Independent Spirit Award for Best ScreenplayCheck all the winners of Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
|
John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2013 |
|
David O. Russell | Silver Linings Playbook |
| 2012 |
|
Alexander Payne | The Descendants |
|
Jim Rash | The Descendants | |
|
Nat Faxon | The Descendants | |
| 2011 |
|
Stuart Blumberg | The Kids Are All Right |
|
Lisa Cholodenko | The Kids Are All Right | |
| 2010 |
|
Scott Neustadter | (500) Days of Summer |
|
Michael H. Weber | (500) Days of Summer | |
| 2009 |
|
Woody Allen | Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
| 2008 |
|
Tamara Jenkins | The Savages |
| 2007 |
|
Jason Reitman | Thank You for Smoking |
| 2006 |
|
Dan Futterman | Capote |
| 2005 |
|
Alexander Payne | Sideways |
|
Jim Taylor | Sideways | |
| 2004 |
|
Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
| 2003 |
|
Mike White | The Good Girl |
| 2002 |
|
Christopher Nolan | Memento |
| 2001 |
|
Kenneth Lonergan | You Can Count on Me |
| 2000 |
|
Alexander Payne | Election |
|
|
Jim Taylor | Election | |
| 1999 |
|
Don Roos | The Opposite of Sex |
| 1998 |
|
Kevin Smith | Chasing Amy |
| 1997 |
|
Joel Coen | Fargo |
|
Ethan Coen | Fargo | |
| 1996 |
|
Christopher McQuarrie | The Usual Suspects |
| 1995 |
|
Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
|
Roger Avary | Pulp Fiction | |
| 1994 |
|
Robert Altman | Short Cuts |
|
Frank Barhydt | Short Cuts | |
| 1993 |
|
Neal Jimenez | The Waterdance |
| 1992 |
|
Gus Van Sant | My Own Private Idaho |
| 1991 |
|
Charles Burnett | To Sleep with Anger |
| 1990 |
|
Gus Van Sant | Drugstore Cowboy |
|
Daniel Yost | Drugstore Cowboy | |
| 1989 |
|
Ramón Menéndez | Stand and Deliver |
|
Tom Musca | Stand and Deliver | |
| 1988 |
|
Neal Jimenez | River's Edge |
| 1987 |
|
Oliver Stone | Platoon |
| 1986 |
|
Horton Foote | The Trip to Bountiful |
