The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Directing is an Emmy award given for direction in daytime television. Both series and specials are eligible for this category. Winners and Nominees Winners in bold Best Individual Director for a Special Program 1970s 1974 Wes Kenney - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Miss Kline, We Love You") (ABC) Lela Swift - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Gift of Terror") (ABC) Burt Brinckerhoff - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Mask of Love") (ABC) Peter Levin - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Other Woman") (ABC) Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Special Program 1970s 1975 Mort Lachman - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Girl Who Couldn't Lose") (ABC) Walter C. Miller - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Can I Save My Children") (ABC) 1976 Nick Havinga - First Ladies Diaries ("Edith Wilson") (NBC) John J. Desmond - First Ladies Diaries ("Martha Washington") (NBC) Ira Cirker - First Ladies Diaries ("Rachel Jackson") (NBC) Special Classification - Individual Achievement 1980s 1980 Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC) Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement - Directing 1980s 1981 Barry Glazer - New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC) Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC) 1982 Alfred R. Kelman - The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Women") (CBS) Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC) Charles A. Bangert and Alfred R. Kelman - The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Men") (CBS) 1983 Al Rabin - Days of Our Lives (NBC) Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC) 1984 Mike Gargiulo - FYI: For Your Information (ABC) Outstanding Achievement in Directing - Special Class 1980s 1985 Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS) Marcia Kuyper Schneider - Christmas at Washington Cathedral (NBC) Barry Glazer - New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC) Dick Carson - The Merv Griffin Show (SYN) Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement - Directors 1980s 1986 Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS) Randolph Wands - Chagall's Journey (NBC) Bruce Minnix - America's Musical Theater ("The Cradle Will Rock") (PBS) Richard Gottlieb - The People's Court (SYN) 1987 Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC) Mike Gargiulo - All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS) Joel Aronowitz - CBS Cotton Bowl Parade (CBS) Joseph Behar - Superior Court (SYN) Alan Skog - The Damnation of Faust (PBS) 1988 Dick Schneider - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC) Kirk Browning - Un ballo