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href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Spirit Award">Independent Spirit Award</a> for Best Director</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Celine_Song,_Berlinale_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg/220px-Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg/330px-Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg/440px-Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2656" data-file-height="3176" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The 2023 recipient: <a href="/wiki/Celine_Song" title="Celine Song">Celine Song</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Best Director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee">Film Independent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">1985</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Currently held by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Celine_Song" title="Celine Song">Celine Song</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Past_Lives_(film)" title="Past Lives (film)">Past Lives</a></i> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://filmindependent.org/">filmindependent<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Director</b> is one of the annual <a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="Independent Spirit Awards">Independent Spirit Awards</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was first presented in 1985 with <a href="/wiki/Joel_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Joel Coen">Joel Coen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> being the first winners of the category for <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/After_Hours_(film)" title="After Hours (film)">After Hours</a></i>, respectively. </p><p>Directors <a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Joel Coen">Joel Coen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a> are the only winners who have received this award more than once, with two wins each. <a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a> holds the record of most nominations with six (winning one for <i><a href="/wiki/Far_from_Heaven" title="Far from Heaven">Far from Heaven</a></i>), followed by <a href="/wiki/Gus_Van_Sant" title="Gus Van Sant">Gus Van Sant</a> with five. <a href="/wiki/Martha_Coolidge" title="Martha Coolidge">Martha Coolidge</a> was the first female director to win the award, receiving it in 1991. <a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_Zhao" title="Chloé Zhao">Chloé Zhao</a> was the first female of color to win the category in 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners_and_nominees">Winners and nominees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Winners and nominees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joel_Coen_(2001).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Joel_Coen_%282001%29.jpg/145px-Joel_Coen_%282001%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Joel_Coen_%282001%29.jpg/218px-Joel_Coen_%282001%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Joel_Coen_%282001%29.jpg/290px-Joel_Coen_%282001%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="496" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joel_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Joel Coen">Joel Coen</a>, half of the established <a href="/wiki/Coen_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Coen Brothers">Coen Brothers</a>, has won this award twice, for <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></i> in 1985 and <i><a href="/wiki/Fargo_(1996_film)" title="Fargo (1996 film)">Fargo</a></i> in 1996.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_Scorsese_Cannes_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Martin_Scorsese_Cannes_2010.jpg/145px-Martin_Scorsese_Cannes_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Martin_Scorsese_Cannes_2010.jpg/218px-Martin_Scorsese_Cannes_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Martin_Scorsese_Cannes_2010.jpg/290px-Martin_Scorsese_Cannes_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> won in 1985 for <i><a href="/wiki/After_Hours_(film)" title="After Hours (film)">After Hours</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/145px-Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/218px-Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/290px-Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1921" data-file-height="2584" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Platoon_(film)" title="Platoon (film)">Platoon</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Huston_-_publicity.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/John_Huston_-_publicity.JPG/145px-John_Huston_-_publicity.JPG" decoding="async" width="145" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/John_Huston_-_publicity.JPG/218px-John_Huston_-_publicity.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/John_Huston_-_publicity.JPG/290px-John_Huston_-_publicity.JPG 2x" data-file-width="914" data-file-height="1154" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Huston" title="John Huston">John Huston</a> received the award posthumously for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dead_(1987_film)" title="The Dead (1987 film)">The Dead</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="84%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100"><b>Year</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Recipient(s)</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Film</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1st_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="1st Independent Spirit Awards">1985</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/After_Hours_(film)" title="After Hours (film)">After Hours</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Chopra" title="Joyce Chopra">Joyce Chopra</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Smooth_Talk" title="Smooth Talk">Smooth Talk</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Masterson" title="Peter Masterson">Peter Masterson</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trip_to_Bountiful" title="The Trip to 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Line</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Talk_Radio_(film)" title="Talk Radio (film)">Talk Radio</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Waters_(filmmaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Waters (filmmaker)">John Waters</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(1988_film)" title="Hairspray (1988 film)">Hairspray</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/5th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="5th Independent Spirit Awards">1989</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sex,_Lies,_and_Videotape" title="Sex, Lies, and Videotape">Sex, Lies, and Videotape</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jarmusch" title="Jim Jarmusch">Jim Jarmusch</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Train_(film)" title="Mystery Train (film)">Mystery Train</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lane_(filmmaker)" title="Charles Lane (filmmaker)">Charles Lane</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sidewalk_Stories" title="Sidewalk Stories">Sidewalk Stories</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Savoca" title="Nancy Savoca">Nancy Savoca</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/True_Love_(1989_film)" title="True Love (1989 film)">True Love</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gus_Van_Sant" title="Gus Van Sant">Gus Van Sant</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Drugstore_Cowboy" title="Drugstore Cowboy">Drugstore Cowboy</a></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg/145px-BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg/218px-BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg/290px-BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="591" data-file-height="735" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charles_Burnett_(director)" title="Charles