Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography.

Award winners

1950s

• 1955: June Taylor – The Jackie Gleason Show
• 1956: Tony Charmoli – Your Hit Parade
• 1959: Hermes Pan – An Evening with Fred Astaire

1970s

• 1970: Norman Maen – This is Tom Jones
• 1971: Ernest O. Flatt – The Carol Burnett Show
• 1972: Alan Johnson – Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
• 1973: Bob Fosse – Singer Presents Liza with a "Z"
• 1974: Tony Charmoli – Mitzi...A Tribute To the American Housewife
• 1975: Marge Champion – Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
• 1976: Tony Charmoli – Gypsy in My Soul
• 1977: Ron Field – America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music
• 1978: Ron Field – The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
• 1979: Kevin Carlisle – The 3rd Barry Manilow Special

1980s

• 1980: Alan Johnson – Shirley Maclaine...Every Little Movement
• 1981: Walter Painter – Lynda Carter's Celebration
• 1982: Debbie Allen – Fame
• 1983: Debbie Allen – Fame
• 1984: Michael Smuin – A Song For Dead Warriors
• 1985: Twyla Tharp – Baryshnikov by Tharp With American Ballet Theatre
• 1986: Walter Painter – Great Performances: Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III
• 1987: Michael Peters, Dee Dee Wood – Liberty Weekend 1986: Closing Ceremonies
• 1988: Alan Johnson – Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
• 1989: Walter Painter – Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening and Paula Abdul – The Tracey Ullman Show

1990s

• 1990: Paula Abdul, Dean Barlow, Michael Darrin and Dominic Lucero – The 17th Annual American Music Awards
• 1991: Debbie Allen – Motown 30: What's Goin' On!
• 1992: Paul Taylor – Paul Taylor's Speaking in Tongues
• 1993: Michael Peters – The Jacksons: An American Dream
• 1994: Linda Talcott – Comedy Hall Of Fame
• 1995: Ulysses Dove – Two by Dove
• 1996: Anita Mann, Charonne Mose – 1995 Miss America Pageant
• 1997: Marguerite Derricks – 3rd Rock from the Sun and Sarah Kawahara – Scott Hamilton: Upside Down
• 1998: Marguerite Derricks, Peggy Holmes – Fame L.A.
• 1999: Judith Jamison – A Hymn For Alvin Ailey and Marguerite Derricks – Goodwill Games Opening Celebration

2000s

• 2000: Rob Marshall – Annie
• 2001: Jim Moore, George Pinney and Jon Vanderkolff – Blast and Doug Jack, Sarah Kawahara, Kenny Ortega – Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games
• 2002: Debra Brown – 74th Academy Awards
• 2003: Sandra Bezic, A.C. Ciulla, Christopher Dean, Jamie Isley, Michael Seibert – Smucker's Stars On Ice
• 2004: Jason Samuels Smith – 2003 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
• 2005: Christopher Dean – Smucker's Stars On Ice 2005
• 2006: Charles Klapow, Kenny Ortega, Bonnie Story – High School Musical
• 2007: Mia Michaels – So You Think You Can Dance and Wade Robson – So You Think You Can Dance and Rob Marshall, John Deluca – Tony Bennett: An American Classic
• 2008: Wade Robson – So You Think You Can Dance
• 2009: Rob Ashford – 81st Annual Academy Awards - Musicals Are Back and Tyce Diorio – So You Think You Can Dance

2010s

• 2010: Mia Michaels – So You Think You Can Dance
• 2011: Mia Michaels – So You Think You Can Dance and Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo – So You Think You Can Dance
• 2012: Joshua Bergasse – Smash
• 2013: Derek Hough – Dancing with the Stars
• 2014: Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo – So You Think You Can Dance
• 2015: Derek Hough, Julianne Hough, Tessandra Chavez – Dancing with the Stars and Travis Wall – So You Think You Can Dance