Independent Spirit Award per la miglior sceneggiatura
# Independent Spirit Award per la miglior sceneggiatura

L'Independent Spirit Award per la miglior sceneggiatura (Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay) è un premio cinematografico statunitense assegnato annualmente dal 1986.

## Vincitori e candidati

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

### Anni 1986-1989

* 1986: Horton Foote - In viaggio verso Bountiful (The Trip to Bountiful)
   * Joseph Minion - Fuori orario (After Hours)
   * Joel Coen e Ethan Coen - Blood Simple - Sangue facile (Blood Simple.)
   * Tom Cole - La prima volta (Smooth Talk)
* 1987: Oliver Stone - Platoon
   * David Lynch - Velluto blu (Blue Velvet)
   * Peter Wang e Shirley Sun - A Great Wall
   * Oliver Stone e Rick Boyle - Salvador
   * Raynold Gideon e Bruce A. Evans - Stand by Me - Ricordo di un'estate (Stand by Me)
* 1988: Neal Jimenez - I ragazzi del fiume ( River's Edge)
   * Agnieszka Holland - Anna
   * Tony Huston - The Dead - Gente di Dublino (The Dead)
   * John Sayles - Matewan
   * Spalding Gray - Swimming to Cambodia
* 1989: Ramón Menéndez - La forza della volontà (Stand and Deliver)
   * John Patrick Shanley - Dentro la grande mela (Five Corners)
   * John Waters - Grasso è bello (Hairspray)
   * John Bradshaw e Alan Rudolph - Moderns (The Moderns)
   * David Burton Morris, Chris Mulkey, John Jenkins e Karen Landry - Patti Rocks

### Anni 1990-1999

* 1990: Gus Van Sant e Daniel Yost - Drugstore Cowboy
   * Patrick Sheane Duncan - 84C MoPic
   * Daniel Waters - Schegge di follia (Heathers)
   * Steve De Jarnatt - Soluzione finale (Miracle Mile)
   * Jim Jarmusch - Mystery Train - Martedì notte a Memphis (Mystery Train)
* 1991: Charles Burnett - To Sleep with Anger
   * John McNaughton e Richard Fire - Henry pioggia di sangue (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer)
   * Whit Stillman - Metropolitan
   * Michael Roemer - Tutti contro Harry (The Plot Against Harry)
   * Allan Moyle - Pump up the volume - Alza il volume (Pump Up the Volume)
* 1992: Gus Van Sant - Belli e dannati (My Own Private Idaho)
   * Joseph B. Vasquez - I migliori del Bronx (Hangin' with the Homeboys)
   * Lem Dobbs - Delitti e segreti ( Kafka)
   * Floyd Byars e Fritjof Capra - Mindwalk
   * Michael Tolkin - Sacrificio fatale (The Rapture)
* 1993: Neal Jimenez - Vita di cristallo (The Waterdance)
   * Allison Anders - Gas, Food Lodging
   * Paul Schrader - Lo spacciatore (Light Sleeper)
   * Keith Gordon - Vicino alla fine (A Midnight Clear)
   * Billy Bob Thornton - Qualcuno sta per morire (One False Move)
* 1994: Robert Altman e Frank Barhydt - America oggi (Short Cuts)
   * Edwin Baker e Tony Chan - Combination Platter
   * Nancy Savoca e Richard Guay - Verso il paradiso (Household Saints)
   * Ang Lee, Neil Peng e James Schamus - Il banchetto di nozze (Hsi yen)
   * Víctor Núñez - Ruby in Paradiso (Ruby in Paradise)
* 1995: Quentin Tarantino e Roger Avary - Pulp Fiction
   * Woody Allen e Douglas McGrath - Pallottole su Broadway (Bullets Over Broadway)
   * Randy Sue Coburn e Alan Rudolph - Mrs. Parker e il circolo vizioso (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle)
   * John Dahl e Rick Dahl - Red Rock West
   * Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus e Ang Lee - Mangiare bere uomo donna (Yin shi nan nu)
* 1996: Christopher McQuarrie - I soliti sospetti (The Usual Suspects)
   * Mike Figgis - Via da Las Vegas (Leaving Las Vegas)
   * Tom DiCillo - Si gira a Manhattan (Living in Oblivion)
   * Todd Haynes - Safe
   * John Sayles - Il segreto dell'isola di Roan (The Secret of Roan Inish)
* 1997: Joel Coen ed Ethan Coen - Fargo
   * Jim Jarmusch - Dead Man
   * David O. Russell - Amori e disastri (Flirting with Disaster)
   * Nicholas St. John - Fratelli (The Funeral)
   * John Sayles - Stella solitaria (Lone Star)
* 1998: Kevin Smith - In cerca di Amy (Chasing Amy)
   * Robert Duvall - L'apostolo (The Apostle)
   * Paul Schrader - Touch
   * Victor Nuñez - L'oro di Ulisse (Ulee's Gold)
   * Christopher Guest e Eugene Levy - Sognando Broadway (Waiting for Guffman)
* 1999: Don Roos - The Opposite of Sex - L'esatto contrario del sesso (The Opposite of Sex)
   * Paul Schrader - Affliction
   * Frank Military - Blind Faith
   * Bill Condon - Demoni e dei (Gods and Monsters)
   * David Mamet - Il prigioniero (The Spanish Prisoner)

