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1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerPiDarren AronofskyA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.Amazon1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesHigh ArtLisa CholodenkoAmazonNiagara, NiagaraMatthew WeissAmazonSlums of Beverly HillsTamara JenkinsAmazonSmoke SignalsSherman AlexieAmazon

2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerBeing John MalkovichCharlie KaufmanA puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.Amazon2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesBoys Don't CryKimberly PeirceAmazonCookie's FortuneAnne RappAmazonThe Adventures of Sebastian ColeTod WilliamsAmazonThe Straight StoryJohn RoachAmazon

2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerLove & BasketballGina Prince-BythewoodMonica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.Amazon2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesBoiler RoomBen YoungerAmazonGeorge WashingtonDavid Gordon GreenAmazonThe VisitJordan Walker-PearlmanAmazonTigerlandRoss KlavanAmazon

2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerGhost WorldDaniel ClowesWith only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives.Amazon2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesDonnie DarkoRichard KellyAmazonHedwig and the Angry InchJohn Cameron MitchellAmazonL.I.E.Stephen M. RyderAmazonThe Anniversary PartyJennifer Jason LeighAmazon

2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerSecretaryErin Cressida WilsonA young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.Amazon2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesHysterical BlindnessLaura CahillAmazonIgby Goes DownBurr SteersAmazonInterview with the AssassinNeil BurgerAmazonKissing Jessica SteinHeather JuergensenAmazon

2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerThe Station AgentTom McCarthyWhen his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.Amazon2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesBlue CarKaren MoncrieffAmazonMonsterPatty JenkinsAmazonRaising Victor VargasPeter SollettAmazonThirteenCatherine HardwickeAmazon

2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerMaria Full of GraceJoshua MarstonA pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.Amazon2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesBrother to BrotherRodney EvansAmazonGarden StateZach BraffAmazonPrimerShane CarruthAmazonRobbing PeterMario F. de la VegaAmazon

2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerTransamericaDuncan TuckerA preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.Amazon2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesFixing FrankKen HanesAmazonJunebugAngus MacLachlanAmazonMe and You and Everyone We KnowMiranda JulyAmazonThe Beautiful CountrySabina MurrayAmazon

2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerLittle Miss SunshineMichael ArndtA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.Amazon2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesA Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsDito MontielAmazonConversations with Other WomenGabrielle ZevinAmazonHalf NelsonAnna BodenAmazonWristcutters: A Love StoryGoran DukicAmazon

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay WinnerJunoDiablo CodyFaced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.Amazon2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay NomineesA Mighty HeartJohn OrloffAmazonBefore the Devil Knows You're DeadKelly MastersonAmazonBroken EnglishZoe R. CassavetesAmazonRocket ScienceJeffrey BlitzAmazon