Independent Spirit Award for Best First FeatureCheck all the winners of Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
|
Forest Whitaker | Fruitvale Station |
|
Ryan Coogler | Fruitvale Station | |
|
Nina Yang Bongiovi | Fruitvale Station | |
| 2013 |
|
Stephen Chbosky | The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
|
John Malkovich | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | |
|
Lianne Halfon | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | |
|
Russell Smith | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | |
| 2012 |
|
Zachary Quinto | Margin Call |
|
Robert Ogden Barnum | Margin Call | |
|
Joe Jenckes | Margin Call | |
|
J.C. Chandor | Margin Call | |
|
Corey Moosa | Margin Call | |
|
Michael Benaroya | Margin Call | |
|
Neal Dodson | Margin Call | |
| 2011 |
|
Dean Zanuck | Get Low |
|
David Gundlach | Get Low | |
|
Aaron Schneider | Get Low | |
| 2010 |
|
Scott Cooper | Crazy Heart |
|
Robert Duvall | Crazy Heart | |
|
Rob Carliner | Crazy Heart | |
|
Judy Cairo | Crazy Heart | |
|
T-Bone Burnett | Crazy Heart | |
| 2009 |
|
Charlie Kaufman | Synecdoche, New York |
|
Anthony Bregman | Synecdoche, New York | |
|
Spike Jonze | Synecdoche, New York | |
|
Sidney Kimmel | Synecdoche, New York | |
| 2008 |
|
Scott Frank | The Lookout |
|
Roger Birnbaum | The Lookout | |
|
Gary Barber | The Lookout | |
|
Laurence Mark | The Lookout | |
|
Walter F. Parkes | The Lookout | |
| 2007 |
|
Ali Selim | Sweet Land |
|
Alan Cumming | Sweet Land | |
|
Jim Bigham | Sweet Land | |
| 2006 |
|
Paul Haggis | Crash |
|
Cathy Schulman | Crash | |
|
Don Cheadle | Crash | |
|
Bob Yari | Crash | |
|
Mark R. Harris | Crash | |
|
Robert Moresco | Crash | |
| 2005 |
|
Zach Braff | Garden State |
|
Pamela Abdy | Garden State | |
|
Gary Gilbert | Garden State | |
|
Dan Halsted | Garden State | |
|
Richard Klubeck | Garden State | |
| 2004 |
|
Patty Jenkins | Monster |
|
Mark Damon | Monster | |
|
Donald Kushner | Monster | |
|
Clark Peterson | Monster | |
|
Charlize Theron | Monster | |
|
Brad Wyman | Monster | |
| 2003 |
|
Peter Care | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys |
| 2002 |
|
Todd Field | In the Bedroom |
| 2001 |
|
Kenneth Lonergan | You Can Count on Me |
|
John Hart | You Can Count on Me | |
|
Jeffrey Sharp | You Can Count on Me | |
|
Barbara De Fina | You Can Count on Me | |
|
Larry Meistrich | You Can Count on Me | |
| 2000 |
|
Spike Jonze | Being John Malkovich |
|
Michael Stipe | Being John Malkovich | |
|
Sandy Stern | Being John Malkovich | |
|
Steve Golin | Being John Malkovich | |
|
Vincent Landay | Being John Malkovich | |
| 1999 |
|
Don Roos | The Opposite of Sex |
|
David Kirkpatrick | The Opposite of Sex | |
|
Michael Besman | The Opposite of Sex | |
| 1998 |
|
Kasi Lemmons | Eve's Bayou |
|
Caldecot Chubb | Eve's Bayou | |
|
Samuel L. Jackson | Eve's Bayou | |
| 1997 |
|
Billy Bob Thornton | Sling Blade |
|
David L. Bushell | Sling Blade | |
|
Brandon Rosser | Sling Blade | |
| 1996 |
|
Edward Burns | The Brothers McMullen |
|
Dick Fisher | The Brothers McMullen | |
| 1995 |
|
David O. Russell | Spanking the Monkey |
|
Dean Silvers | Spanking the Monkey | |
| 1994 |
|
Robert Rodriguez | El Mariachi |
|
Carlos Gallardo | El Mariachi | |
| 1993 |
|
Michael Steinberg | The Waterdance |
|
Neal Jimenez | The Waterdance | |
|
Marie Cantin | The Waterdance | |
|
Guy Riedel | The Waterdance | |
|
Gale Anne Hurd | The Waterdance | |
| 1992 |
|
Matty Rich | Straight Out of Brooklyn |
|
Lindsay Law | Straight Out of Brooklyn | |
|
Ira Deutchman | Straight Out of Brooklyn | |
| 1991 |
|
Whit Stillman | Metropolitan |
| 1990 |
|
Michael Lehmann | Heathers |
|
Denise Di Novi | Heathers | |
| 1989 |
|
Donald Petrie | Mystic Pizza |
|
Mark Levinson | Mystic Pizza | |
|
Scott Rosenfelt | Mystic Pizza | |
| 1988 |
|
Linda Gottlieb | Dirty Dancing |
|
Emile Ardolino | Dirty Dancing | |
| 1987 |
|
Spike Lee | She's Gotta Have It |
