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2020 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![The 40-Year-Old Version Radha Blank](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-40-year-old-version-radha-blank-image.jpg)
The 40-Year-Old Version
Radha Blank
2019 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-black-man-in-san-francisco-joe-talbot-image.jpg)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Joe Talbot
2018 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![The Kindergarten Teacher Sara Colangelo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-kindergarten-teacher-sara-colangelo-image.jpg)
The Kindergarten Teacher
Sara Colangelo
2017 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Beach Rats Eliza Hittman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beach-rats-eliza-hittman-image.jpg)
Beach Rats
Eliza Hittman
2016 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Swiss Army Man Daniel Scheinert](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/swiss-army-man-dan-kwan-daniel-scheinert-image.jpg)
Swiss Army Man
Daniel Scheinert
2015 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![The Witch Robert Eggers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-witch-robert-eggers-image.jpg)
The Witch
Robert Eggers
2014 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Fishing Without Nets Cutter Hodierne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fishing-without-nets-cutter-hodierne-image.jpg)
Fishing Without Nets
Cutter Hodierne
2013 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Afternoon Delight Jill Soloway](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/afternoon-delight-jill-soloway-image.jpg)
Afternoon Delight
Jill Soloway
2012 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Middle of Nowhere Ava DuVernay](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/middle-of-nowhere-image.jpg)
Middle of Nowhere
Ava DuVernay
2011 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Martha Marcy May Marlene Sean Durkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/martha-marcy-may-marlene-sean-durkin-image.jpg)
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Sean Durkin
2010 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![3 Backyards Eric Mendelsohn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3-backyards-eric-mendelsohn-image.jpg)
3 Backyards
Eric Mendelsohn
2009 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Sin nombre Cary Joji Fukunaga](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sin-nombre-cary-joji-fukunaga-image.jpg)
Sin nombre
Cary Joji Fukunaga
2008 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Ballast Lance Hammer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ballast-lance-hammer-image.jpg)
Ballast
Lance Hammer
2007 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Rocket Science Jeffrey Blitz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rocket-science-jeffrey-blitz-image.jpg)
Rocket Science
Jeffrey Blitz
2006 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dito Montiel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-guide-to-recognizing-your-saints-dito-montiel-image.jpg)
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito Montiel
2005 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-squid-and-the-whale-noah-baumbach-image.jpg)
The Squid and the Whale
Noah Baumbach
2004 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Down to the Bone Debra Granik](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/down-to-the-bone-debra-granik-image.jpg)
Down to the Bone
Debra Granik
2003 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Thirteen Catherine Hardwicke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thirteen-catherine-hardwicke-image.jpg)
Thirteen
Catherine Hardwicke
2002 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Tadpole Gary Winick](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tadpole-gary-winick-image.jpg)
Tadpole
Gary Winick
2001 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Hedwig and the Angry Inch John Cameron Mitchell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hedwig-and-the-angry-inch-john-cameron-mitchell-image.jpg)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
John Cameron Mitchell
2000 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Girlfight Karyn Kusama](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/girlfight-karyn-kusama-image.jpg)
Girlfight
Karyn Kusama
1999 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Judy Berlin Eric Mendelsohn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/judy-berlin-eric-mendelsohn-image.jpg)
Judy Berlin
Eric Mendelsohn
1998 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Pi Darren Aronofsky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pi-darren-aronofsky-image.jpg)
Pi
Darren Aronofsky
1997 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Dramatic
![Hurricane Streets Morgan J. Freeman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hurricane-streets-morgan-j.-freeman-image.jpg)