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1993 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerOne False MoveCarl FranklinA small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.Amazon1993 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesBad LieutenantAbel FerraraAmazonGas, Food LodgingAllison AndersAmazonReservoir DogsQuentin TarantinoAmazonSwoonTom KalinAmazon

1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerShort CutsRobert AltmanThe day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.Amazon1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesEl mariachiRobert RodriguezAmazonMacJohn TurturroAmazonRuby in ParadiseVictor NunezAmazonThe Wedding BanquetAng LeeAmazon

1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerPulp FictionQuentin TarantinoThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Amazon1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesDeath and the MaidenRoman PolanskiAmazonEat Drink Man WomanAng LeeAmazonMrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleAlan RudolphAmazonRed Rock WestJohn DahlAmazon

1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerLeaving Las VegasMike FiggisBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera..Amazon1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesGeorgiaUlu GrosbardAmazonNadjaMichael AlmereydaAmazonSafeTodd HaynesAmazonThe Secret of Roan InishJohn SaylesAmazon

1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerFargoJoel CoenJerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Amazon1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesCaughtRobert M. YoungAmazonFlirting with DisasterDavid O. RussellAmazonThe FuneralAbel FerraraAmazonWelcome to the DollhouseTodd SolondzAmazon

1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerThe ApostleRobert DuvallAfter his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.Amazon1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesHabitLarry FessendenAmazonThe End of ViolenceWim WendersAmazonTouchPaul SchraderAmazonUlee's GoldVictor NunezAmazon

1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerRushmoreWes AndersonThe extracurricular king of Rushmore Preparatory School is put on academic probation.Amazon1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesAfflictionPaul SchraderAmazonClaire DolanLodge KerriganAmazonHappinessTodd SolondzAmazonVelvet GoldmineTodd HaynesAmazon

2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerElectionAlexander PayneA high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.Amazon2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesGoDoug LimanAmazonJulien Donkey-BoyHarmony KorineAmazonThe LimeySteven SoderberghAmazonThe Straight StoryDavid LynchAmazon

2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonAng LeeA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.Amazon2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesBefore Night FallsJulian SchnabelAmazonBest in ShowChristopher GuestAmazonChuck & BuckMiguel ArtetaAmazonRequiem for a DreamDarren AronofskyAmazon

2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerMementoChristopher NolanA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.Amazon2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesHedwig and the Angry InchJohn Cameron MitchellAmazonL.I.E.Michael CuestaAmazonStranger InsideCheryl DunyeAmazonWaking LifeRichard LinklaterAmazon