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2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerSilver Linings PlaybookDavid O. RussellAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.Amazon2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesBeasts of the Southern WildBenh ZeitlinAmazonKeep the Lights OnIra SachsAmazonMoonrise KingdomWes AndersonAmazonThe Loneliest PlanetJulia LoktevAmazon

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director Winner12 Years a SlaveSteve McQueenIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Amazon2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesAll Is LostJ.C. ChandorAmazonMudJeff NicholsAmazonNebraskaAlexander PayneAmazonUpstream ColorShane CarruthAmazon

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerBoyhoodRichard LinklaterThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.Amazon2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Alejandro G. IñárrituAmazonKumiko, the Treasure HunterDavid ZellnerAmazonSelmaAva DuVernayAmazonWhiplashDamien ChazelleAmazon

2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerSpotlightTom McCarthyThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.Amazon2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesAnomalisaCharlie KaufmanAmazonBeasts of No NationCary Joji FukunagaAmazonCarolTodd HaynesAmazonIt FollowsDavid Robert MitchellAmazonTangerineSean BakerAmazon

2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerMoonlightBarry JenkinsA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.Amazon2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesAmerican HoneyAndrea ArnoldAmazonCertain WomenKelly ReichardtAmazonJackiePablo LarraínAmazonLovingJeff NicholsAmazon

2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerGet OutJordan PeeleA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.Amazon2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesCall Me by Your NameLuca GuadagninoAmazonGood TimeBenny SafdieAmazonThe CiambraJonas CarpignanoAmazonThe Florida ProjectSean BakerAmazonThe RiderChloé ZhaoAmazon

2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerIf Beale Street Could TalkBarry JenkinsA young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.Amazon2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesFirst ReformedPaul SchraderAmazonLeave No TraceDebra GranikAmazonPrivate LifeTamara JenkinsAmazonYou Were Never Really HereLynne RamsayAmazon

2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director WinnerUncut GemsBenny SafdieA charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching aAmazon2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director NomineesHoney BoyAlma Har'elAmazonHustlersLorene ScafariaAmazonLuceJulius OnahAmazonThe LighthouseRobert EggersAmazon

1986 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Cinematography WinnerTrouble in MindToyomichi KuritaThe lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.Amazon1986 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Cinematography NomineesAfter HoursMichael BallhausAmazonBlood SimpleBarry SonnenfeldAmazonDim Sum: A Little Bit of HeartMichael G. ChinAmazon

1987 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Cinematography WinnerPlatoonRobert RichardsonA young soldier in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.Amazon1987 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Cinematography NomineesBlue VelvetFrederick ElmesAmazonDown by LawRobby MüllerAmazonSalvadorRobert RichardsonAmazonTrue StoriesEdward LachmanAmazon