2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director Winner and Nominees

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.

Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman

Beasts of No Nation

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Carol

Todd Haynes

It Follows

David Robert Mitchell

Tangerine

Sean Baker