Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay

The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.

Wins and nominations

1995

• David O. Russell for Spanking the Monkey
• Paul Zehrer for Blessing
• Kevin Smith for Clerks
• James Bosley for Fun
• Tom Noonan for What Happened Was

1996

• Paul Auster for Smoke
• Harmony Korine for Kids
• James Gray for Little Odessa
• Steve McLean for Postcards from America
• Kelly Reichardt for River of Grass

1997

• Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci for Big Night
• Suzan-Lori Parks for Girl 6
• Lisa Krueger for Manny & Lo
• Michael Scott Myers for The Whole Wide World
• Steve Buscemi for Trees Lounge

1998

• Neil LaBute for In the Company of Men
• Steven Schwartz for Critical Care
• Paul Thomas Anderson for Hard Eight
• Miguel Arteta for Star Maps
• Daniel Harris for The Bible and Gun Club

1999

• Darren Aronofsky for Pi
• Lisa Cholodenko for High Art
• Matthew Weiss for Niagara, Niagara
• Tamara Jenkins for Slums of Beverly Hills
• Sherman Alexie for Smoke Signals

2000

• Charlie Kaufman for Being John Malkovich
• Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen for Boys Don't Cry
• Anne Rapp for Cookie's Fortune
• Tod Williams for The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
• John Roach and Mary Sweeney for The Straight Story

2001

• Gina Prince-Bythewood for Love & Basketball
• Ben Younger for Boiler Room
• David Gordon Green for George Washington
• Jordan Walker-Pearlman for The Visit
• Ross Klavan and Michael McGruther for Tigerland

2002

• Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff for Ghost World
• Richard Kelly for Donnie Darko
• John Cameron Mitchell for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Stephen Ryder and Gerald Cuesta for L.I.E.
• Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming for The Anniversary Party

2003

• Erin Cressida Wilson for Secretary
• Laura Cahill for Hysterical Blindness
• Burr Steers for Igby Goes Down
• Neil Burger for Interview with the Assassin
• Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt for Kissing Jessica Stein

2004

• Thomas McCarthy for The Station Agent
• Karen Moncrieff for Blue Car
• Patty Jenkins for Monster
• Peter Sollett and Eva Vives for Raising Victor Vargas
• Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed for Thirteen

2005

• Joshua Marston for Maria Full of Grace
• Rodney Evans for Brother to Brother
• Zach Braff for Garden State
• Shane Carruth for Primer
• Mario de la Vega for Robbing Peter

2006

• Duncan Tucker for Transamerica
• Kenneth Hanes for Fixing Frank
• Angus MacLachlan for Junebug
• Miranda July for Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Sabina Murray for The Beautiful Country

2007

• Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine
• Dito Montiel for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• Gabrielle Zevin for Conversations with Other Women
• Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden for Half Nelson
• Goran Dukic for Wristcutters: A Love Story

2008

• Diablo Cody for Juno
• Jeffrey Blitz for Rocket Science
• Zoe Cassavetes for Broken English
• Kelly Masterson for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• John Orloff for A Mighty Heart

2009

• Dustin Lance Black for Milk
• Lance Hammer for Ballast
• Courtney Hunt for Frozen River
• Jonathan Levine for The Wackness
• Jenny Lumet for Rachel Getting Married

External links

• Official website

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