Someone to Watch Award
# Someone to Watch Award

Il Someone to Watch Award è un premio cinematografico statunitense assegnato annualmente dal 1996 nell'ambito degli Independent Spirit Awards a filmmakers indipendenti di eccezionale talento che non hanno ancora ricevuto i meritati riconoscimenti.

## Vincitori e candidati

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

### Anni 1996-1999

* 1996: Christopher Münch
   * Tim McCann
   * Jennifer Montgomery
   * Kelly Reichardt
   * Rafal Zielinski
* 1997: Larry Fessenden - Habit
   * Joe Brewster
   * Chris Smith
* 1998: Scott Saunders - The Headhunter's Sister
   * Tim Blake Nelson - Eye of God
   * Erin Dignam - Prove d'accusa (Loved)
* 1999: David D. Williams - Thirteen
   * Lynn Hershman-Leeson - Conceiving Ada
   * Tony Barbieri - One
   * Eric Tretbar - Snow

### Anni 2000-2009

* 2000: Cauleen Smith - Drylongso
   * Lisanne Skyler - Getting to Know You
   * Dan Clark - The Item
   * Julian Goldberger - Trans
* 2001: Marc Forster - Everything Put Together (Tutto sommato) (Everything Put Together)
   * Mia Trachinger - Bunny
   * Dan McCormack - Other Voices
* 2002: Debra Eisenstadt - Daydream Believer
   * Michael Gilio - Kwik Stop
   * DeMane Davis e Khari Streeter - Lift
   * David Maquiling - Too Much Sleep
* 2003: Przemyslaw Reut - Paradox Lake
   * Eitan Gorlin - The Holy Land
   * Eric Eason - Manito
* 2004: Andrew Bujalski - Funny Ha Ha
   * Ryan Eslinger - Madness and Genius
   * Ben Coccio - Zero Day
* 2005: Jem Cohen - Chain
   * Bryan Poyser - Dear Pillow
   * Jennifer Reeves - The Time We Killed
* 2006: Ian Gamazon e Neill Dela Llana - Cavite
   * Robinson Devor - Police Beat
   * Jay Duplass - The Puffy Chair
* 2007: Julia Loktev - Day Night Day Night
   * Richard Wong - Colma: The Musical
   * So Yong Kim - In Between Days
* 2008: Ramin Bahrani - Chop Shop
   * Ronald Bronstein - Frownland
   * Lee Isaac Chung - Munyurangabo
* 2009: Lynn Shelton - My Effortless Brilliance
   * Barry Jenkins - Medicine for Melancholy
   * Nina Paley - Sita Sings the Blues

### Anni 2010-2019

* 2010: Kyle Patrick Alvarez - Easier with Practice
   * Asiel Norton - Redland
   * Tariq Tapa - Zero Bridge
* 2011: Mike Ott - Littlerock
   * Hossein Keshavarz - Dog Sweat
   * Laurel Nakadate - The Wolf Knife
* 2012: Mark Jackson - Without
   * Simon Arthur - Silver Tongues
   * Nicholas Ozeki - Mamitas
* 2013: Adam Leon - Gimme the Loot
   * David Fenster - Pincus
   * Rebecca Thomas - Electrick Children
* 2014: Shaka King - Newlyweeds
   * Aaron Douglas Johnston - My Sister's Quinceañera
   * Madeline Olnek - The Foxy Merkins
* 2015: Rania Attieh e Daniel Garcia - H.
   * Ana Lily Amirpour - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
   * Chris Eska - The Retrieval
* 2016: Felix Thompson – King Jack
   * Robert Machoian – God Bless the Child
   * Chloé Zhao – Songs My Brothers Taught Me
* 2017: Anna Rose Holmer – The Fits
   * Andrew Ahn – Spa Night
   * Claire Carré – Embers
   * Ingrid Jungermann – Women Who Kill
* 2018: Gook, regia di Justin Chon
   * Dayveon, regia di Amman Abbasi
   * Super Dark Times, regia di Kevin Phillips
* 2019: Alex Moratto - Socrates
   * Ioana Uricaru - Lemonade
   * Jeremiah Zagar - Quando eravamo fratelli (We the Animals)

### Anni 2020-2029

* 2020: Rashaad Ernesto Green - Premature
   * Ash Mayfair - The Third Wife
   * Joe Talbot - The Last Black Man in San Francisco
