Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
# Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best breakthrough filmmaker of the year.

## Winners

* 1999 (as Best Debut): Spike Jonze

    for directing Being John Malkovich
* 2001: Christopher Nolan

    for directing Memento
* 2002: Mark Romanek

    for directing One Hour Photo
* 2003: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

    for directing American Splendor
* 2004: Zach Braff

    for directing Garden State
* 2005: Paul Haggis

    for directing Crash
* 2006: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

    for directing Little Miss Sunshine
* 2007: Sarah Polley

    for directing Away From Her
* 2008: Tomas Alfredson

    for directing Let the Right One In