Burnett (director)">Charles Burnett</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/To_Sleep_with_Anger" title="To Sleep with Anger">To Sleep with Anger</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Altman_02_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Robert_Altman_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/145px-Robert_Altman_02_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Robert_Altman_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/218px-Robert_Altman_02_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Robert_Altman_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/290px-Robert_Altman_02_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2229" data-file-height="2834" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Short_Cuts" title="Short Cuts">Short Cuts</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/145px-Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/218px-Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/290px-Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="3016" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> received the award for <i><a href="/wiki/Pulp_Fiction" title="Pulp Fiction">Pulp Fiction</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MJK_08478_Wes_Anderson_(Opening_Gala_Berlinale_2018).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/MJK_08478_Wes_Anderson_%28Opening_Gala_Berlinale_2018%29.jpg/145px-MJK_08478_Wes_Anderson_%28Opening_Gala_Berlinale_2018%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/MJK_08478_Wes_Anderson_%28Opening_Gala_Berlinale_2018%29.jpg/218px-MJK_08478_Wes_Anderson_%28Opening_Gala_Berlinale_2018%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/MJK_08478_Wes_Anderson_%28Opening_Gala_Berlinale_2018%29.jpg/290px-MJK_08478_Wes_Anderson_%28Opening_Gala_Berlinale_2018%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2758" data-file-height="4137" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wes_Anderson" title="Wes Anderson">Wes Anderson</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Rushmore_(film)" title="Rushmore (film)">Rushmore</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Payne_8692.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Alexander_Payne_8692.jpg/145px-Alexander_Payne_8692.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Alexander_Payne_8692.jpg/218px-Alexander_Payne_8692.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Alexander_Payne_8692.jpg/290px-Alexander_Payne_8692.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1362" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a> has won the award twice, for <i><a href="/wiki/Election_(1999_film)" title="Election (1999 film)">Election</a></i> (1999) and <i><a href="/wiki/Sideways" title="Sideways">Sideways</a></i> (2004).</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="84%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100"><b>Year</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Recipient(s)</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Film</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/6th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="6th Independent Spirit Awards">1990</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Burnett_(director)" title="Charles Burnett (director)">Charles Burnett</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/To_Sleep_with_Anger" title="To Sleep with Anger">To Sleep with Anger</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Hudlin" title="Reginald Hudlin">Reginald Hudlin</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_Party_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="House Party (film)">House Party</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McNaughton" title="John McNaughton">John McNaughton</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Henry:_Portrait_of_a_Serial_Killer" title="Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer">Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allan_Moyle" title="Allan Moyle">Allan Moyle</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume_(film)" title="Pump Up the Volume (film)">Pump Up the Volume</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Roemer" title="Michael Roemer">Michael Roemer</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Plot_Against_Harry" title="The Plot Against Harry">The Plot Against Harry</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/7th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="7th Independent Spirit Awards">1991</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Martha_Coolidge" title="Martha Coolidge">Martha Coolidge</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Rambling_Rose_(film)" title="Rambling Rose (film)">Rambling Rose</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Poison_(1991_film)" title="Poison (1991 film)">Poison</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slacker_(film)" title="Slacker (film)">Slacker</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gus_Van_Sant" title="Gus Van Sant">Gus Van Sant</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Own_Private_Idaho" title="My Own Private Idaho">My Own Private Idaho</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V%C3%A1squez" title="Joseph Vásquez">Joseph Vásquez</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hangin%27_with_the_Homeboys" title="Hangin' with the Homeboys">Hangin' with the Homeboys</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/8th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="8th Independent Spirit Awards">1992</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Carl_Franklin" title="Carl Franklin">Carl Franklin</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/One_False_Move" title="One False Move">One False Move</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allison_Anders" title="Allison Anders">Allison Anders</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gas_Food_Lodging" title="Gas Food Lodging">Gas Food Lodging</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abel_Ferrara" title="Abel Ferrara">Abel Ferrara</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Lieutenant" title="Bad Lieutenant">Bad Lieutenant</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Kalin" title="Tom Kalin">Tom Kalin</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Swoon_(film)" title="Swoon (film)">Swoon</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Reservoir_Dogs" title="Reservoir Dogs">Reservoir Dogs</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/9th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="9th Independent Spirit Awards">1993</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Short_Cuts" title="Short Cuts">Short Cuts</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_Banquet" title="The Wedding Banquet">The Wedding Banquet</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Nu%C3%B1ez" title="Victor Nuñez">Victor Nuñez</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ruby_in_Paradise" title="Ruby in Paradise">Ruby in Paradise</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez" title="Robert Rodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/El_Mariachi" title="El Mariachi">El Mariachi</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Turturro" title="John Turturro">John Turturro</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mac_(film)" title="Mac (film)">Mac</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/10th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="10th Independent Spirit Awards">1994</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pulp_Fiction" title="Pulp Fiction">Pulp Fiction</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Dahl" title="John Dahl">John Dahl</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Rock_West" title="Red Rock West">Red Rock