Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

It was first presented in 1985 with Joel Coen and Martin Scorsese being the first winners of the category for Blood Simple and After Hours, respectively. Directors Barry Jenkins, Tom McCarthy, Joel Coen and Alexander Payne are the only winners who have received this award more than once, with two wins each. Todd Haynes holds the record of most nominations with six (winning one for Far from Heaven), followed by Gus Van Sant with five. Martha Coolidge was the first female director to win the award, receiving it in 1991. Chloé Zhao was the first female of color to win the category in 2020. ==Winners and nominees==

won twice, for Blood Simple (1985) and Fargo (1996). won for After Hours (1985). won for Platoon (1986). won for Short Cuts. won for Pulp Fiction (1994). won for Rushmore. won twice for Election (1999) and Sideways (2004). won twice, for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Brokeback Mountain (2005). won for Far from Heaven. won for Lost in Translation. won for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. won for The Visitor (2008) and Spotlight (2015). won for Black Swan. won for Silver Linings Playbook (2012). won for 12 Years a Slave. won for Boyhood. won for Moonlight (2006) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). won for Get Out. won with his brother Benny Safdie for Uncut Gems (2019). won for Nomadland (2020). won for The Lost Daughter (2021). won for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). won for Past Lives (2023). won for Anora (2024). 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Multiple nominations and wins ==

Multiple nominations Multiple wins ==References==