### Anni 2000-2009

* 2000: Alexander Payne e Jim Taylor - Election
   * Kevin Smith - Dogma
   * Audrey Wells - Guinevere
   * Lem Dobbs - L'inglese (The Limey)
   * James Merendino - Fuori di cresta (SLC Punk!)
* 2001: Kenneth Lonergan - Conta su di me (You Can Count on Me)
   * Mike White - Chuck & Buck
   * Valerie Breiman - Love & Sex
   * Raymond De Felitta - Two Family House
   * Robert Dillon - Waking the Dead
* 2002: Christopher Nolan - Memento
   * Henry Bean - The Believer
   * Robert Festinger e Todd Field - In the Bedroom
   * Milo Addica e Will Rokos - Monster's Ball - L'ombra della vita (Monster's Ball), regia di Marc Forster
   * Richard Linklater - Waking Life
* 2003: Mike White - The Good Girl
   * Nicole Holofcener - Lovely & Amazing
   * Dylan Kidd - Roger Dodger
   * Jill Sprecher e Karen Sprecher - Tredici variazioni sul tema (Thirteen Conversations About One Thing)
   * Hilary Birmingham e Matt Drake - Tully
* 2004: Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation - L'amore tradotto (Lost in Translation)
   * Shari Springer Berman e Robert Pulcini - American Splendor
   * Christopher Guest ed Eugene Levy (e il resto del cast del film) - A Mighty Wind - Amici per la musica (A Mighty Wind)
   * Peter Hedges - Schegge di April (Pieces of April)
   * Billy Ray - L'inventore di favole (Shattered Glass)
* 2005: Alexander Payne e Jim Taylor - Sideways - In viaggio con Jack (Sideways)
   * Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy ed Ethan Hawke - Before Sunset - Prima del tramonto (Before Sunset)
   * Tod Williams - The Door in the Floor
   * Mario Van Peebles e Dennis Haggerty - How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass
   * Bill Condon - Kinsey
* 2006: Dan Futterman - Truman Capote - A sangue freddo (Capote)
   * Rodrigo García - 9 vite da donna (Nine Lives)
   * Noah Baumbach - Il calamaro e la balena (The Squid and the Whale)
   * Guillermo Arriaga - Le tre sepolture (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
   * Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo e Tom Glynn - The War Within
* 2007: Jason Reitman - Thank You for Smoking
   * Nicole Holofcener - Friends with Money
   * Neil Burger - The Illusionist - L'illusionista (The Illusionist)
   * Ron Nyswaner - Il velo dipinto (The Painted Veil)
   * Jeff Stanzler - Sorry, Haters
* 2008: Tamara Jenkins - La famiglia Savage (The Savages)
   * Ronald Harwood - Lo scafandro e la farfalla (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
   * Fred Parnes e Andrew Wagner - Starting Out in the Evening
   * Adrienne Shelly - Waitress - Ricette d'amore (Waitress)
   * Mike White - Year of the Dog
* 2009: Woody Allen – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
   * Anna Boden e Ryan Fleck – Sugar
   * Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
   * Howard A Rodman – Savage Grace
   * Christopher Zalla – Sangre de mi sangre

