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Barry JenkinsMoonlight, Barry Jenkins, Winner, Pablo LarraínJackie, Pablo Larraín, Nominee, Kelly ReichardtCertain Women, Kelly Reichardt, Nominee, Jeff NicholsLoving, Jeff Nichols, Nominee, Andrea ArnoldAmerican Honey, Andrea Arnold, Nominee, Tom McCarthySpotlight, Tom McCarthy, Winner, David Robert MitchellIt Follows, David Robert Mitchell, Nominee, Cary FukunagaBeasts of No Nation, Cary Fukunaga, Nominee, Duke JohnsonAnomalisa, Duke Johnson, Nominee, Todd HaynesCarol, Todd Haynes, Nominee, Sean BakerTangerine, Sean Baker, Nominee, Charlie KaufmanAnomalisa, Charlie Kaufman, Nominee, Richard LinklaterBoyhood, Richard Linklater, Winner, David ZellnerKumiko - the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner, Nominee, Ava DuVernaySelma, Ava DuVernay, Nominee, Alejandro González IñárrituBirdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nominee, Damien ChazelleWhiplash, Damien Chazelle, Nominee, Steve McQueen12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen, Winner, Jeff NicholsMud, Jeff Nichols, Nominee, Shane CarruthUpstream Color, Shane Carruth, Nominee, J C ChandorAll Is Lost, J C Chandor, Nominee, Alexander PayneNebraska, Alexander Payne, Nominee, David O RussellSilver Linings Playbook, David O Russell, Winner, Julia LoktevThe Loneliest Planet, Julia Loktev, Nominee, Benh ZeitlinBeasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Nominee, Ira SachsKeep the Lights On, Ira Sachs, Nominee, Wes AndersonMoonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson, Nominee

The Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Director is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.

Contents

1980s

  • 1985: Joel Coen – Blood Simple / Martin Scorsese – After Hours
  • Joyce Chopra – Smooth Talk
  • Peter Masterson – The Trip to Bountiful
  • 1986: Oliver Stone – Platoon †
  • Jim Jarmusch – Down by Law
  • David Lynch – Blue Velvet
  • Rob Reiner – Stand by Me
  • Oliver Stone – Salvador
  • 1987: John Huston – The Dead
  • Jonathan Demme – Swimming to Cambodia
  • Tim Hunter – River's Edge
  • Jim McBride – The Big Easy
  • John Sayles – Matewan
  • 1988: Ramon Menendez – Stand and Deliver
  • David Burton Morris – Patti Rocks
  • Errol Morris – The Thin Blue Line
  • Oliver Stone – Talk Radio
  • John Waters – Hairspray
  • 1989: Steven Soderbergh – Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • Jim Jarmusch – Mystery Train
  • Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories
  • Nancy Savoca – True Love
  • Gus Van Sant – Drugstore Cowboy

    • 1990s

  • 1990: Charles Burnett – To Sleep with Anger
  • Reginald Hudlin – House Party
  • John McNaughton – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
  • Allan Moyle – Pump Up the Volume
  • Michael Roemer – The Plot Against Harry
  • 1991: Martha Coolidge – Rambling Rose
  • Todd Haynes – Poison
  • Richard Linklater – Slacker
  • Gus Van Sant – My Own Private Idaho
  • Joseph Vásquez – Hangin' with the Homeboys
  • 1992: Carl Franklin – One False Move
  • Allison Anders – Gas Food Lodging
  • Abel Ferrara – Bad Lieutenant
  • Tom Kalin – Swoon
  • Quentin Tarantino – Reservoir Dogs
  • 1993: Robert Altman – Short Cuts ‡
  • Ang Lee – The Wedding Banquet
  • Victor Nuñez – Ruby in Paradise
  • Robert Rodriguez – El Mariachi
  • John Turturro – Mac
  • 1994: Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction ‡
  • John Dahl – Red Rock West
  • Ang Lee – Eat Drink Man Woman
  • Roman Polanski – Death and the Maiden
  • Alan Rudolph – Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
  • 1995: Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas ‡
  • Michael Almereyda – Nadja
  • Ulu Grosbard – Georgia
  • Todd Haynes – Safe
  • John Sayles – The Secret of Roan Inish
  • 1996: Joel Coen – Fargo ‡
  • Abel Ferrara – The Funeral
  • David O. Russell – Flirting with Disaster
  • Todd Solondz – Welcome to the Dollhouse
  • Robert M. Young – Caught
  • 1997: Robert Duvall – The Apostle
  • Larry Fessenden – Habit
  • Victor Nuñez – Ulee's Gold
  • Paul Schrader – Touch
  • Wim Wenders – The End of Violence
  • 1998: Wes Anderson – Rushmore
  • Todd Haynes – Velvet Goldmine
  • Lodge Kerrigan – Claire Dolan
  • Paul Schrader – Affliction
  • Todd Solondz – Happiness
  • 1999: Alexander Payne – Election
  • Harmony Korine – Julien Donkey-Boy
  • Doug Liman – Go
  • David Lynch – The Straight Story
  • Steven Soderbergh – The Limey

