# Independent Spirit Award per la miglior sceneggiatura d'esordio

L'Independent Spirit Award per la miglior sceneggiatura d'esordio (Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay) è un premio cinematografico statunitense assegnato annualmente dal 1995.

## Vincitori e candidati

I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto, a seguire gli altri candidati.

### Anni 1990

* 1995: David O. Russell - Spanking the Monkey
** Paul Zehrer - Blessing
** Kevin Smith - Clerks - Commessi (Clerks.)
** James Bosley - Fun
** Tom Noonan - What Happened Was...
* 1996: Paul Auster - Smoke
** Harmony Korine - Kids
** James Gray - Little Odessa
** Steve McLean - Post Cards from America
** Kelly Reichardt - River of Grass
* 1997: Joseph Tropiano e Stanley Tucci - Big Night
** Suzan-Lori Parks - Girl 6 - Sesso in linea (Girl 6)
** Lisa Krueger - Manny & Lo
** Steve Buscemi - Mosche da bar (Trees Lounge)
** Michael Scott Myers - Il mondo intero (The Whole Wide World)
* 1998: Neil LaBute - Nella società degli uomini (In the Company of Men)
** Daniel J. Harris - The Bible and Gun Club
** Steven Schwartz - Se mi amate... (Critical Care)
** Miguel Arteta - Star Maps
** Paul Thomas Anderson - Sydney
* 1999: Darren Aronofsky - π - Il teorema del delirio (π)
** Lisa Cholodenko - High Art
** Matthew Weiss - Niagara, Niagara
** Tamara Jenkins - L'altra faccia di Beverly Hills (Slums of Beverly Hills)
** Sherman Alexie - Smoke Signals

### Anni 2000

* 2000: Charlie Kaufman - Essere John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich)
** Tod Williams - The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
** Kimberly Peirce e Andy Bienen - Boys Don't Cry
** Anne Rapp - La fortuna di Cookie (Cookie's Fortune)
** John Roach e Mary Sweeney - Una storia vera (The Straight Story)
* 2001: Gina Prince-Bythewood - Love & Basketball
** Ben Younger - 1 km da Wall Street (Boiler Room)
** David Gordon Green - George Washington
** Ross Klavan e Michael McGruther - Tigerland
** Jordan Walker-Pearlman - The Visit
* 2002: Daniel Clowes e Terry Zwigoff - Ghost World
** Jennifer Jason Leigh e Alan Cumming - Anniversary Party (The Anniversary Party)
** Richard Kelly - Donnie Darko
** John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig - La diva con qualcosa in più (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
** Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta e Gerald Cuesta - L.I.E.
* 2003: Erin Cressida Wilson - Secretary
** Laura Cahill - Gli occhi della vita (Hysterical Blindness)
** Burr Steers - Igby Goes Down
** Neil Burger - Interview with the Assassin
** Heather Juergensen e Jennifer Westfeldt - Kissing Jessica Stein
* 2004: Thomas McCarthy - Station Agent (The Station Agent)
** Karen Moncrieff - Blue Car
** Patty Jenkins - Monster
** Peter Sollett e Eva Vives - Long Way Home (Raising Victor Vargas)
** Catherine Hardwicke e Nikki Reed - Thirteen - 13 anni (Thirteen)
* 2005: Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace
** Rodney Evans - Brother to Brother
** Zach Braff - La mia vita a Garden State (Garden State)
** Shane Carruth - Primer
** Mario F. de la Vega - Robbing Peter
* 2006: Duncan Tucker - Transamerica
** Sabina Murray - Beautiful Country (The Beautiful Country)
** Ken Hanes - Fixing Frank
** Angus MacLachlan - Junebug
** Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
* 2007: Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
** Gabrielle Zevin - Conversations with Other Women
** Dito Montiel - Guida per riconoscere i tuoi santi (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints)
** Anna Boden e Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
** Goran Dukic - Wristcutters - Una storia d'amore (Wristcutters: A Love Story)
* 2008: Diablo Cody - Juno
** Kelly Masterson - Onora il padre e la madre (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
** Zoe R. Cassavetes - Broken English
** John Orloff - A Mighty Heart - Un cuore grande (A Mighty Heart)
** Jeffrey Blitz - Rocket Science
* 2009: Dustin Lance Black – Milk
** Lance Hammer – Ballast
** Courtney Hunt – Frozen River - Fiume di ghiaccio (Frozen River)
** Jonathan Levine – Fa' la cosa sbagliata (The Wackness)
** Jenny Lumet – Rachel sta per sposarsi (Rachel Getting Married)

### Anni 2010

* 2010: Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious
** Tom Ford e David Scearce - A Single Man
** Cherien Dabis - Amreeka
** Sophie Barthes - Cold Souls
** Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart
* 2011: Lena Dunham - Tiny Furniture
** Diane Bell - Obselidia
** Nik Fackler - Lovely, Still
** Bob Glaudini - Jack Goes Boating
** Dana Adam Shapiro e Evan M. Wiener - Monogamy
* 2012: Will Reiser - 50 e 50 (50/50)
** Mike Cahill e Brit Marling - Another Earth
** J.C. Chandor - Margin Call
** Patrick Dewitt - Terri
** Phil Johnston - Benvenuti a Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids)
* 2013: Derek Connolly - Safety Not Guaranteed
** Rama Burshtein - La sposa promessa (Lemale et ha'halal)
** Christopher Ford - Robot & Frank
** Rashida Jones e Will McCormack - Separati innamorati (Celeste and Jesse Forever)
** Jonathan Lisecki - Gayby
* 2014: Bob Nelson - Nebraska
** Lake Bell - In a World...
** Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Don Jon
** Jill Soloway - Afternoon Delight
** Michael Starrbury - The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
* 2015: Justin Simien - Dear White People
** Desiree Akhavan - Appropriate Behavior
** Sara Colangelo - Little Accidents
** Justin Lader - The One I Love
** Anja Marquardt - She's Lost Control
* 2016: Emma Donoghue – Room
** Jesse Andrews – Quel fantastico peggior anno della mia vita (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
** John Magary, Russell Harbaugh e Myna Joseph – The Mend
** Jonas Carpignano – Mediterranea
** Marielle Heller – Diario di una teenager (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
* 2017: Robert Eggers – The Witch
** Chris Kelly – Other People
** Adam Mansbach – Barry
** Stella Meghie – Jean of the Joneses
** Craig Shilowich – Christine
* 2018: Emily V. Gordon e Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick - Il matrimonio si può evitare... l'amore no (The Big Sick)
** Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta e Jesse Wakeman - Donald Cried
** Ingrid Jungermann - Women Who Kill
** Kogonada - Columbus
** David Smith e Matt Spicer - Ingrid Goes West
* 2019: Bo Burnham - Eighth Grade - Terza media (Eighth Grade)
** Christina Choe - Nancy
** Cory Finley - Amiche di sangue (Thoroughbreds)
** Jennifer Fox - The Tale
** David Smith e Matt Spicer - Blame

### Anni 2020

* 2020: Fredrica Bailey e Stefon Bristol - See You Yesterday
** Hannah Bos e Paul Thureen - Driveways
** Bridget Savage Cole e Danielle Krudy - Blow the Man Down
** Jocelyn DeBoer e Dawn Luebbe - Greener Grass
** James Montague e Craig W. Sanger - L'immensità della notte (The Vast of Night)
* 2021: Andy Siara - Palm Springs - Vivi come se non ci fosse un domani (Palm Springs)
** Kitty Green - The Assistant
** Noah Hutton - Lapsis
** Channing Godfrey Peoples - Miss Juneteenth
** James Sweeney - Straight Up