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2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerFar from HeavenTodd HaynesIn 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.Amazon2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesGerryGus Van SantAmazonIvansxtcBernard RoseAmazonLovely & AmazingNicole HolofcenerAmazonNarcJoe CarnahanAmazon

2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director 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 Director NomineesAmerican SplendorShari Springer BermanAmazonElephantGus Van SantAmazonIn AmericaJim SheridanAmazonRaising Victor VargasPeter SollettAmazon

2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director 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 Director NomineesBaadasssss!Mario Van PeeblesAmazonMaria Full of GraceJoshua MarstonAmazonPrimerShane CarruthAmazonThe Motorcycle DiariesWalter SallesAmazon

2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerBrokeback MountainAng LeeThe story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.Amazon2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesGood Night, and Good Luck.George ClooneyAmazonMysterious SkinGregg ArakiAmazonNine LivesRodrigo GarcíaAmazonThe Squid and the WhaleNoah BaumbachAmazon

2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerLittle Miss SunshineJonathan DaytonA 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 Director NomineesA Prairie Home CompanionRobert AltmanAmazonBubbleSteven SoderberghAmazonHalf NelsonRyan FleckAmazonThe Dead GirlKaren MoncrieffAmazon

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerThe Diving Bell and the ButterflyJulian SchnabelThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.Amazon2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesI'm Not ThereTodd HaynesAmazonJunoJason ReitmanAmazonParanoid ParkGus Van SantAmazonThe SavagesTamara JenkinsAmazon

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerThe VisitorTom McCarthyA college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.Amazon2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesBallastLance HammerAmazonChop ShopRamin BahraniAmazonFrozen RiverCourtney HuntAmazonRachel Getting MarriedJonathan DemmeAmazon

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerPreciousLee DanielsIn New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.Amazon2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesA Serious ManEthan CoenAmazonSin nombreCary Joji FukunagaAmazonThe Last StationMichael HoffmanAmazonTwo LoversJames GrayAmazon

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerBlack SwanDarren AronofskyA committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".Amazon2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director Nominees127 HoursDanny BoyleAmazonRabbit HoleJohn Cameron MitchellAmazonThe Kids Are All RightLisa CholodenkoAmazonWinter's BoneDebra GranikAmazon

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerThe ArtistMichel HazanaviciusAn egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era.Amazon2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesBeginnersMike MillsAmazonDriveNicolas Winding RefnAmazonTake ShelterJeff NicholsAmazonThe DescendantsAlexander PayneAmazon