West</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eat_Drink_Man_Woman" title="Eat Drink Man Woman">Eat Drink Man Woman</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Death_and_the_Maiden_(film)" title="Death and the Maiden (film)">Death and the Maiden</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Rudolph" title="Alan Rudolph">Alan Rudolph</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle" title="Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle">Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/11th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="11th Independent Spirit Awards">1995</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Figgis" title="Mike Figgis">Mike Figgis</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Leaving_Las_Vegas" title="Leaving Las Vegas">Leaving Las Vegas</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Almereyda" title="Michael Almereyda">Michael Almereyda</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nadja_(film)" title="Nadja (film)">Nadja</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulu_Grosbard" title="Ulu Grosbard">Ulu Grosbard</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(1995_film)" title="Georgia (1995 film)">Georgia</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Safe_(1995_film)" title="Safe (1995 film)">Safe</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sayles" title="John Sayles">John Sayles</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_of_Roan_Inish" title="The Secret of Roan Inish">The Secret of Roan Inish</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/12th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="12th Independent Spirit Awards">1996</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Fargo_(1996_film)" title="Fargo (1996 film)">Fargo</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abel_Ferrara" title="Abel Ferrara">Abel Ferrara</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Funeral_(1996_film)" title="The Funeral (1996 film)">The Funeral</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_O._Russell" title="David O. Russell">David O. Russell</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Flirting_with_Disaster_(film)" title="Flirting with Disaster (film)">Flirting with Disaster</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Solondz" title="Todd Solondz">Todd Solondz</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Dollhouse" title="Welcome to the Dollhouse">Welcome to the Dollhouse</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Young_(film_director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert M. Young (film director)">Robert M. Young</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Caught_(1996_film)" title="Caught (1996 film)">Caught</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/13th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="13th Independent Spirit Awards">1997</a></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Apostle" title="The Apostle">The Apostle</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fessenden" title="Larry Fessenden">Larry Fessenden</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Habit_(1997_film)" title="Habit (1997 film)">Habit</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Nu%C3%B1ez" title="Victor Nuñez">Victor Nuñez</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ulee%27s_Gold" title="Ulee's Gold">Ulee's Gold</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Touch_(1997_film)" title="Touch (1997 film)">Touch</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wim_Wenders" title="Wim Wenders">Wim Wenders</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Violence" title="The End of Violence">The End of Violence</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/14th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="14th Independent Spirit Awards">1998</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Wes_Anderson" title="Wes Anderson">Wes Anderson</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Rushmore_(film)" title="Rushmore (film)">Rushmore</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Velvet_Goldmine" title="Velvet Goldmine">Velvet Goldmine</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lodge_Kerrigan" title="Lodge Kerrigan">Lodge Kerrigan</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Claire_Dolan" title="Claire Dolan">Claire Dolan</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Affliction_(1997_film)" title="Affliction (1997 film)">Affliction</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Solondz" title="Todd Solondz">Todd Solondz</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Happiness_(1998_film)" title="Happiness (1998 film)">Happiness</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="15th Independent Spirit Awards">1999</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Election_(1999_film)" title="Election (1999 film)">Election</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Korine" title="Harmony Korine">Harmony Korine</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Julien_Donkey-Boy" title="Julien Donkey-Boy">Julien Donkey-Boy</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Liman" title="Doug Liman">Doug Liman</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Go_(1999_film)" title="Go (1999 film)">Go</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Lynch" title="David Lynch">David Lynch</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Straight_Story" title="The Straight Story">The Straight Story</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Limey" title="The Limey">The Limey</a></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_NAB_Show%27s_The_Future_of_Cinema_Conference,_produced_in_partnership_with_SMPTE_(26717112630)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/2016_NAB_Show%27s_The_Future_of_Cinema_Conference%2C_produced_in_partnership_with_SMPTE_%2826717112630%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/145px-2016_NAB_Show%27s_The_Future_of_Cinema_Conference%2C_produced_in_partnership_with_SMPTE_%2826717112630%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/2016_NAB_Show%27s_The_Future_of_Cinema_Conference%2C_produced_in_partnership_with_SMPTE_%2826717112630%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/218px-2016_NAB_Show%27s_The_Future_of_Cinema_Conference%2C_produced_in_partnership_with_SMPTE_%2826717112630%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/2016_NAB_Show%27s_The_Future_of_Cinema_Conference%2C_produced_in_partnership_with_SMPTE_%2826717112630%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/290px-2016_NAB_Show%27s_The_Future_of_Cinema_Conference%2C_produced_in_partnership_with_SMPTE_%2826717112630%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1021" data-file-height="1402" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a> has won twice, for <i><a href="/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon" title="Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon">Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</a></i> (2000) and <i><a href="/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain" title="Brokeback Mountain">Brokeback Mountain</a></i> (2005).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Todd_Haynes_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Todd_Haynes_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg/145px-Todd_Haynes_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Todd_Haynes_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg/218px-Todd_Haynes_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Todd_Haynes_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg/290px-Todd_Haynes_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2005" data-file-height="2818" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Far_from_Heaven" title="Far from Heaven">Far from Heaven</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sofia_Coppola_Cannes_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sofia_Coppola_Cannes_2013.jpg/145px-Sofia_Coppola_Cannes_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sofia_Coppola_Cannes_2013.jpg/218px-Sofia_Coppola_Cannes_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sofia_Coppola_Cannes_2013.jpg/290px-Sofia_Coppola_Cannes_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="690" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sofia_Coppola" title="Sofia Coppola">Sofia Coppola</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_(film)" title="Lost in Translation (film)">Lost in Translation</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Julian_Schnabel_(Hamptons_International_Film_Festival_2010).