophie Okonedo |
Skin
Jour De Fete Films |
| Sandra Bullock |
The Blind Side
Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Anika Noni Rose |
The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Denzel Washington |
The Taking of Pelham 123
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| Morgan Freeman |
Invictus
Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Jamie Foxx |
Law Abiding Citizen
Overture Films |
| Idris Elba |
Obsessed
Screen Gems |
| Quinton Aaron |
The Blind Side
Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Denzel Washington |
The Taking of Pelham 123
Columbia Pictures |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor |
2012
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| Danny Glover |
2012
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| Adam Rodríguez |
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Lionsgate |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor |
2012
Columbia Pictures |
| Danny Glover |
2012
Columbia Pictures |
| Lenny Kravitz |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Lionsgate |
| Anthony Mackie |
The Hurt Locker
Summit Entertainment |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alfre Woodard |
American Violet
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| Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Lionsgate |
| Mariah Carey |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Lionsgate |
| Paula Patton |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Lionsgate |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jour De Fete Films |
Skin
Jour De Fete Films |
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
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| Mpower Pictures |
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Mpower Pictures |
| Elephant Eye Films |
The Maid
Elephant Eye Films |
| Sony Pictures Classics |
Rudo y Cursi
Sony Pictures Classics |
| Focus Features |
Sin Nombre
Focus Features |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Samuel Goldwyn Films |
American Violet
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| Lionsgate Entertainment |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
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| National Geographic Entertainment |
Amreeka
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| Monterey Media |
Endgame
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| IFC Films |
Medicine for Melancholy
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Geoffrey S. Fletcher |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
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| Tyler Perry |
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
|
| Anthony Peckham |
Invictus
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| Reggie Rock Bythewood |
Notorious
|
| Cheo Hodari Coker |
Notorious
|
| John Lee Hancock |
The Blind Side
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lee Daniels |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
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| Scott Sanders |
Black Dynamite
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| F. Gary Gray |
Law Abiding Citizen
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| George Tillman, Jr. |
Notorious
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| Spike Lee |
Passing Strange
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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30 Rock
|
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Everybody Hates Chris
|
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Glee
|
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Ugly Betty
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Daryl Mitchell |
Brothers
|
| Donald Faison |
Scrubs
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| Dulé Hill |
Psych
|
| LaVan Davis |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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| Tyler James Williams |
Everybody Hates Chris
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lance Gross |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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| Tracy Morgan |
30 Rock
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| Lamman Rucker |
Meet the Browns
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| Larenz Tate |
Rescue Me
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| Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
Sherri
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| America Ferrera |
Ugly Betty
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| Cassi Davis |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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| C. C. H. Pounder |
Brothers
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| Sherri Shepherd |
Sherri
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| Tichina Arnold |
Everybody Hates Chris
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ana Ortiz |
Ugly Betty
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| Keshia Knight Pulliam |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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| Tisha Campbell-Martin |
Rita Rocks
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| Vanessa L. Williams |
Ugly Betty
|
| Wendy Raquel Robinson |
The Game
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Hill Harper |
CSI: NY
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| Laurence Fishburne |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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| Anthony Anderson |
Law & Order
|
| LL Cool J |
NCIS: Los Angeles
|
| Taye Diggs |
Private Practice
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Delroy Lindo |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| James Pickens Jr. |
Grey's Anatomy
|
| Mekhi Phifer |
Lie to Me
|
