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2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerThe Good GirlMike WhiteA discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.Amazon2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesLovely & AmazingNicole HolofcenerAmazonRoger DodgerDylan KiddAmazonThirteen Conversations About One ThingJill SprecherAmazonTullyHilary BirminghamAmazon

2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerLost in TranslationSofia CoppolaA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.Amazon2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesA Mighty WindChristopher GuestAmazonAmerican SplendorShari Springer BermanAmazonPieces of AprilPeter HedgesAmazonShattered GlassBilly RayAmazon

2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerSidewaysAlexander PayneTwo men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.Amazon2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesBaadasssss!Mario Van PeeblesAmazonBefore SunsetRichard LinklaterAmazonKinseyBill CondonAmazonThe Door in the FloorTod WilliamsAmazon

2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerCapoteDan FuttermanIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.Amazon2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesNine LivesRodrigo GarcíaAmazonThe Squid and the WhaleNoah BaumbachAmazonThe War WithinAyad AkhtarAmazonThree BurialsGuillermo ArriagaAmazon

2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerThank You for SmokingJason ReitmanSatirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son.Amazon2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesFriends with MoneyNicole HolofcenerAmazonSorry, HatersJeff StanzlerAmazonThe IllusionistNeil BurgerAmazonThe Painted VeilRon NyswanerAmazon

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerThe SavagesTamara JenkinsA sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.Amazon2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesStarting Out in the EveningFred ParnesAmazonThe Diving Bell and the ButterflyRonald HarwoodAmazonWaitressAdrienne ShellyAmazonYear of the DogMike WhiteAmazon

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerVicky Cristina BarcelonaWoody AllenTwo friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.Amazon2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesSangre de mi sangreChristopher ZallaAmazonSavage GraceHoward A. RodmanAmazonSugarAnna BodenAmazonSynecdoche, New YorkCharlie KaufmanAmazon

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay Winner500 Days of SummerScott NeustadterAn offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.Amazon2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesAdventurelandGreg MottolaAmazonThe Last StationMichael HoffmanAmazonThe MessengerAlessandro CamonAmazonThe Vicious KindLee Toland KriegerAmazon

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerThe Kids Are All RightStuart BlumbergTwo children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.Amazon2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesLife During WartimeTodd SolondzAmazonPlease GiveNicole HolofcenerAmazonRabbit HoleDavid Lindsay-AbaireAmazonWinter's BoneDebra GranikAmazon

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerThe DescendantsAlexander PayneA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.Amazon2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesBeginnersMike MillsAmazonFootnoteJoseph CedarAmazonThe ArtistMichel HazanaviciusAmazonWin WinTom McCarthyAmazon