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Julian_Schnabel_%28Hamptons_International_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg/145px-Julian_Schnabel_%28Hamptons_International_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Julian_Schnabel_%28Hamptons_International_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg/218px-Julian_Schnabel_%28Hamptons_International_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Julian_Schnabel_%28Hamptons_International_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg/290px-Julian_Schnabel_%28Hamptons_International_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Julian_Schnabel" title="Julian Schnabel">Julian Schnabel</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly_(film)" title="The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_McCarthy_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Tom_McCarthy_%28cropped%29.jpg/145px-Tom_McCarthy_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Tom_McCarthy_%28cropped%29.jpg/218px-Tom_McCarthy_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Tom_McCarthy_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="361" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a> has won for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Visitor_(2007_feature_film)" title="The Visitor (2007 feature film)">The Visitor</a></i> (2008) and <i><a href="/wiki/Spotlight_(film)" title="Spotlight (film)">Spotlight</a></i> (2015).</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="84%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100"><b>Year</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Recipient(s)</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Film</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="16th Independent Spirit Awards">2000</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon" title="Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon">Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky" title="Darren Aronofsky">Darren Aronofsky</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Dream" title="Requiem for a Dream">Requiem for a Dream</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Arteta" title="Miguel Arteta">Miguel Arteta</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chuck_%26_Buck" title="Chuck & Buck">Chuck & Buck</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Guest" title="Christopher Guest">Christopher Guest</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Best_in_Show_(film)" title="Best in Show (film)">Best in Show</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Julian_Schnabel" title="Julian Schnabel">Julian Schnabel</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Before_Night_Falls_(film)" title="Before Night Falls (film)">Before Night Falls</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/17th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="17th Independent Spirit Awards">2001</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nolan" title="Christopher Nolan">Christopher Nolan</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Memento_(film)" title="Memento (film)">Memento</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cuesta" title="Michael Cuesta">Michael Cuesta</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/L.I.E._(film)" title="L.I.E. (film)">L.I.E.</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Dunye" title="Cheryl Dunye">Cheryl Dunye</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stranger_Inside" title="Stranger Inside">Stranger Inside</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Waking_Life" title="Waking Life">Waking Life</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell" title="John Cameron Mitchell">John Cameron Mitchell</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film)" title="Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)">Hedwig and the Angry Inch</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/18th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="18th Independent Spirit Awards">2002</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Far_from_Heaven" title="Far from Heaven">Far from Heaven</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Carnahan" title="Joe Carnahan">Joe Carnahan</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Narc_(film)" title="Narc (film)">Narc</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Holofcener" title="Nicole Holofcener">Nicole Holofcener</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lovely_%26_Amazing" title="Lovely & Amazing">Lovely & Amazing</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Rose_(director)" title="Bernard Rose (director)">Bernard Rose</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ivans_Xtc" title="Ivans Xtc">Ivans Xtc</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gus_Van_Sant" title="Gus Van Sant">Gus Van Sant</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gerry_(2002_film)" title="Gerry (2002 film)">Gerry</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/19th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="19th Independent Spirit Awards">2003</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Sofia_Coppola" title="Sofia Coppola">Sofia Coppola</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_(film)" title="Lost in Translation (film)">Lost in Translation</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shari_Springer_Berman_and_Robert_Pulcini" title="Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini">Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_Splendor_(film)" title="American Splendor (film)">American Splendor</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sheridan" title="Jim Sheridan">Jim Sheridan</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_America_(film)" title="In America (film)">In America</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sollett" title="Peter Sollett">Peter Sollett</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Victor_Vargas" title="Raising Victor Vargas">Raising Victor Vargas</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gus_Van_Sant" title="Gus Van Sant">Gus Van Sant</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Elephant_(2003_film)" title="Elephant (2003 film)">Elephant</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/20th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="20th Independent Spirit Awards">2004</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sideways" title="Sideways">Sideways</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shane_Carruth" title="Shane Carruth">Shane Carruth</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Primer_(film)" title="Primer (film)">Primer</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Marston" title="Joshua Marston">Joshua Marston</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Maria_Full_of_Grace" title="Maria Full of Grace">Maria Full of Grace</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Salles" title="Walter Salles">Walter Salles</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Motorcycle_Diaries_(film)" title="The Motorcycle Diaries (film)">The Motorcycle Diaries</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mario_Van_Peebles" title="Mario Van Peebles">Mario Van Peebles</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Baadasssss!" title="Baadasssss!">Baadasssss!