Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay

The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It was first presented in 1994 with David O. Russell being the first recipient of the award for Spanking the Monkey, a film he also directed.

Winners and nominees

Paul Auster won for Smoke.

Neil LaBute won for In the Company of Men.

Darren Aronofsky won for Pi.

Charlie Kaufman won for Being John Malkovich.

1990s

2000s

Gina Prince-Bythewood won for Love & Basketball.

Terry Zwigoff won for Ghost World alongside Daniel Clowes.

Michael Arndt won for Little Miss Sunshine.

Diablo Cody won for Juno.

Dustin Lance Black won for Milk.

2010s

Justin Simien won for Dear White People.

Emma Donoghue won for Room.

Robert Eggers won for The Witch.

Emily Gordon won for The Big Sick.

Kumail Nanjiani won for The Big Sick.

Bo Burnham won for Eighth Grade.

2020s

References

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