Ramy Youssef has earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. The Egyptian-American comedian, actor, and filmmaker directed “Honeydew,” a standout episode of The Bear’s second season focusing on the character Marcus, portrayed by Lionel Boyce.
In addition to Youssef, other nominees in the category include The Bear’s series creator Christopher Storer for the episode “Fishes,” Guy Ritchie for The Gentlemen, Lucia Aniello for Hacks, Randall Einhorn for Abbott Elementary, and Mary Lou Belli for The Ms. Pat Show.
This marks Youssef’s third Emmy nomination and his second for directing, following a 2020 nomination for directing an episode of Ramy, which he created. He was also nominated this year for a Director’s Guild of America award for his episode of The Bear.
Although Youssef has yet to win an Emmy, he won a Golden Globe in 2020 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for his series Ramy. While Youssef did not create The Bear, the series might not exist without him, as Storer got his break as a director and producer on Ramy.
“Honeydew,” the fourth episode of The Bear season two, follows Marcus, played by Boyce, as he travels to Copenhagen, Denmark, to improve his skills as a pastry chef while his Chicago restaurant aims to become a fine dining establishment.
Youssef’s HBO comedy special, Ramy Youssef: More Feelings, which aired this year, also received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming, edited by Joanna Naugle.
This year has been busy for Youssef. He co-starred in the film Poor Things, which won four Academy Awards in March, and hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time later that month. Additionally, his show is set to premiere on Netflix, with no release date announced yet.