</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/21st_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="21st Independent Spirit Awards">2005</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain" title="Brokeback Mountain">Brokeback Mountain</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Araki" title="Gregg Araki">Gregg Araki</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mysterious_Skin" title="Mysterious Skin">Mysterious Skin</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Noah_Baumbach" title="Noah Baumbach">Noah Baumbach</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Squid_and_the_Whale" title="The Squid and the Whale">The Squid and the Whale</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Clooney" title="George Clooney">George Clooney</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Night,_and_Good_Luck" title="Good Night, and Good Luck">Good Night, and Good Luck</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Garc%C3%ADa_(director)" title="Rodrigo García (director)">Rodrigo García</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nine_Lives_(2005_film)" title="Nine Lives (2005 film)">Nine Lives</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/22nd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="22nd Independent Spirit Awards">2006</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dayton_and_Valerie_Faris" title="Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris">Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine" title="Little Miss Sunshine">Little Miss Sunshine</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Prairie_Home_Companion_(film)" title="A Prairie Home Companion (film)">A Prairie Home Companion</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Fleck" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryan Fleck">Ryan Fleck</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Half_Nelson_(film)" title="Half Nelson (film)">Half Nelson</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karen_Moncrieff" title="Karen Moncrieff">Karen Moncrieff</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dead_Girl" title="The Dead Girl">The Dead Girl</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bubble_(2005_film)" title="Bubble (2005 film)">Bubble</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/23rd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="23rd Independent Spirit Awards">2007</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Julian_Schnabel" title="Julian Schnabel">Julian Schnabel</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly_(film)" title="The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_There" title="I'm Not There">I'm Not There</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamara_Jenkins" title="Tamara Jenkins">Tamara Jenkins</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Savages_(film)" title="The Savages (film)">The Savages</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Reitman" title="Jason Reitman">Jason Reitman</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Juno_(film)" title="Juno (film)">Juno</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gus_Van_Sant" title="Gus Van Sant">Gus Van Sant</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Paranoid_Park_(film)" title="Paranoid Park (film)">Paranoid Park</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/24th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="24th Independent Spirit Awards">2008</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Visitor_(2007_drama_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Visitor (2007 drama film)">The Visitor</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramin_Bahrani" title="Ramin Bahrani">Ramin Bahrani</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chop_Shop_(film)" title="Chop Shop (film)">Chop Shop</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Demme" title="Jonathan Demme">Jonathan Demme</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Getting_Married" title="Rachel Getting Married">Rachel Getting Married</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Hammer" title="Lance Hammer">Lance Hammer</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ballast_(film)" title="Ballast (film)">Ballast</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Courtney_Hunt" title="Courtney Hunt">Courtney Hunt</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Frozen_River" title="Frozen River">Frozen River</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/25th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="25th Independent Spirit Awards">2009</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Lee_Daniels" title="Lee Daniels">Lee Daniels</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Precious_(film)" title="Precious (film)">Precious</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Serious_Man" title="A Serious Man">A Serious Man</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cary_Fukunaga" class="mw-redirect" title="Cary Fukunaga">Cary Fukunaga</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sin_Nombre_(2009_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sin Nombre (2009 film)">Sin Nombre</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Gray_(film_director)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Gray (film director)">James Gray</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Lovers_(2008_film)" title="Two Lovers (2008 film)">Two Lovers</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hoffman_(American_director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Hoffman (American director)">Michael Hoffman</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Station" title="The Last Station">The Last Station</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OIFF_2015-07-17_193547_-_Darren_Aronofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/OIFF_2015-07-17_193547_-_Darren_Aronofsky.jpg/145px-OIFF_2015-07-17_193547_-_Darren_Aronofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/OIFF_2015-07-17_193547_-_Darren_Aronofsky.jpg/218px-OIFF_2015-07-17_193547_-_Darren_Aronofsky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/OIFF_2015-07-17_193547_-_Darren_Aronofsky.jpg/290px-OIFF_2015-07-17_193547_-_Darren_Aronofsky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="4928" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky" title="Darren Aronofsky">Darren Aronofsky</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan_(film)" title="Black Swan (film)">Black Swan</a>.</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:12_Years_a_Slave_30_(9733923748).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/12_Years_a_Slave_30_%289733923748%29.jpg/145px-12_Years_a_Slave_30_%289733923748%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/12_Years_a_Slave_30_%289733923748%29.jpg/218px-12_Years_a_Slave_30_%289733923748%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/12_Years_a_Slave_30_%289733923748%29.jpg/290px-12_Years_a_Slave_30_%289733923748%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2188" data-file-height="3066" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(director)" title="Steve McQueen (director)">Steve McQueen</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)" title="12 Years a Slave (film)">12 Years a Slave</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Linklater.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Richard_Linklater.jpg/145px-Richard_Linklater.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Richard_Linklater.jpg/218px-Richard_Linklater.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Richard_Linklater.jpg/290px-Richard_Linklater.