| Year |
|
Winner |
Winner Work |
| 2012 |
|
Ira Sachs |
Keep the Lights On |
| 2011 |
|
Marco Berger |
Absent |
| 2010 |
|
Lisa Cholodenko |
The Kids Are All Right |
| 2009 |
|
Julián Hernández |
Raging Sun, Raging Sky |
| 2008 |
|
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson |
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela |
| 2007 |
|
Zero Chou |
Spider Lilies |
| 2006 |
|
Auraeus Solito |
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros |
| 2005 |
|
Anahí Berneri |
A Year Without Love |
| 2004 |
|
Sébastien Lifshitz |
Wild Side |
| 2003 |
|
Julián Hernández |
A Thousand Clouds of Peace |
| 2002 |
|
Tony Ayres |
Walking on Water |
| 2001 |
|
John Cameron Mitchell |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| 2000 |
|
François Ozon |
Water Drops on Burning Rocks |
| 1999 |
|
Lukas Moodysson |
Show Me Love |
| 1998 |
|
Stanley Kwan |
Hold You Tight |
| 1997 |
|
Alex Sichel |
All Over Me |
| 1996 |
|
Cheryl Dunye |
The Watermelon Woman |
| 1995 |
|
Cynthia Roberts |
The Last Supper |
| 1994 |
|
Rose Troche |
Go Fish |
| 1993 |
|
Derek Jarman |
Wittgenstein |
| 1992 |
|
P.J. Castellaneta |
Together Alone |
| 1991 |
|
Todd Haynes |
Poison |
| 1990 |
|
Heiner Carow |
Coming Out |
| 1989 |
|
Isaac Julien |
Looking for Langston |
| 1988 |
|
Derek Jarman |
The Last of England |
| 1987 |
|
Pedro Almodóvar |
Law of Desire |
