2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director Winner
![Spotlight Tom McCarthy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spotlight-tom-mccarthy-image.jpg)
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director Nominees
![Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anomalisa-duke-johnson-charlie-kaufman-image.jpg)
Anomalisa
Charlie Kaufman
![Beasts of No Nation Cary Joji Fukunaga](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beasts-of-no-nation-cary-joji-fukunaga-image.jpg)
Beasts of No Nation
Cary Joji Fukunaga
![Carol Todd Haynes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/carol-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Carol
Todd Haynes
![It Follows David Robert Mitchell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/it-follows-david-robert-mitchell-image.jpg)
It Follows
David Robert Mitchell
![Tangerine Sean Baker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tangerine-sean-baker-image.jpg)