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Boyhood_(2014_film)" title="Boyhood (2014 film)">Boyhood</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barry_Jenkins_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Barry_Jenkins_%28cropped%29.jpg/145px-Barry_Jenkins_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Barry_Jenkins_%28cropped%29.jpg/218px-Barry_Jenkins_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Barry_Jenkins_%28cropped%29.jpg/290px-Barry_Jenkins_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="1045" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a> has won for <i><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_(2016_film)" title="Moonlight (2016 film)">Moonlight</a></i> (2006) and <i><a href="/wiki/If_Beale_Street_Could_Talk_(film)" title="If Beale Street Could Talk (film)">If Beale Street Could Talk</a></i> (2018).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/145px-Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/218px-Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/290px-Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peele" title="Jordan Peele">Jordan Peele</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Get_Out" title="Get Out">Get Out</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="84%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100"><b>Year</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Recipient(s)</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Film</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/26th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="26th Independent Spirit Awards">2010</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky" title="Darren Aronofsky">Darren Aronofsky</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan_(film)" title="Black Swan (film)">Black Swan</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/127_Hours" title="127 Hours">127 Hours</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Cholodenko" title="Lisa Cholodenko">Lisa Cholodenko</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kids_Are_All_Right_(film)" title="The Kids Are All Right (film)">The Kids Are All Right</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Debra_Granik" title="Debra Granik">Debra Granik</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Winter%27s_Bone" title="Winter's Bone">Winter's Bone</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell" title="John Cameron Mitchell">John Cameron Mitchell</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Hole_(2010_film)" title="Rabbit Hole (2010 film)">Rabbit Hole</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/27th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="27th Independent Spirit Awards">2011</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Michel_Hazanavicius" title="Michel Hazanavicius">Michel Hazanavicius</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Artist_(film)" title="The Artist (film)">The Artist</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mills_(director)" title="Mike Mills (director)">Mike Mills</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beginners" title="Beginners">Beginners</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Nichols" title="Jeff Nichols">Jeff Nichols</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Shelter" title="Take Shelter">Take Shelter</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Descendants" title="The Descendants">The Descendants</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Winding_Refn" title="Nicolas Winding Refn">Nicolas Winding Refn</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Drive_(2011_film)" title="Drive (2011 film)">Drive</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/28th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="28th Independent Spirit Awards">2012</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/David_O._Russell" title="David O. Russell">David O. Russell</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Silver_Linings_Playbook" title="Silver Linings Playbook">Silver Linings Playbook</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wes_Anderson" title="Wes Anderson">Wes Anderson</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Moonrise_Kingdom" title="Moonrise Kingdom">Moonrise Kingdom</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Julia_Loktev" title="Julia Loktev">Julia Loktev</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Loneliest_Planet" title="The Loneliest Planet">The Loneliest Planet</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ira_Sachs" title="Ira Sachs">Ira Sachs</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Keep_the_Lights_On" title="Keep the Lights On">Keep the Lights On</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benh_Zeitlin" title="Benh Zeitlin">Benh Zeitlin</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beasts_of_the_Southern_Wild" title="Beasts of the Southern Wild">Beasts of the Southern Wild</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/29th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="29th Independent Spirit Awards">2013</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(director)" title="Steve McQueen (director)">Steve McQueen</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)" title="12 Years a Slave (film)">12 Years a Slave</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shane_Carruth" title="Shane Carruth">Shane Carruth</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Upstream_Color" title="Upstream Color">Upstream Color</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._C._Chandor" title="J. C. Chandor">J. C. Chandor</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_Is_Lost" title="All Is Lost">All Is Lost</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Nichols" title="Jeff Nichols">Jeff Nichols</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mud_(2012_film)" title="Mud (2012 film)">Mud</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_(film)" title="Nebraska (film)">Nebraska</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/30th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="30th Independent Spirit Awards">2014</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Boyhood_(2014_film)" title="Boyhood (2014 film)">Boyhood</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Damien_Chazelle" title="Damien Chazelle">Damien Chazelle</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Whiplash_(2014_film)" title="Whiplash (2014 film)">Whiplash</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ava_DuVernay" title="Ava DuVernay">Ava DuVernay</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Selma_(film)" title="Selma (film)">Selma</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu" title="Alejandro González Iñárritu">Alejandro G. Iñárritu</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Birdman_(film)" title="Birdman (film)">Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Zellner" title="David Zellner">David Zellner</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kumiko,_the_Treasure_Hunter" title="Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter">Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/31st_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="31st Independent Spirit Awards">2015</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Spotlight_(film)" title="Spotlight (film)">Spotlight</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Baker_(filmmaker)" title="Sean Baker (filmmaker)">Sean Baker</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tangerine_(film)" title="Tangerine (film)">Tangerine</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cary_Fukunaga" class="mw-redirect" title="Cary Fukunaga">Cary Joji Fukunaga</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beasts_of_No_Nation_(film)" title="Beasts of No Nation (film)">Beasts of No Nation</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Carol_(film)" title="Carol (film)">Carol</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duke_Johnson_(director)" title="Duke Johnson (director)">Duke Johnson</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Anomalisa" title="Anomalisa">Anomalisa</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Robert_Mitchell" title="David Robert Mitchell">David Robert