Anexo:Independent Spirit Award al mejor director

Los Independent Spirit Award son unos premios anuales otorgados por la "Film Independent", una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a promocionar el cine independiente, alejado de los grandes estudios cinematográficos.

A continuación se muestra un listado con las ganadoras del Independent Spirit Award al mejor director.

Año	Director	Película	Título original
2020	Chloé Zhao	Nomadland	Nomadland
2019	Hermanos Safdie	Uncut Gems	Uncut Gems
2018	Barry Jenkins	If Beale Street Could Talk	If Beale Street Could Talk
2017	Jordan Peele	¡Huye! (Hispanoamérica) Déjame salir (España)	Get Out
2016	Barry Jenkins	Moonlight	Moonlight
2015	Thomas McCarthy	Spotlight	Spotlight
2014	Richard Linklater	Boyhood	Boyhood
2013	Steve McQueen	12 años de esclavitud	12 Years a Slave
2012	David O. Russell	Silver Linings Playbook
2011	Michel Hazanavicius	El artista	The Artist
2010	Darren Aronofsky	El cisne negro	Black Swan
2009	Lee Daniels	Precious	Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2008	Thomas McCarthy	The Visitor	The Visitor
2007	Julian Schnabel	La escafandra y la mariposa	Le scaphandre et le papillon
2006	Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris	Pequeña Miss Sunshine	Little Miss Sunshine
2005	Ang Lee	Brokeback Mountain	Brokeback Mountain
2004	Alexander Payne	Entre copas	Sideways
2003	Sofia Coppola	Lost in Translation	Lost in Translation
2002	Todd Haynes	Far from Heaven	Far from Heaven
2001	Christopher Nolan	Memento	Memento
2000	Ang Lee	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Wò hǔ cáng lóng
1999	Alexander Payne	Election	Election
1998	Wes Anderson	Rushmore	Rushmore
1997	Al Pacino	Looking for Richard	Looking for Richard
1996	Joel Coen	Fargo	Fargo
1995	Mike Figgis	Leaving Las Vegas	Leaving Las Vegas
1994	Quentin Tarantino	Pulp Fiction	Pulp Fiction
1993	Robert Altman	Vidas cruzadas	Short Cuts
1992	Carl Franklin	One False Move	One False Move
1991	Martha Coolidge	Rambling Rose	Rambling Rose
1990	Charles Burnett	To Sleep with Anger	To Sleep with Anger
1989	Steven Soderbergh	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
1988	Ramón Menéndez	Stand and Deliver	Stand and Deliver
1987	John Huston	Dubliners	The Dead
1986	Oliver Stone	Platoon	Platoon
1985	Martin Scorsese	After Hours	After Hours
	Joel Coen	Blood Simple	Blood Simple