### Anni 2010-2019

* 2010: Scott Neustadter e Michael H. Weber - (500) giorni insieme ((500) Days of Summer)
   * Greg Mottola - Adventureland
   * Michael Hoffman - The Last Station
   * Alessandro Camon e Oren Moverman - Oltre le regole - The Messenger (The Messenger)
   * Lee Toland Krieger - The Vicious Kind
* 2011: Stuart Blumberg e Lisa Cholodenko - I ragazzi stanno bene (The Kids Are All Right)
   * Debra Granik e Anne Rosellini - Un gelido inverno (Winter's Bone)
   * Nicole Holofcener - Please Give
   * David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole
   * Todd Solondz - Perdona e dimentica (Life During Wartime)
* 2012: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon e Jim Rash - Paradiso amaro (The Descendants)
   * Joseph Cedar - Hearat Shulayim
   * Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
   * Thomas McCarthy - Mosse vincenti (Win Win)
   * Mike Mills - Beginners
* 2013: David O. Russell - Il lato positivo - Silver Linings Playbook (Silver Linings Playbook)
   * Wes Anderson e Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom - Una fuga d'amore (Moonrise Kingdom)
   * Zoe Kazan - Ruby Sparks
   * Martin McDonagh - 7 psicopatici (Seven Psychopaths)
   * Ira Sachs - Keep the Lights On
* 2014: John Ridley - 12 anni schiavo (12 Years a Slave)
   * Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
   * Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke e Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
   * Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said
   * Scott Neustadter e Michael H. Weber - The Spectacular Now
* 2015: Dan Gilroy - Lo sciacallo - Nightcrawler (Nightcrawler)
   * Scott Alexander e Larry Karaszewski - Big Eyes
   * J. C. Chandor - 1981: Indagine a New York (A Most Violent Year)
   * Jim Jarmusch - Solo gli amanti sopravvivono (Only Lovers Left Alive)
   * Ira Sachs e Mauricio Zacharias - I toni dell'amore - Love Is Strange (Love Is Strange)
* 2016: Tom McCarthy e Josh Singer – Il caso Spotlight (Spotlight)
   * Charlie Kaufman – Anomalisa
   * Donald Margulies – The End of the Tour - Un viaggio con David Foster Wallace (The End of the Tour)
   * Phyllis Nagy – Carol
   * S. Craig Zahler – Bone Tomahawk
* 2017: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
   * Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
   * Mike Mills – Le donne della mia vita (20th Century Women)
   * Ira Sachs e Mauricio Zacharias – Little Men
   * Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
* 2018: Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
   * Azazel Jacobs - The Lovers
   * Martin McDonagh - Tre manifesti a Ebbing, Missouri (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
   * Jordan Peele - Scappa - Get Out (Get Out)
   * Mike White - Beatriz at Dinner
* 2019: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty - Copia originale (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
   * Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz - Colette
   * Tamara Jenkins - Private Life
   * Boots Riley - Sorry to Bother You
   * Paul Schrader - First Reformed - La creazione a rischio (First Reformed)

### Anni 2020-2029

* 2020: Noah Baumbach - Storia di un matrimonio (Marriage Story)
   * Jason Begue e Shawn Snyder - To Dust
   * Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie e Benny Safdie - Diamanti grezzi (Uncut Gems)
   * Chinonye Chukwu - Clemency
   * Tarell Alvin McCraney - High Flying Bird
* 2021: Emerald Fennell - Una donna promettente (Promising Young Woman)
   * Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
   * Eliza Hittman - Mai raramente a volte sempre (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
   * Mike Makowsky - Bad Education
   * Alice Wu - L'altra metà (The Half of It)
* 2022:
   * Nikole Beckwith - Insieme per davvero (Together Together)
   * Janicza Bravo e Jeremy O. Harris - Zola
   * Maggie Gyllenhaal - La figlia oscura (The Lost Daughter)
   * Mike Mills - C'mon C'mon
   * Todd Stephens - Swan Song