Mitchell</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It_Follows" title="It Follows">It Follows</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/32nd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="32nd Independent Spirit Awards">2016</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_(2016_film)" title="Moonlight (2016 film)">Moonlight</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Arnold" title="Andrea Arnold">Andrea Arnold</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_Honey_(film)" title="American Honey (film)">American Honey</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Larra%C3%ADn" title="Pablo Larraín">Pablo Larraín</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jackie_(2016_film)" title="Jackie (2016 film)">Jackie</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Nichols" title="Jeff Nichols">Jeff Nichols</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Loving_(2016_film)" title="Loving (2016 film)">Loving</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Reichardt" title="Kelly Reichardt">Kelly Reichardt</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Certain_Women_(film)" title="Certain Women (film)">Certain Women</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/33rd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="33rd Independent Spirit Awards">2017</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peele" title="Jordan Peele">Jordan Peele</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Get_Out" title="Get Out">Get Out</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Baker_(filmmaker)" title="Sean Baker (filmmaker)">Sean Baker</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Florida_Project" title="The Florida Project">The Florida Project</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Carpignano" title="Jonas Carpignano">Jonas Carpignano</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Ciambra" title="A Ciambra">A Ciambra</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luca_Guadagnino" title="Luca Guadagnino">Luca Guadagnino</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Call_Me_by_Your_Name_(film)" title="Call Me by Your Name (film)">Call Me by Your Name</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Safdie_brothers" title="Safdie brothers">Safdie Brothers</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Time_(film)" title="Good Time (film)">Good Time</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_Zhao" title="Chloé Zhao">Chloé Zhao</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rider_(film)" title="The Rider (film)">The Rider</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/34th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="34th Independent Spirit Awards">2018</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/If_Beale_Street_Could_Talk_(film)" title="If Beale Street Could Talk (film)">If Beale Street Could Talk</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Debra_Granik" title="Debra Granik">Debra Granik</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leave_No_Trace_(film)" title="Leave No Trace (film)">Leave No Trace</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamara_Jenkins" title="Tamara Jenkins">Tamara Jenkins</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Private_Life_(2018_film)" title="Private Life (2018 film)">Private Life</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lynne_Ramsay" title="Lynne Ramsay">Lynne Ramsay</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Were_Never_Really_Here" title="You Were Never Really Here">You Were Never Really Here</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/First_Reformed" title="First Reformed">First Reformed</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/35th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="35th Independent Spirit Awards">2019</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Safdie_brothers" title="Safdie brothers">Safdie Brothers</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Uncut_Gems" title="Uncut Gems">Uncut Gems</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Eggers" title="Robert Eggers">Robert Eggers</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)" title="The Lighthouse (2019 film)">The Lighthouse</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alma_Har%27el" title="Alma Har'el">Alma Har'el</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Honey_Boy_(film)" title="Honey Boy (film)">Honey Boy</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Julius_Onah" title="Julius Onah">Julius Onah</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Luce_(film)" title="Luce (film)">Luce</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lorene_Scafaria" title="Lorene Scafaria">Lorene Scafaria</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hustlers_(film)" title="Hustlers (film)">Hustlers</a></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="84%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100"><b>Year</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Recipient(s)</b> </th> <th width="450"><b>Film</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/36th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="36th Independent Spirit Awards">2020</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_Zhao" title="Chloé Zhao">Chloé Zhao</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nomadland_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nomadland (film)">Nomadland</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Isaac_Chung" title="Lee Isaac Chung">Lee Isaac Chung</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Minari_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minari (film)">Minari</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emerald_Fennell" title="Emerald Fennell">Emerald Fennell</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Promising_Young_Woman" title="Promising Young Woman">Promising Young Woman</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Hittman" title="Eliza Hittman">Eliza Hittman</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Never_Rarely_Sometimes_Always" title="Never Rarely Sometimes Always">Never Rarely Sometimes Always</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Reichardt" title="Kelly Reichardt">Kelly Reichardt</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/First_Cow" title="First Cow">First Cow</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/37th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="37th Independent Spirit Awards">2021</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Gyllenhaal" title="Maggie Gyllenhaal">Maggie Gyllenhaal</a></b></td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Daughter_(film)" title="The Lost Daughter (film)">The Lost Daughter</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Janicza_Bravo" title="Janicza Bravo">Janicza Bravo</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Zola_(film)" title="Zola (film)">Zola</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lauren Hadaway</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Novice_(film)" title="The Novice (film)">The Novice</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mills_(director)" title="Mike Mills (director)">Mike Mills</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/C%27mon_C%27mon_(film)" title="C'mon C'mon (film)">C'mon C'mon</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ninja Thyberg</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pleasure_(2021_film)" title="Pleasure (2021 film)">Pleasure</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/38th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="38th Independent Spirit Awards">2022</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span 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Bodies Bodies">Bodies Bodies Bodies</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/39th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="39th Independent Spirit Awards">2023</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><b><a