    • 2000s

  • 2000: Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ‡
  • Darren Aronofsky – Requiem for a Dream
  • Miguel Arteta – Chuck & Buck
  • Christopher Guest – Best in Show
  • Julian Schnabel – Before Night Falls
  • 2001: Christopher Nolan – Memento
  • Michael Cuesta – L.I.E.
  • Cheryl Dunye – Stranger Inside
  • Richard Linklater – Waking Life
  • John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • 2002: Todd Haynes – Far from Heaven
  • Joe Carnahan – Narc
  • Nicole Holofcener – Lovely & Amazing
  • Bernard Rose – Ivans Xtc
  • Gus Van Sant – Gerry
  • 2003: Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation ‡
  • Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor
  • Jim Sheridan – In America
  • Peter Sollett – Raising Victor Vargas
  • Gus Van Sant – Elephant
  • 2004: Alexander Payne – Sideways ‡
  • Shane Carruth – Primer
  • Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
  • Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries
  • Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss!
  • 2005: Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain †
  • Gregg Araki – Mysterious Skin
  • Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale
  • George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck ‡
  • Rodrigo García – Nine Lives
  • 2006: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
  • Robert Altman – A Prairie Home Companion
  • Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
  • Karen Moncrieff – The Dead Girl
  • Steven Soderbergh – Bubble
  • 2007: Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ‡
  • Todd Haynes – I'm Not There
  • Tamara Jenkins – The Savages
  • Jason Reitman – Juno ‡
  • Gus Van Sant – Paranoid Park
  • 2008: Tom McCarthy – The Visitor
  • Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop
  • Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
  • Lance Hammer – Ballast
  • Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
  • 2009: Lee Daniels – Precious ‡
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
  • Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
  • James Gray – Two Lovers
  • Michael Hoffman – The Last Station

    • 2010s

  • 2010: Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan ‡
  • Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
  • Lisa Cholodenko – The Kids Are All Right
  • Debra Granik – Winter's Bone
  • John Cameron Mitchell – Rabbit Hole
  • 2011: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist †
  • Mike Mills – Beginners
  • Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
  • Alexander Payne – The Descendants ‡
  • Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
  • 2012: David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook ‡
  • Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
  • Julia Loktev – The Loneliest Planet
  • Ira Sachs – Keep the Lights On
  • Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild ‡
  • 2013: Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave ‡
  • Shane Carruth – Upstream Color
  • J. C. Chandor – All Is Lost
  • Jeff Nichols – Mud
  • Alexander Payne – Nebraska ‡
  • 2014: Richard Linklater – Boyhood ‡
  • Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
  • Ava DuVernay – Selma
  • Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) †
  • David Zellner – Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
  • 2015: Tom McCarthy – Spotlight ‡
  • Sean Baker – Tangerine
  • Cary Joji Fukunaga – Beasts of No Nation
  • Todd Haynes – Carol
  • Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson – Anomalisa
  • David Robert Mitchell – It Follows
  • 2016: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight ‡
  • Andrea Arnold – American Honey
  • Pablo Larraín – Jackie
  • Jeff Nichols – Loving
  • Kelly Reichardt – Certain Women

    • References

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