Independent Spirit Award per la miglior sceneggiatura d'esordio
# 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 1995-1999

* 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 2000-2009

* 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 2010-2019

* 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 2020-2029

* 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
