2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay Winner
![The Savages Tamara Jenkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-savages-tamara-jenkins-image.jpg)
The Savages
Tamara Jenkins
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay Nominees
![Starting Out in the Evening Fred Parnes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/starting-out-in-the-evening-image.jpg)
Starting Out in the Evening
Fred Parnes
![The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Ronald Harwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-julian-schnabel-image.jpg)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ronald Harwood
![Waitress Adrienne Shelly](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/waitress-image.jpg)
Waitress
Adrienne Shelly
![Year of the Dog Mike White](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/year-of-the-dog-mike-white-image.jpg)