href="/wiki/Celine_Song" title="Celine Song">Celine Song</a></b> </td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Past_Lives_(film)" title="Past Lives (film)">Past Lives</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Haigh" title="Andrew Haigh">Andrew Haigh</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_of_Us_Strangers" title="All of Us Strangers">All of Us Strangers</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/May_December" title="May December">May December</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kogonada" title="Kogonada">William Oldroyd</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eileen_(film)" title="Eileen (film)">Eileen</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ira_Sachs" title="Ira Sachs">Ira Sachs</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Passages_(2023_film)" title="Passages (2023 film)">Passages</a></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multiple_nominations_(3_or_more)"><span id="Multiple_nominations_.283_or_more.29"></span>Multiple nominations (3 or more)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Multiple nominations (3 or more)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Haynes" title="Todd Haynes">Todd Haynes</a>: 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_van_Sant" class="mw-redirect" title="Gus van Sant">Gus van Sant</a>: 5</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a>: 4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a>: 4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Joel Coen">Joel Coen</a>: 3 (one with <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethan Coen">Ethan Coen</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a>: 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Nichols" title="Jeff Nichols">Jeff Nichols</a>: 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a>: 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a>: 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a>: 3</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multiple_wins">Multiple wins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Multiple wins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a>: 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a>: 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Joel Coen">Joel Coen</a>: 2 (one in a tie with <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a>: 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a>: 2</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 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href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_International_Film" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film">Best International Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay">Best Screenplay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_First_Screenplay" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay">Best First Screenplay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_New_Scripted_Series" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series">Best New Scripted Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Lead_Performance_in_a_New_Scripted_Series" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series">Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Performance_in_a_New_Scripted_Series" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series">Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_John_Cassavetes_Award" title="Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award">John Cassavetes Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Robert_Altman_Award" title="Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award">Robert Altman Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D8BFD8;width:1%">Retired categories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Male_Lead" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead">Best Male Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Female_Lead" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead">Best Female Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Male" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male">Best Supporting Male</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Female" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female">Best Supporting Female</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Male_Performance_in_a_New_Scripted_Series" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series">Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Female_Performance_in_a_New_Scripted_Series" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series">Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D8BFD8;width:1%">Ceremonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="1st Independent Spirit Awards">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="2nd Independent Spirit Awards">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="3rd Independent Spirit Awards">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="4th Independent Spirit Awards">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="5th Independent Spirit Awards">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="6th Independent Spirit Awards">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="7th Independent Spirit Awards">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="8th Independent Spirit Awards">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="9th Independent Spirit Awards">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="10th Independent Spirit Awards">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="11th Independent Spirit Awards">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="12th Independent Spirit Awards">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="13th Independent Spirit Awards">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="14th Independent Spirit Awards">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="15th Independent Spirit Awards">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="16th Independent Spirit Awards">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="17th Independent Spirit Awards">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="18th Independent Spirit Awards">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="19th Independent Spirit Awards">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="20th Independent Spirit Awards">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="21st Independent Spirit Awards">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="22nd Independent Spirit Awards">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="23rd Independent Spirit Awards">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="24th Independent Spirit Awards">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="25th Independent Spirit Awards">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="26th Independent Spirit Awards">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="27th Independent Spirit Awards">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="28th Independent Spirit Awards">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="29th Independent Spirit Awards">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="30th Independent Spirit Awards">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="31st Independent Spirit Awards">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="32nd Independent Spirit Awards">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="33rd Independent Spirit Awards">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="34th Independent Spirit Awards">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="35th Independent Spirit Awards">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="36th Independent Spirit Awards">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="37th Independent Spirit Awards">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="38th 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