| Rocky Carroll |
NCIS
|
| Corey Reynolds |
The Closer
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sandra Oh |
Grey's Anatomy
|
| Chandra Wilson |
Grey's Anatomy
|
| Regina King |
Southland
|
| Jill Scott |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
|
| Jada Pinkett Smith |
Hawthorne
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| S. Epatha Merkerson |
Law & Order
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| Audra McDonald |
Private Practice
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| Gabrielle Union |
FlashForward
|
| Jurnee Smollett |
Friday Night Lights
|
| Anika Noni Rose |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
|
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Brick City
|
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America
|
|
Georgia O'Keeffe
|
|
Relative Stranger
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Cuba Gooding, Jr. |
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
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| Philip Johnson |
America
|
| Jaishon Fisher |
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
|
| Gus Hoffman |
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
|
| Eriq La Salle |
Relative Stranger
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kimberly Elise |
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
|
| Ruby Dee |
America
|
| Rosie O'Donnell |
America
|
| Aunjanue Ellis |
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
|
| Cicely Tyson |
Relative Stranger
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Debbi Morgan |
All My Children
|
| Daphnée Duplaix Samuel |
One Life to Live
|
| Tatyana Ali |
The Young and the Restless
|
| Eva Marcille |
The Young and the Restless
|
| Tonya Lee Williams |
The Young and the Restless
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Cornelius Smith Jr. |
All My Children
|
| Terrell Tilford |
One Life to Live
|
| Texas Battle |
The Bold and the Beautiful
|
| Bryton James |
The Young and the Restless
|
| Cassius Willis |
The Young and the Restless
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Lopez Tonight
TBS |
|
The Mo'Nique Show
BET |
|
The Tyra Banks Show
CW |
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The View
ABC |
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The Wanda Sykes Show
FOX |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety – Series or Special
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Michael Jackson Memorial
|
|
BET Awards
BET Awards 2009 |
|
The Mark Twain Prize: Bill Cosby
|
|
Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
|
|
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Reality Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
|
|
America's Next Top Model
|
|
American Idol
|
|
Dancing with the Stars
|
|
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Keke Palmer |
True Jackson, VP
|
| Charly Tyner |
Dora the Explorer
|
| LaShawn Tináh Jefferies |
The Backyardigans
|
| Selena Gomez |
Wizards of Waverly Place
|
| Nick Cannon |
TeenNick HALO Awards
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Maxwell |
|
| Anthony Hamilton |
|
| Charlie Wilson |
|
| Jay-Z |
|
| Ne-Yo |
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Keri Hilson |
|
| K'Jon |
|
| Jeremih |
|
| Melanie Fiona |
|
| Kristinia DeBarge |
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| The Black Eyed Peas |
|
| Jay-Z |
|
| Rihanna |
|
| Kanye West |
|
| Jay-Z |
|
| Alicia Keys |
|
| DAY26 |
|
| 3 Mo' Divas |
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mary J. Blige |
|
| Alicia Keys |
|
| India.Arie |
|
| Rihanna |
|
| Whitney Houston |
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Wynton Marsalis |
He and She
|
| Gerald Wilson Orchestra |
Detroit
|
| Christian McBride |
Kind of Brown
|
| Marcus Johnson |
Poetically Justified
|
| Vanessa L. Williams |
The Real Thing
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Whitney Houston |
I Look To You
|
| Jamie Foxx |
Blame It
|
| T-Pain |
Blame It
|
| The Black Eyed Peas |
Boom Boom Pow
|
| Maxwell |
Pretty Wings
|
| Alicia Keys |
Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Lincoln Heights
|
|
Cold Case
|
|
Grey's Anatomy
|
|
Hawthorne
|
|
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mary Mary |
God in Me
Columbia Records |
| Jamie Foxx |
Blame It
J Records/MBK Entertainment |
| T-Pain |
Blame It
J Records/MBK Entertainment |
| Jay-Z |
Empire State of Mind
Roc Nation |
| Alicia Keys |
Empire State of Mind
Roc Nation |
| Maxwell |
Pretty Wings
Columbia Records |
| Maxwell |
Bad Habits
Columbia Records |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Reginald Dwayne Betts |
A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison
|
| BeNeca Ward |
3rd Generation Country: A Practical Guide to Raising Children with Great Values
|
| Attica Locke |
Black Water Rising
|
| Farai Chideya |
Kiss the Sky: A Novel
|
| Amanda Smyth |
Lime Tree Can\u2019t Bear Orange: A Novel
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jay-Z |
The Blueprint 3
|
| Maxwell |
BLACKsummers'night
|
| Alicia Keys |
The Element of Freedom
|
| Mariah Carey |
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
|
| Mary J. Blige |
Stronger With Each Tear
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Cynthia Carter |
Freedom in My Heart: Voices From the United States National Slavery Museum
National Geographic Books |
| Al Gore |
Our Choice
Rodale Inc. |
| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past
Crown |
| Arnold Mann |
Brain Surgeon: A Doctor\u2019s Inspiring Encounters With Mortality and Miracles
Grand Central Publishing |
| Keith Black |
Brain Surgeon: A Doctor\u2019s Inspiring Encounters With Mortality and Miracles
Grand Central Publishing |
| Gil Robertson IV |
Family Affair: What It Means to be African American Today
Agate Bolden |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Dora the Explorer
|
|
Go, Diego, Go!
