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

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

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

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