|
|
The Backyardigans
|
|
True Jackson, VP
|
|
Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Langston Hughes |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
|
| Toni Morrison |
Peeny Butter Fudge
|
| Slade Morrison |
Peeny Butter Fudge
|
| Whoopi Goldberg |
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble
|
| Paula Young Shelton |
Child of the Civil Rights Movement
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Walter Mosley |
The Long Fall
|
| E. Lynn Harris |
Basketball Jones
|
| Leonard Pitts |
Before I Forget
|
| J. California Cooper |
Life is short but wide
|
| Marlon James |
The Book of Night Women
|
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Nikki Giovanni |
Bicycles
William Morrow |
| Camille Dungy |
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
The University of Georgia Press |
| Mitchell L. H. Douglas |
Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem
Red Hen Press |
| Adrian Matejka |
Mixology
Penguin Group |
| Melba Joyce Boyd |
Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall
Wayne State University Press |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary-Television
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Good Hair
|
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Capitalism: A Love Story
|
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Made In America
|
|
Crude
|
|
More Than a Game
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alexander Woo |
True Blood
Beyond Here Lies Nothin |
| Shonda Rhimes |
Grey's Anatomy
What a Difference A Day Makes |
| Sara Hess |
House
The Greater Good |
| Zoanne Clack |
Grey's Anatomy
Stand By Me |
| Kathleen McGhee-Anderson |
Lincoln Heights
Home Again |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Chandra Wilson |
Grey's Anatomy
Give Peace a Chance |
| Edward James Olmos |
Battlestar Galactica
Islanded in a Stream of Stars |
| Ernest R. Dickerson |
Dexter
Road Kill |
| Paris Barclay |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
|
| Kathleen McGhee-Anderson |
Lincoln Heights
Home Again |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Clara Villarosa |
Down To Business: The First 10 Steps to Entrepreneurship for Women
|
| Alicia Villarosa |
Down To Business: The First 10 Steps to Entrepreneurship for Women
|
| Chris Gardner |
Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
|
| Alvin Hall |
Your Money or Your Life
|
| Steve Harvey |
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
|
| Hill Harper |
The Conversation: How Black Men & Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships
|
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NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
|
NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
|
NAACP Image Award – President's Award
|
NAACP Image Award – Vanguard Award
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ken Whittingham |
30 Rock
|
| Justin Lin |
Community
|
| Michael Schultz |
Drop Dead Diva
|
| Ali LeRoi |
Everybody Hates Chris
|
| Reginald Hudlin |
The Office
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary- Theatrical
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
|
Capitalism: A Love Story
|
|
Made In America
|
|
Crude
|
|
Good Hair
|
|
More Than a Game
|
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Deborah Willis |
Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs
W. W. Norton |
| Cornel West |
Brother West
SmileyBooks |
| Terry Teachout |
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| LeBron James |
Shooting Stars
The Penguin Press |
| H. G. Bissinger |
Shooting Stars
The Penguin Press |
| James Gavin |
Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne
Atria Books |
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Halsted Sullivan |
The Office
Café Disco |
| Warren Lieberstein |
The Office
Café Disco |
| Alyson Fouse |
Brothers
Meet Mike Trainor |
| Kenny Smith, Jr. |
The Game
The Wedding |
| Marc Wilmore |
The Simpsons
The Good, the Sad and the Drugly |
| Saladin K. Patterson |
Psych
High Top Fade Out |
| James Roday |
Psych
High Top Fade Out |
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